Sonora Cemetery A-J

Hunt County, Texas

Transcribed by Debbie Evans for John W. Duncan

nanaf5@earthlink.net

 

Sonora Cemetery is located in Hunt County approximately 8 miles southeast of Wolfe City, Texas and 1½ mile east of Fairlie, Texas, on 7 and 7/10 acres. The cemetery is located near where the old Sonora Church and School once stood. The first grave is that of S. B. McBee who died in 1872, at that time there were 3.5 acres, by 1880 it had increased to the present size. The Texas State Historical Marker was installed in 1984. There are probably many more unknown burials here. One record shows to be over 900 burials here. (924 listed here)

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Last Name

First Name

Middle Name

Maiden Name

BM

BD

BY

DM

DD

DY

Notes

Abernathy

Charlie

Milton

-

5

5

1892

8

3

1910

He was thrown from a horse and killed

Acker

Leon

-

-

11

12

1911

3

7

2002

husband of Mae Dell Speight Acker married 1-28-1933 son of RL and Buena Fuller Acker

Acker

Mae

Dell

Speight

6

24

1917

1

14

2003

daughter of John and Ida Caldwell Speight and wife of Leon Acker married 1-28-1933

Adams

Elizabeth

-

-

1

30

1836

12

22

1897

-

Adams

John

Samuel "Stacy"

-

6

19

1858

9

25

1941

husband of Mary Ann Adams Stacy was his nickname after a brand of shoes named Stacy Adams

Adams

Mary

Ann

Purdy

12

28

1864

11

3

1938

wife of John Samuel Stacy Adams

Allen

Anna

L

-

-

-

1883

-

-

1950

Mother

Allen

Mildred

J

Boucher

-

-

1908

-

-

1996

wife of Woodrow W Allen

Allen

Woodrow

W

-

-

-

1914

-

-

1966

husband of Mildred J Allen

Anderson

Bessie

-

-

2

9

1896

1

11

1897

daughter of Lee and Anderson

Anderson

Dewaine

-

-

10

15

1910

5

27

1911

son of EJ and Lovenia Anderson

Anderson

Little

Earl

-

10

21

1902

6

7

1904

son of EP and Eula Anderson

Apple

Leslie

-

-

7

9

1866

11

5

1891

-

Bailey

Margaret

-

McKay

-

-

-

-

-

-

wife of Francis Marion Bailey

Bailey

Margaret

Milton

-

6

22

1883

12

18

1893

-

Bailey

Mollie

W

-

10

5

1860

8

30

1892

-

Ballard

Laura

-

-

12

25

1850

1

2

1939

wife of Timothy C Ballard

Ballard

Timothy

C

-

11

11

1844

12

5

1895

husband of Laura Ballard

Barker

Tommy

Morris

-

8

5

1931

5

20

2001

husband of 1st Patricia Rowe Barker and 2nd Nelda Julian Williams Barker married 2nd 9-1-1990 He was a mason Son of James Franklin and Maude Barker

Baron

James

David

-

5

5

1949

6

18

1999

son of James and Gladys Maxine Clark Baron

Baxter

Daniel

Stewart

-

3

27

1843

8

13

1901

husband of Francis Ann Baxter

Baxter

Francis

Ann Fannie

Dobbins

3

15

1849

1

13

1934

wife of Daniel Stewart Baxter

Baxter

Infant

-

-

-

-

1924

-

-

1924

infant of William Smith Will and Ila Lee Mullins Baxter

Baxter

J

M

-

8

10

1872

1

10

1907

member of the Woodmen of the World Fairlie Camp 795

Baxter

John

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

son of Daniel Stewart and Francis Ann Baxter

Bayless

Arthur

F

-

11

7

1902

7

25

1903

son of Will T and Willie Dora Bayless

Bayless

Infant

-

-

8

10

1910

8

10

1910

daughter of Will T and Willie Dora Bayless

Bayless

Will

T

-

1

10

1870

7

2

1943

husband of Willie Dora Bayless

Bayless

Willie

Dora

-

5

27

1874

3

1

1970

wife of Will T Bayless

Bazbee

J

L

-

4

21

1865

2

5

1908

member of the Woodmen of the World Fairlie Camp 795

Bickley

C

B

-

9

4

1879

9

15

1912

member of the Woodmen of the World

Bickley

Laura

M

-

11

1

1878

4

11

1969

-

Bickley

William

M

-

10

8

1872

12

15

1961

-

Bickly

Infant

-

-

7

29

1884

10

7

1884

daughter of SJ and Lizzie Bickly

Bickly

Lillie

A

-

11

14

1869

3

14

1873

daughter of SJ and Lizzie Bickly

Bickly

Lizzie

-

-

9

27

1850

8

29

1902

wife of SJ Bickly

Bickly

Maud

A

-

2

15

1874

3

25

1875

daughter of SJ and Lizzie Bickly

Bickly

S

J

-

1

4

1847

12

13

1909

husband of Lizzie Bickly

Biggerstaff

Pem

Harder

-

-

-

1870

-

-

1936

Harder may be a middle name and not a maiden name

Biles

William

F

-

8

27

1880

7

29

1881

son of WH and LN Biles

Birdsong

Bertha

G

-

11

9

1899

7

9

1900

daughter of Robert Louis and Martha Ann Birdsong

Birdsong

Eliza

Jane

Daniel

-

-

1852

-

-

1932

age 80 years wife of William Henry Birdsong married 11-11-1869

Birdsong

Infant

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

infant of William Henry and Eliza Jane Birdsong

Birdsong

John

H

-

3

22

1885

10

18

1885

son of William Henry and Eliza Jane Birdsong

Birdsong

Julia

M

-

4

27

1879

2

20

1880

daughter of William Henry and Eliza Jane Birdsong

Birdsong

Martha

Ann

Cozby

-

-

1878

-

-

1953

wife of Robert Louis Birdsong married 5-27-1891

Birdsong

Robert

Louis

-

-

-

1872

-

-

1932

husband of Martha Ann Birdsong

Birdsong

William

Henry

-

1

3

1848

1

29

1893

husband of Eliza Jane Birdsong William Henry and Eliza Jane donated the land for the Olive Tree Branch Church

Birdsong

Willie

G

-

10

29

1891

4

29

1893

daughter of William Henry and Eliza Jane Birdsong

Birdsong

Willie

M

-

6

22

1883

8

10

1883

son of William Henry and Eliza Jane Birdsong

Blanton

Gailya

-

Farell

4

12

1939

11

9

2003

wife of Charles Blanton

Boach

Birdie

-

-

12

19

1893

1

26

1896

daughter of JM and NM Boach

Braddy

Isabella

-

-

3

20

1835

3

23

1900

wife of James A Braddy

Braddy

James

A

-

-

-

1831

-

-

1913

husband of Isabella Braddy

Braddy

John

-

-

9

14

1802

9

19

1881

-

Braddy

Whitfield

-

-

7

7

1856

1

17

1873

son of J and E Braddy

Bradshaw

Ella

-

-

7

10

1887

2

13

1906

-

Bradshaw

Ellama

-

-

2

12

1906

6

6

1906

-

Braly

D

C

-

3

20

1869

2

23

1916

husband of E Braly He was a member of the Woodmen of the World

Braly

Ray

L

-

11

18

1914

12

18

1920

-

Braly

Ruel

-

-

2

10

1893

9

11

1893

son of DC and E Braly

Brantley

Everette

-

-

8

10

1903

4

7

1931

-

Brecheen

Vivian

-

-

12

26

1893

3

29

1894

daughter of MM and CA Brecheen

Brecheen

Wade

-

-

7

10

1891

8

22

1891

son of MM and CA Brecheen

Brooks

James

M

-

4

12

1835

11

5

1896

-

Brown

Benjamin Ben

Franklin

-

2

26

1870

8

9

1962

husband of Ollie Ann Brown

Brown

D

A

-

7

22

1878

7

15

1889

-

Brown

Forrest

-

-

7

-

1900

12

-

1900

son of Benjamin Franklin and Ollie Ann Brown

Brown

John

Rueben

-

11

1

1839

3

17

1904

Tx Pvt Co 1 34th Regt known as Piners Regiment Calvary CSAhusband of 1st Isabella Sloane Brown married C1860 She was born C1839 and died in 1863 or 1864 2nd he married Sarah Jane Swearingen Brown on 1-25-1866

Brown

Logan

-

-

9

11

1868

11

14

1923

-

Brown

Noma

-

-

-

-

1903

-

-

1904

daughter of Reuben W and Princess Brown

Brown

Ollie

Ann

Birdsong

10

27

1870

2

14

1961

wife of Benjamin Franklin Brown married 10-21-1894

Brown

Princess

-

Luke

3

10

1880

-

-

1954

wife of Reuben W Brown married 12-25-1898

Brown

Reuben

W

-

1

2

1876

4

13

1925

b/date could be 1-3-1876 husband of Princess Brown and son of John Reuben and Sarah Jane Brown

Brown

Sarah

Jane

Swearingen

10

14

1843

5

13

1931

2nd wife of John Reuben Brown married 1-25-1866

Brown

Silva

-

Boze

7

27

1905

3

10

2002

wife of Charles Weldon Brown Sr married 2-14-1926 Daughter of Franklin and Eliza Rebecca Scott Boze Silva was Captain of the basketball team in 1926and was nicknamed Big Devil She was inducted into the A and M University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995 Charles died in 1993

Brown

Viola

-

-

5

21

1873

9

16

1956

-

Brown

William

-

-

-

-

1840

3

12

1904

age 64 years husband of Permelia Armina Brown

Bryant

Laura

Edna

Shields

11

1

1906

3

19

2001

wife of Clyde William Bryant married 12-23-1924 Clyde died in 1978 Daughter of Thomas Johnson Jr and Nannie Davis Shields

Burrell

Carrie

Ethel

-

3

22

1900

-

-

-

-

Burrell

Malcolm

M

-

12

2

1893

7

24

1970

Texas Pvt US Army WWI

Burrow

John

H

-

5

13

1882

9

28

1957

-

Burrow

Katherine

-

-

8

22

1882

-

-

-

-

Burt

Howard

Manzy

-

1

7

1898

4

9

1898

son of William Ecret and Mary Francis Mollie Burt

Burt

Jesse

Homer

-

-

-

1899

-

-

1974

husband of Margie Lou Marge Burt

Burt

Margie

Lou Marge

Cox

-

-

1899

-

-

-

wife of Jesse Homer Burt married 9-15-1923

Burt

Mary

Francis Mollie

Whaley

-

-

1873

9

22

1960

2nd wife of William Ecret Burt married 7-14-1892

Burt

Matilda

Jane

Freeman

-

-

1859

5

12

1891

1st wife of William Ecret Burt

Burt

William

Ecret

-

5

16

1853

2

4

1907

husband of 1st Matilda Jane and 2nd Mary Francis Mollie Burt

Bussey

Ella

-

King

-

-

1869

9

17

1949

wife of Henry Clay Bussey married 8-11-1894

Bussey

Henry

Clay BS Buckshot

-

10

11

1870

6

-

1963

husband of Ella Bussey

Buzbee

John

Robert

-

3

16

1926

3

18

1937

-

Buzbee

Manza

-

Adair

9

17

1901

3

26

1957

-

Cain

Infant

-

-

-

-

1918

-

-

1918

infant of John P and Mattie Cain

Cain

Infant

-

-

8

-

1922

8

-

1922

son of Floyd and Thelma Cain

Carr

Myrtle

M

Grisham

10

19

1883

5

10

1964

death date could be 5-20-1964 wife of William Columbus Carr Jr married 11-13-1904

Carr

Sarah

Virginia

Shields

-

-

1843

-

-

1916

wife of William Columbus Carr Sr

Carr

William

Columbus Will Jr

-

3

5

1875

11

2

1917

husband of Myrtle M Carr and son of William Columbus Sr and Sarah Virginia Carr

Carr

William

Columbus Sr

-

-

-

1837

-

-

1908

husband of Sarah Virginia Carr

Carr

Willie

Lafayette

-

8

24

1898

9

11

1899

son of Andrew Lafayette Fate and Hittie A Holcomb Carr

Carter

Mary

Emma

-

-

-

1830

-

-

1910

-

Cason

J

M

-

10

26

1857

9

23

1917

-

Chumbley

Houston

-

-

7

1

1902

11

23

1918

son of RF and BC Chumbley

Clark

Clinton

V

-

3

17

1896

2

23

1918

-

Clark

Don

Ray

-

-

-

-

8

11

1935

-

Clark

James

Edwin

-

3

22

1859

11

3

1918

-

Clark

Joseph Joe

-

-

2

1

1893

-

-

-

husband of Lora L Clark

Clark

Lora

L

Riley

3

22

1902

9

17

2001

wife of Joseph Joe Clark married 9-20-1924 daughter of George Thomas and Mary Ann Malone Riley

Click

Emma

-

Brown / Wolfe

11

28

1873

1

24

1962

wife of 1st Leouidas Albert Wolf married 12-25-1898 after his death she married 2nd John Hargis Click

Click

John

Hargis

-

9

18

1870

8

20

1966

husband of 1st Julia A and 2nd Emma Click

Click

Julia

A

Presley

2

16

1873

8

20

1906

1st wife of John Hargis Click

Clinton

Annie

L

-

-

-

1871

-

-

1915

wife of TS Clinton

Clinton

Infant

-

-

8

31

1887

8

31

1887

son of WJ and Mary F Clinton

Clinton

J

M

-

11

6

1823

1

18

1881

-

Clinton

Mary

F

-

-

-

1867

-

-

1914

wife of WJ Clinton

Clinton

Mrs P

J

-

4

13

1835

2

16

1908

wife of PJ Clinton

Clinton

Robert

D

-

4

9

1894

3

2

1911

son of WJ and Mary F Clinton

Clinton

T

S

-

10

2

1861

-

-

-

husband of Annie L Clinton

Clinton

W

J

-

1

28

1853

3

25

1942

husband of Mary F Clinton

Cobb

Ruby

-

Rountree

-

-

-

-

-

-