Collingsworth Co. Cemeteries of Texas
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Location: From Wellington, take S.H. 1056 west about 11
miles; then F.M. 1547 north to marker, about 3.5 miles to cemetery.
History: Among the earliest settlers
of this area were J.E. & Mary Jane Blevins and their children.
Arriving in 1902, they were soon involved in the organization
of a community school, post office, and church. J.E. & Mary
Jane Blevins donated land for each of those endeavors, as well
as for a community cemetery. The Quail Cemetery was created in
1904, shortly after the death of the Blevins' infant son. The
grieving parents donated land for a cemetery, and their son was
the first to be buried here. There was no fence around the burial
ground. Townspeople chose grave sites in which to bury members
of their families. Though most graves are marked, some have plain
stones, and the cemetery does contain some unmarked graves. Many
of the burials are those of infants and young children, a testament
to the hardships of life and rudimentary medical care in early
Collingsworth County. Area pioneers buried in the Quail Cemetery
include: J.E. Blevins (1860-1956), Mary Jane Blevins (1868-1926),
Lydia Rose Atkinson (d. 1908), W.M. Barton (d. 1932), Lee Jeffres
(d. 1932), W.I. Atkinson (d. 1940), J.A. White (d. 1915). Texas