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Denson Homesite Cemetery
Also known as John Denson Cemetery, Tyer Cemetery

LOCATION
Houston County, Texas, USA
MEMORIALS 43 added (49% photographed)
CEMETERY ID 2266180

This small cemetery is identified as "Tyer Cemetery" by a sign on FM Road 227 east of Grapeland, and "Denson Homesite and Cemetery" by a historical marker on FM 227.

It is the home site and burial ground used by the family of John Denson (1815-c1861) and his wife Mary Ann (Crawford) Houston (1817 -c1874) Denson, who was first married (according to family tradition) to a relative of Sam Houston. Denson came to the area in 1835 with his parents, Thomas C. and Polly Denson, who were Predestination Baptists with Elder Daniel Parker.