MATCHETT BURIAL GROUND

According to family and other sources, there are at least three people buried on the Henry W. Matchett survey located on FM 1733 near the corner of Hwy 7 between Crockett and Kennard.

T. D. (referred to as "Dr. Tom") and Florida J. Matchett had a son named Henry who was born in 1885. Between 1885 and the death of Dr. Tom, ca.Dec. 1900, there were two other babies born to the couple. These died in infancy or as very small children.

Dr. Tom died not long after the death of the last baby. He and the children were buried under a big oak tree where his father, Henry W .Matchett, used to sit and build oak chairs. The burial site is also near a creek or branch.

Matthew B. "Matt" Matchett and two of his daughters, Anna and Minnie, helped to prepare Dr. Tom for burial.  Matt and Dr. Tom were first cousins.

The Henry W. Matchett survey is now part of the national forest and the grave markers (rocks or stones) have long since disappeared. Two of Matt's sons, Clarence and A. T. "Bud" Matchett, attempted to locate the burial site sometime around 1970 but were unsuccessful.

Most of this information is from Ruth Walker as told to her by her aunt, Anna (Matchett) Dominy.

Submitted by C. H. and Fran Matchett of Lovelady, TX.

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