BLUE RIDGE CEMETERY
Obituaries and Gravestones
Pictures are from the Civil War Marker Dedication for
David Martin Raibourn
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Directions: From the southeast corner
of the courthouse square in Hamilton (intersection of Hwy. 36 and Bell
Street) proceed east (toward Gatesville) 3 blocks. Turn right
(south) on Reagan Street which will also be FM 932 & FM 1241.
After 5 blocks FM 932/1241 turns left on Standefer Street for one block
and right on S. Dempster Street. Four block later FM932/1241
turns left (east) and leaves Hamilton. Almost a mile out of Hamilton
FM 932 turns left to Aleman and FM1241 continues straight. Stay on
FM1241 about 3.5 miles. Watch for a church-shaped sign (across the
road from a tall faded-pink water tower) pointing to Blue Ridge Baptist
Church. Two gravel roads join FM1241 at this point. The west portion
of the Blue Ridge Cemetery will be on the left side of the road. Take the
gravel road on the left and proceed east to the end of the road. . The
main portion of the Blue Ridge Cemetery is behind Blue Ridge Baptist
Church.
1 feature records have been selected from GNIS.
Feature Name:
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Blue Ridge Cemetery
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| Feature Type: |
cemetery |
| Elevation: |
1335 |
| State: |
Texas |
| County: |
Hamilton |
| USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: |
Hamilton East |
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313836N |
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0980650W |
On 17 August, 1897, John Hannah Brown deeded a lot to be
used" as a burial ground and for no other purpose" to the public
of Hamilton County, Texas, for the price of one dollar. This tract
of land was immediately north of a lot he had previously sold to the
Blue Ridge Baptist Church. This cemetery is known as the Blue Ridge
Cemetery. It is between the lot on which Blue Ridge Baptist Church
is located and the private Powell-Brown Cemetery. John Hannah
Brown deeded the west portion of the Blue Ridge Cemetery (which
contains only four graves) for public use on 28 August, 1915--ninteen days
after the death of my child-aunt, Mary Eunice Crain, who was the
first person to be buried in this cemetery. This cemetery was abandoned
for further burials because the rocky base made grave digging too
difficult.
MAIN SECTION
(North of Blue Ridge Baptist Church)
Established: 17 August, 1898
The main section of Blue Ridge Cemetery is
behind (north) of Blue Ridge Baptist Church four miles
southeast of Hamilton on an un-numbered dirt road which connects to
FM 1241. The west portion of Blue Ridge Cemetery is on the north
side of the road which goes to the church. At one time the west portion
was between Verge Grisham’s "filing station" and Blue
Ridge School, No. 22. The west portion is across FM 1241 and the
un-numbered church road north of the Multi-County Water Storage
Tank.
John Hannah Brown sold for the price of one
dollar to the public of Hamilton County a tract or parcel of
land out of an 82 acre subdivision of Hamilton County School
Survey, No. 13 for the main portion of this cemetery. Hamilton
County Deed Record Book 6, p. 449. The main portion of the cemetery
joined the north side of the land previously given by Mr. Brown to Blue Ridge Baptist Church as recorded in Bk. 6, Pg. 172,
Deed Records
of Hamilton County
The State of Texas, County of Hamilton, Known all Men
by these Presents: That I, J. H. Brown of the County of Hamilton, and
State aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar, to me
in hand paid and for the further consideration of setting apart to the
public use, the hereinafter described tract, lot or parcel of land, as a
burial ground, and for no other purpose.
Have GRANTED, SOLD, and CONVEYED, and by these presents
do GRANT, SELL AND CONVEY, unto The Public use of the County of Hamilton
and State of Texas, all that certain tract or parcel of land out of an 82
acre subdivision of Hamilton County School Sur. No. 13, formerly Deeded to
my by Hamilton County, And the lot hereby conveyed being described as
follows; to wit: Beginning six varas N 71_ degrees West from the N. E. cor.
of a lot heretofore sold by me to the Blue Ridge Baptist Church, which
deed to said church is of record in Book six, on page 172 Deed Records
Hamilton Co., Texas, on the N. Line of said Church lot; Thence N. 19 E.
Parallel with and 6 varas from the E. Line of said 82 acre subdivision, to
63 varas, to N. E. cor. of this lot: Thence N. 71 W. 94 varas to N. W. cor.
this lot; Thence S. 19 W 63 varas to S. W. cor. of this lot; Thence S.
71E. 94 varas on N. line said Church lot to the place of beginning. To be
used by the public for a burial ground but for no other purpose.
August 17, 1898. Bk. 6, p. 449 Hamilton County Deed
Records
The names of people interred in this cemetery is
derived from the survey made before 1948 by my parents--Robert Verne Crain and
Clara Elsie
Fergusson Crain and surveys of 5 July, 1992, and 18 April, 1998, done
by Ray Rowland Weathers and Elreeta Ann Crain Weathers.
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NAME |
BORN |
DIED |
OTHER |
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ALLEN, JAMES MARION
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1854
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1904
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Wife: Mary Elizabeth
(Witt) Allen
Parents: James
Madison & Elizabeth Allen
Double gravestone
Foot stone: Father
Gravestone
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ALLEN, JESSIE W.
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09/28/1882
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08/08/1964
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Parents: James Marion
Allen and Mary
Elizabeth Witt
Foot stone: J. W. A.
Gravestone
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ALLEN, MARY
ELIZABETH (WITT)
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1856
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1939
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Husband: James
Marion Allen
Foot stone: Mother
Double stone with James Marion Allen.
Gravestone
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| BERRY, JULIA ETTA
"JUDY" (HERNDON)
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07/10/1927 |
01/25/2002 |
Husband:
Odis Lee Berry
Married: May 1, 1950
Parents: John Herndon
& Mary Sanders
Double stone with Odis Lee Berry.
Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal.
Obituary
Gravestone
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BERRY,
ODIS LEE
Marine,
Air Force & Texas National Guard
World War II,
Korea,
Desert Storm |
10/08/1928
Fort Worth, TX
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01/03/2005 |
Wife:
Julia Etta
"Judy" (Herndon) Berry
Married: May 1, 1950
Double stone with Julia Etta "Judy" (Herndon) Berry.
Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal.
Parents: Ozella Berry & Sudie Mae
Killion
Obituary
Gravestone |
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BERRY, STEPHEN LAWRENCE
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12/26/1955 |
03/08/1996 |
Foot stone: S. L. B.
Our Sea of Thunder, Field of Wild Flowers.
COMMENT:
Stephen was a nephew of Odis Lee Berry.
Gravestone
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BROWN, BENJAMIN F.
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1860 |
1945 |
Wife:
Cora
Bell Brown
Foot stone: Papa
Gravestone |
| BROWN, BRITTON AMDREW |
06/16/2005
San Antonio |
06/16/2005
San Antonio |
Parents: Aaron Brown
& Bobbie Anne Tyrie
Obituary |
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BROWN, CORA (BELL)
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1875 |
1939 |
Husband:
Benjamin F. Brown
Foot stone: Mama
Gravestone
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| BROWN, ED |
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<1940 |
Gravestone |
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BROWN, Mrs. Ed
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? |
<1940 |
Gravestone |
| BROWN, JAMES ALBERT
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1906 |
1986 |
Pfc US Army - World War II
Gravestone
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| BROWN, JENNIFER E. "JANE"
(GILBEY)
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02/28/1936,
Cottenham, England |
10/11/2001 |
Husband: Baylous Brown
Married:
02/14/1959, Cambridge, England
Parents: Percy Charles & Hilda Pauley
Gilbey
Obituary
Gravestone
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| BROWN, J. J. |
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Parents: Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Brown
Gravestone
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BROWN, OTTO
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10/03/1903
North Wilkesboro, NC |
06/15/1989 |
Wife:
Daisy Earline
(Clements) Brown
Married:
11/22/1943, Hamilton
County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 10, p. 483
Parents: Benjamin F. and
Cora Bell Brown.
Pvt. US Army - World War II
Obituary
Gravestone
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BROWN, Mr. |
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Related to the Stuckey Family |
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BROWN, Mrs. |
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Related to the Stuckey family
Gravestone
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BROWN, Unknown
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Related to the Stuckey family
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BUCKNER, WILLIAM FERDINAND
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1862 |
1924 |
Wife: Elizabeth
(Varner) Buckner
Father of Nettie Leola (Buckner) Richey (Mrs. Elmer
Richey)
Foot stone: W. F. B.
Gravestone
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CAMPBELL HARRIETT T. "HATTIE"
(FERGUSSON)
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09/18/1881,
Bee Co., TX |
07/18/1913,
Bell Co., TX |
Husband:
Samuel Alexander "Sam" Campbell
Married:
11/22/1903,
Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 4, p. 149
Parents: Thomas J.
Fergusson & Mary C. "Molly" Templar
Obituary
Gravestone
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CAMPBELL, INFANT |
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Before
07/08/1913 |
Parents: Samuel Alexander
"Sam" Campbell & Harriett T. "Hattie" Fergusson
Gravestone
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CAMPBELL, INFANT |
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Before
07/08/1913 |
Parents: Samuel Alexander
"Sam" Campbell & Harriett T. "Hattie" Fergusson
Gravestone
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CAMPBELL, Mr. and Mrs.
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These graves are NE of the Allen plot. Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell stayed with Margaret Amanda Jones Grisham during her last years.
Margaret Amanda died 18 Nov., 1936, so this couple died after that time.
Gravestones
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CHUMNEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON
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03/28/1949,
VA |
01/10/1919,
Blue Ridge |
Wife:
Sarah Virginia "Sallie" (Fergusson) Chumney
Married: 12/04/1872,
Fayette County, TX
Parents: John
Chumney & Nancy Ann Barnes
Foot Stone: G. W. C.
Double Marker with Sally Chumney
Obituary
Gravestone
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| CHUMNEY, SARAH VIRGINIA
"SALLIE" (FERGUSSON)
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01/16/1858
Hannibal, Marion Co., MO |
06/11/1944
Hico, Hamilton Co., TX |
Husband:
George Washington Chumney
Married:
12/04/1872,
Fayette County, TX
Parents: Robert
Jefferson Fergusson & Virginia V. Reamy
Double Marker with George W. Chumney
Foot Stone: S.V. C.
Obituary
Gravestone
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| Cole, INFANT SON
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05/31/1919 |
05/31/1919 |
Parents:
Aubrey Ray Cole & Willie May Grisham (Tombstone says R. A. Cole)
"Gone Home"
Gravestone |
| COLE, INFANT |
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This child
was a grandson of John Harum cole & Lillian Maude Sparks |
This infant Cole was a
first cousin of the Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. Aubrey Ray Cole, and
was buried beside the first Cole infant
Gravestone
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| COOPER, P. H.
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03/09/1878 |
12/15/1910 |
Foot Stone: P. H. C.
Gravestone
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| ELLIS, EMMA ALFRIEDA
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1876 |
1965 |
Husband:
Jesse Lee
Ellis
Foot Stone: Mother - E. A. E.
Double Stone with Jesse Lee Ellis
Gravestone |
| ELLIS, JESSE LEE
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1865 |
1934 |
Wife:
Emma Alfrieda
Ellis
Foot Stone: Father - J. L. E.
Double Stone with Emma Alfrieda Ellis
Gravestone |
| ELLIS, MARY ANN
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1843 |
1921 |
Gravestone |
| ELLIS, THELMA
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1905 |
1906 |
Parents:
Jesse Lee
& Emma Alfrieda Ellis
Gravestone
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| EUBANKS, POLLY ANNA
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01/25/1874 |
09/12/1919 |
Foot Stone: Mother
Gravestone
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| FERGUSSON, IDA ROSE ANNA (GRISHAM)
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09/15/1878
Fannin Co., TX |
07/14/1948
Blue Ridge, Hamilton Co., TX |
Husband:
Robert Jeff Fergusson
Married: 11/09/1898,
Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Bk. 2, p. 64.
Parents: James Lemuel
"Jim" Grisham, Sr. & Margaret Amanda Jones
Foot stone: Mother
Double stone
Obituary
Gravestone |
| FERGUSSON, INFANT DAUGHTER
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03/07/1918
Hamilton Co., TX |
03/07/1918
Hamilton Co., TX |
Parents:
Robert Jeff Fergusson & Ida Rose Anna Grisham
How soon fades the tender flower
Gravestone
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| FERGUSSON, INFANT DAUGHTER
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04/08/1898 |
04/12/1898 |
Parents:
William
Henry Jarius "Billy" Fergusson & Sarah Alexander
"Sallie" Adcock, who were married 09/28/1876, Fayette
County, TX, Fayette County Marriage Record Bk. 1, p. 11
Gravestone
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| FERGUSSON, INFANT SON
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04/18/1893 |
04/18/1893 |
Parents: William
Henry Jarius "Billy" Fergusson & Sarah Alexander
"Sallie" Adcock, who were married 09/28/1876, Fayette
County, TX, Fayette County Marriage Record Bk. 1, p. 11
Gravestone
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| FERGUSSON, ROBERT JEFF
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02/05/1878
Falls Co., TX |
01/24/1954
Hamilton, TX |
Wife:
Ida Rose Anna (Grisham) Fergusson
Married: 11/09/
1898, Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Bk. 2, p. 64.
Parents: William
Henry Jarius/Jarvis "Billy" Fergusson & Sarah Alexander
"Sallie" Adcock
Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone |
| FOSTER, ERNEST W.
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02/20/1901 |
02/21/1901 |
Parents:
L. P. &
E. E. Foster
Foot stone: E. W. F.
O lovely flower gathered in its prime,
To bloom in God’s own Crown, In God’s own time.
Gravestone
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| GARDNER, WALTER LEE
US Air Corps
World War II |
1918 |
11/15/2005 |
Wife:
Mary Jane (Kelly) Gardner
Married: 12/09/1938,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 10 p. 229
Parents: Luther
Winford Gardner, Sr. & Molissie Chambliss
Obituary |
| GRISHAM, ALEEN LUCY
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01/29/1910 |
-- |
Parents:
James
Arthur "Jim" Grisham & Lula Elizabeth Allen who were
married 12/20/1908, Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage
Record Bk. 5, p. 1--divorced 03/17/1914. Hamilton County, TX
At rest - Sisters--Double Stone with Mary Ava
Grisham
Gravestone |
| GRISHAM, CECIL HOBDY
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03/18/1916 |
11/27/1999 |
Wife:
Nelda
Henretta (Hohertz) Grisham
Married:
10/22/1938,
Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 10, p. 216
Parents: Charles
Ephraim "Charley" Grisham & Myrtie Onie
"Myrtle" Deathrage
Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone
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| GRISHAM, CHARLES EPHRAIM
"CHARLEY"
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01/04/1881 |
05/21/1951 |
Wife:
Myrtie Onie "Myrtle" (Deathrage) Grisham
Married: 08/02/1900,
Callahan County, TX
Parents: James
Lemuel "Jim" Grisham, Sr. & Margaret Amanda Jones
Foot Stone C. E. C.; Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone |
| GRISHAM, CLAUDE VIRGIL
"VERGE"
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04/12/1891
Blue Ridge, Hamilton Co., TX |
04/14/1955
City Lake, Hamilton |
Wife:
Nancy
Lee "Nannie" (Blackshear) Grisham
Married: 12/20/1914,
Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 7, p. 49
Parents: James
Lemuel "Jim" Grisham, Sr. & Margaret Amanda Jones
Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone |
| GRISHAM, MARY AVA
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11/01/1909 |
02/13/1992 |
Parents:
James
Arthur "Jim" Grisham & Lula Elizabeth Allen who were
married 12/20/1908, Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage
Record Bk. 5, p. 1--divorced 03/17/1914.
Hamilton County, TX
At rest - Sisters--Double Stone with Aleen Lucy
Grisham
Obituary
Gravestone |
| GRISHAM, MYRTIE ONIE
"MYRTLE" (DEATHRAGE)
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10/21/1883 |
11/26/1937 |
Husband:
Charles Ephraim "Charley" Grisham
Married: 08/02/1900, Callahan Co., TX
Parents: Allen Deathrage & Mary Jane
"Jennie: Treadway
Foot stone:
M. O. G.
Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone
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| GRISHAM, NANCY LEE
"NANNIE" (BLACKSHEAR)
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01/03/1895 |
01810/1931 |
Husband:
Claude Virgil "Verge" Grisham
Married: 12/20/1914,
Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 7, p. 49
Parents: A. H. &
Daisy Blackshear
Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone |
| GRISHAM, NELDA HENRETTA (HOHERTZ)
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09/15/1914
Leroy, McLennan Co., TX |
06/02/1987 |
Husband:
Cecil Hobdy Grisham
Married:
10/22/1938, Hamilton County, TX, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk.
10, p. 216
Parents: Richard
"Rich" Hohertz & Frieda Dablegott
Double Stone
Obituary
Gravestone |
| HARRISON, BOY |
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. |
Unmarked Grave
Gravestone
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KELLY, ADAM HOWARD |
01/13/ 1894 |
09/08/1975 |
Wife:
Harriet Annie (Williams) Kelly
Married: 12/10/1914,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk.7, p. 50
Parents: Thomas White
Kelly & Mary Carpenter
Obituary
Footstone: Father
Gravestone |
| KELLY, ANNIE RUTH |
03/17/1933 |
02/21/1934 |
Parents:
Adam Howard Kelly & Harriet Annie Williams
Obituary
Gravestone
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| KELLY, HARRIET ANNIE (WILLIAMS) |
09/15/1896 |
10/17/1994 |
Husband:
Adam Howard Kelly
Married:
12/10/1914,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk.7, p. 50
Parents: Nathaniel
Young Williams & Martha Jane "Mattie" Roye
Obituary
Footstone: Mother
Gravestone
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| KELLY, DAUGHTER |
1926 |
1926 |
Parents:
Adam Howard Kelly & Harriet Annie Williams
Gravestone
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| KELLY, INFANT DAUGHTER |
11/30/1915 |
11/30/1915 |
Parents:
Adam Howard Kelly & Harriet Annie Williams
Gravestone
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| KELLY, SON |
1930 |
12/14/1930 |
Parents:
Adam Howard Kelly & Harriet Annie Williams (Hamilton County Death Records)
Gravestone
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| MASSIE, HENRY |
. |
05/06/1930 |
Parents:
Thomas D.
Massie & Massie Briggs (Hamilton County Death Records)
Gravestone
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| MILLER, RUBY I. (ALLEN) |
06/12/1891 |
05/01/1955 |
Husband:
Louis
Miller
Married: 06/06/1916, Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 7, p.
100
Gravestone
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| MIMS, LUCY LAVON (DISHONGH) |
01/30/1918,
Holley |
10/17/1997 |
Husband:
Ralph F.
Mims
Married: 01/19/1939, in Trinity
Parents: G. B. Dishongh & Della Lucas
Obituary
Double stone with Ralph F. Mim
Gravestone |
| MIMS, RALPH F. |
11/21/1908 |
10/07/2001 |
Wife:
Lucy Lavon (Dishong) Mims
Married: 01/19/1939
in Trinity
COMMENT: Double stone for Lucy Lavon
Dishong Mims and Ralph F. Mims.
Gravestone |
| MORRISON, BUELL D. |
02/18/1902 |
06/11/1921 |
He was all to us.
Foot stone: B. D. M.
Gravestone |
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MORRISON, FANNIE ANN
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10/15/1872 |
12/30/1964 |
Gravestone |
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MORRISON, J. S. |
Nov. 12, 1866
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Feb. 1, 1924 |
Come ye blessed....
Foot stone: J. S. M.
COMMENT: The remainder of the words on this tombstone
are not readable
Gravestone
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NEAL, EULA ORILLA (BARKER) |
Jan. 17, 1885 |
Jan. 25, 1921 |
Married:
Ollie
Vaden Neal
{Ollie was buried at Odell, Wilbarger Co., TX. At Eula’s death,
their daughter Obera Neal Richey (Cude) Jones was adopted by Elmer and
Nettie Leola Buckner Richey.]
Gravestone
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NEWSOM, INFANT SON |
Sept. 26, 1942 |
Sept. 26, 1942 |
Parents: Elmo Wilbur Newsom and
Cora Mildred Williams who were married 30 July, 1930, Bk. 9, p. 266,
Hamilton County, TX.
Gravestone
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PERRY, ALVEN CHARLES |
April 4, 1915
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November 13, 2001 |
Wife: Willie
Jewel (Grisham) Perry
Married: Jan. 6, 1940, Bk. 10, p. 292, Hamilton County, TX.
Parents: George Madison Perry and Lillie Carl Dunn
Perry
Double stone with Willie Jewel Perry
Obituary
Gravestone |
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PERRY, BILLIE LANE |
June 20, 1934 |
June 21, 1934 |
Parents:
Robert Moore Perry & Myrtle
Dunn who were married 15 May, 1911, Bk, 5, p. 195; Hamilton
County, TX.
Foot stone: Baby
Gravestone |
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PERRY, WILLIE JEWEL (GRISHAM) |
Dec. 24, 1913 |
Feb. 16, 1997 |
Husband:
Alven Charles Perry
Married: 6 Jan., 1940, Bk. 10, p. 292, Hamilton
County, TX.
Parents: Charles Ephraim "Charlie"
Grisham and Myrtie Onie "Myrtle" Deathrage
Obituary
Double stone with Alven Charles Perry
Gravestone |
| RAIBOURN, BILLY PHIL |
May 17, 1922
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July 29, 1937
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Foot stone: Billy
Mother:
Mattie Ellen
Raibourn
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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| RAIBOURN, DAVID MARTIN
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12/20/1836
IL
(1844 ) |
12/03/1934 |
Wife:
Susie (Williams) Raibourn
Pvt. Co. C. 12 TX Cav
Confederate States Army
Gen. Robert E. Lee was a brother of his
mother
Gravestone
Obituary |
| RAIBOURN, DELPHIA MAY |
May 6, 1903
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Nov. 5, 1905
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Parents: Thomas Gideon and Ollie May
Raibourn
Gone But Not Forgotten
Daughter of T. G. & O. M. Raibourn
Foot stone: Two cherubs separated by a flower pot
COMMENT: Double marker with Delphia May Raibourn--with
inscription for this child on the north side, the inscription for Delphia
May on the south side, and on the east side-
"Daughter of T. G. &
O. M. Raibourn". --. The Foot
stone is between the two graves.
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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RAIBOURN, HERMAN THOMAS |
Oct. 19, 1909
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June 14, 1930
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Parents:
Thomas Gideon and Ollie May
Raibourn
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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| RAIBOURN, INFANT |
Apr. 29, 1911
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Apr. 29, 1911
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Parents: Thomas Gideon and Ollie May
Raibourn
Gone But Not Forgotten
Daughter of T. G. & O. M. Raibourn
Foot stone: Two cherubs separated by a flower pot
COMMENT: Double marker with Delphia May
Raibourn--with
inscription for this child on the north side, the inscription for Delphia
May on the south side, and on the east side-
"Daughter of T. G. &
O. M. Raibourn". --. The Foot
stone is between the two graves.
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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| RAIBOURN, MATTIE ELLEN |
03/21/1886 |
05/18/1964 |
Parents: David Martin Raibourn and Sue
Williams Raibourn.
In Loving Memory
Foot stone: M. R.
Gravestone
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| RAIBOURN, OLLIE MAY |
May 12, 1881
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June 12, 1922
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Husband:
Thomas Gideon Raibourn
Wife of T. G.
Thy Will Be Done
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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RAIBOURN, THOMAS GIDEON |
Dec. 26, 1882
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Dec. 25, 1930
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Wife:
Ollie May Raibourn
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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| RAIBOURN, WILMA
MOZELL |
Oct. 19, 1911
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May 10, 1933
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Foot stone: Wilma
Inside FENCED LOT OF TOM G. RAIBOURN
Gravestone
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| RICHARDSON, COOPER |
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. |
COMMENT:
Name on stone is "P. H.
Cooper" |
| SAVIERS, MARTHA |
07/15/1844 |
09/29/1906 or 10/05/1906 |
COMMENT:
Hamilton County Death Records indicate that "Mattie"
died 10-05-1906
Gravestone
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| SPARKS, JAMES MONROE
"JIM" |
02/02/1884 |
02/13/1972 |
Wife:
Mary Ann (Dunlop) Sparks--divorced
Married: 06/28/1903,
Hamilton County, TX, Marriage Record Bk. 4, p. 107
Parents: William
Thomas Sparks & Annie I. Britwell/Burton
Foot stone:
J. M. S.
Gravestone
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| SPARKS, JOHNSON TECUMSEH
"JOHN" |
12/16/1819 |
12/24/1903 |
Wife:
Christina (Daniel) Sparks who died 02/04/1911
in Belgreen, AL
Parents: Enoch
Sparks & Nancy Lucinda Ramsey
Hope, In Thee O Lord Do I Put My Trust
Gravestone
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| SPARKS, L. V., JR. |
02/16/1907 |
05/08/1908 |
Parents:
L. V. Sparks, Sr. & Leona B. Hilliard who
were married 04/22/1906, Hamilton County, TX Marriage Bk. 4, p. 350
Foot stones: Son
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| SPARKS, WILLIAM THOMAS |
09/28/1858 |
03/04/1946 |
Wife #1:
Annie I. (Britwell or Burton) Sparks (b. 10/21/1861, d. 10/19/1892)
Married: 10/21/1881,
Russellville, Franklin Co., AL
Wife #2: Mary Adeline "Addie" (Horton) Sparks
Married:
04/09/1893
Parents: Johnson
Tecumseh Sparks & Christina Daniel
Gravestone
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| STUCKEY, HARVEY A. |
10/27/1902 |
12/26/1910 |
Parents:
M. B. & M. M. Stuckey
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Gravestone
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| STUDER, CLAUDIA BELLE |
12/21/1880 |
10820/1900 |
Dau. Of ... ... ... ... ... .... &
Theresa Studer
Gravestone
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| STUDER, MICHAEL |
05/13/1886 |
08/25/1904 |
Blessed are ... ... ... ... |
| STUDER, THERESA A. |
01/03/1840 |
05/29/1911 |
Foot stone:
Mother
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| TATE, CHARLES C. |
01/21/1889 |
10/21/1904 |
Parents:
A. A. & M. A. Tate
In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions
COMMENT:
This grave is enclosed in a metal fence. The
inscription is on the west side of the
tombstone. Hamilton County Death Records indicate that his first name was
Charles.
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| TEMPLES, JESSIE JEWELL (RAIBOURN) |
12/18/1895 |
03/23/1932 |
Husband:
Willie W. Temples
Married: 06/29/1916,
Hamilton County, TX, Marriage Record Bk. 7, p. 102
Parents: David
Martin Raibourn & Susie Williams
Foot stone: Mother |
| TEMPLES, WILLIE W. |
04/07/1896 |
02/21/1965 |
Wife:
Jessie Jewell (Raibourn) Temples
Married: 06/29/1916,
Hamilton County, TX, Marriage Record Bk. 7, p. 102
Foot stone:
Dad
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| WALKER, CHARLES RILEY
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09/06/1905 |
12/14/1997 |
Wife:
Margaret
Corene (Grisham) Walker
Married: 09/26/1945,
Hamilton County, TX, Marriage Record Bk. 10, p. 614
Parents: James Albert
Walker & Laura Matney
Doublestone |
| WALKER, MARGARET CORENE
(GRISHAM) |
04/30/1909 |
12/31/1995 |
Husband:
Charles Riley Walker
Married: 09/26/1945,
Hamilton County, TX, Marriage Record Bk. 10, p. 614
Parents: Charles
Ephraim "Charlie" Grisham & Myrtie Onie
"Myrtle" Deathrage
Doublestone |
| WALTON, FREDERICK G. |
09/22/1909 |
05/05/1915 |
Parents: William Twyman Walton & Ethel Irene (Embrey)
Price
Son of W. T. & Ethel
Sept. 22, 1909 - May 5, 1915
This lovely bud, so young, so fair, Called hence by
early doom,
Just came to show how sweet a flower, In Paradise would
bloom.
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| WALTON, HOWARD |
12/27/1896 |
04/29/1898 |
Parents:
J. B . & Susie
Walton
Foot stone: (blank) |
| WATKINS, G. L. |
1845 |
05/30/1922 |
At Rest
Father: William Watkins--as
per Hamilton County Death Records |
| WHEAT, INFANT SON |
12/25/1896 |
01/19/1897 |
Parents: J.
H. & T. J. Wheat
Budded on Earth To Bloom in Heaven |
| WILLIAMS, EARL OTIS |
04/19/1918 |
04/05/1925 |
Parents: Earl
Otis Williams & Mary Tennessee Kelly
who were married 9 Dec., 1914, Bk. 7, p. 48, Hamilton
County, TX |
| WILLIAMS, MARY LUCILLE |
03/23/1916 |
03/29/1924 |
Parents:
Earl
Otis Williams & Mary Tennessee Kelly
who were married 9 Dec., 1914, Bk. 7, p. 48, Hamilton
County, TX |
| WILLIAMS, MARTHA JANE
"MATTIE" (ROYE) |
05/22/1864 |
04/18/1939 |
Husband: Nathaniel
Young "Natt" Williams
Married: 10/26/1882,
Hill County, TX
Parents: Richard Roye
& Harriet Harrison
In Loving Memory Foot stone: Mother
Doublestone |
| WILLIAMS, NATHANIEL YOUNG "NATT" |
10/25/1858 Hickman Co.,
TN |
12/13/1941 |
Wife: Martha
Jane "Mattie" (Roye) Williams
Married: 10/26/1882,
Hill County, TX
Parents: Gideon
Williams & Sara Annie Perry
In Loving Memory Foot stone: Father
Doublestone |
| WILLIAMS, RUTH |
1901 |
1901 |
Parents: Nathaniel
Young "Natt" Williams & Martha Jane "Mattie" Roye
Foot stone: Daughter |
| WILSON, SUSAN M. (WILSON) |
05/09/1832 |
. |
Husband #1:
W. W. Wilson
Husband #2: Cull Wilson
Wife of W. W. Wilson, Later wife of Cull |
| WOOD, INFANT SON |
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Parents:
Eugene C. Wood & Katie Belle Allen |
| WOOD, KATIE BELLE (ALLEN) |
08/21/1895 |
08/19/1915 |
Husband:
Eugene C. Wood
Married: 08/24/1913,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 6, p. 141
Parents: James
Marion Allen & Mary Elizabeth Witt Allen
Wife of Eugene Wood & Daughter of J. M. & M. E.
Allen
Born: August 21, 1895 - Died: Aug. 19, 1915
Foot stone; K. B. W.
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There at least 18 unmarked graves without a clue as to
the identity of the person buried in the unmarked grave. Two of these
graves would be the Mr. and Mrs. Campbell who stayed with Margaret Amanda
Jones Grisham during her last years.
BLUE RIDGE CEMETERY-
West Section
Surveyed 23 August, 1992 by Ray Rowland and Elreeta
Crain Weathers
(North of the
intersection of the unmarked dirt road to the church and FM 1241)
Established: 28 August, 1915
The west portion of the Blue Ridge Cemetery is located
north of the junction of FM 1241 and the unpaved, un-numbered road which
goes to Blue Ridge Baptist Church.
On August 28, 1915, John Hannah Brown sold to the
public for the price of one dollar this tract of land to be used as a
burial ground. This cemetery plot was abandoned because its rocky base
made it very difficult to dig graves.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Hamilton. Know all Men by
these Presents: That I, J. H. Brown of the County of Hamilton State of
Texas for and in consideration of the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar to me paid
and for the further consideration of setting apart to the Public use
this thereinafter described tract or parcel of land as a public burial
ground and for no other purpose. HAVE GRANTED, SOLD AND CONVEYED, and by
these presents do GRANT, SELL AND CONVEY, unto the said The Public Use of
the County of Hamilton
and State of Texas all that certain tract or parcel
of land out of an 82 acre subdivision of Hamilton County School, Sur. No.
13 formerly deeded to me by Hamilton County and the Lot thereby conveyed
being described as to wit:~~~ Beginning 20 ft. (N. 19 degrees E. from SW
cor. of Hamilton County School Land Subdivision an 82 acre tract or of
original Survey No. 13, for cor. of this survey. Thence S. 71 E. 144 ft.,
S. E. cor. this Block; Thence N. 19 E. 222 ft.N.E. cor. of this Block,
Thence (N. 71W. 144 ft., (NW cor of this Block. Thence S. 19 W. 222 ft to
the place of beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises,
together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in any
wise belonging, unto the said The Public Use forever and I
do hereby bind myself and heirs, executors and administrators to
WARRANT and FOREVER DEFEND, all and singular the said premises unto the
said The Public Use Aforesaid heirs and assigns, against every person
whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same of any part thereof, by
through or under me but no further. Witness: .... Hand..... At Hamilton,
Texas this 28 day of August, 1915. Signed: J. H. Brown
THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, Before
me J. T. Dempster, County Clerk, in and for Hamilton County, Texas on this
day personally appeared J. H. Brown known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that
he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office the 28th day A.
D. 1915.
J. T. Dempster, Co. Clerk
(seal) Hamilton County, Texas
Filed for Record 28 day of August, 1915, at 10:45 A.M. and recorded the
28 day of August, 1915, at 1:00 o’clock P.M.
By...........................................Deputy J. T. Dempster,
Clerk
County Court, Hamilton County, TX. Vol. 54, Pg. 348
Hamilton County Deed Records.
WEST PORTION OF BLUE RIDGE CEMETERY
| CRAIN, Mary Eunice |
July 24, 1911 |
Aug. 9, 1915 |
Parents:
James Wesley Crain & Amanda Elizabeth
Stribling
Gravestone
COMMENT: Eunice was the fifth and youngest child of James Wesley
"Jim" and Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain. She was the first
person buried in this cemetery. Jim and Amanda were married 23 Oct., 1895,
the Coryell Church Community of Coryell County, Bk. 5., p. 309 of Coryell
County Marriage Records. Eunice's stone has been removed from this
cemetery and placed in the Stribling Plot in the northwest corner of the
IOOF Cemetery in Hamilton, beside the stone of her older sister, Ruby
Pearl Crain. Eunice's remains were not relocated. |
| DRAKE, Floyd |
June 18, 1887 |
Sept. 27, 1916 |
Wife: Ethel
(Stroud) Drake
Married: 24 Dec.,
1911, Bk. 5, p. 256 Hamilton County, TX.
Parents: Samuel Palmer Drake and Emily Nellie Putnam Drake
The tombstone for Floyd Palmer Drake has been removed
from this cemetery and placed in the Drake plot in the Hamilton IOOF
Cemetery. His remains were not relocated.
COMMENT: Double marker for Cornelia S. & J. C.
Newsom.
Gravestone |
| NEWSOM, CORNELIA S. (OLIVER) |
Feb. 1, 1855 |
June 2, 1929 |
Husband:
Joseph C. Newsom |
| NEWSOM, JOSEPH C.
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Oct. 1, 1832 |
June 23, 1921 |
Wife #1: Lizzie
(Reagan) Newsom
Married: about 1855, AL
Wife: #2: Eliza Jane
(Good) Newsom
Married: about 1866, AL
Wife #3: Cornelia S.
(Oliver) Newsom
Married: about 1885
Gravestone
COMMENT: Double marker for Cornelia S. & J. C.
Newsom.
Joseph C. Newsom
Newsom, Cornelia S. 37498 Claimant: Civil War Pension
Number: 37498
Husband: Joseph C.; Pension Number: 34454
A military tombstone has been added to the grave of Joseph C. on 3
Sept., 2000. A
wrought iron picket fence encloses the graves of Joseph C. and Cornelia S.
Newsom.
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Memorial Marker Dedication for
Joseph C. Newsom
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