Oswald Cemetery

This cemetery, located on five acres out of the l. M. Armstrong survey, was already in use as a burial ground when the earliest original marked graves, those of three children of W. B. and E. H. Moore, were dug in the early 1860s. The original owner of the land was Captain Allen S. Anderson, a frontier scout who was interred here in 1864 when the site was known as Clifton Graveyard. His daughter, Flora Kemp, deeded it for use as a graveyard in 1877. M. J. Oswald purchased the land in 1885 and it became known as Oswald Cemetery. Burial in the cemetery has been free to people of all races. Among the pioneers interred here are early settlers of old town Clifton and several Civil War veterans. The Oswald family continues to own the land surrounding the cemetery at the dawn of the 21st century. (2000)

Oswald Cemetery is a historical marker in Clifton, Bosque County, dedicated in 2000. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Bosque County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.8142, -97.5777 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shefstad, Gunarus and Ingerborg, House (historic place), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge, Site of Clifton Mill, and Bekken, J. H., House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5035011968. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.