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Barker's Prairie Cemetery

Road to Barker's Prairie Cemetery

Cemetery Name: Barker's Prairie
Location: Southern tip of Brazos County
County: Brazos
USGS Quad: Millican
Coordinates: 30 26 33N / 96 09 59W
Maintained by: Unknown
Land owner: Unknown
Read by: Dan Castillo
Date read: 12 May 2007
Photos by: Dan Castillo & Ellen Horner
Date added to Rambler web site: 22 May 2007
Condition of cemetery**: Good
Directions:
From Millican Store on FM 2154, go 2.4 miles toward Navasota; turn right across RR tracks; turn left on old highway (White Switch Road); go 0.2 miles to a Telephone House; turn right on Barker's Prairie Road 0.4 miles through aluminum gate on left; go 0.1 miles to cemetery on left

Cemetery Index

A-G H-K L-N O-S T-Z

LOCATION NAME Date of Birth Date of Death COMMENTS
  Barrett, Tommie
22 Jul 1914
9 Nov 1981
 MM: "Sgt US Army World War II"
  Bonner, Celia
1821*
28 May 1905
 *DOB Src:1900 TX Census, Brazos Co.; t/s with Nead Banner & Mittie Simmons*Src:BVGSQ;
  Bonner, Nead*
1831*
10 Jan 1904*
 *Dob Src:1900 TX Census, Brazos Co.; t/s with Celia Banner & Mittie Simmons-DOD*Src:BVGSQ
  Brown, Janie Bell
12 Sep 1902
20 Nov 1979
 "Mother"
  Gamble, Dick
26 Sep 1908
18 Nov 1970
 "Our Father"
  Gamble, Herbert
14 Aug 1895
4 Jun 1977
 MM: "Pvt US Army World War I"
  Gamble, Ida Ward
18 Feb 1909
6 Nov 1997
 "Mother" "There is Rest in Heaven"
  Gamble-Dorsey, Mrs Pearline
20 Oct 1942
13 Oct 2004
 FHM: Frazier-Mitchell Funeral Service
  Green, Alene
18 Nov 1934
2 Jun 1995
 d/s with Izora Green
  Green, Izora T
28 Jan 1932
*
 *No date; d/s with Alene Green
  Halmon*, Mable
15 Jun 1903
20 Oct 1959
 *Surname Holman, sister/o Charles Nettles-Src:1930 TX Census, Harris Co.
  Harrison, Sam
1885
1954
  
  Hester, Ernestine
1913
2006
 FHM: Jones Funeral Home
  Hester, Hilliard
1907
1929
  
  Hester, James H
1871
1935
  
  Hester, Josphine
1874
1937
  
  Hester, Samuel
11 Sep 1894
11 Oct 1974
  
  Hill, Annie Mae Nettles
27 Jul 1917
7 Sep 2000
 "Sister" "There is rest in Heaven"
  Holiday, Georgia Lee
28 Apr 1919
*
 *No date
  Holiday, Georgia Mae
27 Mar 1901*
*
 *Year Src: 1930 TX Census, Brazos Co.; *No date; d/s with John Holiday
  Holiday, Johnnie
25 Dec 1900
22 Mar 1986
 d/s with Georgia Holiday; given name John-Src:BVGSQ
  Holiday, Prince
4 Feb 1909
26 Jul ___8
 d/s; " Married 17 Jan 1943"
  Holiday, Robert L
26 May 1935
6 Oct 1990
 "Beloved Husband and Father"
  Hollmon, Mary
15 Jun 1903
11 Oct 1911*
 "In Memory of"; Src:BVGSQ
  House, Alberta
1918
2004
 FHM: Jones Funeral Home
  Johnson, Elizabeth
1877
1877
  
  Jones, Robert
27 Nov 1909
23 Dec 1966
 "In Memory of"
  Jordon, Jesse
15 Oct 1915
27 Mar 1993
 d/s with Ruby Jordon; "Husband"
  Jordon, Ruby McKinney
1 Dec 1919
2006
 d/s with Jesse Jordon; "Wife"
  Lipscomb, Mary
1881
1954*
 *Src:BVGSQ
  Love, Issac
15 Aug 1876
17 Sep 1967
 "Father"
  Malone, Carrie Mae
31 Jan 1921
11 May 1985
 "In Loving Memory"
  Mardnney, Rosia
25 Oct 1941
10 Oct 1991
  
  Matthews, Jr., George
13 Sep 1934
2 Jun 1997
  
  McGowen, Joe
24 Apr 1909
15 Feb 1975
 MM: "PFC US Army World War II"
  McKinney, Percy J
14 Feb 1921
31 Jan 2005
 MM: "US Army World War II"
  Miller, John
10 Oct 1897
17 Dec 1961
  
  Millican, Van
20 Jan 1909
21 JUL 1978
  
  Nettles, Charles B
9 Mar 1911
10 Jul 1993
 "Brother"; b/o Mable Holman-Src:1930 TX Census, Harris Co.
  Nettles, Jr., Willie
8 Jun 1906
25 Sep 1976
 MM: "Pvt US Army"
  Rowe, A.D.
*
4 Oct 1914
 *No date; "In Loving Memory"
  Rush, Anne Mae
19 Jun 1896
14 Dec 1973
 "In Memory of"
  Rush, Charlie
9 Aug 1897*
10 Aug 1971
 *Year Src: 1930 TX Census, Brazos Co.; "In Memory of"
  Simmons, Ben
24 Nov 1907
27 Jan 1976
  
  Simmons, Mittie
26 May 1905*
24 Feb 1937
 t/s with Celia & Nead Banner; *Src:BVGSQ
  Simmons, Vinna
8 Dec 1878
25 May 1972
 "In Loving Memory"
  Steptoe, Sr., Hardee
16 Feb 1909
17 Aug 1993
  
  Summers, Celia M
1896*
3 Jan 1971
 *1930 TX Census, Harris co.; "In Loving Memory"
  Taylor, Cora
10 Feb 1883
29 Jun 1955
 "Gone But Not Forgotten"
  Taylor, Don
8 Jul 1881
10 May 1960
  
  Wingfield, Georgia Lee
17 Dec 1904
15 Feb 1977
  
  Wiseman, Mrs Mary lee
17 Aug 1923
29 Jul 1970
 "In Memory of"
  Young, Helen Ruth
24 Nov 1944
24 Feb 2005
  
  Zepher Sr., Lonnie
16 Mar 1918
23 Jan 1998
  
  Zepher, R T
3 May 1909
6 Jun 1992
 MM: "PFC US Army World War II"
  Zepher, Waymon
25 Jan 1911
27 Dec 1986
 "In Memory of"

Index of Unknowns

Note: The 'Index of Unknowns' is derived from the BVGSQ XI(2):70-71. 'Court Record': (from Bill Page) "Most often, this means that all of the information was taken either from the person's death certificate (in the Brazos County court house), or else the Bryan City Sexton's records (which we have a copy of on microfilm at the Evans Library).

The Sexton's records in the 1920s through the 1940s listed everyone who died in the city of Bryan and who were buried elsewhere, normally including the name of the cemetery where they were buried."

A-H I-L M-R S-Z

LOCATION NAME
Date of Birth
Date of Death
 COMMENTS
  Barnes, Cora E.
*
22 Sep 1920
 *No date; Court Record
  Brown, Warner
*
1 Feb 1930
 *No date; Court Record
  Brush, Adolph
29 Jul 1919
11 Feb 1977
  
  Colbert, Mollie
11 Oct 1888
29 Jul 1981
  
  Coleman, Jane
*
12 Mar 1934
 *No date; Court Record
  Crowder, Lena
23 Feb 1906
19 Jun 1975
  
  Curly, Fred
*
17 Mar 1921
 *No date; Court Record
  Dawkins, Hattie Mae
*
24 Dec 1958
 *No date; Court Record
  Eddings, Sam
*
21 Dec 1919
 *No date; Court Record
  Felder, Boston
*
9 Mar 1922
 *No date; Court Record
  Franklin, Caroline
*
17 Dec 1931
 *No date; Court Record
  Franklin, Emmitt
17 Jul 1895
11 Jan 1962
 TX Pvt 219 Aux Pmt Dep QMC WW II
  Frazier, Charles
*
10 May 1933
 *No date; Court Record
  Harrison, Selious
1871
1951
  
  Haygood, Mollie
*
6i Jan 1932
 *No date; Court Record
  Henderson, Rosa
*
21 Apr 1922
 *No date; Court Record
  Hester, Arthur Tough
7 Mar 1909
30 Aug 1985
  
  Hester, Hilliard
1907
1929
  
  Holliday, Erma
*
2 Sep 1928
 *No date; Court Record
  Hudson, Mary
*
28 Aug 1921
 *No date; Court Record
  Jackson, Malinda
*
1 Apr 1963
 *No date; Court Record
  Jenkins, Silvia Joyce
21 Apr 1949
6 Jun 1984
  
  Johns, John
*
28 Jun 1923
 *No date; Court Record
  Lewis, Arnice
*
11 Jan 1922
 *No date; Court Record
  Lockerage, Catherine
*
18 Mar 1923
 *No date; Court Record
  Love, Tommie Lee
12 Mar 1954
14 Jun 1954
  
  Martin, Eugenia
*
8 Nov 1919
 *No date; Court Record
  Matthews, Robert
*
19 Dec 1919
 *No date; Court Record
  McGowen, Louis
1848*
26 Oct 1923
 *Src: 1920 TX Census, Brazos Co.; Court Record
  Modica, Walter Ray
1960*
1 Jan 1985
 *Date calculated; 25y
  Morgan, Minnie
*
23 Aug 1921
 *No date; Court Record
  Paige, Essie
18 Sep 1901
23 Dec 1977
  
  Paige, Mollie
6 Apr 1906
12 Feb 1967
  
  Rittenhouse, Anna
*
*
 *No dates
  Rittenhouse, Frank
*
1901
  
  Rittenhouse, Jimmie
*
*
 *No dates
  Rittenhouse, Johnnie
*
5 Jan 1918
 TX Pvt 507 Engrs
  Senora, Henry
*
4 Jul 1953
 *No date
  Simmons, Birdia
25 Mar 19?8
5 Jun 1952
  
  Simmons, Ira
8 Mar 1900
19 Feb 1961
  
  Simmons, Richard
8 Apr 1900
17 Jan 1958
  
  Simmons, Sam
1882*
30 Mar 1943
 *Src: 1920 TX Census, Brazos Co.; 40y
  Smith, Jessie
*
19 Apr 1929
 *No date; Court Record
  Steptoe, Pearl
1903
1977
  
  Walker, Leonard J.
24 Oct 1932
25 Nov 1932
 1 m
  Wilson, Fannie Bell
*
3 Sep 1923
 *No date; Court Record
  Wilson, Horace
*
30 Jul 1923
 *No date; Court Record
  Wilson, Jim
*
5 Apr 1921
 *No date; Court Record


** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

*Explanation of Abbreviations:
R = Right side of road;   L = Left side of road;  BC = Back center;   C = Center
d/s = double stone;   t/s = triple stone; q/s quadruple stone
s/o = son of ;  d/o = daughter of;  c/o = child of; m/o = mother of; h/o = husband of; w/o = wife of;
FS = Footstone; FHM = Funeral Home Marker; MM = Military Marker; SRC - Source; BCGS = Brazos County Genealogical Society; BCGSQ = Brazos County Genealogical Society Quarterly; TDR = Texas Death Records; SSDI = Social Security Death Index; WOW = Woodman of the World

Note:  Copyright ©  2005-2010 by Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society.  This information may be used by libraries, genealogical & historical societies and individuals for their own personal use,however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. N one of the information on the cemetery pages, partial or in total, may be used by any person or organization, electronically or otherwise, for the purpose of profiteering. All copies and "links" to this page must contain this location reference as its source.

PLEASE NOTE: These are NOT official records, only TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS. If you desire official information about this cemetery, please contact the organization responsible for its records. This is a PARTIAL listing of readable headstones.
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