Bane Cemetery

Rusk Co. Cemeteries of TX

From "71 Rusk County Cemeteries" By Mary F. Dunn

Update & Photo by July 2001  KSterl1927@aol.com

Some Photos by July 2004 Hattie Gage

Submitted by Gloria B. Mayfield, Rusk Co. Coordinator

This cemetery is located between highways 259 and 2496, northwest of Mt Enterprise. It is on a dirt road near Smyrna Church at Oak Flat. (1965)  

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Note: Mrs. Bloom Busby and Mrs. Leila Hays were daughters of John G. Bane and Lou Virginia Swinney Bane. Mr. & Mrs. Busby lived in the old log home of her father. The mother of John G. Bane was Eliza Jane Gage, daughter of early settler, David Gage.

 

Chapman Jack Oct 26 1933   Jun 9 2001 Unknown Row    

Row 1

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Burrow

Matilda

1865

1908

"Mother"

Burrow

Ruff

1855

1919

"Father"

Busby

Earl

July 2 1913

Jan 7 1918

"Brother"; s/o Jim & Bloom

Busby

Era

Jun 30 1904

Nov 6 1906

"Sister"; d/o Jim & Bloom

Busby

Jim W

Feb 22 1872

May 5 1947

h/o Bloom Bell Busby marr Jul 06 1901

Busby

Bloom Bell

Jan 17 1882

Dec 30 1969

w/o Jim W. Busby

Busby

Otice 

Oct 6 1917

Jan 30 1971

s/o Jim & Bloom Busby; Headstone shows date of death as Feb 30 1971; this is a wrong date and the person who did the stone refused to change it; date was verified with court records.

Bane

Clydie Faye 

Oct 10 1929

Jun 23 1983

w/o John Floyd Bane; s/o Alford D. Bane Sr.

Busby

J. M.

Feb 1880

May 1945

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Row 2

One unmarked grave

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Bane

Andrew P.  

Aug 06 1906

Nov 3 1906

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Bane

Allen Ross

1914

1915

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Bane

Madgie M

Dec 10 1884

Feb 12 1920

w/o Allen Hubert Bane; d/o B.F. & Mary M. Swinney Bane

Unmarked grave

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Bane

Allen Hubert 

Aug 28 1880

Mar 11 1947

h/o Madgie M. Bane; s/o John G. & Lou Virginia Swinney Bane

Gage

Thomas Rusk

Sept 26 1851

Oct 27 1896

h/o Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Swinney Gage; s/o David & Lucy Fish Gage

Row 3

Two unmarked graves

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Bane

Charles

1868

1892

s/o James A. & Eliza Jane Gage Bane; bro/o John G. Bane

Bane

John G

1858

1933

h/o Lou Virginia Swinney Bane; s/o James A. & Eliza Jane Gage Bane; Justice of the Peace of Rusk County for 35 years (birthdate Sep 01 1857 on death certificate)

Bane

Lou V. (irginia Swinney)

1860

1897

w/o John G. Bane; d/o John and Sarah Sue Baker Swinney

Six unmarked graves

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Row 4

BFB  marker

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One unmarked grave

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Row 5

Bane

Mary

1854

1937

w/o 1st B.F. Bane; w/o 2nd John G. Bane; d/o John & Sarah Sue Baker Swinney

Bane

B. F

1855

1894

h/o Mary Swinney Bane. This is a double headstone believe B.F. is actually buried where the BFB marker is.

One unmarked grave

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Row 6

Bane

  Archie

Sept 8 1905

Jan 3 1906

d/o A.P. & F. R.

Row 7

Bane

Alford D

May 16 1887

May 20 1981

h/o Jensie Jane Goodman Bane; s/o John G. & Lou Virginia Swinney Bane

Bane

Jensie Jane

Aug 17 1885

Mar 11 1973

w/o of Alford D. Bane Sr. d/o Joseph (Joe) and Maggie Moore Goodman

Bane

William Engram "Bill"

Jan 27 1921

Feb 8 1976

s/o of Alford D. Bane and Jensie Jane Bane

Gage

Laura E.

Jun 23 1877

Sept 1877

d/o Thomas Rusk and Elizabeth Swinney Gage