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Located on Holley Park Drive in Mesquite.

This burial ground, a designated Historic Texas Cemetery, was in use well before the Texas and Pacific Railroad established the City of Mesquite in 1873. The earliest marked grave is that of Britanna Santifee Chapman (1856-1859) who shares a plot with pioneer residents Davis G. Chapman (1824-1881) and wife Nancy C. (1828-1912). In 1890, local builder and civic leader Louis C. Ebrite (1852-1943) plotted a tract of several acres in a grid pattern with driveways that define the layout of the cemetery to this day. The site was formally deeded for cemetery use in 1892 and continues to honor area veterans and to chronicle the generations that belong to Mesquite's proud heritage. Each May, Historic Mesquite Inc. highlights the stories of notable citizens buried in the cemetery with its Mesquite Meander tour.

Historic Texas Cemetery – 2001