Six Mile Cemetery

The families buried here came with a new wave of farm settlement. At the turn of the twentieth century, land companies offering mortgage loans at ordinary interest drew small farmers to Calhoun County, most of them to raise cotton, and by 1900 Irish, Scots, Germans and Bohemians had joined the county's older people. The farms did not stay in their owners' hands. By 1930, 372 of the county's 574 farms were worked by tenants, and by 1950 the number of farms had fallen to 331.

What the plaque says

Six Mile Cemetery The first known grave in Czech-German settlement on Marekville was that of Veranka Drgac (1817-1897). The five-acre graveyard was deeded to the Marekville cemetery association by the Phillips Investment Company in 1899. The area became known as the Six Mile Community around 1907; the cemetery name changed accordingly. Graves of interest include that of Anton Machacek (1856-1931), who served in the Austro-Hungarian Army before immigrating to the United States. Veterans of major American and international conflicts also are interred here. An October 1997 count recorded more than 350 marked graves in the cemetery, which continues to serve the community. (1998)

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Six Mile Presbyterian Church — steps away
• Six Mile-Royal Community — 0.5 mi
• Don Martin De Leon — 1.8 mi
• Lavaca Lodge No. 36, A.F. & A.M. — 2.9 mi