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Latham Cemetery

Inscriptions:

These four inscriptions are listed by date of death and burial in this cemetery in the order of first to last burial.

 

The first burial was that of George Washington Latham who died June 24, 1863 as the result of a rattlesnake bite.

 

The last burial was that of Isabella Christian Couch who died in September 7, 1887.

 

The numbers in the first column of the Listing correspond to numbers on the Site Map and indicate location of the grave in the cemetery.

 

  

Note:   Under the column “Comments” tombstone inscriptions are in “Quotation Marks.”  Submitter’s comments are surrounded by [brackets.]

 

Submitted by:  Stan Burnham      Phone: 325-372-3123     Date: May 4, 2010

                       



                                Name                                Birth - Death                                        Comment

1.         LATHAM, George Washington     Dec. 28, 1859 - June 24,1863           “Son of Elizabeth and John Latham”

2.         COUCH, Chaney                        Aug. 5, 1813 - Oct. 7  1864           [Elizabeth Latham’s father] “Killed by Indians”

3.         CHRISTIAN,  Elizabeth                                 1868                            [Mother of Isabella Couch]

 

4.         COUCH, Isabella M.                  1812 - Sept. 7, 1887                        “Age 75 years”  [Wife of Chaney Couch]

                                                                                                  

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