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Transcription’s numbers (1. 2. 3. etc.) correspond to the numbers on the plat map. 

There are 25 identifiable gravesites in this cemetery. 18 are identified by name on a tombstone, others by marker only with no name or date. 

The first burial in this cemetery was March 1886‑S. A. Shepp. He is listed on the 1860 census as a six‑year‑old male living with the family of Henry W. and Mahala Creed 

The last burial was January 1957, Sally Ellis McCracken. 

Note:    Under the column "comments" tombstone inscriptions are in "quotation marks." Submitter's comments are enclosed in [brackets.] 

Submitted by: Stan Burnham for the San Saba Co. Historical Commission

Contact #  325‑372‑3123

       NAME                             BIRTH   -    DEATH                           COMMENTS                         

  1. Marker                                                               

           Base of old tombstone [Set in concrete:north south orientation‑grave­ site outlined by bed of iris]

  2. WILSON, Myrtle E.      May 4, 1874 - Feb. 5,1926 

                [No. 2, 3 and 4 all in curbed and fenced area. Metal fence, concrete posts 3 ft. high, no gate]

  3. Metal marker No name                No dates                                                                                       

  4. Metal marker No name                No dates

  5. Fenced area Antique iron fence  [No marker found in fenced area]

  6. HENDRICKS, Elizabeth J.         June 19, 1833 - June 29, 1898 

  7. HENDRICKS, W. L.                    1830 - 1912

  8. NEEPER, Lula                        Jan. 24, 1878 - Jan. 13, 1898       [Dau/o J.W. & M. E.]                                  

  9. COCHRAN, Geo. Reid           Sept. 23, 1875- April 3, 1893           [S/o E.E. & M. E. Cochran]

10. MASON, G. W.                         Aug. 16, 1836 - Mar. 8, 1891

11. Headstone in place                   No name or date                    

     [Both #11 and #12 are above ground sandstone tombs. The 1870 San Saba County census lists S. A. Vaughn             and Permelia Vaughn as members of H. W. Ellis household. This then suggests that Permelia is buried        in the tomb alongside  that of S. A. Vaughn. She was born in 1806.]

12. VAUGHN, S. A.                 Dec. 13, 1804 - Oct. 11, 1889                                                                                   

13. Metal Marker                         No name or dates                                  [A definite gravesite]

14. McCRACKEN, Sally Ellis    Aug. 29, 1874 - Jan. 19, 1957        [Dau/o Henry & M.A. Creed Ellis]               

15. ELLIS, Richard M.             Mar. 10, 1870 - June 10, 1947         [S/o Henry and M.A.] "Masonic Insignia"  

16. ELLIS, T .A.                      Nov. 25, 1861 - June 10, 1887          [S/o Henry and M.A. Creed Ellis]  

17. ELLIS, M. A. Creed               1831 - 1926                                   [Mahala Creed w/o Henry W. Ellis]     

18. ELLIS, Henry W.                  1826 - 1916                                    “Pioneers 1856"

19. ELLIS, Earl                  June 27, 1897 - April 22, 1909                [S/o Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ellis]                       

20. ELLIS, John S.            May 29, 1866 - Aug. 25, 1932                [S/o Henry and M. A. Ellis]                

21. ELLIS, Maggie S.         Dec. 15, 1876 - Aug. 24, 1938               [W/o John S. Ellis]

22. SHEPP, S. A.              July 19, 1854 - Mar. 16, 1886                            

  1860 census for San Saba County lists S. A Shepp and sister Lovie as members of Henry W. Ellis household.]

23. SHEPP, "Baby"                 [No name or dates]

24. FONDREN. Lovie Shepp      June 22, 1857 - July 8, 1937      "Mother"                                                       

        [1880 San Saba census lists Lovie, as Dau/o Henry and M.A. Ellis]                                       

25. FONDREN, W. A.              Feb. 11, 1886 - May 30, 1891  

          "Son of J.B. and L.A. Fondren" "Age 5 yrs. 3 months, and 19 days"      

26. BRAZIL, Maud F.                Jan. 13, 1882 - July 19, 1951

 

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