Marker Inscription
The first interment here was in 1870, but that grave was later moved. Oldest graves now are those of twin infants E. and P. J. Sheet, who died Feb. 9, 1871, and Synthia Green, who died August 9, 1871. R. M. and W. J. Graham and F. M. Reed gave the land to the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1876 as a site for a church, school, and cemetery. One of the 826 graves here is that of Nathaniel Addison (1811-1900), a veteran of the Texas Revolution. The Salem Cemetery Association, organized in 1904, is still active, but the church was closed in 1913, and the school consolidated with Irene in 1917.
About this site
Salem Cemetery is a historical marker in Irene, Hill County, dedicated in 2003. It is one of 104 historical markers documented in Hill County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.9753, -96.8469 near Irene. The nearest cataloged historic site is Addison, Nathaniel (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Salem-Irene, Graham-Mason Cemetery, and George Washington Savage.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5217004496. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
