Location: The exact location of this cemetery today is unknown.
It may be under the spillway
of the dam at Lake Livingston
or on the adjoining hill east of the spillway. Without any
grave markers the cemetery
became lost with the creation of Lake Livingston in 1968.
Listed below are the names of those persons that Mrs. Davison remembers
who were buried there.
(Additional research information on the individuals is added after
the names):
Alexander, Alice, born: 1856 died: prior to
1870; (daughter of J.T.D. Alexander &
Harriet Ann (Chandler) Alexander
(later Newsom)
Alexander, Ellen Elizabeth "Eliza", born: 1852
died: 1870; (daughter of J.T.D. Alexander &
Harriet Ann (Chandler) Alexander
(later Newsom)
Alexander, James "Jim", born: 1853 died:
ca. 1874; (son of J.T.D. Alexander &
Harriet Ann (Chandler) Alexander
(later Newsom)
Alexander, William "Bill", born: 1851 died:
1875; (son of J.T.D. Alexander &
Harriet Ann (Chandler) Alexander
(later Newsom)
(The Alexanders later moved to Livingston and are buried in the Old
City Cemetery).
Armitage, Lillian Pearl, born: Mar. 10, 1888
died: Jan. 8, 1892,
daughter of W.W. & Martha
R. Armitage.
Armitage, James, born: Sept. 26, 1882 died:
Sept. 26, 1882,
son of W. W. & Martha
R. Armitage.
Armitage, Martha (Ray), born: Oct. 1851 England
died: Apr. 11, 1918,
married W. W. Armitage on
Mar. 8, 1876 at Hudderfield, England.
Armitage, Willis Wilson (Willson Willett), born:
Apr. 1848 died: May 3, 1920,
husband of Martha
(Ray) Armitage.
Drew, Christopher Columbus, born: 1835, NY
died: ca. 1875, brother of
James Montgomery Drew and
Albion Drew
Drew, Lewis Carr, born: 1851 died: 1877,
son of Monroe & Martha Jane Drew
Drew, Melissa, born: 1849 died: 1868,
daughter of Monroe & Martha Jane Drew
Drew, Monroe, born: 1815 N.Y.
died: 1860
Drew, Martha Jane (Thomas), born: 1829 Va.
died: 1879
Gleishman, Fred, "A German refugee from military
service. An old man who drifted down
the river in a house boat
in 1884."
A small child named Myrtle.
Ray, Matthew, born: 1853 England
died: prior to 1900,
brother of Martha (Ray)
Armitage.
Smith, Mr., "Tutor for the O.M. Wheeler family. Shot himself
in a deep depression."
Sansom, Elizabeth "Betty", Third wife of Frank M. Sansom, and
their infant daughter
are buried beside each other.
Sansom, Josephine (Augustine), died: 1866, First
wife of Frank M. Sansom whom she
married on Mar. 25, 1858.
Daughter of H. W. Augustine, Texas Rev. hero and Mother
of Lucy Sansom who married
Ralph Leggett and Jennie Sansom who married Bob Cubley.
Sansom, S. E. (Darden), died: 1868, Second
wife of Frank M. Sansom whom she married
on Oct. 10, 1867. She is
buried beside her infant child.