"Andrew A. (1816-1898) and Mary Barnes (1817-1857) McKee Came
to Texas in 1845 and purchased land here in 1854.  Mary who died in
childbirth, was the first person buried here.  According to local tradition,
just prior to her death, Mary Marked this site for family burials with her
footprint on a gopher mound.  By 1965 the cemetery served the Midway
Community and the surrounding area.  Buried here are pioneer settlers
and their descendants, former slaves, and veterans of conflicts from
the Civil War to the Vietnam War.  The cemtery is maintained by
an association."
{Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood  1845-1995}

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