Arnold

Capt. Hayden

1805

1839

B: TN; Commanded the Nacogdoches Co. at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Baker

Karle Wilson

-

-

Poet; 3rd person named a fellow to the Texas Institute of Letters.

Bell

Charlie

Aug 01 1889

Oct 09 1918

"For World Liberty"; Charlie is buried beside 6 other soldiers killed in action in 1918. A flag flies above their graves.

Briley

Pvt. Felix H.

Aug 01 1892

Sep 27 1918

Co B 102nd Eng; Felix is buried beside 6 other soldiers killed in action in 1918. A flag flies above their grave.

Clark

William S. Jr.

Apr 14 1798

Jan 03 1871

B: VA; A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Crow

J.B.

Oct 12 1894

Feb 05 1918

S/o W.B. & Mary; Co D 20 Eng.; J.B. is buried next to 6 other soldiers killed in action in 1918. A flag flies above their graves.

Douglass

Gen. Kelsey Harris

-

Oct 04 1840

Member of the 2nd Congress of the Republic; Commander of the Texas forces in the decisive battle with the Cherokee Indians Jul 16 1839; Charter member of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas; His daughter, Anne Elizabeth Douglass died in July, 1840.

Duncan

B.C.

May 06 1894

Sep 15 1918

78 Co 6 Regt USMC; Battle of St. Mihiel; B.C. is buried beside 6 other soldiers who were killed in action in 1918.

Edens

Alfred Grady

January 18 1920

WWII

(son) (NG)

Edens

Pearl Dee (Forsythe)

May 6 1892

August 1980

(NG)

Edens

Terry Herland

April 6 1913

July 4 1992

(their son/my father) (NG)

Edwards

Hayden

Aug 12 1771

Aug 14 1849

B: VA; Empresario Leader of the Fredonia Rebellion 1826-1827. Sent to the US to raise funds for the Texas Revolution, 1836. A leader in the development of a Nation. Wife, Susan Beall Edwards born in MD.

Edwards

Susan Beall

Apr 10 1774

Apr 06 1849

B: MD; W/o Hayden Edwards, Empresario Leader of the Fredonia Rebellion 1826.

Fears

Dr. William P.

May 21 1843

Mar 18 1932

H/o Emma A.;Capt Co A 17 TX Cav CSA

Fears

Emma A.

Sep 18 1857

Oct 02 1922

W/o Dr. W.P.

Hornbuckle

Daisie Nelson

Jun 23 1874

Mar 03 1947

(CC)

Hornbuckle

Gracie Mae

Mar 31 1900

Feb 03 1985

(CC)

Hornbuckle

Paul Leonard

Sep 28 1904

Jul 06 1970

(CC)

Hornbuckle

William Silas

Jun 29 1874

Mar 03 1947

(CC)

Houston

Marion E.

-

Oct 03 1918

TX Pvt Coast Air Corps; Marion is buried beside 6 other soldiers killed in action in 1918. A flag flies above the graves.

Irion

Dr. Robert Anderson

Jul 07 1806

Mar 02 1861

B: Paris, Henry Co.; Senator in the 1st congress of the Republic 1836-1837; Secretary of State 1837-1838; Sam Houston’s personal Physician; H/o Anna Raguet Irion

Lewis

Robert

May 04 1892

Feb 05 1918

Co F 20th Eng; Buried beside 6 other soldiers killed in action in 1918.

Mendoza

Father

-

1718

Relocated from the early Spanish Cemetery in Nacogdoches in 1912 when the County Courthouse was built at that site.

Powell

Dorothy King

Jul 11 1914

Aug 02 1967

GGGD/o Capt. Hayden Arnold

Raguet

Condy

-

Dec 05 1868

S/o Henry & Marcia A.; Condy & his sister, Mary H. were lost on the Steamboat America; Also on this stone is their brother, Maj. Henry W. Raguet, who fell at the Battle of Glorietta, NM 1862.

Raguet

Mary H.

-

Dec 05 1868

D/o Henry & Marcia A.; Mary & her brother, Condy were both lost on the Steamboat America on the Ohio River; Also on this stone is their brother, Maj. Henry W. Raguet, who fell at the Battle of Glorietta, NM 1862.

Roberts

Harriett

Apr 07 1796

Apr 05 1874

W/o John S.

Roberts

John S.

Jul 13 1796

Aug 09 1871

B: VA; Sheriff in Natchitoches, LA; One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches; Member of Consultation, 1835; Commanded the Nacogdoches Co. In Storming Bexar, 1835; A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Rulfs

Deidrich Anton Wilhelm

-

-

Master Architect

Rusk

Mary

Aug –- 1809

Apr 26 1856

W/o Thomas Jefferson Rusk

Rusk

Thomas Jefferson

Dec 06 1808

Jul 29 1857

B: SC; Signer of Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; A hero of San Jacinto; Chief Justice of Texas Supreme Court, 1839.

Shindler

Anna Marie Taylor

Jun 21 1853

Nov 04 1889

w/o Rev R. C. Shindler (RV)

Shindler

Emma Blount

Nov 18 1851

Apr 01 1931

Emma & Robert Share the same marker(RV)

Shindler

Little Julia

Jul 16 1889

Nov 13 1889

d/o R. C. & A. M.(RV)

Shindler

Mary Palmer Dana

Feb 15 1810

Feb 08 1883

(Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer first married Charles Dana,and after his death married Rev. R. D. Shindler. She was a poet and published several hymn books. Part of one of her poems is inscribed on her tomb: "Flee as a bird to your mountain, Thou who art weary of sin; Go to the clear flowing fountain, Where you may wash an be clean") (RV)

Shindler

Maud Weeks Ratcliff

Nov 10 1887

Apr 07 1937

-(RV)

Shindler

Rev. R.D.

Sep 20 1814

Aug 15 1874

B: Shepherdstown, VA(RV)

Shindler

Robert Conrad

Apr 09 1853

Apr 30 1031

(RV)

Starr

Franklin Jefferson

Apr 11 1805

Jul 07 1837

B: New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT; D: Nacogdoches,

Starr

James Franklin

May 18 1836

Jun 07 1839

S/o Franklin Jefferson & Pamela Orne Starr

Starr

Pamela Orne

-

-

Wife; Oldest marked grave in cemetery

Taylor

Anna Maria Ruoff

Mar 01 1814

Feb 08 1873

B: Germany; W/o Charles Standfield, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Taylor

Charles Standfield

1805

Nov 01 1865

B: England; Land Commissioner of East Texas, 1833; A signer of Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;Chiel Justice if Nacogdoches Co., 1837; District Attorney, 1839; Rio Grande Land Commissioner, 1854; H/o Anna Maria Ruoff

Thorn

Frost

1797

1841

B: NY; D: Nacogdoches; Buried next to wife, Susan K., also on his stone is their daughter, Estelle, aged 9 mos.; Historical Marker for Oak Grove Cemetery list Frost Thorn as being one of Texas early millionaires.

Thorn

Susan K.

-

Dec –- 1891

D: Tyler, Smith Co., TX "Died in her 92nd year"; W/o Frost Thorn, one of Texas 1st millionaires.

Vinson

Helen

Nov 17 1905

Oct 07 1999

B: Beaumont, TX: D: Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC; Movie actress from the 1930’s and 1940’s; Cause of death: Natural Causes

Voigt

Capt. Fred

-

Aug 25 1880

Age: 52 yrs

Voigt

Elizabeth M.

Mar 16 1828

Dec 03 1902

B: Ithica, NY; D: Nacogdoches

Walker

Eliza

-

Nov 26 1915

Age: 98 yrs; Historical Marker lists Eliza as a former slave. She is buried by the Thomas Jefferson Rusk family, which leads me to believe she was probably their slave; She actually has a nicer marker than Mary Rusk, Thomas’ wife.

Wall

Martha B.

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-

Wife