Historical Markers in Texas

Salado Cemetery

History·Bell County·Texas

Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson. Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of Governor James E. Ferguson; A.J. Rose, Grand Master of A.F.&A.M. of Texas and trustee of Texas A.&M. College; J.L. Smith and S.J. Jones, both presidents of Salado College (1859-1885). Other graves here are for veterans of U.S.-Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II. (1969)

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30.9376, -97.5321

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