Masonic Cemetery is located in Northwestern Mount Pleasant, bordered on the South by West Twelfth Street and on the North and West by West Fifteenth Street. Branch Street runs through the length of the cemetery.
Masonic Cemetery has served local burial needs since 1888. It was started when Thompson Morris and his wife gave five acres to the Masonic Lodge to be used for cemetery purposes. The original deed states "The citizens of Mt. Pleasant concluded in a mass meeting that the Old Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is in such condition that the dead buried there is in such irregular manner that it is impossible to put the Cemetery in such condition as becomes Christian people ? have selected a tract of land for a new Cemetery to be used for the burial of White People ONLY to be known as the Masonic Cemetery."
Records show that remains interred in Christian Cemetery were re-interred in Masonic Cemetery. Christian Cemetery, once located at the corner of East First and South Lide Street, was closed and no trace of it now exists.
Burials are still conducted in Masonic Cemetery, although all lots have been sold and there are currently no expansion plans.
Masonic Cemetery contains a very wide variety of markers and monuments. Graves markers range from simple native stone and petrified wood markers to very old marble monuments to elaborate statuary to common commercially produced current monuments.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:
Travel 0.6 mile North on North Jefferson Street (Business U.S. 271) to its intersection with West 12th Street. Turn left onto West 12th Street and proceed about 0.3 miles to the intersection with Branch Street (the first street on the right). Turn right onto Branch Street. The entrance to the cemetery is about 0.1 mile.
Sign at the Masonic Cemetery south entrance on Branch Street
GPS COORDINATES: 33°10.035' N 094°58.440' W
DECORATION DAY: None
MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 2,324 (2008-04-01)
FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY.
SEE "HOW TO REQUEST BURIAL INFORMATION" PAGE FOR DETAILS.
(NOTE: This cemetery contains un-named burials marked by irregular makers like natural stones and other methods that could not be included in the Titus Cemetery Search database.)
LAST TCS PHYSICAL SURVEY: 2006-03-08
Historical information for this cemetery was provided by and used with the permission of David Horton, and was compiled from Mr. Horton's work and the earlier work of Lynch Harper.
A view of the Masonic Cemetery entrance on Branch Street (South side looking north)
Masonic Cemetery contains a wide range of monuments, from simple to elaborate
A view of the west side of Masonic Cemetery
A view of the north entrance to Masonic Cemetery from West 15th Street
These monuments were moved from Christian Cemetery to Masonic
Masonic Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas
