| City Cemetery-Tenaha |
Shelby County Texas
Transcribed by Ray Jackson, September 12, 1999.
Take Highway 96 North to Tenaha, take the exit to downtown to Center Street, stay on Center Street, cross the railroad tracks and the cemetery is located on the left side of the road about 1/4 mile.
GPS -94.244564 Longitude, 31.946393 Latitude
This Cemetery contains the remains of J.J.E. Gibson, the bulder of the Shelby and Panola Counties Courthouse |
| MONUMENT |
| Site of Presbyterian Church US First Church Built in Tenaha Organized by Rev. D. A. McRae C. B. McFarland D. T. McNeill J. E. McNeill Erected in 1954 |
| Allie M. Ariola | 08/08/1900 | 02/21/1981 | - |
| Grover C. Ariola | 12/29/1888 | 03/09/1968 | - |
| Homa Everett Armstrong | 02/01/1907 | 06/06/1911 | - |
| William Wall Armstrong | 12/05/1851 | 11/10/1913 | - |
| Willie Ann Armstrong | 10/09/1888 | 05/30/1914 | - |
| Cullen Lacy Avara | 10/20/1827 | 06/25/1906 | Pvt Pattons Co. Miss.St.CSA |
| Lavina S. Avary | 09/17/1887 | 06/15/1908 | - |
| Ila Hooker Baldwin | - | - | - |
| Ellen J. Ballard | 04/12/1865 | 03/14/1889 | - |
| Albert P. Barber | 05/17/1884 | 07/27/1948 | - |
| C. P. Barber | 12/15/1848 | 04/26/1908 | - |
| Edward Letcher Barber | 03/27/1891 | 11/04/1962 | - |
| Florence P. Barber | 02/05/1884 | 03/17/1921 | - |
| Jim Barber | 1852 | 1929 | - |
| Mollie Barber | 1850 | 1946 | - |
| Martha Elizabeth Bell | 02/21/1872 | 03/03/1950 | - |
| Seaton Bell | 07/14/1856 | 07/06/1880 | - |
| Elizabeth A. Berry | 04/14/1845 | 01/26/1905 | - |
| Siddie Berry | 11/07/1881 | 09/09/1902 | Dau of G. W. & A.E. Berry |
| Cotton Behrens | 10/05/1923 | 04/13/1977 | - |
| Helen Behrens | 08/24/1934 | 09-17-2012- | w/o Horace "Cotton" Behrens- |
| Beatrice Black | 04/10/1910 | 05/28/1979 | - |
| J. A. Black | 10/19/1839 | 05/29/1904 | Husb of Nannie Black |
| Joe A. Black | 09/05/1906 | 04/26/1994 | - |
| Nannie J. Black | 03/12/1846 | 08/07/1901 | Wife of J. A. Black |
| A. E. Bonnell | 03/10/1857 | 02/10/1925 | Son of A.E. Bonnell |
| Rosa Bouland | 06/12/1873 | 09/10/1953 | - |
| W. A. Bouland | 06/22/1870 | 02/15/1924 | - |
| Benjamin E. Boyd | 01/27/1832 | 11/23/1896 | - |
| Eliza A. Boyd | 03/09/1836 | 10/13/1897 | - |
| Perry B. Boyd | 08/06/1870 | 03/15/1890 | - |
| Levina H. Boykin | 11/17/1828 | 09/13/1887 | - |
| Heber Burns | 01/07/1884 | 08/03/1907 | Son of Dr.J.W. & L.A.Burns |
| J. W. Burns | 11/14/1851 | 08/21/1911 | - |
| Julian W. Burns | 01/24/1898 | 10/12/1909 | - |
| Lovie May Burns | 12/22/1900 | 10/23/1901 | Dau of J. B. & Bessie Burns |
| Lucy A. Burns | 12/08/1854 | 06/02/1909 | - |
| Robert Emmett Burns | 03/11/1886 | 06/22/1965 | - |
| Ruby Lee Burns | 04/28/1887 | 12/26/1967 | - |
| Sarah Kendall Burns | 05/21/1827 | 07/03/1915 | Born in Anson County N.C., Died Bronson , Texas |
| Verna White Burns | 03/16/1893 | 10/20/1970 | - |
| Anna E. Butler | 1883 | 1972 | - |
| Frank M. Butler | 01/14/1912 | 09/02/1983 | SSGT US Army WWII |
| Lewis M. Butler | 1877 | 1966 | - |
| Corinne Hooker Calhoun | 08/18/1899 | 08/13/1975 | - |
| John S. Calhoun | 04/15/1899 | 01/03/1980 | - |
| Dr. Thomas Gilmer Calhoun | 12/26/1871 | 01/23/1926 | - |
| Mrs. Thomas Gilmer Calhoun | 04/01/1877 | 01/27/1922 | - |
| Amanda Carlton | 09/26/1853 | 09/02/1886 | Wife of G. O. Carlton |
| Julas M. Carlton | 08/30/1882 | 09/02/1886 | Buried W/Mother Amanda Carlton |
| Essie A. Carroll | 0909/1886 | 11/30/1933 | - |
| Euell P. Carroll | 04/30/1874 | 05/30/1923 | - |
| Malva R. Carroll | 03/28/1916 | 02/10/1918 | - |
| Ruth A. Carroll | 03/28/1905 | 06/06/1916 | - |
| Ophelia Chadwick | 01/08/1868 | 07/16/1909 | Wife of W. R. Chadwick |
| Mrs. Martha Chandler | 12/15/1840 | 02/10/1905 | - |
| Charley Burns Christian | 01/26/1906 | 03/23/1911 | Son of J.W.& Dora Christian |
| Dora Story Christian | 01/05/1870 | 02/10/1932 | - |
| Mrs. Lucy H. Christian | 05/07/1835 | 02/16/1906 | - |
| Jessie Whitfield Christian | 02/27/1862 | 01/30/1947 | - |
| John L. Christian | 11/20/1858 | 07/20/1912 | - |
| Roderic Christian | 1897 | 1897 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Christian |
| Samuel S. Christian | 01/08/1889 | 07/04/1890 | - |
| Eugenia Clarke | 04/09/1877 | 05/06/1953 | - |
| Thomas A. Clarke | 1866 | 1928 | - |
| Andrew J. Clayton | 11/??/1843 | 02/17/1918 | Indiana Inf. Co D. Hus of Elizabeth Clayton |
| Elizabeth J. Clayton | 03/17/1852 | 08/09/1909 | Wife of A. J. Clayton |
| Lovie G. Clayton | 01/04/1885 | 10/14/1894 | Dau of A.J.& E. J. Clayton |
| Lee Collins | 12/21/1884 | 08/16/1899 | Son opf J.S. & Georgia Collins |
| Willie I. Collins | 03/21/1886 | 08/18/1887 | - |
| Florence May Conway | 05/05/1875 | 12/04/1954 | - |
| Henry Conway | 05/05/1870 | 12/04/1937 | - |
| Herman Corley | 02/24/1884 | 01/27/1919 | - |
| Gladyce Lewis Cromwell | 07/26/1904 | 08/21/1995 | Dau of J.R.& Della Lewis |
| A. T. Davis | 03/05/1881 | 07/04/1924 | - |
| Alice Raye Parker Davis | 09/30/1918 | 06/11/1993 | - |
| Charles Davis | 06/19/1918 | 07/10/1918 | - |
| Ethel Davis | 02/10/1913 | 03/12/1926 | - |
| J. L. "Lem" Davis | 12/22/1891 | 10/17/1956 | - |
| James A. Davis | 03/30/1920 | 05/28/1991 | Acad US Air Force WWII |
| Marion Davis | 09/28/1883 | 11/05/1951 | - |
| Melba Davis | 01/09/1915 | 01/15/1915 | - |
| Rosa Davis | 09/24/1882 | 08/18/1962 | - |
| Virginia B. Davis | 09/13/1892 | 03/02/1978 | - |
| Pat Foley | 1853 | 1913 | - |
| California Gibbs | 08/05/1847 | 09/29/1902 | Wife of J. M. Gibbs |
| J. J. E. Gibson | 11/04/1849 | 09/14/1931 | Builder of Courthouse |
| Bonita Goolsey | 1908 | 1908 | Dau of Mr.& Mrs.E.E. Goolsey |
| Delilah D. Greer | 08/21/1838 | 01/30/1891 | - |
| Arnold E. Groggans | 06/27/1916 | 09/19/1975 | - |
| Caroline Ledbetter Gunter | 08/09/1870 | 06/04/1930 | - |
| Noble E. Gunter | 10/18/1895 | 04/13/1955 | Texas Pvt 86 Sanitary Sq. M.D.WWI |
| Virginia Porter Gunter | 06/23/1900 | 02/04/1925 | Wife of Noble E. Gunter |
| William Gunter | 09/29/1909 | 02/09/1983 | Pfc. US Army Korea |
| William Eugene Gunter | 04/22/1867 | 12/05/1944 | - |
| Liddie Hale | 08/31/1893 | 03/29/1899 | Dau of L. & T.A. Hale |
| Margaret Hayes | 07/30/1834 | 08/25/1907 | - |
| Frank Hill | 12/15/1898 | 09/07/1900 | Son of V. & H. M. Hill |
| Gussie Hendricks | 09/24/1900 | 06/28/1901 | Dau of W. R. & Annie Hendricks |
| W. R. Hendricks | 09/16/1869 | 02/19/1908 | - |
| Chester R. Hendrix | 01/12/1903 | 06/20/1990 | - |
| Evie Lou Hendrix | 06/09/1909 | 07/07/1990 | - |
| James Hendrix | 03/20/1932 | 03/20/1932 | Buried W/Janie |
| Janie Hendrix | 03/20/1932 | 03/20/1932 | Buried W/James |
| Edward S. Hicks | 1846 | 1916 | Co. E. Alabama Regiment 1862 |
| Carrie Ann Hodges | 06/24/1873 | 02/08/1912 | Wife of W. L. Hodges |
| James Elbert Hodges | 06/30/1911 | 02/13/1912 | - |
| Barney Holt | 10/03/1908 | 10/08/1926 | Son of Mr.& Mrs.J. A. Holt |
| Joseph A. Holt | 1885 | 1961 | - |
| Monnie Maud Holt | 1886 | 1976 | - |
| B. G. Hooker | 07/05/1891 | 11/25/1968 | - |
| Dowell Bell Hooker | 03/13/1893 | 06/17/1972 | - |
| Ernest B. Hughes | 06/24/1893 | 12/28/1895 | Son of Mr.& Mrs.J. H. Hughes |
| James Harrison Hughes | 08/11/1861 | 03/14/1952 | Husb of Nannie Hughes |
| Nannie Lou Hughes | 12/17/1868 | 12/29/1909 | Wife of J. H. Hughes |
| George W. Johnson | 10/22/1838 | 06/06/1932 | - |
| Susan E. Johnson | 01/13/1904 | 06/01/1960 | Wife of J. F. Johnson |
| Viola Kersh | 06/15/1900 | 04/27/1910 | - |
| Tut "Mother" Williams Kilman | 05/23/1920 | 07/15/1980 | - |
| Al B. Knight | 01/05/1845 | 03/27/1922 | - |
| Lucy Lawler | 11/17/1881 | 09/10/1896 | Dau of A. L. & N. A. Lawler |
| Mrs. Almeda Lee | 06/23/1852 | 11/23/1908 | - |
| Bessie M. Lee | 01/06/1892 | - | - |
| George Lee | 10/14/1886 | 01/02/1954 | - |
| George Lee, Jr. | 08/15/1919 | 04/12/1921 | - |
| Marshall Maurice Lee | 08/08/1914 | 08/20/1998 | - |
| Della R. Lewis | 1872 | 1919 | - |
| Glen R. Lewis | 10/02/1899 | 03/28/1968 | - |
| Henry Grady Lewis | 01/16/1897 | 03/07/1935 | Texas Pvt. 45 Inf 9 Div |
| Joseph R. Lewis | 1858 | 1935 | - |
| Novie Lewis | 10/29/1901 | 01/09/1974 | Dau of J.R. & Della Lewis |
| Claude Iler Linthicum | - | - | - |
| Tandy S. Marshall | 10/19/1902 | 05/17/1908 | Son of J. F. & W. E. Marshall |
| Elizabeth J. McCann Martindale | ca 1843 Ms | 10/24/1931 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| Louise Matthews | 11/15/1853 | 09/20/1917 | - |
| Ann Eliza McCauley | 08/02/1841 | 09/29/1922 | - |
| D. S. McCauley | 06/10/1882 | 09/07/1909 | - |
| Henry J. McCauley | 06/02/1831 | 02/09/1906 | - |
| Annie E. McClenny | 02/26/1870 | 03/14/1960 | - |
| Jeff D. McClenny | 11/06/1861 | 05/08/1917 | - |
| Archie B. McCrery | 10/30/1879 | 06/04/1959 | - |
| Bertha J. McCrery | 09/09/1882 | 03/27/1970 | - |
| Annie Ben McFarland | 01/24/1890 | 10/31/1921 | Wife of K. M. McFarland |
| Mary Catherine McFarland | 05/14/1919 | 05/18/1919 | Dau of Mr.& Mrs. K.M.McFarland |
| Oma Rivers McFarland | - | - | - |
| Addie M. McKinley | 09/10/1861 | 11/24/1919 | - |
| Charles Sidney McKinley | 07/06/1859 | 07/21/1916 | - |
| James McMillian | 12/15/1826 | 02/02/1905 | - |
| May McMillian | 03/11/1871 | 09/27/1905 | Son of James & Valeria McMillan |
| Aiken Tatum McNeill | 04/06/1921 | 05/18/1921 | Son of Dave & Frances McNeill |
| David E. McNeill | 1885 | 1958 | - |
| David T. McNeill | 04/04/1810 | 01/29/1901 | Husb of Margaret M. McNeill |
| Ernest McNeill | 08/19/1874 | 10/08/1918 | - |
| Frances McNeill | 1894 | 1974 | - |
| James E. McNeill | 04/10/1842 | 06/22/1916 | - |
| Margaret M. McNeill | 01/25/1815 | 09/29/1898 | Born in Fayetteville N.C. |
| Martha Stanley McNeill | 02/16/1850 | 02/28/1931 | Wife of J. E. McNeill-Born in Bella Landing Alabama. |
| Mary M. McNeill | 1872 | 1905 | Wife of C. S. McNeill |
| C, S. McNeill | 1870 | 1959 | Husb of Mary M. McNeill |
| Louise Marshall Thompson Merritt | 10/16/1902 | 01/31/1997 | - |
| Lula Moore | 06/13/1860 | 01/21/1906 | - |
| Clara Dennard Morris | 02/02/1868 | 05/16/1939 | - |
| Elijah Morris | 12/19/1849 | 07/04/1926 | - |
| Mary L. Mount | 02/11/1898 | 02/04/1900 | Dau of C. W. & H. J. Mount |
| Viola Mount | 08/12/1904 | 10/28/1915 | Dau of Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Mount |
| Frankie Nolan | 09/28/1925 | 10/09/1926 | Dau of Mr.& Mrs.A. T. Nolan |
| Edward H. Oliver | 09/05/1891 | 09/11/1899 | Son of A. W. & O.Oliver |
| A. L. Parrish M. D. | 1872 | 1922 | - |
| Billie Parrish | - | 11/11/1948 | Age 26 |
| Eliza Jane Parrish | 03/11/1836 | 03/07/1921 | Wife of G. W. Parrish |
| George W. Parrish | 09/11/1822 | 06/19/1905 | Texas Pvt Co I. MTD Vols. Mexican War |
| John A. Parrish | 1877 | 1951 | - |
| John Alfred Parrish | 08/18/1905 | 06/19/1907 | - |
| Lillian Parrish | 1883 | 1975 | Wife of A. L. Parrish |
| Pauline Parrish | 05/25/1914 | 11/21/1915 | Dau of Dr.& Mrs.A. L. Parrish |
| Quilla Parrish | 1881 | 1937 | - |
| Columbia Risinger Parkman | 1880 | 1900 | Circa |
| Justine Paul | 12/26/1860 | 01/03/1902 | Wife of J. W. Paul |
| Henry Permenter | 07/27/1873 | 04/04/1961 | Husb of Sallie Permenter |
| Sallie Permenter | 10/24/1877 | 06/14/1917 | Wife of Henry Permenter |
| Allen Plemons | 12/20/1861 | 04/02/1915 | - |
| Sarah Elizabeth Plemons | 11/10/1866 | 03/26/1955 | - |
| B. R. Pounds | 1847 | 1937 | - |
| M. E. Pounds | 1863 | 1926 | - |
| Jabus L. Risinger | 04/04/1884 | 07/15/1927 | - |
| John Franklin Risinger | 02/28/1852 | 10/22/1925 | - |
| Mary Elizabeth Risinger | 10/03/1857 | 11/08/1924 | - |
| Nancy Morrow Risinger | 1845 | 1905 | Circa |
| W. L. Rivers | 10/13/1886 | 09/04/1924 | - |
| Delbert Roquemore | 1855 | 1892 | - |
| Sarah Roquemore | 1858 | 1939 | - |
| Sarah E. Samford | 07/28/1832 | 02/09/1925 | Wife of W. A. Samford |
| William A. Samford | 11/27/1827 | 01/12/1909 | - |
| Charles R. Smith | 09/19/1841 | 10/25/1910 | - |
| L. Smith | 1855 | 1919 | - |
| Elisha Winship Stedman | 09/23/1858 | 11/11/1935 | - |
| Hattie Tololiah Stedman | 03/26/1876 | 03/14/1915 | - |
| Lillie Stedman | 06/11/1899 | 05/05/1901 | Dau of E.W. & H. T. Stedman |
| Jake Swindell | 04/22/1865 | 12/16/1903 | - |
| Narsise Dolphus Swindell | 06/09/1858 | 03/28/1920 | Wife of C. C. Swindell |
| Clara Maurene Tatum | 08/07/1898 | 12/14/1990 | US Army WWII |
| Robert Talmage Tatum | 12/02/1923 | 05/29/1999 | SSgt US Army WWII |
| Frank B. Taylor | 04/12/1843 | 11/26/1906 | - |
| Jenning Alva Taylor | 11/22/1913 | 10/14/1945 | Son of J.A. & Julia Taylor |
| Linnie Jones Taylor | 1852 | 1929 | - |
| L. E. Thomas (Mrs.) | 1836 | 1964 | - |
| Ellen A. "Mama" Thompson | 01-38-1868 | 1945 | Dau of George and Amanda Talbert Thompson - Info supplied by John Smolarek |
| Papa Thompson | 1864 | 1928 | - |
| Sister Thompson | 1893 | 1895 | - |
| William Gaston Thompson | 11/11/1863 | 01/23/1925 | - |
| James W. Truitt | 01/06/1899 | 09/21/1925 | - |
| James W. Truitt | 11/08/1845 | 08/28/1922 | Texas Co.A Cal. CSA |
| Clara Walker | 08/31/1910 | 10/04/1911 | Dau of J.T. & Nellie Walker |
| J. T. Walker | 11/29/1872 | 06/08/1932 | - |
| Nellie D. Walker | 10/18/1881 | 11/12/1970 | - |
| W. F. "Bill" Walker | 01/08/1905 | 11/02/1958 | - |
| Infant Wall | 10/27/1925 | 10/27/1925 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Wall |
| George Watson | 1898 | 1930 | - |
| Neoma Watson | 1901 | 1932 | - |
| Adele D. Watts | 01/05/1896 | 11/21/1961 | - |
| Charles Virgil Watts | 05/09/1905 | 10/14/1905 | Son of C. J. & C. Watts |
| Charlie J. Watts | 1884 | 1928 | - |
| David Watts | 11/10/1889 | 08/27/1962 | - |
| Ellen Watts | 02/01/1857 | 01/13/1897 | Wife of S. J. Watts |
| Elizabeth Thompson Wedgeworth | 06/25/1906 | 05/22/1936 | - |
| J. E. "Emmett" White | 03/24/1880 | 08/02/1948 | - |
| Joseph H. Williams | 09/05/1917 | 02/03/1975 | Pfc US Army WWII |
| Joseph John Williams | 1884 | 1934 | - |
| Mary Etta Bogard Williams | 04/17/1883 | 01/22/1974 | - |
| Matthew "Boss" Williams | 03/04/1889 | 01/05/1964 | - |
| Ola Mae Williams | 11/23/1895 | 04/21/1962 | - |
| Shorty "Daddy" Williams | 02/20/1913 | 02/11/1961 | - |
| William H. Williams | 10/05/1919 | 06/20/1973 | TEC 5 US Army WWI |
| James Madison Witherspoon | 11/17/1837 | 01/29/1901 | - |
| M. C. Witherspoon | 03/26/1813 | 07/08/1904 | Born in Gibson County Tennessee |
| R. W. Young | 06/04/1868 | 07/05/1918 | - |