Cox Cemetery

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Cemetery Name: |
Cox |
Location: |
SW Brazos County |
County: |
Brazos |
USGS Quad: |
Millican |
Coordinates: |
30.427N / 96.210W |
Maintained by: |
Unknown |
Land owner: |
Unknown |
Read by: |
Dean Duncan & Nelson Evans |
Date read: |
May 11, 2006 |
Photos by: |
Ellen Horner and Charles Horner |
Date added to Rambler web site: |
July 2007 |
Condition of cemetery**: |
Fair (Description of Cemetery) |
Directions: |
From intersection of FM 159 & FM 2154, go south on FM 159 2.8 mi. to curve; leave highway onto gravel road on left (south); drive .07 mi. to entrance of Walton Ranch; turn left; follow gravel road 1.1 mi.to cemetery |
LOCATION |
NAME |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
COMMENTS |
S |
Baker, Josephine |
17 Dec 1897 |
07 Apr 1947 |
In Ernest Battle plot |
S |
Battle, Ernest |
* |
07 May 1937 |
*No date; MM: "Texas Pvt 1CL 331 Serv Bn" |
S |
Battles, Elizabeth |
22 Mar 1900 |
21 Nov 1970 |
"In Memory of" |
L |
Carroll, Ed |
* |
29 Oct 1939 |
*No date; MM: "Texas PVT 161 Depot Brig"; NW corner of cemetery in heavy brush |
L |
Carroll, Mrs. Adelaide |
1916 |
2003 |
Note: Grave about 25 paces from Ed Carroll; NW corner of cemetery in heavy brush |
D |
Chase Family |
* |
* |
*No date; granite block aprox. 10"x10"x18"; no info on stone |
O |
Christian, David |
13 Mar 1917 |
14 Dec 1986 |
In Alfred Williams plot |
P |
Devroe, Archie |
* |
18 Sep 1928 |
*No date; "At Rest"; homemade marker, readable |
P |
Devroe, Bettie |
12 Mar 1865 |
08 sep 1958 |
Homemade stone: "At Rest" |
I |
Devroe, Gussie* |
1905 |
Apr 1968 |
Home made concrete marker w/info scratched in; name unreadable; *identified from Cox Cemetery List, BVGSQ |
P |
Devroe, Kimp |
18 Apr 1892* |
22 Oct 1979 |
*date in BVGQ - 18 Apr 1899 |
P |
Devroe, Mobile |
01 Jan 1905 |
28 Jan 1978 |
|
P |
Devroe, Ruby |
10 Jul 1902 |
21 Jan 1989 |
"In Loving Memory" |
P |
Devroe, Willie Lee |
07 Jan 1910 |
08 Jan 1995 |
|
I |
Devrow, Emmett* |
1896* |
1977* |
Home made concrete marker w/info scratched in; name unreadable; *identified from Cox Cemetery List, BGAQ |
R |
Gooden, Annie |
1875 |
1928 |
"Mother"; vertical stone w/ J.G. Pope |
H |
Harris, Callie |
1902 |
4 May 1972 |
"In Memory Of" |
H |
Harris, Frank |
1 June 1890 |
March 1949 |
MM: "Texas PVT 165 Depot Brig World War I" |
X |
Harvey, Earnestine |
1936 |
2004 |
FHM; in Calvin Ross plot |
L |
Hicks, Frank Jr. |
17 July 1926 |
19 June 1954 |
MM: "''Texas PVT US Army World War II"; NW corner of cemetery in heavy brush |
U |
Hill, Ed A. |
1883 |
1954 |
|
E |
Hill, Emma |
30 Mar 1894 |
29 July 1985 |
"Aunt" "91 y"; Note: markers in a row (left to right); there are 5 or 6 other possible graves indicated by native stones and two aluminum cemetery markers and 4 old plastic flowers |
F |
Hughes, Bell Watson |
6 Mar 1891 |
18 Aug 1982 |
d/s with Mary Johnson Hughes; stone behind trees about 35 yds. From Calvin Ross plot |
F |
Hughes, Mary Johnson |
12 May 1888 |
11 Mar 1974 |
d/s with Bell Watson Hughes |
F |
Hughes, Nathan |
2 March 1890 |
17 Dec 1967 |
MM: "Texas PFC US Army World War I"; right of entrance |
L |
Jammer, Gladys 'Chicken' M. |
5 Dec 1929 |
4 Aug 1986 |
"In Memory Of"; B&W photo on marker; NW corner of cemetery in heavy brush |
N |
Jordan, Mabel |
09 May 1897 |
28 Feb 1947 |
"We Will meet again" |
N |
Jordan, Rufus |
12 Jan 1886 |
18 Mar 1960 |
Masonic symbol |
A |
Maxey, James A. |
21 July 1930 |
3 Dec 1996 |
MM: "PFC US Army Korea" |
A |
Maxey, Mary E. |
10 May 1905 |
17 Feb 1996 |
|
A |
Maxey, McKinley |
18 Feb 1897 |
30 Sep 1978 |
MM: "Pvt US Army World War I" |
F |
Mitchell, Henrietta |
24 May 1894 |
25 Nov 1971 |
|
B |
Oliver, Lue Birta |
7 Jan 1899 |
30 Jun 1999 |
"Mother" |
T |
OSBY |
* |
* |
*No date; base stone in shrub growth, barely visible; small stone broken off |
E |
Penson, Hardy |
1 Aug 1913 |
10 June 1979 |
"In Memory Of"; right of entrance |
E |
Penson, Jessie |
4 May 1889 |
11 Aug 1928 |
"At Rest" |
E |
Penson, Jessie Lee |
22 Feb 1921 |
18 Aug 1940 |
"In Memory of" |
P |
Phillips, Katherine |
10 Aug 1912 |
17 Jan 1997 |
In Devroe plot |
K |
Pittman, Inez |
09 May 1893 |
15 Feb 1973 |
Manufactured stone |
R |
Pope, J. G. |
1899 |
1928 |
"Son Age 29 years"; vertical stone with Annie Gooden |
A |
Porch, Carrie M. |
18 Aug 1925 |
15 Oct 1989 |
"In Loving Memory of Our Mother" |
P |
Rodgers, Laura Lee |
24 Jun 1901 |
10 Feb 1980 |
In Devroe plot |
X |
Ross, Calvin |
16 Sep 1907 |
28 Aug 1989 |
Masonic symbol on top of stone |
X |
Ross, Calvin A. |
1933 |
2006 |
FHM; in Calvin Ross plot |
X |
Ross, Eva Mae |
14 Oct 1940 |
6 Aug 1986 |
In Calvin Ross plot |
V |
Ross, Lungreen |
* |
* |
*No date; three markers on a single concrete slab level with ground; scratched info very difficult to read; next to stone for Quenton Marshall; surname Lungreen ? |
Y |
Ross, Mardell |
9 Dec 1902 |
17 Jul 1925 |
"Beloved Parents"; 12"x24" stone with Sylvan H. Ross; stone behind trees about 35 yds. from Calvin Ross plot |
V |
Ross, Olivette |
* |
* |
*No date; three markers on a single concrete slab level with ground; scratched info very difficult to read; next to stone for Quenton Marshall |
V |
Ross, Quenton Marshall |
10 Sep 1976 |
30 May 1997 |
"Sunrise - Sunset" by dates; homemade concrete slab w/ info painted on |
X |
Ross, Roberta B. Marshall |
29 Jun 1907 |
30 May 1991 |
Eastern Star symbol; in Calvin Ross plot |
Y |
Ross, Sylvan H., Sr. |
22 Dec 1897 |
5 Oct 1947 |
"Beloved Parents"; 12"x24" stone with Mardell Ross; stone behind trees about 35 yds. from Calvin Ross plot |
V |
Ross, unknown |
* |
* |
*No date; native stone marker w/ plastic flowers next to Quenton Marshall Ross |
V |
Ross, unknown |
* |
* |
*No date; three markers on a single concrete slab level with ground; scratched info very difficult to read; next to stone for Quenton Marshall |
B |
Sallie, Jr., Robert |
24 Dec 1898 |
17 Sept 1992 |
near entrance |
C |
Sim, A E |
* |
* |
*No date; concrete block-mostlly unreadable |
C |
Sims, George |
9 Feb 1909 |
7 Aug 2005 |
MM: "PFC US Army"; near entrance |
W |
Taylor, Josephine Ross |
24 Feb 1897 |
2 Dec 1947 |
"Rest in Peace"; on each side is a native 'headstone' aprox. 12"x13" which may be two additional graves, but unsure. |
H |
Unknown grave |
* |
* |
*No dare; Unmarked grave with aluminum FHM |
K |
Unknown grave |
* |
* |
*No date; marker turned over face down; too heavy to lift; manufactured stone similar to Inez Pittman |
Q |
Unknown grave |
* |
* |
*Dates illegible; marked with fist size white stones |
Q |
Unknown grave |
* |
* |
*Dates illegible; homemade stone |
U |
Unknown grave |
* |
* |
*No date; FHM: no name; close to Ed Hill |
J |
Unknown Graves |
* |
* |
*No date; two graves side by side with homemade concrete stones; both unreadable and grown over with small shrubs |
M |
Whitaker, Sid |
19 May 1880* |
22 Sep 1962* |
Given name & dates unreadable; info from Cox Cemetery list BCGQ |
M |
Whitaker, Sleaner |
7 May 1888 |
15 Nov 1958 |
Manufactured stone |
O |
Williams, Alfred |
02 Aug 1891 |
25 Oct 1964 |
MM: "Texas PFC CoA 332 Labor Bn QMC WWI" |
O |
Williams, Emma |
23 May 1899 |
25 Oct 1975 |
"Big Auntie"; in Alfred Williams plot |
H |
Williams, Johnie |
1877 |
12 July 1964 |
"Passed July 12, 1964"; right of entry near fence; single grave-no others nearby |
H |
Williams, Robert |
03 Sept 1924 |
10 Aprl 1997 |
MM: "TECH 5 US Army World War II" |
H |
Williams, Viola Lewis |
24 Dec 1899 |
3 May 1972 |
"In Memory Of" |
G |
Woods, Carolyn Woods |
23 Feb 1954 |
27 Jan 2005 |
"Our Beloved Mother"; Note: grave nearby with aluminum FHM but no info. |
Names listed in BVGSQ, XII (1):27-28, but not found on May 11, 2006 |
LOCATION |
NAME |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
COMMENTS |
Unknown |
Barnes, Everlena |
1898 |
1984 |
|
Unknown |
Barnes, Isiah |
5 Jan 1899 |
9 Jun 1966 |
"Husband and Father" |
|
Barnes, R. E. |
1919 |
1984 |
|
|
Carroll, Lotte |
12 May 1869 |
15 Dec 1948 |
"Mother" |
|
Counter, Houston |
28 Aug 1885 |
13 Feb 1951 |
"TX Pvt 1 Cl 442 Service Bn" |
|
Counter, Lucy |
1855 |
1946 |
|
|
Curtis, Helen C. |
1916 |
1981 |
|
|
Day, Dock E. |
* |
18 Jun 1943 |
*No date; "TX Pvt 521 Engrs" |
|
Emerson, Sarah |
1903 |
1983 |
|
|
Fisher, Sarah |
1903 |
1980 |
|
|
Hill, *lora |
* |
23 Feb 1984 |
*No date; *given name unreadable |
|
Hill, Henry, Jr. |
28 Mar 1889 |
21 Jan 1919 |
"In Hampton VA Hosp No 51" |
|
Hill, Rachel |
21 Jul 1886 |
15 Dec 1937 |
"Mother" |
|
Hill, Virginia Alman |
27 Jan 1894 |
12 Jan 1919 |
|
|
Holmes, Tom |
17 Feb 1896 |
9 Oct 1918 |
|
|
Johnson, Robert Lee |
9 Mst 1926 |
13 Jun 1964 |
"TX PFC US Army Korea" |
|
Jones, Dan |
* |
6 Apr 1907 |
*No date |
|
King, Marshall W. |
1922 |
1984 |
"'US Army WW II" |
|
Mallard, Amanda |
* |
127 Mar 1927 |
*No date; "46 y" |
|
Masco, Henry |
1919 |
1983 |
|
|
Miller, Phillis |
* |
18 Jun 1907 |
"76y" |
|
Oliver, Jack |
* |
1 Jul 1958 |
*No date |
|
Oliver, James |
* |
* |
*No date;" TX Pfc 537 Engineers WW I" |
|
Patterson, U. S. |
23 Jan 1880 |
11 Mar 1949 |
Reverend |
|
Penson, Armando, Mrs. |
* |
19 Jul 1983 |
*No date |
|
Penson, Sam |
2 Nov 1906 |
8 Aug 1980 |
|
|
Phillips, S. O. |
23 Apr 1874 |
9 Dec 1949 |
|
|
Polk, Emanuel |
1868 |
1944 |
d/s with Vina Polk; "Father"; |
|
Polk, Vina |
1868 |
1956 |
d/s with Emanuel Polk; "Mother" |
|
Powell, Ernest L. |
7 Sep 1949 |
1 Oct 1983 |
|
|
Powell, R. P., Mrs. |
* |
4 Jul 1986 |
*No date |
|
Simmons, Georgia |
4 Oct 1881 |
10 Feb 1918 |
|
|
Wood, F. T. Marry, Mrs. |
* |
Jul 187* |
*No date; *Unreadable |
|
Wood, Mary |
* |
8 Jul 1954 |
* No date |
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