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De La Fosse Cemetery

This cemetery is on private property.  To find the De La Fosse Cemetery: from Groveton, Texas, take FM 355 to Sebastapol.  Turn left on FM 356 to Onalaska.  Turn left on Hwy. 190,  go a short distance, turn left on FM 3459.  Go approximately 3 miles to De La Fosse Cemetery Road, turn right on that road, go approximately 1-1/3 miles to fork in road, turn right, cemetery is less than .10 mile on left (look for rusty chain link fence at edge of woods).  This is now the Lige Ratcliff Place, where Pierre De La Fosse settled when he came to Texas.

This description was submitted by Mr. Ben De La Fosse for the 1980 Trinity County Cemeteries book. According to Mrs. Ben De La Fosse of Groveton, Texas, the status of this private family cemetery remains unchanged in 1992.

The cemetery information was compiled on 14 April, 2002 by TCHC Cemetery Committee Members: This cemetery has not been physically checked for the 2002 cemeteries’ survey.  Directions updated: 28 June 2004 by TCHC Cemetery Committee/pc

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Other
DE LA FOSSE	Clementine	May 19, 1823	Sep. 20, 1876	Born in Louisiana, Died at Trinity Station, TX
DE LA FOSSE	Felix	Mar. 3, 1868	Sep. 9, 1873	Age 5 yrs, 5 mos, 6 da
DE LA FOSSE	Pierre	Mar. 30, 1816	Jul. 9, 1879	Born in Louisiana, Died in Henderson County, TX

 For the compiled list, both Trinity County Cemeteries ©1980 and the second edition Trinity County Texas Cemeteries © 1992 both published by Trinity County Historical Commission (TCHC) were consulted. 

 

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