Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Arbor, Texas

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Get directions Arbor, Texas, USA

Coordinates: 31.33027, -95.30351
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From Loop 287 in Crockett, Texas, travel 9 miles east on Hwy 7. Turn right on FM 232 toward Arbor and travel .3 mile. The cemetery is on the left.

The original land for Pleasant Grove Cemetery was donated by members of the David Blalock Webb family. After their arrival in Texas, one of David's sons, James Allen Webb died in 1874 at 16 years of age and, as there was no cemetery in the area, the Webb family buried him at English Cemetery. David and Frances Webb realized the need for a cemetery in the immediate area and donated the original tract for Pleasant Grove. Additional land has been added over the years by generous donations from Dr. Monroe Arthur Thomas, son-in-law of David and Frances Webb, and the Malone Family.

Mary Frances Mims Arnold is the earliest recorded burial in Pleasant Grove in July, 1881 per her tombstone. She was the mother of James Madison Arnold, and mother-in-law of Ellen Cedella Stuckey (step-daughter of David Blalock Webb and daughter of Frances Elizabeth Webb). The second known burial was the Arnold's own daughter, 4-year-old Winnie Belle in 1884.

Pleasant Grove remains a small family-centered community cemetery with burials mainly from the Arnold, Cannon, Conaway, Easterly, Hallmark, Malone, Smith, Swearingen, Tatom, Tolar and Webb extended families, most of whom are cousins. It is also open to burials for family members of those already there and residents within the local community and it is maintained by descendants of those interred there through burial fees and donations for mowing, clearing, fencing, etc.