Poskey Cemetery
Angelina Co. Cemeteries of TX
Submitted by Debra Coursey-Pitts and son D J
POSKEY CEMETERY
This cemetery located in Angelina County can be accessed by going out HWY.103W and turning right on FM.Rd.2021 ,
proceeding for approx.2 miles turn left on the Old Homer-Alto Road . As you travel down it you will come to a sign saying "Poskey Cemetery Road", however there is no road ,
just a trail to a forgotten cemetery barred by an iron rail. The cemetery is about 150 yards down this trail.
It is very old and has not been used for some time. Other than the occasional visitors who have come to replace
a family members faded & crumbling headstone , I dare say this place has not been visited for many years.
It has tall, old cedar trees and crepe myrtle bushes that have grown into trees themselves.
It has an unexplainable eerie atmosphere about it.
Name Born Died Notes
BUFFEY,John 8-29-1883 2-26-1912 Father
COTTON,J.O. 7-15-1888 11-7-1915
" ,WALL. 11-14-1842 6-8-1905
" ,M.S. 3-18-1848 10-11-1907
" ,Bulbar May 3-4-1908 7-20-1911
CRAWFORD,Thomas 2-20-1806 3-30-1878
CRAWFORD,
Martha 1-13-1813 12-17-1883
daughter of Isaac and Jane George Reynolds of Nacogdoches and later Cherokee
County was born 13 Jan 1813 TN-17 Dec 1883.
HARBERSON,Jane 1831 1915
LEICHTON,Annie 12-18-18?2 ?-12-1880 wife of H.J.Leichton
MASSINGILL,baby 8-15-1913 child of Wiley & Annie
" ,baby 6-20-1905 child of Wiley & Annie
NELSON,Thelma J. 9-21-1903 8-27-1984
" ,James B. 7-18-1900 3-9-1985
" ,Elizabeth E. 1879 1962
" ,Dock F. 1878 1916
" ,Mary Virginia 1856 1883 Mother
" ,Katie V. 1898 1899
" ,Leslie F. 1902 1961
POSKEY,Linnie Nancy 6-2-1898 11-25-1984
" ,Stanley John 3-27-1853 9-4-1938
" ,Dell 12-18-1883 10-6-1908
" ,Mary 12-10-1851 3-28-1893 wife of S.J./age 41yrs.3 mon.18 days
" ,Hoyte S. 1-12-1889 4-23-1890 son of S.J.& Mattie
" ,Bertha born & died 2-10-1902
" ,Herbert 5-11-1906 10-6-1907
" ,Elizabeth 1-31-1863 1-31-1924
RED,Melvin R. 1-30-1899 9-8-1927
" ,Fannie(Bandlow) 8-14-1894 3-21-1990
Rodgers,W.L. 11-3-1878 12-28-189? (can read)
SEBURN,Lee 2-17-1859 9-19-1930
" ,Katie 1865 1951
THIGPEN,Annie 12-16-1896 8-15-1911 dau.of Mr.& Mrs.R.S.Thigpen
" ,Perley 1-29-1899 8-5-1900 our darling sleeps sweetly here
WARREN, Francis 1806 1890
" ,John F. ?-5-1885 12-18-1885 son of C.W.& H.A.Warren
" ,Bessie 12-21-1881 6-3-1896 dau. " " " " "
" ,Hester A. 5-8-1845 4-?-1882 wife of C.W.
2 stones are UNKNOWN , (old and worn away)
There are several pieces of iron pipe and piles of stone in spots that look like
they were intended to be used as markers at one time , but no way of telling for sure.
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ADDITION / CORRECTION :
Emailed to me many months after my initial survey by "Shirley" a Warren reseacher:
Hester A. Warren was the wife of Calvin W. Warren. The birthdate for
Hester Warren is listed correctly. The death date is incorrect. Hester
lived until at least 1900 and died between 1900 and 1905.
Hester is found in the household of her husband on the following census record:
US Census, 1900 - Angelina Co., TX, Pct. 6, ED6, HH29, Sheet 2, T623_1607,
Book 2, Pg. 118B. Calvin W. Warren (age 58, born Mar 1842, married 34yrs,
born TN-TN-AL, occupation: Railroad Steam Pump Engineer) is found on this
census. Living in his household are the following: Hester (wife, age 55,
born May 1845, married 34yrs, born MS-MS-MS, 13 children born, 8 children
living), Salone (dau., age 16, born September 1883, born TX), Thomas F.
(son, age 12, born December 1887, born TX, occupation: farm labor), Tenna
(dau., age 10, born September 1889, born TX) and Cary B. (son, age 27,
born December 1872, born TX-TN-MS, occupation: farm labor).
Hester died between the 1900 census and 1905 when her husband, Calvin Warren, remarried. Calvin is shown on the 1910 census with his new wife of 5 years.
Can the 1882 date as Hester's death date be removed?
Thanks so much!
Shirley
* personal note *
We post what is visible / or marked on tombstones. It is always a welcome addition to have corrected info submitted to us.
Tombstone makers can sometimes make mistakes.Sometimes the correct info is not known and it will be engraved on the stone
according to whatever is told to the stone maker. Sometimes we as surveyors misread the info or make "typos", we are not perfect,
that is why we thank you for viewing our work and sometimes correcting us.