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Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery

0.9 mi north-west of Retreat · Directions →

Texas Historical Marker · 1978 · Marker 7207

The marker

William Harvey Beeman (1817-1860) received a Mercer colony grant of 640 acres in Navarro County and brought his family here in the 1840s. He and pioneer Samuel Hamilton (1820-1900), who owned adjacent property, each gave one acre to establish this cemetery in the 1850s. The first burial was that of Hamilton's infant son in 1859. Both Hamilton and Beeman, a freighter and local justice of the peace, are buried here. Gifts and purchases of additional land have enlarged the cemetery to over 47 acres.

Where it stands

from intersection of SH 31 and FM 2555, go south on FM 2555 (45th St.) 3 mi. to cemetery

See also Hamilton Beeman on the cemeteries page.

From the Texas Historical Commission.