Angelina Co., TX - Cemeteries - HOSHALL CEMETERY *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Coursey-Pitts & son D.J. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm *********************************************** HOSHALL CEMETERY Hoshall Cemetery is located in Angelina County : from loop 287 S. in Lufkin,Texas take exit FM.Rd.324 S. going 2.5 miles to Historical Marker on right. The cemetery is located between the roadside and the railroad tracks. The Historical Marker reads : The Houston East & West Texas Railroad ( HE&WT) came through Angelina County in 1882 and a community Bitterweed Flat developed here. In 1913 W.E.Hoshall purchased land and timber rights in the area and began shipping logs from Hoshall Swithch on the HE&WT in Bitterweed Flat. In 1917 Luke E.Wright established a sawmill and town with with churches schools and a commissary at the Switch site. The company town was named Hoshall and consisted of Anglo & African-American citizens. The sawmill closed and by 1940 all that remained was the cemetery and the mill pond. Personal observation.. the pond is still there but the cemetery has all but vanished. There are only 2 markers visible and they are surrounded by underbrush , weeds , mud and roadside trash . It's a real shame. Markers read : BRYAN CRAWFORD Aug. 14,1907 Jan. 18,1908 In memory of the POWELL FAMILY: RAMBUS B., died Dec.13,1912 age 59 NANIE ELIZABETH, died Dec.14,1908 age 35 WAYNE HILL,died Aug.9,1903 age 2 1/2