Hutto Cemetery Historical Marker Dedication Williamson County Texas

HUTTO CEMETERY HISTORICAL MARKER
DEDICATION CEREMONY

Saturday, November 4, 2006	10:00 a.m.
Entrance of Hutto Cemetery	Hutto, TX 78834

Greetings from Hutto Cemetery Association ....... Clarice Hanstrom

Williamson Country Historical Commission........... George Meyer

U.S. Flag Presentation-Woodman's of World Insurance .. Kelly Herring

Posting of the Colors....................................... Boy Scouts of America

Pledge of Allegiance .......................................... Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts

Gerrott Abernethy - Alex Herring - Trey Kleppe —
Ian McHugh - Morgan McHugh & Cub Scouts from Pack 176

Amazing Grace ................................... Jeremy Morgan, Bagpipes

Introduction of Distinguished Guests .................. Jack M. Saul, II

Brief History of Hutto Cemetery ..................... Sue Holmstrom
Unveiling Historical Marker ... Charles Hanstrom — Ed Morgan

Reading of Text on Historical Marker ............... Marilyn Morgan

Recognize Board Members & Harold Kerley ........ Jack M. Saul,

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left to right Jack M. Saul, II George Meyer
Sue Holmstrom

HUTTO CEMETERY HISTORICAL MARKER INSCRIPTION

T.A. BOATRIGHT BURIED A FAMILY CHILD AND HER HUSBAND, E.B., HERE IN THE LATE 1880s WHEN THE SITE WAS KNOWN AS ELMWOOD CEMETERY. IN 1889, SHE BOUGHT LAND HERE FROM C.P AND JULIA CREWS. SEVERAL GRAVES ALREADY EXISTED IN ADDITION TO THOSE OF HER FAMILY, AND MANY WERE UNMARKED. TODAY, THE EARLIEST MARKED GRAVE IS THAT OF JOSEPH METCALFE (d. 1887).

OVER TIME, THE PROPERTY EXCHANGED HANDS FROM THE BOATRIGHTS TO THE HAYGOODS. BIRDIE HAYGOOD BADGER SOLD THE PROPERTY IN 1950 TO THE NEWLY FORMED HUTTO CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, AND THE CEMETERY NAME CHANGED TO REFLECT ITS ASSOCIATION TO THE COMMUNITY. RECORDS INDICATE THAT WITHIN THE CEMETERY'S BOUNDS ARE TWO LOTS ONCE RESERVED FOR PAUPERS, AS WELL AS ONE LOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEDISH CHURCH THAT EVOLVED INTO HUTTO'S FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.

THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY IS EVIDENT IN THE CEMETERY, WITH TEXT ON GRAVE MARKERS SIGNIFYING SETTLERS WHO CAME FROM OTHER STATES OR COUNTRIES, AREA RESIDENTS WHO. BELONGED TO FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS OR WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY AS EARLY AS THE CIVIL WAR, AND CHILDREN WHOSE BRIEF LIVES ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOCAL HISTORY.

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