Angelina Co., TX - Cemeteries - Clark's Ferry Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Coursey Pitts & son D.J. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** CLARK'S FERRY CEMETERY , Angelina County Surveyed by Debra Coursey Pitts and son DJ in Sept.2003 Location: hwy.59 south of Diboll,just north of Neches River bridge,west side. *NOTE* This is an Angelina County Historical site , info on it below: Marker Text: Established by I. D. Clark in 1856, this ferry provided an important crossing on the Neches River between Angelina and Polk counties.When Clark died in 1859, his widow, Ann, operated the ferry with the help of two slaves until her own death in 1863. Ownership of the land remained in the Clark family. In 1881 W. B. Clark was issued a license to operate the ferry. A town was platted at the ferry crossing and named Clark's Station, also known as Miami. In 1860 a community cemetery was established north of the town. The ferry was phased out after modern highways were built. (...taken from Angelina Co. Homepage site ) THIS MARKER HAS BEEN VANDELIZED and WAS NOT PRESENT AT TIME OF SURVEY. At the time of my survey this cemetery was in bad need of restoration. The last reported work done here was 10 years previously.It was a mass of trees,underbrush, poison ivy vines,thorns and litter. This made the identifing of most markers very hard, so I appoligize if all the info is not correct or complete on your loved ones. The location,age and condition of the markers made it very hard to read. You may view most of the markers on the tombstone photo page and see the condition of the cemetery for yourself,be sure to look at the "cemetery view" shot .You will see there what a volunteer has to go through to do their job :) There were several chunks of stone in various places,could have been grave markers or debry I don't know.There is also a large area in the center of this cemetery that has a concrete border around it with various names scratched into it....(Weeks was one name), I could not decide if this was to mark an existing burial site or a burial site for the future or what it's exact purpose was.(can be seen in photos) If you can help to fill in any of the missing info please notify me. ********************************************************************************************* The following markers were found: Name Birth Death Misc.info ********************************************************************************************* JORDEN Woodmen of the World Memorial stone JORDEN Emaline WILEY 1866 1944 Caroline WILEY 1869 1944 William H.WILEY 1842 1879 Jefferson D.SMITH 1863 1941 John WILEY 1865 1919 Obediah RHAMES 1828 1860 J.D.SMITH 1825 1863 Martha Jane BOONE-RHAMES-SMITH-WILEY 1832 1889 Peter MORRIS 4-5-1831 2-?-1919 Louisa wife of Peter MORRIS 9-17-1856 ?-?-1898(?) Ellen Keen MORRIS 1879 1900 B.J.MORRIS 8-6-1832 9-19-1920 Beatrice C.MORRIS-HILL 1886 1904 Sarah Jane Minerva ?(possibly SAXON )5-1857 10-?-? (is enclosed by old rusty fence,marker is crumbling,been cemented back in place, hard to read) Alvin HAMBY 3-13-1852 2-10-1906 double marker: SULLIVAN, Patrick F. 3-7-1860 5-24-1953 he was a Mason SULLIVAN,Mattie H. 3-1-1845 1-18-1918 "Kind and loving were your ways.Faithful,fond and true." Thomas G.HAMBY 1815 1896 co N 11 Texas Inf CSA UNREADABLE Marker Mary ( wife of OR dau.of ? ) PRICE (?)T.H. son of A.N.& M.E.ROBERTS (appears to be)8-28-18?? unreadable Henry McCANN ?-?-1894 1930 John McCANN 7-21-1857 3-10-1919 ? McCANN 1-22-18_4 2-22-1917 UNREADABLE Marker beside a square stone block Eliza BOONE 1848 19?? marker is under bush With this cemetery having fallen into such demise over the years since the last survey was done in the late 1960's I was not able to find all of the burials plots nor clearly read many of the existing ones.The following is a list of additions and/or corrections that should be included as being buried in this cemetery. The information was taken from the Angelina County Cemetery Record Book. CONNER,C.C. - no dates CONNER,Tabitha - no dates WEEKS,--Charles W., Neta, Howard, Hubbard - no dates (these I believe would be the ones inside the concrete borber in center of cemetery) MILLS,Narcissa Brown - age 78 ( metal tag only) HILL,Arthur J. - 1853 Trinity Co./ 1900 son of W.H.Hill (N.C.)& Mary Jane Gregg (S.C.) children: Boyce, Della, Arthur, Bryant, Harry, Eva, John (marker erected by Eva Hill Smith) TIPTON,Susan - 1-3-1841 / 12-9-1904 wife of Edward SMITH,Jerry - 1864 / 1920 ROBERTS,J.S. - 8-30-1902 / 8-7-1903 son of A.N.& M.E. BELL,Edward - 5-18-1929 / 4-12-1950 BELL,Modine - no dates (1) The death date for Louisa Morris is 1891. (2) ? McCann should be L.H.McCann, birth date is 1864 (3) dates for T.H.Roberts are 8-28-1895 / 7-13-1899(s/o A.N.& M.E.) (4) dates for Mary Price are 3-16-1895 / age 6 years/(d/o P.W. & N.P.) (5) dates for Sarah Jane Minerva Saxon are 5-3-1857 / 5-15-1864 (6)The name "Jorden" could be "Jurden" on some stones Jorden(or Jurden), J.W. - 4-4-1867 / 12-16-1925 Jorden(or Jurden), Oneta - 9-1-1884 /10-15-1936 9 (w/o Willie) Charles Wesley Weeks b. 13 May 1872 d. 5 March 1957 Martha Benita Ann (Conner) Weeks b. 29 September 1880 d. 28 November 1949 w/o Charles Wesley Weeks C. C. Conner (Christopher C.) b. 21 February 1852 d. 23 May 1937 His first wife, Tabitha A. (Pruitt) Conner d. 1884 Parents of Martha Benita Ann Conner-Weeks Hubbard Lewis Weeks b. 1 July 1907 d. 19 January 1931 s/o Charles Wesley & Martha Benita Ann Weeks. Franklin Howard Weeks b. 16 June 1913 d. s/o Charles Wesley and Martha Benita Ann Weeks. Edward Wesley Bell b. 18 May 1929 d. 1 April 1950 s/o George W. & Tura (Weeks) Bell Eula Modene Bell b. 19 April 1933 d. 3 July 1934 d/o George W. & Tura (Weeks) Bell Tura Weeks-Bell was the daughter of Charles Wesley & Martha Benita Ann Conner Weeks Any additions / corrections / or futher info are welcome.