J. H. Shorty Brown Cemetery
Submitted
and photos
by Wanda Westfall
As you are leaving San Saba, San Saba County, Texas on 190 E. this cemetery sits on the left side of the road just before you go around the curve as you leave town. There is a paved country road that goes in front of the cemetery but we did not see a sign Catalogued and Photographed by Wanda, Debra Westfall & Amber Horton
There is a large granite monument with the following names on it about the people buried there.
Names of Persons Known To Be Buried Here (on top of monument)
Jane A. Brown (First wife of John H. Brown) 1816-1875
William (Billy) Brown 1848-1878
Andrew Smart (Husband of Rebecca Brown Smart 1850-1883
Lou Binnion 1865-1883
Jerusa Brown ( Mother of J.H. Brown) 1780-1884
Amanda Carroll ( Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Carroll ) 1873-1885
Rhoda Burns ( Wife of John Burns ) -1885
R.G. Binnion 1841-1885
J.M. Russell 1816-1887
Malinda Martin Brown (Second wife of J.H.B.) 1855-1885
Nancy Martin Sperry Brown (Third wife of J.H.B. ) -1887
Infant son of S.H.and D. DeWar 1892-1892
John H. (Shorty) Brown 1817-1896
Amanda Brown Binnion (wife of R.G.B.) 1846-
Possibly Others
Restoration of Cemetery Made Possible By Grandson Mack Brown
The five headstone pictures and the monument is the only ones in the cemetery.