Ann, the following is the text from the historical marker at the Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery. ...ed williams Hamilton Beeman Cemetery William Harvey Beeman (1817-1860) received a Mercer Colony grant of 640 acres in Navarro County and brought his family here in the 1840s. He and pioneer Samuel Hamilton (1820-1900), who owned adjacent property, each gave one acre to establish this cemetery in the 1850s. The first burial was that of Hamilton's infant son in 1859. Both Hamilton and Beeman, a freighter and local Justice of the Peace, are buried here. Gifts and purchases of additional land have enlarged this cemetery to over 47 acres (1978).  Located in the old section of the Hamilton Beeman Cemetery, Navarro Co. TX -----Original Message----- From: Ann Storer [mailto:aestore4@spinn.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:46 AM To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXNAVARR] Beeman does anyone know who the Hamilton -Beeman Cemetery was named for? Ann ==== TXNAVARR Mailing List ==== Visit the on-line Navarro County genealogy archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/navarro/navtoc.htm