Lagarto Cemetery

Live Oak, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by: Morna McHargue

Cemeteries of TX Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

Located in Live Oak County, Texas, 26 miles southeast of George West, Texas, at the intersection of FM 534 and FM 3162.

The following text is found on the historical marker at the entrance of the cemetery.

In the early 1870’s and unknown traveler died at the home of Samuel and Mary Beall, proprietors of a general store in the ranching town of Lagarto. The Bealls buried the man at a site on their property. In 1876, land surrounding the gravesite was formally set aside as the Lagarto Cemetery when Sam and Mary Beall sold two acres of their land to J.W. Ramey, Cornelius Clay Cox, and T.P. McNeill, trustees for the Lagarto Community Cemetery.

The grave of the unknown man is identified only by a caliche rock cover, as are two other burial sites in the cemetery. The oldest marked grave that of two-year-old Isabel Harrison is dated October 12, 1876. Others buried here include Charles H. Fusselman (1866-1890), who was shot in Presidio County while serving as a Texas Ranger, and John Pollan (1808- 1890), who fought in the Texas War of Independence.

Although the population of Lagarto declined after the railroad bypassed it in 1887, its citizens have continued to use the cemetery since the 1870’s. Descendents of the town’s pioneers still live in the area, which has become the site of development along Corpus Christi.

[Census completed 1980 by unknown party, to whom we are grateful.]

Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments

Hobbs

William

Jan 28 1831

Jan 09 1919

Father

Hobbs

Harriet Wright

May 20 1838

Nov 28 1918

Mother

Wren

Joseph E.

1866

1950

Born in England

Wren

Margaret F.

1870

1956

Born in England

Wren

John Joseph

Nov 15 1894

Apr 10 1912

-

Wren

Baby

Apr 07 1914

Apr 15 1914

-

Wren

Nary Frances

Aug 27 1889

Sep 16 1973

-

Benhau

O.L.

Jun 25 1883

Jan 28 1945

At Rest

Rigby

J. Darwyn

Feb 18 1912

Dec 10 1918

Our Loved One

Franklin

Gussie

Jul 27 1856

Jul 18 1913

W/o Tol. McNeill

Bell

Alma McNeill

1881

1965

Mother

McNeill

Toliver P.

Mar 15 1848

Feb 19 1927

Come ye Blessed

McNeill

Tolliver Marvel

Jan 01 1877

Feb 01 1911

Father

McNeill

Oliver Brunson

Sep 20 1878

Jul 15 1946

(Ollie)

McNeill

T.P.

Aug 15 1843

Oct 23 1896

Twas hard to give thee up

McNeill

Marvin

-

Feb 08 1908

Age: 18 yrs 10 mos

McNeill

Mrs. Mary

Jan 21 1846

Aug 01 1906

We knew no grief - till thy bright face was missed

McNeill

Archibald

May 13 1875

Jul 03 1900

Loyal

Weathersby

Florence McNeill

Feb 18 1893

Dec 14 1972

Mama

Weathersby

Charles Walter

Oct 30 1889

Apr 09 1947

Daddy

Williams

Sara E.

Nov 26 1833

Aug 15 1917

At Rest

Manning

Ila Williams

1876

1942

Mother

Rountree

Joseph Gus

Jan 02 1838

Oct 08 1880

On bronze plate below the marble stone B: MO Moved to CA 1852  Moved to MT 1860 Moved to TX 1875, Established Ranch Bee Co. M: Lagarto Tx 1875, D: Lagarto

Johnson

Mamie Lee

Nov 30 1880

Jan 10 1882

Weep not Papa and Mama for me. hy will be done

McMaster

Margaret Lovina

Nov 23 1863

Apr 12 1913

W/o A.L. Gooley Faithful to her trust even unto death (The grave of her husband is reported to be next to hers marked only by a rock)

Dobie

Wm. Neville

Jun 16 1854

Apr 14 1932

Father

Dobie

Mary E.

Mar 04 1874

Oct 29 1931

Mother

Adams

Mary E.

Mar 03 1862

Dec 13 1921

Mother

Adams

John Q.

Oct 03 1854

-

Father

Gressett

John

Dec 02 1873

Mar 24 1940

B: Lola  When the last round-up is over He was a gentle soul. A devoted brother and a loving son   D: Beeville

Gressett

J.B.

Mar 31 1848

Jun 23 1926

Weep not he is at rest

Gressett

Mrs. J.B.

Sep 01 1850

Oct 10 1930

Weep not she is at rest

Gressett

Clyde A.

Feb 29 1920

Oct 27 1950

Sonnie TX T SGT AF AIR TRAINING COMD. WWII

Matheson

Alice Gressett

Aug 03 1889

Oct 23 1977

Weep not she is at rest

Cox

Emory W.

Mar 05 1899

Sep 17 1971

-

Ramey

D.F.

Aug 03 1856

Dec 18 1889

W/o T.W. Ramey

Ramey

Infant

Sep 21 1889

Nov 07 1889

S/o T.W. & D.F.

Hinnant

Neville

Jul 27 1881

Oct 10 1949

Father

Hinnant

John

Dec 05 1817

Feb 11 1877

In Memory Of

Hinnant

H.M.

May 14 1854

Nov 27 1892

God gave

Hinnant

Mary Ann

Dec 14 1855

Feb 25 1964

W/o H.M. "Tobe" Hinnant D/o Robert and Sarah A. Adams Who Came From England in 1852 To Corpus Christi Tx

Harrison

Isabel

Nov 05 1874

Oct 12 1876

-

Alexander

Willie

1861

1898

-

Alexander

Minnie

1857

1944

-

Pearce

Henrietta A.

Jan 21 1861

Dec 24 1878

W/o W.B. Pearce

Pearce

Hennie

Nov 20 1878

Jan 15 1879

D/o W.B. & H.A. Pearce

Moorman

T.J.

Dec 08 183?

Jan 23 188?

-

Cook

Rebecca Ann

Jun 08 1822

Jun 02 1912

Mother  B: MS   D: Lagarto

Cook

Samuel

Jan 18 1812

Dec 24 1889

Father B: SC

Cook

Zerapha C.

Jan 03 1860

Apr 05 1945

B: Lagarto D: Lagarto

Cook

Chaney

Feb 02 1847

Sep 17 1936

B: Al  D: Lagarto

Cook

Robert

Jul 27 1853

Jun 16 1942

B: Texarkana D: Three Rivers Tx

Harrell

W.H.

Feb 28 1848

Jan 07 1896

-

Beall

Samuel

1837

1901

-

Beall

Mary

1845

1935

-

Beall

Benjamin Oscar

Mar 21 1881

Dec 16 1942

-

Beall

S.F. (Frank)

Mar 16 1872

Apr 27 1953

In God we trust

Ferrell

Michael

Sep 08 1807

Jun 04 1885

At Rest

(The tiny stone below is enclosed in a beautiful iron fence near the entrance to the cemetery)

Haney

Sterling F.

Dec 28 1880

Mar 19 1886

In Memory Of

Haney

Lucy E.

-

Mar 21 1886

Age: 33 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God

Fusselman

G.H.

Jul 16 1866

Apr 17 1890

O

Lamb

Drewry F.

Jun 03 1850

Dec 05 1876

-

Bottom of stone

is broken

In loving

Memory of

-

Byler

R.F.

Mar 16 1864

Apr 18 1922

-

Byler

Orie

Oct 17 1866

Oct 14 1938

-

Byler

Baby

-

-

-

Byler

Baby

-

-

-

Byler

Baby

-

-

-

Byler

Baby

-

-

-

Byler

Baby

-

-

-

Byler

R.F. Jr

-

-

-

Byler

Frank Alvis

-

-

-

Byler

Little Mary

-

-

-

Morgan

Charles

Jan 31 1887

Feb 08 1887

Our baby

Dubose

Tom T.

Feb 23 1880

Jul 20 1903

Newer stone and an old iron fence

Crum

George L.

1864

1924

-

Crum

Nellie B.

1874

1962

-

Goodwin

William R.

Feb 28 1879

Apr 16 1961

-

Goodwin

Anna R.

Jan 21 1886

Feb 19 1967

-

Goodwin

Richard N.

1882

1953

In Memory of Papa

Goodwin

Della

1882

1966

In Memory of Granny

Pollan

John

May 28 1808

Jul 27 1890

TX VETERAN 1835-36

Wright

Emoline

Nov 01 1839

Feb 10 1865

Inscription illegible

Phipps

John W. (Johnnie)

Aug 08 1899

Nov 23 1974

CCM US NAVY

Phipps

Lea Alma

1906

-

-

Goodwin

R. Nathan

Dec 11 1917

Jul 10 1978

-

Adams

Elmer J.

Jan 26 1883

Mar 18 1922

Gone

Pearce

J.A.

Mar 08 1850

Jan 19 1881

Separated this life Jan 19 1881

Cook

Samuel

Feb 18 1849

Feb 28 1879

B: LA D: Lagarto, TX

Byler

Fannie

Jan 18 1865

Jun 29 1889

Sacred to the memory of W/o Chas G. Cook