Garrett Cemetery
Stranger, Falls Co., Cemeteries of TX
Submitted by Theresa Carhart
Cemeteries of TX: V.B. Mendoza
This cemetery was established in the original community of Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas in 1851 with a gift of land (and site selected by) Thomas McKissick Garrett. It was used as the community cemetery for almost two decades, until the Stranger Cemetery and Churches were established in July 1869.In addition to the survey of tombstones in this cemetery, Family Bibles, and Falls County Deed and Death Records have been searched to identify some who are buried here without tombstones. Undoubtedly, there are some buried here who have been missed. Twenty or more gravesites have boulder-type stones to mark them, without name or dates. Several plots are outlined with stones, but have no stone within these to mark gravesites.
In the September 28, 1905 newspaper, The Marlin Democrat, a letter to the Editor from one Walter Tyrol, recounts the history of the Garrett Family, and states the following:
Thomas McKissick Garrett, himself, selected this beautiful burying ground... I have stood once more upon Bald Knob, as it was called in ante bellum days - now the Garrett Cemetery. Within ten days, loving hands laid to rest in this sacred soil, the father, Thomas McKissick Garrett, his daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Erskine, and Easter - the faithful servant of the Garrett Family."
Last Name |
First Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
GARRETT |
Thomas McKissick |
Jun 02 1812 |
Jul 02 1862 |
s/o Nathan Odell & Ann Mary ("Polly" McKissick) Garrett; 1st wife, Margaret Minerva Reed (m 12 17 1833 in Tennessee); 2nd wife, Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison (m 12-25 1845 in Houston County, Texas in the part which became Anderson County); came to The Republic of Texas in late 1840; b: Giles County, Tennessee |
GARRETT |
Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison |
Jan 08 1816 |
Feb 18 1880 |
d/o James & Rhoda (Cartwright) Brandon; (lst husband, Martin Cornelison); b: Tennessee |
HICKMAN |
Jabez, Reverend |
- |
Nov 17 1865 |
3rd h/o Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison Garrett (m 10 19 1864 in Falls County, Texas) |
CORNELISON |
Miles |
Feb 13 1840 |
Jul 27 1858 |
s/o Martin & Linea F. Cornelison; Only a boulder marks his grave. |
ERSKINE |
Mary Elizabeth (Garrett) |
Mar 19 1835 |
1862 |
w/o William Richards Erskine; d/o T.MCK. & M.M. Garrettin b: Arkansas |
- |
Easter |
- |
- |
FAITHFUL SERVANT, EASTER; "a Negress, a most faithful and good woman; the property of the Garrett Family" |
STONE |
Linea Frances (Garrett) |
Feb 27 1858 |
Sep 25 1878 |
w/o Edmund I. Stone; d/o T.MCK. & L.F. Garrett; b: Falls County, Texas; Only boulder marks her grave. |
GARRETT |
James Odell |
Nov 17 1848 |
Oct 11 1927 |
s/o T.MCK. & L.F. Garrett whose lst wife was Martha Ann Griffith, buried in Stranger Cemetery; and 2nd wife was Elizabeth Ann Jackson (m Jan 6 1880 in Robertson County, Texas); b: Anderson County, Texas; d: Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas |
GARRETT |
Elizabeth Ann (Jackson) |
Feb 22 1857 |
Jan 22 1939 |
2nd w/o James Odell Garrett; d/o Dr. Thomas & Elizabeth (Campbell) Jackson; b: Parker Co., Texas; d in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. |
JACKSON |
Thomas Jackson, Dr. |
Jul 19 1819 |
Apr 19 1887 |
b: Tennessee; d: Bremond, Robertson County, Texas |
JACKSON |
Elizabeth (Campbell) |
Feb 14 1818 |
Jun 23 1893 |
w/o Dr. Thomas Jackson (m 9-24 1843 in Audrain Co., Missouri); d/o Samuel & Martha (Crockett) Campbell |
GARRETT |
Donald Glenn |
Feb 15 1935 |
Dec 07 1935 |
s/o Glenn Willis & Elnora (Ray) Garrett |
GARRETT |
Leonard Lenore |
Aug 23 1874 |
Nov 12 1957 |
s/o J.0. & M.A. Garrett |
GARRETT |
Lucy Carrol ("Carl" Hargrove) |
Oct 21 1881 |
Jun 02 1969 |
w/o L.L. Garrett |
GARRETT |
Keith Emil |
Jun 08 1915 |
Apr 12 1966 |
s/o L.L. & L.C. Garrett |
GARRETT |
Robert Lee |
Apr 17 1884 |
Apr 14 1967 |
s/o J.0. & E.A. Garrett; (lst wife, Lula Lee Camp) |
GARRETT |
James Willis |
Jun 21 1882 |
Dec 19 1904 |
s/o J.0. & E.A. Garrett |
GARRETT |
Cloy Lewis |
Jun 03 1886 |
Feb 11 1887 |
s/o J.0. & E.A. Garrett; inscribed "Our Darling" |
HICKMAN |
Ollina |
Aug 20 1883 |
Aug 31 1884 |
s/o Benjamin Franklin & Catherine Elizabeth (Garrett) Hickman |
HODGES |
Charles |
- |
Dec 19 1888 |
aged 73 years, 9 months, 25 days; lst wife, Susannah Parker; 2nd wife, Martha Agnes (Erskine) Sparks buried in Erskine Cemetery with her lst husband, William Sparks] |
HODGES |
Susannah (Parker) |
- |
Oct 09 1871 |
lst w/o Charles Hodges; aged 48 years, 4 months, 20 days |
HODGES |
Jacob Rite, Reverend |
Apr 14 1850 |
May 27 1916 |
s/o Charles & Susannah Hodges; b: Mississippi; CSA |
HODGES |
Rhoda Ann (Garrett) |
Jan 17 1851 |
Jun 18 1937 |
w/o Reverend J.R. Hodges; d/o T.MCK. & L.F. Garrett; b: in Falls County, Texas |
HODGES |
Ernest |
Oct 17 1881 |
Nov 23 1881 |
s/o S.T. & J.S. Hodges |
HODGES |
Eugene |
Sep 27 1872 |
Aug 22 1878 |
s/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges |
HODGES |
Jeanette |
Jul 18 1875 |
Jul 21 1878 |
d/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges |
HODGES |
Moses |
Jun 03 1879 |
Jun 09 1879 |
Infant s/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges |
HODGES |
- |
May 26 1882 |
- |
b & d; Infant d/o W.P. & F.J. Hodges |
HODGES |
Eva M. |
Feb 09 1888 |
Nov 23 1888 |
d/o L.L. & C.,T. Hodges |
HODGES |
Walter |
Dec 8 1884 |
Nov 10 1885 |
s/o L.L. & C.J. Hodges |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Grave Marked with Stone; no identification |
THOMAS |
Tempa |
Jul 16 1821 |
Aug 15 1876 |
(within small iron fence) |
BELL |
James Augustus |
May 31 1842 |
Dec 29 1928 |
(married 9-7 1861, Falls Co.) [Amanda (Erskine) - w/o J.A. Bell, and d/o Hugh & Jane (Richards) Erskine, b 1838, d 1886 - buried in Linden, Washington] |
BELL |
Birtha M. |
Jun 04 1904 |
Feb 08 1915 |
|
BELL |
Viven I. |
Oct 11 1917 |
Jan 29 1918 |
|
BELL |
Edward E. |
Aug 30 1904 |
Mar 21 1969 |
WW II: Pvt., U. S. Army |
BELL |
A. H. (Albert Hilliary) |
1878 |
1966 |
|
BELL |
Florence May (Lewis) |
1878 |
1961 |
w/o A.H. Bell |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Grave Marked with Stone - no identification |
HARPER |
James Arthur |
Jan 10 1888 |
May 24 1895 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Unmarked Grave |
McCOY |
James Leland |
Sep 25 1849 |
Jul 14 1932 |
b: Tennessee |
McCOY |
Margaret (Hufstetler) |
Feb 20 1854 |
Nov 02 1930 |
w/o J.L. McCoy |
McCOY |
Allie |
- |
- |
no dates |
McCOY |
Roy |
- |
- |
no dates |
McCOY |
Elva Leome |
- |
- |
Infant; no dates |
McCOY |
Ural Carroll |
- |
- |
Infant; no dates |
HODGES |
Hall Terrell |
Feb 26 1901 |
1970 |
h/o Velma T. Hines; s/o Wm.J. & Carrie Ellen (Feeck) Hodges; WW I |
GARRETT |
Gene Morris |
1928 |
- |
b & d ca; s/o L. L. & L.C. Garrett;(no tombstone) |
SCOGGIN |
Robert |
- |
- |
lst h/o Hazel E. Garrett; birth & death dates unknown |
VINSON |
Dovie |
Sep 20 1896 |
Oct 26 1897 |
d/o T.H. & M.F. Vinson |
JOHNSON |
Alice |
Jan 05 1882 |
Sep 16 1882 |
d/o J.T. & A.E. Johnson |
JOHNSON |
Emma D. |
Aug 03 1875 |
May 12 1882 |
d/o W.A. & M.G. Johnson |
JOHNSON |
W.A.J. |
Mar 04 1820 |
Dec 11 1896 |
|
RANDALL |
Mattie May |
Jun 02 1887 |
- |
b & d; d/o S.M. & S.E. Randall |
HART |
Nannie E. |
Sep 17 1880 |
Jun 11 1881 |
d/o J.B. & N.A. Hart |
HART |
Joseph Benjamin |
Apr 03 1837 |
Nov 11 1905 |
b: Marlborough District, S.C. |
HART |
Nancy A. |
Jul 09 1839 |
Mar 24 1917 |
w/o J.B. Hart |
GRAY |
Susan A. |
Oct 24 1844 |
Mar 24 1925 |
|
GRAY |
Martha E. |
Jun 03 1830 |
May 31 1908 |
|
WHITE |
Robert Lee |
Nov 08 1897 |
Aug 22 1898 |
s/o J.E.& M.H. White |
ARTHUR |
Carrie |
Feb 26 1881 |
Mar 04 1881 |
d/o S.D. & E.J. Arthur |
ARTHUR |
- |
May 25 1868 |
Feb 23 1885 |
d/o S.D. & E.J. Arthur; b in Georgia |
BROADWELL |
Luther Lloyd |
Jan 08 1896 |
Aug 07 1896 |
s/o J.A. & S.B. Broadwell |
BROADWELL |
Walter |
Mar 03 1894 |
Mar 04 1894 |
s/o S.B. & J.A. Broadwell; aged 1 day |
BARTON |
- |
- |
- |
Infant s/o William Albert & Susan (Hudspeth) Barton. |
ELDER |
- |
- |
- |
Infant; no identification of parents, or dates |
ELDER |
- |
- |
- |
Infant; no identification of parents, or dates |
SERTHUHE |
Titeodoro |
Apr 07 1900 |
Aug 14 1927 |
|
SERTUHE |
Ellis |
Jul 20 1889 |
Nov 09 1935 |
|
CANALES |
Lokey |
1893 |
1936 |
|
CANALEZ |
Albert, Jr. |
Jun 22 1965 |
Jan 22 1966 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wooden Cross Marker; no information |
TRIPILLO |
Antonia |
- |
Dec 12 1929 |
aged 17 years, 5 months |
RINCON |
Maria Madelena |
Feb 08 1938 |
Nov 24 1938 |
|
SALAZAR |
Magrete |
Mar 01 1924 |
Mar 24 1925 |
|
CANALES |
Mariano |
Jun 04 1929 |
May 10 1931 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Broken Wooden Cross; no information |
GUERRO |
Alfonso |
Apr 20 1913 |
Mar 04 1939 |
|
SANCHEZ |
Alex, Jr. |
1906 |
Jul 28 1931 |
age 25 years; s/o Alex & Magarita Sanchez (b Mexico); information given by Andrew Sanchez. |
VALERO |
Salome |
Oct 22 1910 |
Oct 26 1932 |
d/o Domingo Valero & Antonia Cordoba; both b in Mexico; no dates |