Bradley Springs Cemetery  
 
 

There are two tombstones for these people because Jesse Strahan bought a new one for them before she died.  The old one was never removed.

Risinger
William J.  ¦         Letha
May 2, 1859 ¦ Feb 8, 1863
July 7, 1926 ¦ Feb 2, 1939
our darlings at rest


 Letha Hamm
& 
 William J. Risinger 

  William J. "Willie" Risinger (b.02 May 1859-Union,LA d.07 Jul 1926-Shelby,TX)
  |  |    sp: Ella Taylor (b.Abt 1854) (div.?)
  |  |     |-2. Willie Ann Risinger (b.16 Nov 1877-LA d.25 Apr 1918)
                  (Willie Ann died in childbirth of Letha Mae.
                     Jessie Strahan finished raising the children.)
  |  |     | sp: "Jeems" James Ervin Courtney (b.29 Mar 1872 m.25 Mar 1903 d.19 Mar 1941)
                   (son of Reuben Sylvester and Sarah Jane Courtney)
  |  |     |  |-3. Sarah Vernon Courtney (b.1904)
  |  |     |  |-3. Eligia Courtney (b.19 Dec 1905 d.04 Mar 1968)
  |  |     |  | sp: Jesse M. Courtney (b.13 Aug 1898 d.19 Dec 1992)
  |  |     |  |  |-4. James Courtney (no children)
  |  |     |  |  |-4. Thomas E. Courtney, Sr. (four sons)
  |  |     |  |-3. Forrest Edward Courtney (b.1910-Shelby,TX d.1932)
  |  |     |  |  |  sp: Iva Dell Webb
  |  |     |  |  |-4. Loyce Courtney
  |  |     |  |-3. Bobbie Mozell  Courtney (four children)
  |  |     |  | sp: William Eligie McGee
  |  |     |  |-3. Rubin S. Courtney (b.19 Jan 1916 d.06 Feb 1974)
  |  |     |  | sp: Frances Adams (b.09 Dec 1923 d.14 Jun 1957)
  |  |     |  |  |-4. Baby Courtney (b.15 Apr 1942)
  |  |     |  | sp: Edith Marie Rowe
  |  |     |  |-3. Aletha Mae "Sister" Courtney (b.17 Mar 1918)
  |  |     |    sp: Elmer L. Thacker (b.09 Nov 1913 d.15 Jun 1993)
  |  |    sp:  Aletha Mae "Letha" Hamm (b. 08 Feb 1863-LA d. 02 Feb 1937-Shelby, TX)
                 (daughter of Maomi Miller Glaze and William Hamm)
  |  |     |-2. Susanna? Risinger (b.Abt 1883-La.)
  |  |     |-2. "Jordie" Jordan B. Risinger (b.24 Oct 1884-LA d.15 Nov 1957)
  |  |     | sp: Hattie Parker (b.Abt 1884)
  |  |     |-2. Ellie Risinger (b.Mar 1887)
  |  |     |-2. Clemmie Risinger (b.Feb 1888 d.1973)
  |  |     | sp: Oscar Wood (b.1887 d.23 Mar 1978)
  |  |     |-2. Vernon (Verna) Risinger (b.Jun 1890-LA)
  |  |     |-2. Jessie J. Risinger (b.Mar 1892-LA)
  |  |     | sp: Harvey Strahan (b.Abt 1875)
  |  |     |-2. Cornell Risinger (b.Oct 1893-LA)
  |  |     | sp: Nora Tritt (b.Abt 1893 m.Abt 1913)
  |  |     |-2. Joe Mack (Joseph) Risinger  28 Oct 1895
  |  |     |-2. Georgia Bell Risinger Nov 1898
  |  |     |-2. Clarence Frank Risinger  18 Aug 1901

Relationship to others buried in Bradley Springs

WJ's  parents are David Carter Risinger, Sr and Nancy Gepson Morrow.  He died in LA.  She is buried at Old Tenaha Cemetery.

Brother:  David Carter Risinger, JR

1920 Shelby Co. TX Census page 283

RISINGER,    William J.     Head       R       M  W      66  M  LA  AL  AL  Farmer
                       Letha H.       Wife                 F  W      56  M  LA  US TN  None
                       Jessie G.      Dau                   F  W      26  S  TX  LA  LA  None
                       Clarence F.   Son                  M  W       18  S  TX  LA  LA  Farm Laborer
                       Cornel J.      Son                   M W       24  M  TX  LA  LA  Farmer
                       Nora B.        Dau-in-law         F W        18  M  TX  TX  US  None
                      Nona L.        Granddau          F  W         1   S   TX  TX  TX
  COURTNEY, Letha M.   Granddau           F  W  1 9/12  S   TX  TX  LA
 

Linkable Bradley Springs List of Known Burials

Bradley Springs Plot Map
Closeups
South West Section:  Rows 1-3, A-C
Mid West Section:    Rows 4-5, A-C
North West Section: Rows 6-8, A-C
North East Section:   Rows 1-3, E-G
Mid East Section:      Rows 4-5, E-G
South East Section:    Rows 6-8, E-G

Bradley Springs Restoration and Preservation Project

Photos from Cemetery Workings

Photos of Bradley Springs

Location Map

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NOTICE

If you have family buried here, you are welcome to attend the annual cemetery working the last Saturday in May.  If it is raining, the gathering usually moves to the First Methodist Church in Tenaha. Come about 11 AM and bring a covered dish, a chair, and information about your family (copies of pictures we may use are especially welcome).

Donations to the upkeep of the cemetery may be made to: 
              Bradley Springs Cemetery Fund 
              Citizens State Bank
              PO Box 380
              Tenaha, Texas 75974


 
 
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