Garrett Cemetery

Stranger, Falls Co., Cemeteries of   TX

 
Submitted by Theresa Carhart

Cemeteries of TX: V.B. Mendoza

This cemetery was established in the original community of Blue Ridge, Falls  County, Texas in 1851 with a gift of land (and site selected by) Thomas McKissick Garrett. It was used as the community cemetery for almost two decades, until the Stranger Cemetery and Churches were established in July 1869.In addition to the survey of tombstones in this cemetery, Family Bibles, and Falls County Deed and Death Records have been searched to identify some who are buried here without tombstones. Undoubtedly, there are some buried here who have been missed. Twenty or more gravesites have boulder-type stones to mark them, without name or dates. Several plots are outlined with stones, but have no stone within these to mark gravesites.

In the September 28, 1905 newspaper, The Marlin Democrat, a letter to the Editor from one Walter Tyrol, recounts the history of the Garrett Family, and states the following:

Thomas McKissick Garrett, himself, selected this beautiful burying ground... I have stood once more upon Bald Knob, as it was called in ante bellum days - now  the Garrett Cemetery. Within ten days, loving hands laid to rest in this sacred soil, the father, Thomas McKissick Garrett, his daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Erskine, and Easter - the faithful servant of the Garrett Family."

Last Name

First Name

Birth

Death

Comments

GARRETT

Thomas McKissick

Jun 02 1812

Jul 02 1862

s/o Nathan Odell & Ann Mary ("Polly" McKissick) Garrett; 1st wife, Margaret Minerva Reed (m 12 17 1833 in Tennessee); 2nd wife, Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison (m 12-25 1845 in Houston County, Texas in the part which became Anderson County); came to The Republic of Texas in late 1840; b: Giles County, Tennessee

GARRETT

Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison

Jan 08 1816

Feb 18 1880

d/o James & Rhoda (Cartwright) Brandon; (lst husband, Martin Cornelison); b: Tennessee

HICKMAN

Jabez, Reverend

-

Nov 17 1865

3rd h/o Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison Garrett (m 10 19 1864 in Falls County, Texas)

CORNELISON

Miles

Feb 13 1840

Jul 27 1858

s/o Martin & Linea F. Cornelison; Only a boulder marks his grave.

ERSKINE

Mary Elizabeth (Garrett)

Mar 19 1835

1862

w/o William Richards Erskine; d/o T.MCK. & M.M. Garrettin b: Arkansas

-

Easter

-

-

FAITHFUL SERVANT, EASTER; "a Negress, a most faithful and good woman; the property of the Garrett Family"

STONE

Linea Frances (Garrett)

Feb 27 1858

Sep 25 1878

w/o Edmund I. Stone; d/o T.MCK. & L.F. Garrett; b: Falls County, Texas; Only boulder marks her grave.

GARRETT

James Odell

Nov 17 1848

Oct 11 1927

s/o T.MCK. & L.F. Garrett whose lst wife was Martha Ann Griffith, buried in Stranger Cemetery; and 2nd wife was Elizabeth Ann Jackson (m Jan 6 1880 in Robertson County, Texas); b: Anderson County, Texas; d: Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas

GARRETT

Elizabeth Ann (Jackson)

Feb 22 1857

Jan 22 1939

2nd w/o James Odell Garrett; d/o Dr. Thomas & Elizabeth (Campbell) Jackson; b: Parker Co., Texas; d in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas.

JACKSON

Thomas Jackson, Dr.

Jul 19 1819

Apr 19 1887

b: Tennessee; d: Bremond, Robertson County, Texas

JACKSON

Elizabeth (Campbell)

Feb 14 1818

Jun 23 1893

w/o Dr. Thomas Jackson (m 9-24 1843 in Audrain Co., Missouri); d/o Samuel & Martha (Crockett) Campbell

GARRETT

Donald Glenn

Feb 15 1935

Dec 07 1935

s/o Glenn Willis & Elnora (Ray) Garrett

GARRETT

Leonard Lenore

Aug 23 1874

Nov 12 1957

s/o J.0. & M.A. Garrett

GARRETT

Lucy Carrol ("Carl" Hargrove)

Oct 21 1881

Jun 02 1969

w/o L.L. Garrett

GARRETT

Keith Emil

Jun 08 1915

Apr 12 1966

s/o L.L. & L.C. Garrett

GARRETT

Robert Lee

Apr 17 1884

Apr 14 1967

s/o J.0. & E.A. Garrett; (lst wife, Lula Lee Camp)

GARRETT

James Willis

Jun 21 1882

Dec 19 1904

s/o J.0. & E.A. Garrett

GARRETT

Cloy Lewis

Jun 03 1886

Feb 11 1887

s/o J.0. & E.A. Garrett; inscribed "Our Darling"

HICKMAN

Ollina

Aug 20 1883

Aug 31 1884

s/o Benjamin Franklin & Catherine Elizabeth (Garrett) Hickman

HODGES

Charles

-

Dec 19 1888

aged 73 years, 9 months, 25 days; lst wife, Susannah Parker; 2nd wife, Martha Agnes (Erskine) Sparks buried in Erskine Cemetery with her lst husband, William Sparks]

HODGES

Susannah (Parker)

-

Oct 09 1871

lst w/o Charles Hodges; aged 48 years, 4 months, 20 days

HODGES

Jacob Rite, Reverend

Apr 14 1850

May 27 1916

s/o Charles & Susannah Hodges; b: Mississippi; CSA

HODGES

Rhoda Ann (Garrett)

Jan 17 1851

Jun 18 1937

w/o Reverend J.R. Hodges; d/o T.MCK. & L.F. Garrett; b: in Falls County, Texas

HODGES

Ernest

Oct 17 1881

Nov 23 1881

s/o S.T. & J.S. Hodges

HODGES

Eugene

Sep 27 1872

Aug 22 1878

s/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges

HODGES

Jeanette

Jul 18 1875

Jul 21 1878

d/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges

HODGES

Moses

Jun 03 1879

Jun 09 1879

Infant s/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges

HODGES

-

May 26 1882

-

b & d; Infant d/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges

HODGES

Eva M.

Feb 09 1888

Nov 23 1888

d/o L.L. & C.,T. Hodges

HODGES

Walter

Dec 8 1884

Nov 10 1885

s/o L.L. & C.J. Hodges

-

-

-

-

Grave Marked with Stone; no identification

THOMAS

Tempa

Jul 16 1821

Aug 15 1876

(within small iron fence)

BELL

James Augustus

May 31 1842

Dec 29 1928

(married 9-7 1861, Falls Co.) [Amanda (Erskine) - w/o J.A. Bell, and d/o Hugh & Jane (Richards) Erskine, b 1838, d 1886 - buried in Linden, Washington]

BELL

Birtha M.

Jun 04 1904

Feb 08 1915

BELL

Viven I.

Oct 11 1917

Jan 29 1918

BELL

Edward E.

Aug 30 1904

Mar 21 1969

WW II: Pvt., U. S. Army

BELL

A. H. (Albert Hilliary)

1878

1966

BELL

Florence May (Lewis)

1878

1961

w/o A.H. Bell

-

-

-

-

Grave Marked with Stone - no identification

HARPER

James Arthur

Jan 10 1888

May 24 1895

-

-

-

-

Unmarked Grave

McCOY

James Leland

Sep 25 1849

Jul 14 1932

b: Tennessee

McCOY

Margaret (Hufstetler)

Feb 20 1854

Nov 02 1930

w/o J.L. McCoy

McCOY

Allie

-

-

no dates

McCOY

Roy

-

-

no dates

McCOY

Elva Leome

-

-

Infant; no dates

McCOY

Ural Carroll

-

-

Infant; no dates

HODGES

Hall Terrell

Feb 26 1901

1970

h/o Velma T. Hines; s/o Wm.J. & Carrie Ellen (Feeck) Hodges; WW I

GARRETT

Gene Morris

1928

-

b & d ca; s/o L. L. & L.C. Garrett;(no tombstone)

SCOGGIN

Robert

-

-

lst h/o Hazel E. Garrett; birth & death dates unknown

VINSON

Dovie

Sep 20 1896

Oct 26 1897

d/o T.H. & M.F. Vinson

JOHNSON

Alice

Jan 05 1882

Sep 16 1882

d/o J.T. & A.E. Johnson

JOHNSON

Emma D.

Aug 03 1875

May 12 1882

d/o W.A. & M.G. Johnson

JOHNSON

W.A.J.

Mar 04 1820

Dec 11 1896

RANDALL

Mattie May

Jun 02 1887

-

b & d; d/o S.M. & S.E. Randall

HART

Nannie E.

Sep 17 1880

Jun 11 1881

d/o J.B. & N.A. Hart

HART

Joseph Benjamin

Apr 03 1837

Nov 11 1905

b: Marlborough District, S.C.

HART

Nancy A.

Jul 09 1839

Mar 24 1917

w/o J.B. Hart

GRAY

Susan A.

Oct 24 1844

Mar 24 1925

GRAY

Martha E.

Jun 03 1830

May 31 1908

WHITE

Robert Lee

Nov 08 1897

Aug 22 1898

s/o J.E.& M.H. White

ARTHUR

Carrie

Feb 26 1881

Mar 04 1881

d/o S.D. & E.J. Arthur

ARTHUR

-

May 25 1868

Feb 23 1885

d/o S.D. & E.J. Arthur; b in Georgia

BROADWELL

Luther Lloyd

Jan 08 1896

Aug 07 1896

s/o J.A. & S.B. Broadwell

BROADWELL

Walter

Mar 03 1894

Mar 04 1894

s/o S.B. & J.A. Broadwell; aged 1 day

BARTON

-

-

-

Infant s/o William Albert & Susan (Hudspeth) Barton.

ELDER

-

-

-

Infant; no identification of parents, or dates

ELDER

-

-

-

Infant; no identification of parents, or dates

SERTHUHE

Titeodoro

Apr 07 1900

Aug 14 1927

SERTUHE

Ellis

Jul 20 1889

Nov 09 1935

CANALES

Lokey

1893

1936

CANALEZ

Albert, Jr.

Jun 22 1965

Jan 22 1966

-

-

-

-

Wooden Cross Marker; no information

TRIPILLO

Antonia

-

Dec 12 1929

aged 17 years, 5 months

RINCON

Maria Madelena

Feb 08 1938

Nov 24 1938

SALAZAR

Magrete

Mar 01 1924

Mar 24 1925

CANALES

Mariano

Jun 04 1929

May 10 1931

-

-

-

-

Broken Wooden Cross; no information

GUERRO

Alfonso

Apr 20 1913

Mar 04 1939

SANCHEZ

Alex, Jr.

1906

Jul 28 1931

age 25 years; s/o Alex & Magarita Sanchez (b Mexico); information given by Andrew Sanchez.

VALERO

Salome

Oct 22 1910

Oct 26 1932

d/o Domingo Valero & Antonia Cordoba; both b in Mexico; no dates