Royse City Cemetery
Rockwall Co. Cemeteries of TX

Info & photos by Janice Hughes Talley 

Take I-30 to the Royse City exit. Take the frontage road north to TX HWY. 35.Go Right on 35 take the first right then the first left onto Cemetery Rd. located about a block down.

Abernathy Family

Canup, John A.  1913-1986 The headstone of Canup states that he was a founder of the cemetery association.

James R Hughes, son of   (James Reagan) L.S. and N.J Hughes   ( Lawson Settle and Nancy Rebecca Jane McCasland Hughes) 1884-1887  

  Alice O McCasland    (Full name was Alice Olivia) Daughter of AJ and RE McCasland  (Andrew Jackson and Rebecca Elizabeth Reagan McCasland) Died Mar 24 1884   (Sister of Nancy Jane McCasland Hughes and aunt of James Reagan Hughes) Aged 18 yrs, 8 mon. 17 days     

Nancy McCasland  (Maiden name Nancy Francis) Wife of Jas McCasland       (James Alexander McCasland) Born Nov 6 1795   (Grandmother of Nancy Jane McCasland Hughes) Died Sept 8 1861  

  N J Hughes  wife of L S Hughes   (Nancy Rebecca Jane McCasland Hughes) Born Aug 15 1860  (Wife of Lawson Settle Hughes He is buried in Riverside Cem in Mangum OK beside his 2nd wife, Died Aug 8 1889  whom he married after NJ's death, at her own request. NJ died of a lung ailment at 29 leaving four, small children, the youngest only 14 months old,  the oldest was nine, my grandfather, William Andrew   Jackson Hughes. .  

Moore, C.J.   Oct 14 1851   Jan 31 1930

Moore, C.J.   Sep 29 1851  died Dec 31 1908