April 19,2008
Camp 2107 members cleaned and dedicated the Wiggins Cemetery on Saturday April 19, 2008. The cemetery had been left unattended and the trees and weeds were trying to take over. The Wiggins cemetery is located on property owned by TPL Electric company. We were given permission to clean and care for the cemetery. The fence around the cemetry was down and had to be rebuilt to keep the cows in the pasture from destroying the markers.
James Wiggins was the Captain of the New Salem Invincibles that fought with the 7th Texas Calvary in the battle of Glorieta, New Mexico. The cemetery has only a few graves. A list of the graves follows:
WIGGINS CEMETERY
From the Pages originally hosted By Larry Cribbs at Cribbs 101
New format by Brenda and David Wooddell, Sr.
Wiggins Cemetery is located on the west bank of Lake Stryker, on TPL property. Catalogued January 19, 1972.
Wiggins, Nancy 2-7-1800 d. 10-20-1873 (Nancy Wilson)
Wiggins, Hundley 2-8-1786 d. 7-20-1863
Wiggins, Mary Beatrice 8-15-1857 d. 7-20-1858 (daughter of James F. & J.A.)
Wiggins, James F. 9-9-1823 d. 9-3-1876 (broken marker)
Wiggins, Mary A. 9-27-1837 d. 4-12-1880
Wiggins, Leondus 3-7-1873 d. 7-18-1873
Wiggins, William E. 6-8-1855 d. 8-4-1856
Wiggins, Lou C. born 1833 (died at 32 years)
Wiggins, Ednie R. 3-10-1861 d. 3-15-1871 (daughter of H.S. & F.E.)
Wiggins, H. S. 3-20-1827 d. 12-24-1877 (broken marker) **
** H.S. Wiggins wife is buried at Myrtle Springs Cemetery.
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