Moore's Chapel Cemetery

Missouri native Alexander Moore married Virginia native Mary Jane Jones in St. Genevieve, Missouri, in 1856. They moved to Texas and purchased land in this area in 1857. The Moore donated two acres here to a rapidly growing community for cemetery purposes in the mid-1870s. The first recorded burial was that of Martha Cashion, early pioneer settler and a friend and neighbor of the Moores, on March 11, 1876. Area Baptists erected a sanctuary just north of the cemetery on land donated by the Moores that became known as Moore's Chapel Church. The community and this cemetery also became known as Moore's Chapel. An unusually high number of infant burials during the 1880s and 1890s reflect an outbreak of typhoid fever. Alexander Moore was buried here in 1915. Moore's Chapel Cemetery and adjacent church and school buildings made up the community center. The cemetery contains the burials of many of the area's pioneer settlers and their descendants and veterans of wars ranging from the Civil War to World War II. The cemetery is maintained by an association and continues to serve the community.

Moore's Chapel Cemetery is a historical marker in Bonham, Fannin County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 262 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.5312, -96.1398 near Bonham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Arledge Ridge Cemetery (historical marker), about 2.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Miller Cemetery, Boze Cemetery, and County Home Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5147008914. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.