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This cemetery is located on 5202 South 1st Street, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. Find a Grave USGW Archives
According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what was once a thoroughfare from the former Angelina County Seat of Homer to Crockett, the county seat of neighboring Houston County. Although the oldest marked gr...
Angelina County, Texas =This project is for those who were born, lived, and died in Angelina County, Texas. Angelina County, Texas on Wikipedia Angelina County, Texas on texasalmanac.com website Namesake: Legendary American Indian maiden named, Angelina. Parent County: Nacogdoches CountyAngelina County was created and organized in 1846.==History and Historical Timeline
In 1850, Samuel and Elizabeth Berry brought their family and slaves here from Limestone County, Alabama. Samuel's plantation covered hundreds of acres and included a cotton gin and gristmill. Berry Cemetery began in 1863 when Samuel's grandson and namesake died. He and his twin sister, Elizabeth, who died in 1869, were buried on the crest of a hill on the Berry plantation. A low red rock wall e...