Deaton Cemetery
Rains Co. Cemeteries of TX

Submitted by Sharon Pierce

Obits by Steve Bridges  and Elaine Nall Bay

  Located on the very edge of the Rains/Hopkins Co. line. It is a public cemetery although it is in a privately owned pasture. The main road to the cemetery is off of Hwy. 19N and in Hopkins Co

Deaton Cemetery started out as a family burial plot on the 640 acre land grant John Deaton obtained from the State of Texas in the Mercer Colony.  The land grant was originally in Hopkins County, but it straddled the current Rains and Hopkins County lines.

Adams , Benjamin I.         Born: 1849        Died:  1905 Married:  (1) Martha "Mattie" C. Deaton (daughter of Hiram Hunt & Mary Ann Deaton)
 (2) Laura Paralee Deaton Waters (daughter of Hiram Hunt & Mary Ann Deaton, and  older sister of Martha "Mattie" C. Deaton, his first wife)

Adams, Paralee
b. Nov 2, 1842  d. Jan 21, 1930
 

Anderson, A.M.
b. May 29, 1838  d. Oct 8, 1910

Adams , Martha "Mattie" C. Deaton Born: 1851       Died:  1881 daughter of Hiram Hunt & Martha Ann Deaton first wife of Benjamin I. Adams

Anderson, Ada
b. Jun 9, 1841  d. Nov 1, 1918

Anderson, Araminta   d/o AM & Ada
b. Nov 19, 1874  d. Dec 19, 1874

Anderson, --d/o AM & Ada  (not all readable
04/--/1877     04/--/1877

Anderson, Mary F.  d/o of AM & Ada
b. Jun 7, 1881  d. Aug 22, 1893

Anderson, W.R.
04/--/----

Beall, Sarah
10/22/1870      09/22/1895

Beall, Sid
12/21/1868   05/01/1903

Combs, Monroe  Alton   Husband of Doris
son of  Richard O & Leona Bradford Combs
born in Hopkins Co.
S1 US Navy  WW II
b. Nov 30, 1919  d. Jun 22, 1999

Combs, Harold Shane
son/o William David Combs & Peggy Joyce Bristow
b. Dec 4, 1977  d. Apr 10, 1999

Deaton, Catharine
1805   1855
 

Deaton, Hiram Hunt
1819   1881
 

Deaton, John Calvin
1795   1858
 

Deaton, Mary Ann
1822     1880

Deaton, Sarah Reilly  Born: circa 1805    Died: circa 1854  Married: (1) James Reilly, and (2) John Deaton
 

Dreadin, Ozella Adams
b. Dec 18, 1883  d. Jan 29, 1972
 

Duty, C.H.    s/o C & FE
b. Nov 30, 1908  d. Feb 28, 1909

Duty, infant       s/o C & FE
b. Jun 6, 1888  d. Sep 9, 1888

Duty, Mary E.     d/o C & FE
b. Jan 4, 1903  d. Jan 14, 1904

DUTY, Will, s/o Mr. Chas. Duty, aged 17: Deaton Cemetery; died "Wednesday morning" --- Rains County Leader, Friday, Oct. 17, 1912  unmarked grave
 

Hurlbert, James E.
b. Apr 5, 1892  d. Nov 4, 1917

Irons, Samantha Hurlburt
b. Feb 18, 1866  d. Jan 27, 1925

Kinser, Dorcas L.
1894     1926

Loftin, A.A. "Ace"     hus/of Lillie M.
b. Dec 18, 1891  d. Nov 17, 1967

The Rains Co. Leader
Dec 9, 1921
Floyd Lofton Dead
Mr. Floyd Lofton, who lived in the Freedom community, died at the home of his son, Everett Lofton, here Monday night of bright's Disease. He had been carried to Greenville for treatment but was brought home on Monday afternoon and died the same night. His remains were buried at the Deaton graveyard near the line Rains and Hopkins counties.

Loftin, V.F.
b. Apr 30, 1865  d. Dec 6, 1921 Lofton, Mr. Floyd  who lived in the Freedom community, died at the home of his son, Everett Lofton, here Monday night of Bright's Disease. He had been carried to Greenville for treatment but was brought home on Monday afternoon and died the same night. His remains were buried at the Deaton graveyard near the line Rains and Hopkins counties.  The Rains Co. Leader Dec 9, 1921

 

Loftin, Lillie M.
b. May 12, 1904  d.  -------

Loftin, Maggie
b. Nov 2, 1871  d. Feb 5, 1959
 

McLeroy, Gurren C.       s/o JT & M
b. Feb 5, 1882  d. Mar 4, 1898

McLeroy, J.T.
b. Jul 25, 1841  d. Feb 7, 1920

McLeroy, Margaret    Wife of J T McLeroy
b. Jan 31, 1845  d. Sep 20, 1901

McLeroy, Robert Bascom     s/o JT & M
b. Jan 30, 1884  d. Feb 16, 1884

Mitchell, Bessie
1892    1921

Mitchell, Joseph M.
 b. Feb 6, 1860  d. Aug 4, 1898

Moore, J.W.
1872    1954
 

Moore, Mosana   wife of JW
1874    1905
 

Newsome, Birdie H.
1895   1917

Phillips, Mary E.       d/o JR & V
b. Jun 28, 1874   d. Oct 8, 1880
 

Plunk, J.W.
b. Oct 25, 1830  d. Nov 3, 1883

Potts, Eliza

Potts, Johnathan H.       s/o J & E
b. Sep 20, 1878  d. Aug 13, 1885

Potts, Nancy E.      d/o J & E
b. Mar 18, 1874   d. Feb 16, 1893

Potts, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell       Wife of W J (Will) Potts
b. Mar 18, 1862  d. Jul 24, 1887

Potts, Susan E.    d/o J & E
 b. Nov 21, 1876  d. May 29, 1878

Scott, Baby The Leader sympathizes with Mr. and Mrs. Pinkie Scott of the Daugherty neighborhood in the loss of their baby, which died Wednesday night. Its remains were buried at the Deaton graveyard.  August 15, 1913  Misc Obits

Shackelford, John
b. Jan 4, 1931  d. May 13, 2000

Stubbs Baby
1880

Taylor, infant       s/o BL & SE
 b. May 6, 1897   d. Jun 28, 1898

W. N. A.

Waters, Calvin
b. Jul 9, 1876  d. Sep 25, 1926