YOUNG SCHOOL HOUSE CEMETERY
UPTON AREA, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS
Submitted by Tammy Owens

LOCATION:  Young School House Cemetary is located on the corner of Cnty Rd. 280 and 281 in Upton, Texas (Smithville, TX postal area.)  From city of Bastrop, go west, turn left on FM 304. Go 10 miles, turn left on Cnty Rd. 281.  Church and cemetery are located on Cnty Rd. 281, left side of road after the left turn to Cnty Rd 280.

Plaque by the Texas Historical Commission erected next to the school house: Young School House and Cemetary
In 1872, area pioneer John P. Young (1829-1906) donated two acres of his land for a community school and cemetary.  The earliest marked grave, that of W. T. Sanders, is dated 1874.  Since then, the cemetary has been used primarily by area settlers and their descendants.

Shortly after the land was donated, community leaders opened a five-month term school, which was named in honor of John Young.  With the help of carpenter Samuel D. Sanford, this school house was constructed in 1872 of hand-hewn pine logs.  Young school closed in 1907 when the rail line was laid through the Upton community (3 MI.N), and a larger school was established there.

Although no longer in use as a school house the building has been maintained as a community center and has been the site of worship services for several area congregations.  Young School House Baptist Church, whose roots date to 1910, continues to worship at this site.  The building has been moved twice to make room for more cemetary plots.

Much of the history of this part of Bastrop County revolves around Young School House and Cemetary, each of which has been in use for more than 100 years.  (1983)

Surveyor's notes on line under headstone inscription.  S/w means "headstone shared with."

Abbott, Debbie L.                    1958              1984
Adams, Charlie                       4/26/1871         12/24/1943     Father
Adams, Charlie O.                    7/25/1841         6/3/1900       Died in Bastrop, TX Born Talbot Co., CA
Adams, Maggie E.                     12/23/1885        4/1/1966       Mother
Andrews, Mabel                       10/17/1883        7/29/1952
Bell, Catherine                      1/7/1800          6/23/1825
Bell, James Henry                    8/22/1884         3/20/1976      s/w Lillian Ada Bell
Bell, Jessie                         6/22/1888         12/18/1894     Dau of W.H. and Jennie Bell
Bell, Juanita C.                     9/14/1931         None           s/w Melvin O. Bell
Bell, Kate                           1/2/1847          11/4/1905      Wife of John P. Young
Bell, Lillian  Ada                   7/10/1892         4/5/1969       s/w James Henry Bell
Bell, Melvin O                       1/21/1930         9/22/1996      Married 5/27/1950
Bell, W.H.                           1835              11/9/1800
Bellamy, Joseph L.                   10/10/1878        8/31/1890      Son of AJ and RA Bellamy
Bohot, Margie Mae                    8/27/1918         12/7/1997
Bohot, Walter Herbert                8/15/1920         7/7/1982       TEC5 US Army WWII
Bowen, Caroline                      2/27/1841         5/5/1921       s/w Hiram C. Bowen
Bowen, Hiram C.                      8/26/1827         3/25/1893
Breeden, Gladys Marie                3/26/1912         4/16/1989
Briggs, Ellen R.                     3/13/1872         7/19/1941      s/w William M. Briggs
Briggs, Lena E.                      1/11/1879         7/1/1955
Briggs, William M                    4/11/1866         3/19/1935
Brown, Mrs. A.L.                     12/1/1877         11/25/1922
Brown, Albert L.                     1/14/1898         7/7/1915
Brown, MD Albert L.                  9/15/1868         9/11/1909
Brown, Baby                          3/3/1908          3/4/1908       Dau Of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. A.L. Brown
Brown, Carrie Vashti                 3/8/1896          2/9/1936
Bryers, Fred C.                      1866              1946           s/w Mary I. Bryers
Bryers, Mary I.                      1868              1953
Cain, James M.                       4/25/1834         4/29/1886      Georgia 2nd LT Co B 8 Regt GA CAV
                                                                      Confederate States Army
Calhoun, Willie James                10/29/1948        4/30/1993      SP4 US Army Vietnam
Cameron, Baby                        8/18/1919         8/18/1919
Carlisle, A.W.                       1844              1911
Carlisle, John C.                    1879              1924
Carlisle, Mae Cottle                 2/22/1889         1/8/1919       Wife of T.L. Carlisle
Carlisle, Margaret Mae               9/6/1915          4/26/1918      Dau of T.L. and MPE Carlisle
Carroll, Mrs. R.                     1845              8/23/1924      Wife of M. Carroll
Cox, Anna Bell                       9/2/1914          3/29/1996
Cox, Arthur Lloyd                    4/1/1914          4/14/1988      US Army
Cox, Elizabeth                       1867              1947
Cox, WM                              1866              1952
Cox, W.J.                            5/3/1895          8/29/1917
Crippen, Mary                        6/9/1837          7/27/1912
Crippen, Orrin                       7/9/1826          6/9/1926
Dabney, Freddie Tom                  1916              1932
Dabney, Robert A.                    4/1/1914          4/14/1988      MAJ US Army WWII
Dabney, Sarah E.                     3/19/1886         3/16/1970      s/w William C. Dabney
Dabney, William C                    7/31/1878         8/7/1951
Dabney, Woodie C.                    1908              1985
Deavers, Infant                      11/29/1906        1/7/1907       Son of Tom and Katie Deavers
Deavers, Infant                      9/11/1919         9/14/1919      Dau of Tom and Katie Deavers
Deavers, Ada M.                      1/26/1883         9/24/1964
Deavers, Delton D.                   1925              1986
Deavers, Frank                       1879              1957
Deavers, Herman J.                   1919              1996
Deavers, Ida Jane                    1/25/1880         10/17/1908     Wife of WT Deavers
Deavers, Kate Bell                   1889              1944
Deavers, Katie                       6/18/1888         7/10/1975      s/w Tom B. Deavers
Deavers, Louis E.                    12/5/1897         7/6/1944       Texas PVT 1CL 726 Mil Police BN
Deavers, Maggie M.L.                 1/2/1802          11/15/1892     Dau of WT and IJ Deavers
Deavers, Malisa                      3/16/1881         11/29/1882     Dau of Wm and Ida J. Deavers
Deavers, Tom B.                      9/12/1884         10/26/1946
Deavers, W.T.                        6/9/1850          8/5/1935
DeLoach, Callie V.                   6/22/1859         8/16/1911      s/w W. T. DeLoach
DeLoach, Doyle D.                    11/4/1920         7/20/1935
DeLoach, John Haynie                 1/12/1928         11/12/1980     PVT US Marine Corp WWII
DeLoach, Rena Bell                   4/29/1895         3/27/1983      s/w William L. DeLoach
DeLoach, W. T.                       4/10/1854         10/24/1919     s/w C. V Porter and C. L. Porter
DeLoach, William L.                  8/4/1895          5/19/1968      Married 11/10/1917
Drake, Claude L.                     3/27/1925         12/25/1982     Jimmie Joe
Drake, Winfred                       1921              1985           Son of Susie Tiner and Tommy Drake
Easley, Bobby Joe                    1940              1974           Our son
Easley, Dan H.                       3/27/1861         8/6/1942       Father
Easley, Daniel W.                    1/27/1893         1/7/1952       s/w Mary Easley
Easley, ID                           1905              None           Daddy
Easley, Lucile                       11/26/1915        10/23/1997     Momma
Easley, Mattie                       4/12/1870         1/5/1955       Mother
Easley, Mary                         4/26/1881         None
Echels, Child                        3/24/1876         7/20/1877      Son of J.F. and M.A. Echels
Echels, Mary L.                                        1/28/1891      Wife of WM Echels Age died 30 yrs
Echols, Jesse Lee                    4/25/1880         11/30/1968     
Echols, Mary Jane                    5/10/1884         11/19/1943     
Farris, Claude L.                    6/2/1895          5/13/1933      s/w Eva (Farris) Gallion
Farris, Eva Gallion                  6/13/1899         1/17/1984      Together Again
Farris, Freddie                      8/15/1887         8/19/1887      Son of John and Sophronia Farris
Farris, Henry C.                     8/29/1896         2/8/1968       Texas PFC Mil Police Corps WWI
Farris, John F.                      8/11/1864         2/19/1930      s/w Sophronia Farris
Farris, Sophronia                    4/12/1870         8/6/1967       s/w John F Farris, Daughter of Lewis and Martha Tiner
Foraker, Ernest E.                   1912              1982
Formby, Clyde W.                     3/18/1915         9/19/1981
Franklin, Beulah                     1879              1933           s/w Steve Franklin
Franklin, John N.                    9/18/1880         8/14/1912
Franklin, John R.                    2/7/1836          1/20/1891
Franklin, Lena N.                    2/5/1873          11/10/1890
Franklin, Mary F.                    11/18/1848        5/20/1918
Franklin, Steve                      12/22/1876        10/17/1918
Free, Janice L.                      5/20/1943         11/6/1998      Age 55
Free, Victor Lydell                  12/30/1968        4/24/1992
Furr, F.P.                           1/20/1907         5/4/1932
Furr, P.F.                           8/9/18?6          10/1885        (headstone broken at date)
Gallion, Harland Davis               4/16/1909         5/22/1988      S1 US Navy     WWII     
Gray, W.                             3/28/1828         6/7/1894
Grohman, Susie (BOB)                 3/15/1899         1/31/1992      Susie Tiner Drake, Daughter of Lewis and Celia Petty Tiner
Hart, Betty                          1928              1990
Hart, James A.                       1915              1985
Haynes, J.E.                         10/21/1857        4/28/1896
Highsmith, Elizabeth J.              12/25/1829        1/24/1910      B. Lincoln Co., MO D. Upton, TX
                                                                      Wife of Thomas J. Potter 
HIGHSMITH (3 FT MONUMENT, FOUR SIDES WITH INFORMATION)
In memory of our children            W.A. and L.A. Highsmith1892
Alice                                3/7/1872          6/5/1874       Age 2 ys 2 mos, 28 days Our 3rd daughter
Kathie Lea                           2/17/1874         7/24/1882      Age 8 ys 5 mos, 7 days Our 4th daughter
Lelia Harninee                       1/3/1868          11/8/1886      Age 18 ys 10 mos 5 days Our 1st daughter
Hill, Larry Dale                     3/25/74           7/14/87
Kelley, Andrew Nathan                9/30/1885         5/18/1975       s/w Myra Marie Kelley
Kelley, Danial Coffield              8/4/1843          9/7/1912        B. Lee Co, GA D. Holt, TX Co. B 8 GA
                                                                       CAV CSA, Son of Nancy Knight Kelley, Bro to Martha Tiner
Kelley, Elizabeth Jordan             1847              1892            Wife of DC Kelley
                                                                       s/w Nancy Knight Kelley
Kelley, Francis                      12/13/1850        11/16/1918      s/w W. L. Kelley
Kelley, James                        1865              1940
Kelley, James E.                     3/17/1938         4/19/1979       PVT US AF
Kelley, Marion                       1909              1981
Kelley, Mildred M.                   11/1/1921         None            s/w William Thomas Machen
Kelley, Myra Marie                   3/11/1891         3/31/1981
Kelley, Myrtle                       4/11/1914         11/10/1916      Dau of A.N. Kelley and wife
Kelley, Nancy Knight                 1807              1879            Mother of Martha Tiner, W. L. & Danial Kelley
Kelley, Roy E.                       4/16/1910         3/4/1934
Kelley, W.L.                         10/16/1847        9/10/1927
Kelly                                1922              1969
Kelly, Allie B.                      7/25/1909         2/24/1988       s/w James H. Kelly
Kelly, Ada                           2/17/1891         11/15/1902      Daughter of J.A. and I.D. Kelly 
Kelly, (Brance?)                                       8/1890
Kelly, Horace Lee                    10/6/1919         9/18/1973       Pvt US Army WWII
Kelly, James A.                      1946              1996
Kelly, James H.                      2/16/1905         7/5/1973
Kelly, Lyda                          1883              1952
Kelly, Leonard L., JR.               1880              11/1959
Kelly, Oscar D.                      8/29/1916         10/5/1975
Kelly, Paul Dee                      12/23/1923        3/4/1990        SR 3 US Navy WWII
Kennedy, George W.                   7/23/1881         10/10/1880      Age 38 yrs  Gone home
Kennedy, Robert E.                   8/19/1886         6/18/1889       Son of George W. and Josephine Kennedy
Kitchen, Louis K.                    1901              1982            Dad
                                                                       s/w Verna Lee Kitchen
Kitchen, Verna Lee                   1905              1992            Mom
Lee, Chester Marvin                  12/13/1901        7/5/1985        s/w Lizzie Bell Briggs
Lee, John Standford                  1863              1955
Lee, Lizzie Bell                     3/27/1912         2/24/1988
Lee, Martha Mae                      12/17/1903        6/9/1963
Lee, Mattie E.                       1883              1912
Lee, Robert C.                       1905              1981
Loudat, Henrietta                    4/6/1926          None
Machen, Ada                          1/19/1890         6/4/1958        s/w John W. Machen
Machen, John W.                      8/22/1888         5/24/1972
Machen, Ida Lee                      2/16/1920         None            s/w Woodrow Wilson Machen
Machen, William Thomas               7/25/1915         6/22/1983       US Navy Seaman 2nd class
                                                                       s/w Mildred M. Kelley
Machen, Woodrow Wilson               5/15/1913         11/25/1995      Married Ida Lee 12/24/1934
May, Robert W.                       9/15/1838         11/13/1902
Mayes, Frances                       1866              1915            s/w Marten Mayes
Mayes, Marten                        1856              1926
McAnaney, Ethel Nash                 12/15/1888        12/7/1936
McDonald, Lillie M                   5/6/1888          2/21/1892
McDonald, Nannie Rose                10/15/1860        2/21/1945       Mother
                                                                       s/w Robert A. McDonald
McDonald, Robert A.                  1/18/1855         6/5/1944        Father
McDonald, Rose Alice                 2/20/1879         2/4/1924        Father
McMahan, Hillie                      2/20/1889         8/26/1889       Our Baby Boy Son of Ed and Sallie McMahan
McWhorter, Arthur Lee                2/8/1898          10/20/1918
Mobley, Dulce Annie                  10/16/1897        8/15/1963       Nee McDonald
Mobley, Thomas Ray                   1/1/1900          4/1/1957        Texas S Sgt 1307 Engr CONS BN WWII     
Moore, Ida Belle                     9/23/1875         6/17/1891       Dau of W. and Georgia Moore     
Morgan, William (BILL)               11/17/1928        None
Myers, Charlie                                         4/5/1894        Born in Germany 
Nash, Bertha Lee                     12/4/1894         4/30/1910
Nash, Claude                         1897              1900
Nash, Elmore                         1902              1903
Nash, Frank                          1822              1900            s/w Martha Jane Nash
Nash, Frank A.                       10/5/1892         2/15/1918       Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Nash
                                                                       345 FA Bat D 165th Brigdr 90th Div 
                                                                       died at Camp Travis
Nash, Joe Lela                       10/7/1868         9/6/1959        s/w Joseph H. Nash
Nash, John                           1856              1932            s/w Madaline Nash
Nash, Joseph H.                      9/2/1857          8/21/1949
Nash, Madaline                       1852              1923
Nash, Martha Jane                    1879              1912
Nelson, Frank                        None              None            Our Friend
                                                                       Buried next to Lillie M. McDonald
Nipps, Lucy                          3/5/1905          1/26/1907
Nakunz, Leah Frances                 3/31/1908         9/20/1986
Olayton, H. W.                       6/25/1945         12/27/1890      Age 45 yrs
Palmer, Melvin Leroy                 1904              1997
Parker, P.J.                         12/22/1913        9/6/1962
Parker, JR. P.J.                     6/26/1939
Parker, Martha Edna Hilbig           1941              1996
Parker, Mary Ellen                   9/30/1930         1/11/1989
Parker, Roy Raymond                  10/12/1943
Parker, Truman                       12/15/1923        None            s/w Mary Ellen Parker
Patterson, James Monroe              7/3/1874          5/29/1959       s/w Rose Lee Patterson
Patterson, James W.                  9/29/1927         None            s/w Shirley Ann Patterson
Patterson, Lilly Mae                 11/8/1910         4/10/1933
Patterson, Rose Lee                  9/9/1890          7/16/1935
Patterson, Shirley Ann               2/3/1931          11/30/1992
Payton, William W.                   3/7/1908          3/31/1908
Pendleton, Willie Eugenia            11/22/1818        4/11/1916
Perkins, Myrtle                      2/15/1889         8/22/190?       Dau of JD and Tennessee Perkins
Perkins, C.C.                        11/27/1909        9/29/1957
Perkins, Leslie H.                   1900              1947            US Army WWII     
Pfouts, Robert Charles               2/27/1915         7/30/1984       CPL US Army WWII     
Phelps, G. B.                        1/15/1850         1/8/1935
Porter, C. L.                        8/16/1892         3/9/1972        s/w W. T. DeLoach and C. V. Porter
Porter, C. V.                        6/22/1848         8/16/1911       s/w W. T. DeLoach and C. L. Porter
Potter, Ben F.                       10/3/1863         1/27/1930       Father
Potter, Jennie Bell                  4/16/1866         3/27/1951       Mother
Potter, May                          12/23/1896        5/5/1941
Potter, T.W. Billy                   10/16/1865        3/14/1946
Ray, Thomas, JR                      10/14/1927        10/15/1927
Rosanky, Ede                         4/12/1881         6/15/1905
Rosanky, Fritz W.                    12/23/1847        1/13/1911
Rosanky, Mary F.                     6/25/1857         7/30/1935
Sanders, W.T.                        6/16/1828         1/5/1874
Scallorn, Bettie Lou                                   5/14/1932       Infant Dau of JS and Lela Scallorn
Scallorn, Evohn                                        2/24/1938       Inft Dau of JS and Lela Scallorn
Scallorn, Franklin M.                10/31/1925        2/29/1936
Scallorn, Gladys E.                  1/19/1909         3/28/1993       s/w W. Paul Scallorn
Scallorn, James H.                   12/20/1926        6/7/1977        US Army WWII
Scallorn, James S.                   2/3/1880          2/14/1946
Scallorn, Lela                       10/1/1894         None            s/w James S. Scallorn
Scallorn, W. Paul                    1/17/1901         7/27/1969
Schiller, Sandra Annette             3/17/1960         1/28/1981
Schlortt, Esther                     11/23/1933        None            s/w Quinn Schlortt
Schlortt, John Wm                    5/25/1888         4/12/1955       s/w Susie R. Schlortt
Schlortt, Minnie Backhaus            9/5/1920          NONE
Schlortt, Robert E SR.               10/9/1911         5/15/1997       MSGT USA WW II
Schlortt, Susie R.                   3/20/1886         10/11/1970
Schlortt, Quinn                      8/28/1917         5/21/1986       Sgt US Army WWII Wed 11/23/1933
Smith, Andrew S.                     1868              1927            Father
                                                                       s/w Mattie G. Smith
Smith, Jones L.                      4/11/1906         9/22/1906       Son of AJ and MG Smith
Smith, Mattie G.                     1869              1918            Mother
Smith, O.B.                          7/12/1869         6/8/1930
Stall, Frank J.                      4/4/1907          9/29/1949
Thompson, Ada E.                     2/17/1864         12/26/1943      Mother
                                                                       s/w John B. Thompson
Thompson, Annie B.                   8/14/1886         7/13/1964       s/w Thomas S. Thompson
Thompson, Curtis                     1889              1890
Thompson, David B.                   4/7/1909          3/6/1968
Thompson, Francis Ann                2/6/1817          7/31/1907       s/w Samuel Thompson
Thompson, John B.                    3/18/1855         12/20/1946      Father
Thompson, Norma                      1/25/1925         1/25/1925
Thompson, Samuel                     12/7/1810         11/6/1884
Thompson, Thomas S.                  1/25/1881         7/9/1911
Threadgill, Edward Lewis             6/4/1883          6/23/1946
Threadgill, Mary E.                  5/11/1854         4/26/1915
Throwbridge, Mahala Mae              3/16/1928         12/13/1981      s/w Arliss Maurice Throwbridge
Throwbridge, Arliss Maurice          3/25/1930         7/24/1928
Tillman, Myrtle                      10/8/1891         3/16/1949
Tiner, Anne Bell                     1926              1926
Tiner, Ben                           5/22/1916         9/1/1983
Tiner, Ben T.                        1885              1935            s/w Mae M Tiner
Tiner, Celia C.                      8/22/1881         1/18/1977       s/w Louis M Tiner, 
                                                                       Daughter of Joseph Riley Petty 
                                                                       & Elizabeth Casbeer
Tiner, Johnnie L.                    1917              1974            Father
                                                                       s/w Roberta Tiner, 
                                                                       Son of Lewis Michael & Celia Tiner
Tiner, Lewis                         9/10/1843         9/6/1942        Co C 2 GA CAV CSA
                                                                       Lewis Taylor Tiner, Husband of 
                                                                       Martha Kelly Tiner
Tiner, Louis                         10/6/1904         2/6/1913        William Louis Tiner, Son of Louis M 
                                                                       & Celia Tiner
Tiner, Louis M.                      5/13/1881         4/13/1926       Louis Michael Tiner, Son of Lewis 
                                                                       & Martha Tiner. Husband of Celia C. Tiner
Tiner, Mae M.                        1885              1969            May Maggie Sawyer, Wife of Ben T. Tiner
Tiner, Martha K.                     12/1/1840         12/18/1926      nee Kelly
                                                                       Martha Kelley, Wife of Lewis Taylor Tiner. 
                                                                       Dau of Nancy Knight Kelley
Tiner, Roberta                       1921              None            Mother
                                                                       Roberta Meuth, Wife of Johnnie L. Tiner
Tiner, Susie Hayslip                 1/28/1849         5/17/1923       Wife of William Wright Tiner
Tiner, Tonya Lynn                                      9/10/1974
Tiner, Wright W.                     6/16/1845         7/26/1938       William Wright Tiner, Brother to 
                                                                       Lewis Taylor Tiner
Walker, Wesley Wayne                 5/13/1926         4/26/1991       US Army WWII
Webb, B.S.                           5/2/1844          Mah 26, 1936    Co D 12 Miss CAV CSA
Webb, Millie E.                      4/1/1859          9/17/1955
Wendt, Mary Smith                    11/1/1870         5/5/1951        s/w Richard Bruce Wendt
Wendt, Richard Bruce                 9/23/1875         5/8/1926
Williams, Baby                       8/30/1901         8/31/1901
Williams, Bowen                      1/13/1888         1889            Boy
Williams, Clara Doms                 1886              1971            s/w Clyde V. Williams
Williams, Clyde V.                   1883              1968
Williams, Ida Gray                   12/25/1866        12/12/1943      s/w Stephen N. Williams
Williams, Jade Omri                  2/19/98           2/19/98         Stillborn Dau of Kenneth Lavon and 
                                                                       Kristi Kruse Williams Gr gr gr gr grandaughter 
                                                                       of Lewis Taylor Tiner. No relation to
                                                                       other Williams' buried in this cemetery.
Williams, J. M.                      1/26/1877         2/15/1904
Williams, Martin E.                  3/1/1900          11/4/1900       Son of William E. Williams
Williams, Stephen N                  1/29/1857         11/20/1932
Williams, Willie B.                  11/12/1902        8/17/1917
Work, Joe Bailey                     3/12/1920         5/25/1998       Age 78
Young, Clark Hutton                  11/21/1932        6/13/1993       s/w unknown