YOUNG SCHOOL HOUSE
CEMETERY
UPTON AREA, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS
Submitted by Tammy Owens
LOCATION: Young School House Cemetary is located on the corner of Cnty Rd. 280 and 281 in Upton, Texas (Smithville, TX postal area.) From city of Bastrop, go west, turn left on FM 304. Go 10 miles, turn left on Cnty Rd. 281. Church and cemetery are located on Cnty Rd. 281, left side of road after the left turn to Cnty Rd 280.
Plaque by the Texas Historical Commission erected next to the school
house: Young School House and Cemetary
In 1872, area pioneer John P. Young (1829-1906) donated two acres of his land
for a community school and cemetary. The earliest marked grave, that of W.
T. Sanders, is dated 1874. Since then, the cemetary has been used
primarily by area settlers and their descendants.
Shortly after the land was donated, community leaders opened a five-month term school, which was named in honor of John Young. With the help of carpenter Samuel D. Sanford, this school house was constructed in 1872 of hand-hewn pine logs. Young school closed in 1907 when the rail line was laid through the Upton community (3 MI.N), and a larger school was established there.
Although no longer in use as a school house the building has been maintained as a community center and has been the site of worship services for several area congregations. Young School House Baptist Church, whose roots date to 1910, continues to worship at this site. The building has been moved twice to make room for more cemetary plots.
Much of the history of this part of Bastrop County revolves around Young School House and Cemetary, each of which has been in use for more than 100 years. (1983)
Surveyor's notes on line under headstone inscription. S/w means "headstone shared with."
Abbott, Debbie L. 1958 1984
Adams, Charlie 4/26/1871 12/24/1943 Father
Adams, Charlie O. 7/25/1841 6/3/1900 Died in Bastrop, TX Born Talbot Co., CA
Adams, Maggie E. 12/23/1885 4/1/1966 Mother
Andrews, Mabel 10/17/1883 7/29/1952
Bell, Catherine 1/7/1800 6/23/1825
Bell, James Henry 8/22/1884 3/20/1976 s/w Lillian Ada Bell
Bell, Jessie 6/22/1888 12/18/1894 Dau of W.H. and Jennie Bell
Bell, Juanita C. 9/14/1931 None s/w Melvin O. Bell
Bell, Kate 1/2/1847 11/4/1905 Wife of John P. Young
Bell, Lillian Ada 7/10/1892 4/5/1969 s/w James Henry Bell
Bell, Melvin O 1/21/1930 9/22/1996 Married 5/27/1950
Bell, W.H. 1835 11/9/1800
Bellamy, Joseph L. 10/10/1878 8/31/1890 Son of AJ and RA Bellamy
Bohot, Margie Mae 8/27/1918 12/7/1997
Bohot, Walter Herbert 8/15/1920 7/7/1982 TEC5 US Army WWII
Bowen, Caroline 2/27/1841 5/5/1921 s/w Hiram C. Bowen
Bowen, Hiram C. 8/26/1827 3/25/1893
Breeden, Gladys Marie 3/26/1912 4/16/1989
Briggs, Ellen R. 3/13/1872 7/19/1941 s/w William M. Briggs
Briggs, Lena E. 1/11/1879 7/1/1955
Briggs, William M 4/11/1866 3/19/1935
Brown, Mrs. A.L. 12/1/1877 11/25/1922
Brown, Albert L. 1/14/1898 7/7/1915
Brown, MD Albert L. 9/15/1868 9/11/1909
Brown, Baby 3/3/1908 3/4/1908 Dau Of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. A.L. Brown
Brown, Carrie Vashti 3/8/1896 2/9/1936
Bryers, Fred C. 1866 1946 s/w Mary I. Bryers
Bryers, Mary I. 1868 1953
Cain, James M. 4/25/1834 4/29/1886 Georgia 2nd LT Co B 8 Regt GA CAV
Confederate States Army
Calhoun, Willie James 10/29/1948 4/30/1993 SP4 US Army Vietnam
Cameron, Baby 8/18/1919 8/18/1919
Carlisle, A.W. 1844 1911
Carlisle, John C. 1879 1924
Carlisle, Mae Cottle 2/22/1889 1/8/1919 Wife of T.L. Carlisle
Carlisle, Margaret Mae 9/6/1915 4/26/1918 Dau of T.L. and MPE Carlisle
Carroll, Mrs. R. 1845 8/23/1924 Wife of M. Carroll
Cox, Anna Bell 9/2/1914 3/29/1996
Cox, Arthur Lloyd 4/1/1914 4/14/1988 US Army
Cox, Elizabeth 1867 1947
Cox, WM 1866 1952
Cox, W.J. 5/3/1895 8/29/1917
Crippen, Mary 6/9/1837 7/27/1912
Crippen, Orrin 7/9/1826 6/9/1926
Dabney, Freddie Tom 1916 1932
Dabney, Robert A. 4/1/1914 4/14/1988 MAJ US Army WWII
Dabney, Sarah E. 3/19/1886 3/16/1970 s/w William C. Dabney
Dabney, William C 7/31/1878 8/7/1951
Dabney, Woodie C. 1908 1985
Deavers, Infant 11/29/1906 1/7/1907 Son of Tom and Katie Deavers
Deavers, Infant 9/11/1919 9/14/1919 Dau of Tom and Katie Deavers
Deavers, Ada M. 1/26/1883 9/24/1964
Deavers, Delton D. 1925 1986
Deavers, Frank 1879 1957
Deavers, Herman J. 1919 1996
Deavers, Ida Jane 1/25/1880 10/17/1908 Wife of WT Deavers
Deavers, Kate Bell 1889 1944
Deavers, Katie 6/18/1888 7/10/1975 s/w Tom B. Deavers
Deavers, Louis E. 12/5/1897 7/6/1944 Texas PVT 1CL 726 Mil Police BN
Deavers, Maggie M.L. 1/2/1802 11/15/1892 Dau of WT and IJ Deavers
Deavers, Malisa 3/16/1881 11/29/1882 Dau of Wm and Ida J. Deavers
Deavers, Tom B. 9/12/1884 10/26/1946
Deavers, W.T. 6/9/1850 8/5/1935
DeLoach, Callie V. 6/22/1859 8/16/1911 s/w W. T. DeLoach
DeLoach, Doyle D. 11/4/1920 7/20/1935
DeLoach, John Haynie 1/12/1928 11/12/1980 PVT US Marine Corp WWII
DeLoach, Rena Bell 4/29/1895 3/27/1983 s/w William L. DeLoach
DeLoach, W. T. 4/10/1854 10/24/1919 s/w C. V Porter and C. L. Porter
DeLoach, William L. 8/4/1895 5/19/1968 Married 11/10/1917
Drake, Claude L. 3/27/1925 12/25/1982 Jimmie Joe
Drake, Winfred 1921 1985 Son of Susie Tiner and Tommy Drake
Easley, Bobby Joe 1940 1974 Our son
Easley, Dan H. 3/27/1861 8/6/1942 Father
Easley, Daniel W. 1/27/1893 1/7/1952 s/w Mary Easley
Easley, ID 1905 None Daddy
Easley, Lucile 11/26/1915 10/23/1997 Momma
Easley, Mattie 4/12/1870 1/5/1955 Mother
Easley, Mary 4/26/1881 None
Echels, Child 3/24/1876 7/20/1877 Son of J.F. and M.A. Echels
Echels, Mary L. 1/28/1891 Wife of WM Echels Age died 30 yrs
Echols, Jesse Lee 4/25/1880 11/30/1968
Echols, Mary Jane 5/10/1884 11/19/1943
Farris, Claude L. 6/2/1895 5/13/1933 s/w Eva (Farris) Gallion
Farris, Eva Gallion 6/13/1899 1/17/1984 Together Again
Farris, Freddie 8/15/1887 8/19/1887 Son of John and Sophronia Farris
Farris, Henry C. 8/29/1896 2/8/1968 Texas PFC Mil Police Corps WWI
Farris, John F. 8/11/1864 2/19/1930 s/w Sophronia Farris
Farris, Sophronia 4/12/1870 8/6/1967 s/w John F Farris, Daughter of Lewis and Martha Tiner
Foraker, Ernest E. 1912 1982
Formby, Clyde W. 3/18/1915 9/19/1981
Franklin, Beulah 1879 1933 s/w Steve Franklin
Franklin, John N. 9/18/1880 8/14/1912
Franklin, John R. 2/7/1836 1/20/1891
Franklin, Lena N. 2/5/1873 11/10/1890
Franklin, Mary F. 11/18/1848 5/20/1918
Franklin, Steve 12/22/1876 10/17/1918
Free, Janice L. 5/20/1943 11/6/1998 Age 55
Free, Victor Lydell 12/30/1968 4/24/1992
Furr, F.P. 1/20/1907 5/4/1932
Furr, P.F. 8/9/18?6 10/1885 (headstone broken at date)
Gallion, Harland Davis 4/16/1909 5/22/1988 S1 US Navy WWII
Gray, W. 3/28/1828 6/7/1894
Grohman, Susie (BOB) 3/15/1899 1/31/1992 Susie Tiner Drake, Daughter of Lewis and Celia Petty Tiner
Hart, Betty 1928 1990
Hart, James A. 1915 1985
Haynes, J.E. 10/21/1857 4/28/1896
Highsmith, Elizabeth J. 12/25/1829 1/24/1910 B. Lincoln Co., MO D. Upton, TX
Wife of Thomas J. Potter
HIGHSMITH (3 FT MONUMENT, FOUR SIDES WITH INFORMATION) In memory of our children W.A. and L.A. Highsmith1892 Alice 3/7/1872 6/5/1874 Age 2 ys 2 mos, 28 days Our 3rd daughter Kathie Lea 2/17/1874 7/24/1882 Age 8 ys 5 mos, 7 days Our 4th daughter Lelia Harninee 1/3/1868 11/8/1886 Age 18 ys 10 mos 5 days Our 1st daughter
Hill, Larry Dale 3/25/74 7/14/87
Kelley, Andrew Nathan 9/30/1885 5/18/1975 s/w Myra Marie Kelley
Kelley, Danial Coffield 8/4/1843 9/7/1912 B. Lee Co, GA D. Holt, TX Co. B 8 GA
CAV CSA, Son of Nancy Knight Kelley, Bro to Martha Tiner
Kelley, Elizabeth Jordan 1847 1892 Wife of DC Kelley
s/w Nancy Knight Kelley
Kelley, Francis 12/13/1850 11/16/1918 s/w W. L. Kelley
Kelley, James 1865 1940
Kelley, James E. 3/17/1938 4/19/1979 PVT US AF
Kelley, Marion 1909 1981
Kelley, Mildred M. 11/1/1921 None s/w William Thomas Machen
Kelley, Myra Marie 3/11/1891 3/31/1981
Kelley, Myrtle 4/11/1914 11/10/1916 Dau of A.N. Kelley and wife
Kelley, Nancy Knight 1807 1879 Mother of Martha Tiner, W. L. & Danial Kelley
Kelley, Roy E. 4/16/1910 3/4/1934
Kelley, W.L. 10/16/1847 9/10/1927
Kelly 1922 1969
Kelly, Allie B. 7/25/1909 2/24/1988 s/w James H. Kelly
Kelly, Ada 2/17/1891 11/15/1902 Daughter of J.A. and I.D. Kelly
Kelly, (Brance?) 8/1890
Kelly, Horace Lee 10/6/1919 9/18/1973 Pvt US Army WWII
Kelly, James A. 1946 1996
Kelly, James H. 2/16/1905 7/5/1973
Kelly, Lyda 1883 1952
Kelly, Leonard L., JR. 1880 11/1959
Kelly, Oscar D. 8/29/1916 10/5/1975
Kelly, Paul Dee 12/23/1923 3/4/1990 SR 3 US Navy WWII
Kennedy, George W. 7/23/1881 10/10/1880 Age 38 yrs Gone home
Kennedy, Robert E. 8/19/1886 6/18/1889 Son of George W. and Josephine Kennedy
Kitchen, Louis K. 1901 1982 Dad
s/w Verna Lee Kitchen
Kitchen, Verna Lee 1905 1992 Mom
Lee, Chester Marvin 12/13/1901 7/5/1985 s/w Lizzie Bell Briggs
Lee, John Standford 1863 1955
Lee, Lizzie Bell 3/27/1912 2/24/1988
Lee, Martha Mae 12/17/1903 6/9/1963
Lee, Mattie E. 1883 1912
Lee, Robert C. 1905 1981
Loudat, Henrietta 4/6/1926 None
Machen, Ada 1/19/1890 6/4/1958 s/w John W. Machen
Machen, John W. 8/22/1888 5/24/1972
Machen, Ida Lee 2/16/1920 None s/w Woodrow Wilson Machen
Machen, William Thomas 7/25/1915 6/22/1983 US Navy Seaman 2nd class
s/w Mildred M. Kelley
Machen, Woodrow Wilson 5/15/1913 11/25/1995 Married Ida Lee 12/24/1934
May, Robert W. 9/15/1838 11/13/1902
Mayes, Frances 1866 1915 s/w Marten Mayes
Mayes, Marten 1856 1926
McAnaney, Ethel Nash 12/15/1888 12/7/1936
McDonald, Lillie M 5/6/1888 2/21/1892
McDonald, Nannie Rose 10/15/1860 2/21/1945 Mother
s/w Robert A. McDonald
McDonald, Robert A. 1/18/1855 6/5/1944 Father
McDonald, Rose Alice 2/20/1879 2/4/1924 Father
McMahan, Hillie 2/20/1889 8/26/1889 Our Baby Boy Son of Ed and Sallie McMahan
McWhorter, Arthur Lee 2/8/1898 10/20/1918
Mobley, Dulce Annie 10/16/1897 8/15/1963 Nee McDonald
Mobley, Thomas Ray 1/1/1900 4/1/1957 Texas S Sgt 1307 Engr CONS BN WWII
Moore, Ida Belle 9/23/1875 6/17/1891 Dau of W. and Georgia Moore
Morgan, William (BILL) 11/17/1928 None
Myers, Charlie 4/5/1894 Born in Germany
Nash, Bertha Lee 12/4/1894 4/30/1910
Nash, Claude 1897 1900
Nash, Elmore 1902 1903
Nash, Frank 1822 1900 s/w Martha Jane Nash
Nash, Frank A. 10/5/1892 2/15/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Nash
345 FA Bat D 165th Brigdr 90th Div
died at Camp Travis
Nash, Joe Lela 10/7/1868 9/6/1959 s/w Joseph H. Nash
Nash, John 1856 1932 s/w Madaline Nash
Nash, Joseph H. 9/2/1857 8/21/1949
Nash, Madaline 1852 1923
Nash, Martha Jane 1879 1912
Nelson, Frank None None Our Friend
Buried next to Lillie M. McDonald
Nipps, Lucy 3/5/1905 1/26/1907
Nakunz, Leah Frances 3/31/1908 9/20/1986
Olayton, H. W. 6/25/1945 12/27/1890 Age 45 yrs
Palmer, Melvin Leroy 1904 1997
Parker, P.J. 12/22/1913 9/6/1962
Parker, JR. P.J. 6/26/1939
Parker, Martha Edna Hilbig 1941 1996
Parker, Mary Ellen 9/30/1930 1/11/1989
Parker, Roy Raymond 10/12/1943
Parker, Truman 12/15/1923 None s/w Mary Ellen Parker
Patterson, James Monroe 7/3/1874 5/29/1959 s/w Rose Lee Patterson
Patterson, James W. 9/29/1927 None s/w Shirley Ann Patterson
Patterson, Lilly Mae 11/8/1910 4/10/1933
Patterson, Rose Lee 9/9/1890 7/16/1935
Patterson, Shirley Ann 2/3/1931 11/30/1992
Payton, William W. 3/7/1908 3/31/1908
Pendleton, Willie Eugenia 11/22/1818 4/11/1916
Perkins, Myrtle 2/15/1889 8/22/190? Dau of JD and Tennessee Perkins
Perkins, C.C. 11/27/1909 9/29/1957
Perkins, Leslie H. 1900 1947 US Army WWII
Pfouts, Robert Charles 2/27/1915 7/30/1984 CPL US Army WWII
Phelps, G. B. 1/15/1850 1/8/1935
Porter, C. L. 8/16/1892 3/9/1972 s/w W. T. DeLoach and C. V. Porter
Porter, C. V. 6/22/1848 8/16/1911 s/w W. T. DeLoach and C. L. Porter
Potter, Ben F. 10/3/1863 1/27/1930 Father
Potter, Jennie Bell 4/16/1866 3/27/1951 Mother
Potter, May 12/23/1896 5/5/1941
Potter, T.W. Billy 10/16/1865 3/14/1946
Ray, Thomas, JR 10/14/1927 10/15/1927
Rosanky, Ede 4/12/1881 6/15/1905
Rosanky, Fritz W. 12/23/1847 1/13/1911
Rosanky, Mary F. 6/25/1857 7/30/1935
Sanders, W.T. 6/16/1828 1/5/1874
Scallorn, Bettie Lou 5/14/1932 Infant Dau of JS and Lela Scallorn
Scallorn, Evohn 2/24/1938 Inft Dau of JS and Lela Scallorn
Scallorn, Franklin M. 10/31/1925 2/29/1936
Scallorn, Gladys E. 1/19/1909 3/28/1993 s/w W. Paul Scallorn
Scallorn, James H. 12/20/1926 6/7/1977 US Army WWII
Scallorn, James S. 2/3/1880 2/14/1946
Scallorn, Lela 10/1/1894 None s/w James S. Scallorn
Scallorn, W. Paul 1/17/1901 7/27/1969
Schiller, Sandra Annette 3/17/1960 1/28/1981
Schlortt, Esther 11/23/1933 None s/w Quinn Schlortt
Schlortt, John Wm 5/25/1888 4/12/1955 s/w Susie R. Schlortt
Schlortt, Minnie Backhaus 9/5/1920 NONE
Schlortt, Robert E SR. 10/9/1911 5/15/1997 MSGT USA WW II
Schlortt, Susie R. 3/20/1886 10/11/1970
Schlortt, Quinn 8/28/1917 5/21/1986 Sgt US Army WWII Wed 11/23/1933
Smith, Andrew S. 1868 1927 Father
s/w Mattie G. Smith
Smith, Jones L. 4/11/1906 9/22/1906 Son of AJ and MG Smith
Smith, Mattie G. 1869 1918 Mother
Smith, O.B. 7/12/1869 6/8/1930
Stall, Frank J. 4/4/1907 9/29/1949
Thompson, Ada E. 2/17/1864 12/26/1943 Mother
s/w John B. Thompson
Thompson, Annie B. 8/14/1886 7/13/1964 s/w Thomas S. Thompson
Thompson, Curtis 1889 1890
Thompson, David B. 4/7/1909 3/6/1968
Thompson, Francis Ann 2/6/1817 7/31/1907 s/w Samuel Thompson
Thompson, John B. 3/18/1855 12/20/1946 Father
Thompson, Norma 1/25/1925 1/25/1925
Thompson, Samuel 12/7/1810 11/6/1884
Thompson, Thomas S. 1/25/1881 7/9/1911
Threadgill, Edward Lewis 6/4/1883 6/23/1946
Threadgill, Mary E. 5/11/1854 4/26/1915
Throwbridge, Mahala Mae 3/16/1928 12/13/1981 s/w Arliss Maurice Throwbridge
Throwbridge, Arliss Maurice 3/25/1930 7/24/1928
Tillman, Myrtle 10/8/1891 3/16/1949
Tiner, Anne Bell 1926 1926
Tiner, Ben 5/22/1916 9/1/1983
Tiner, Ben T. 1885 1935 s/w Mae M Tiner
Tiner, Celia C. 8/22/1881 1/18/1977 s/w Louis M Tiner,
Daughter of Joseph Riley Petty
& Elizabeth Casbeer
Tiner, Johnnie L. 1917 1974 Father
s/w Roberta Tiner,
Son of Lewis Michael & Celia Tiner
Tiner, Lewis 9/10/1843 9/6/1942 Co C 2 GA CAV CSA
Lewis Taylor Tiner, Husband of
Martha Kelly Tiner
Tiner, Louis 10/6/1904 2/6/1913 William Louis Tiner, Son of Louis M
& Celia Tiner
Tiner, Louis M. 5/13/1881 4/13/1926 Louis Michael Tiner, Son of Lewis
& Martha Tiner. Husband of Celia C. Tiner
Tiner, Mae M. 1885 1969 May Maggie Sawyer, Wife of Ben T. Tiner
Tiner, Martha K. 12/1/1840 12/18/1926 nee Kelly
Martha Kelley, Wife of Lewis Taylor Tiner.
Dau of Nancy Knight Kelley
Tiner, Roberta 1921 None Mother
Roberta Meuth, Wife of Johnnie L. Tiner
Tiner, Susie Hayslip 1/28/1849 5/17/1923 Wife of William Wright Tiner
Tiner, Tonya Lynn 9/10/1974
Tiner, Wright W. 6/16/1845 7/26/1938 William Wright Tiner, Brother to
Lewis Taylor Tiner
Walker, Wesley Wayne 5/13/1926 4/26/1991 US Army WWII
Webb, B.S. 5/2/1844 Mah 26, 1936 Co D 12 Miss CAV CSA
Webb, Millie E. 4/1/1859 9/17/1955
Wendt, Mary Smith 11/1/1870 5/5/1951 s/w Richard Bruce Wendt
Wendt, Richard Bruce 9/23/1875 5/8/1926
Williams, Baby 8/30/1901 8/31/1901
Williams, Bowen 1/13/1888 1889 Boy
Williams, Clara Doms 1886 1971 s/w Clyde V. Williams
Williams, Clyde V. 1883 1968
Williams, Ida Gray 12/25/1866 12/12/1943 s/w Stephen N. Williams
Williams, Jade Omri 2/19/98 2/19/98 Stillborn Dau of Kenneth Lavon and
Kristi Kruse Williams Gr gr gr gr grandaughter
of Lewis Taylor Tiner. No relation to
other Williams' buried in this cemetery.
Williams, J. M. 1/26/1877 2/15/1904
Williams, Martin E. 3/1/1900 11/4/1900 Son of William E. Williams
Williams, Stephen N 1/29/1857 11/20/1932
Williams, Willie B. 11/12/1902 8/17/1917
Work, Joe Bailey 3/12/1920 5/25/1998 Age 78
Young, Clark Hutton 11/21/1932 6/13/1993 s/w unknown