History
Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located on land donated in 1845 by Captain Robert W. Smith (1814-1851), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, and first served the members of Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The earliest marked grave is that of DeWitt Smith, who died in 1850. Also buried here are 112 victims of the March 18, 1937, explosion that destroyed the school at New London, 4 miles northwest, and killed 293 students and teachers. Annual Pleasant Hill homecoming activities, including a memorial service and dinner on the grounds, are conducted here each July.
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New London, Texas · United States
