Thalia Cemetery-

A Texas Historical Cemetery

Foard County, Cemeteries of Texas

Compiled by Jane Carlton

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Submitted by Jim Rich

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The original cemetery site was located south of Thalia near a spring, just west of the old wagon trail road. (The old wagon trail road went from Mangum , Okla. , thru Chillicothe , TX., thru now Thalia to Benjamin , TX. ).

----------- It is not known when the first burial was, but there was a rock marker (moved to the now cemetery) carved in “MW DIED 1848” .- Due to communication, in the 1800’s, they usually had a quick and quiet burial.- The first known public out coming for a burial, was in 1887, for a child named “Coatney” (bitten by a rattlesnake).- With the burial of this child came the feeling throughout the community that the settlement of Thalia ( Paradise ) was here to stay.

----------- The land was heavy, tight land, and when it was wet, it was almost impossible to get to or from the old cemetery.

----------- In early 1900, John Garland Thompson let area families start burying loved ones on the hill two miles north of Thalia.Family members started moving loved ones and markers from the old site to now Thalia Cemetery .

----------- In 1906 (100 years ago to date) cemetery trustees, D.C. Sullivan, T.A. Johnson and Mode Haney, purchased 4 and 1/10th. acres in trust, for burial purposes only.

----------- There are many unmarked and unknown graves, due to no markers or markers were made from wood or stone and have vanished through time.- Several markers have been covered with sand through time. (All that could be found have been uncovered or raised.) There are over 600 headstones visible, many double (husband and wife).- There are 185 known children under age 15 buried here. Thalia community had many happy, joyful days, also many sad tearful days due to the following deaths and burials in the Thalia Cemetery .

----------- All information in the following list, about each person was taken from markers, death certificates, funeral records, and information given by friends and family.

----------- Care for the cemetery only comes through donations and volunteer work.- There is no funding from government, state or county!

For information or assistance contact The Thalia Cemetery Association :

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