Submitted by: Kelly Schaffer
Location: From Clarendon, take S.H. 70 about 20 miles north
to the intersection of CR C and Hwy 6. Cemetery has had little
or no maintenance done. Tall grass makes some headstones hard
to see.
History: Pioneer area settler Henry
S. Boydstun (1858-1942), a native of Illinois, moved his family
to this area in 1890. That year, his infant son, Eddie, died and
was buried in the southwest corner of the family farm. In 1898,
Boydstun deeded two acres at the site for use as a public burial
ground. A small farming community that developed near there included
a school and, from 1891-1940, a post office (listed as Boydston).
Although Boydstun deeded land for the cemetery, he and his wife,
Mary (d.1950), were interred in nearby town of Groom. Dedicated
to the early pioneers cemetery land donated by H.S.Boydstun 1890.
Infant of C.E. & Sallie
W. Boydstun born and died Jan. 21,1907
Infant of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born and died Oct. 11,1900
Infant of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born and died Aug. 17,1901
Infant of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born Sept. 21,1904 died
Sept. 22,1904
Infant of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born and died Mar. 29,1903
Infant of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born and died May 18,1902
Charlie Eugene son of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born and died
Aug. 21,1898
Ethel Lee Dau. of C.E. & Sallie W. Boydstun born Oct. 29,1896
died Aug. 25,1905
Charles Eugene Boydstun 1860-1918
Children of Berry Z. & Gracie May James
Infant boy Girta May
Jan. 19,1910 Jan. 20,1910 Dec. 23, 1920 Dec. 23,1920
Infant boy Berry E. Manuel
Dec. 1,1919 Dec. 1,1919 Dec. 3,1924 Feb. 15,1925
The above James children are all on one large headstone.
Infant Daughter of Jeff and Aline Guthrie Sept.
16,1937
Eddie son of H.S. & M.F. Boydstun born Apr. 28,1890 died May
2,1890
Susie Hortense Dau. of P.E. & M.E. Johnson born Feb. 7,1895
died April 27,1897
Mrs. Mc Queen and baby died in childbirth approx.1895
Charles L. son of J&M Fraser born Dec. 13,1892 died Sept.
16,1903