Wellborn
Cemetery
Wellborn,
Brazos County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordiantor: Dolores I.
Bishop
Information
provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site
Location
2 blocks east of FM 2154 on
Greensprairie Rd.
Marker:
The
town of Wellborn was founded in 1867 along the Houston and Texas Central
railroad line. By 1874, with the first documented burial -- that of two-year-old
Newton Farquhar -- a cemetery was in existence to serve the community. A
reflection of Wellborn's history, the burial ground contains the graves of
community leaders, including brothers and business partners Thomas Harvey Royder
and John Horace Royder; veterans from armed conflicts dating back to the Civil
War; Brazos County pioneers; and members of fraternal organizations, identified
by the distinctive symbols on their tombstones. (2001)