Chew- Harlow Cemetery

Llano County, Cemeteries of Texas

Inscriptions by Linda Bowden

Historical Marker: Chew Cemetery, Born in West Virginia in 1832, George Oliver Chew came to Texas in 1839. He married Nancy Taylor prior to 1870, and they settled in western Llano County in 1883, purchasing 320 acres of land. This site probably was first used as a family cemetery about 1885 when their infant Grand-daughter was interred here. The second marked burial was that of a 2-year-old Grandson, Osceola Chew, in 1887. George Oliver Chew was interred here in 1901. The Chew family continued to grow, operating a school and later a cotton gin. In 1927 they sold the land to another family, who donated back the one-acre cemetery twenty years later. There are more than 40 known graves in the Chew Cemetery. Both a Confederate and a Union soldier are interred here, as are veterans of other military conflicts.

Last, Given, Birth, Death, Comments
Barnes, Paul, no dates
Chew, Arvella, Apr. 11, 1921, Jun. 28, 1922
Chew, Bell, Jan. 2, 1890, Apr. 29, 1978
Chew, Dalmon D., Mar. 18, 1931, May 1, 1994, SP4 US Army
Chew, George, Jan. 15, 1932, Jul. 27, 1901
Chew, Gerald Wayne, 1954, 1954
Chew, Herbert C., Jan. 22, 1893, May 13, 1947, Texas PFC 101 MC BN 26 Div, WWI
Chew, H. H., Apr. 10, 1856, Sep. 16, 1903
Chew, James D. (Tavis), Sep. 25, 1896, Sep. 22, 1945, Married Aug. 6, 1916
Chew, Leon, Jan. 31, 1887, Feb. 10, 1955
Chew, Leroy, Dec. 13, 1888, Nov. 28, 1919
Chew, Marion L., Jan. 22, 1895, Oct. 12, 1991, Pvt US Army WWI
Chew, Martha Lee, Nov. 25, 1864, Jun. 18, 1954
Chew, Mary Edna, Spr. 29, 1898, Sep. 4, 1979
Chew, Nelda Loree, Aug. 1, 1935, Jan. 11, 1936
Chew, Osceola, Sep. 2, 1885, Jan. 17, 1887, Son of H. H. and M. L. Chew
Chew, S. C., no dates, Baby
Chew, S. Edith Marie, 1921, 1967
Chew, Winnie Ester, Sep. 28, 1899, Oct. 28, 1990, Married Aug. 6, 1916
Chew, Woodrow, Oct. 29, 1917, Feb. 22, 1973
Davis, A. E., Jan. 9, 1906, Aug. 20, 1970, Married ov. 16, 1925
Davis, Alvin Dale, Sep. 6, 1930, Sep. 7, 1930, Son
Davis, Henry Retta, Apr. 9, 1904, Apr. 29, 1967
Davis, Miriam, Nov. 22, 1868, Apr. 18, 1937

Gipson, Fanny, 1857, 1948
Harlow, Amanda J., Jun. 29, 1861, Dec. 6, 1936, Meet me in Heaven
Harlow, Baby, no dates
Harlow, Clyde E., Jun. 18, 1897, Jan. 28, 1964
Harlow, E., Feb. 14, 1829, Mar. 8, 1906
Harlow, E. Vere, Jul. 7, 1900, Dec. 15, 1964
Harlow, Elanor J., Nov. 6, 1841, Sep. 6, 1933
Harlow, Robert Jefferson, Apr. 21, 1860, Aug. 14, 1915
Harlow, William Jefferson (WID), Feb. 16, 1885, Jul. 8, 1925
Thompson, David, Dec. 24, 1832, Jun. 29, 1917, Father
Thompson, Cansada, Jan. 14, 1844, Nov. 10, 1915, Mother
Tuckness, Lenora, 1875, 1961, Mother (Dude)
Wootan, Baby, no dates
Wootan, E. Jane, Aug. 29, 1872, Sep. 17, 1931
Wootan, Joe V. Sr., Aug. 2, 1866, Aug. 18, 1947