Graves Cemetery

Rockett, Ellis Co., Cemeteries of TX

Photo credit: Jeanette Coaly

Located near Rockett, Texas. Turn Left on Bells Chapel Road, Cemetery on right. In use and privately maintained.	Historical Designation, oldest burial date 1859

Submitted by Shirley Graves, wife of Charley C. Graves.

Robert Russell Graves (1814-1897) came from Alabama to Texas in 1838 with his wife Esther (Hinkle) Graves (1815-1865), their children, and her father Joseph Hinkle (1771-1859).

They came to Ellis County in 1857 and settled on 510 acres purchased from Thomas C. Marchbanks. The first marked grave on this
site is that of Joseph Hinkle, who was interred here in 1859.

Robert and Esther's son C. R. Graves (1857-1938) and his wife Emma Callie Graves (1857-1927). Deeded 1.06 acres including Joseph's grave for a family burial ground in 1895. Many early pioneer families of the area near the Rockett Community are represented here. Graves Cemetery continues as a chronicle of the pioneer days of Ellis County.

ASHLEY, R. BELL - 1896/1899 - DAUG  OF J. H. & M. C.

DENNINGTON, LULA A. - 1868/1908 - WIFE OF J. W.

DUNAVANT, MINNIE - 1884/1944

DUNAVANT, ROSA - 1898 - DAUG OF G. I. & E. M.

DUNAVANT, ROY L. - 1904 (TOP OF MARKER MISSING)

DUNAVANT, T. W. - 1874/1956

GRAVES, AMANDA M. - 1852/1900 - WIFE OF FRANK R. GRAVES

GRAVES, CUBIT E. - 1891/1915

GRAVES, C. R. - 1857/1938

GRAVES, DAVY - 1854/1889

GRAVES, EMMA C. - 1857/1927

GRAVES, EDITH JESTER - 1921/1923

GRAVES, ESTHER GERTRUDE - 1815/1865 - WIFE OF ROBERT RUSSELL GRAVES

GRAVES, ESTHER G. - B:1-1881- (GRAND-DAUGHTER TO ESTHER G. (NO MARKER)
                                  NEXT TO THE GRAVE OF PENN SAWYER, SOUTH SIDE

GRAVES, FRANK R. - 1852/1899

GRAVES, 1918/1918 - INFANT SON OF R. J. & H. M.

GRAVES, JESS EDWIN - 1920/1987 - SON OF ROBERT RUSSELL GRAVES II

GRAVES, LIZZIE CORA - 1884/1894

GRAVES, LIZZIE J. - 1849/1890

GRAVES, MARY GERTRUDE - 1888/1980 - WIFE OF ROBERT RUSSELL GRAVES II
 
GRAVES, MARY HESTER - 1895/1970

GRAVES, MYRTLE - 1890/1915 - WIFE OF CUBIT E. GRAVES

GRAVES, ROBERT RUSSELL II - 1887/1943 - SON OF ROBERT RUSSELL GRAVES
  
GRAVES, ROYALL JESSE - 1879/1930 - MASON - BROTHER TO ROBERT RUSSELL GRAVES II
       
GRAVES ROBERT RUSSELL (BOB)III - 1912/1984 - SON OF ROBERT RUSSELL GRAVES II
      
GRAVES, ROLLY S. - 1886 - SON OF J. TOM & A.E. - (MARKER MISSING)

GRAVES, SALLIE - (MARKER MISSING) - NEXT TO LESUEUR
            
GRAVES, ROBERT RUSSELL - 1814/1897 - (MASON)

HARTLINE, DOLLIE - 1895/1895 - DAUG. OF H.B. & ADA (MARKER MISSING) BLOCK 2, LOT 47
          
HAZARD, J. S. - 1834/1895

HAZARD, KITTY A. - 1835/1922- WIFE OF J. S.

HAZARD, NETTIE M. - 1871/1919 - (CONCRETE CURB)

HAZARD, WILLIAM S. - 1861/1935 - (CONCRETE CURB)

HINKLE, JOSEPH - 1771/1859 - FATHR OF ESTER GERTRUDE GRAVES

HUNSUCKER, EDWARD ANDERSON (EDD) - 1893/1941 - (METAL MARKER)

HUNSUCKER, LILLIE R.  7-1896-DIED AFTER 1900 (UNMARKED)

HUNSUCKER, M. J. (GALINA) POGUE

KEELING, M. A. - 1891/1968

KEELING, MAE GRAVES - 1893/1977 - DAUG  OF C. R. GRAVES

LESUEUR, ANNA (GRAVES) - 1882/1917 - WIFE OF E. B.

LESUEUR, E. BACON - 1876/1927

LESUEUR, BACON JR. - 1917 - SON OF E. B. & A.

MITCHELL, E. T. - 1850/1943

MITCHELL, SUSAN A. - 1857/1901 - WIFE OF E. T.

PHILLIPS, MARIAM E. - 1842/1906 - WIFE OF S. J.

PEAVLER, 11-29-1900/12-1/1900 - INFANT SON OF J. H. & L. R.

PEAVLER, (TWO STICKS ARE HERE WITH IRON STAKES.)

SAWYER, LOFTON P. - 1916/1985 - HUSBAND OF NELL (GRAVES) SAWYER, WORLD WAR II
 
TOOMEY, ALTHEA MAE - 1921/1951

TOOMEY, ANDREW A. - 1866/1934

TOOMEY, BESSIE GAMBLE - 1897/1971

TOOMEY, ETTIE C. - 1867/1900

TOOMEY, JOHN THOMAS - 1892/1941

TOOMEY, J. T. JR. - 1917/1920

TALBOT, EARL VERNON - 1897/1986

TALBOT, JANIE BELL - 1901/1985

METAL MARKER, BLOCK 3, LOT 11 -NO NAME AVAILABLE, PER WATER C. DUNAVANT OF        
RED OAK, THIS WAS A TRAVELING MAN HIS GRAND-FATHER KNEW.

WORD, GEORGE T. - 1893/ 1895 - SON OF G. A. & E. V. (MARKER MISSING) BLOCK 4, LOT 19
MOVED TO BELLS CHAPEL CEMETERY 10-21-1978
 
WORD, MATTIE VIRGINIA - 1913/1914 -DAUG OF E. E. & MARGIE (MARKER MISSING)                    
BLOCK 4, LOT 19, MOVED TO BELLS CHAPEL CEMETERY 10-21-1978

RED BRICK IN THE GROUND SURROUND ONE UNMARKED GRAVE, POTTERS FIELD
    BLOCK  #2..