Henley Cemetery Blanco County, Texas ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Qualls October 18, 2002 ************************************************************************ Henley Cemetery Blanco County, Texas Located: Just west of the Hays County Line (inside Blanco County) on Hwy 290, 16 miles east of Johnson City. The Cemetery is 200 yards before the Perdernales Park turnoff. The Cemetery is to the left of 290, through a gate on a gravel road and .4 of a mile. It has a wire fence around t and about 55 graves in 1984. * Provided by Joel Honeycutt and Pat Althaus Blanco County Historical Commission, 101 Pitchfork, Johnson City, TX 78636. Transcribed by: Mrs. June (Clifford) Baird. Prepared for the Blanco County, Texas web site by Wanda Qualls Name Birth Death Notes Caudell, Carrie Oct 25 1805 Jun 00 1885 Stone crumbled, dates gone Davis, Fairnetta Jun 26 1870 Aug 23 1965 See Note 3 Davis, Lola W. Aug 09 1900 Apr 05 1913 "Dau of Wayne & Fairnetta"* Davis, Wayne Jan 18 1870 Aug 04 1934 on stone with Fairnetta - gave 1 acre of land for cemetery Eskew, Mary Barbara Jan 05 1894 Dec 10 1897 "Dau. of D. & M.A." Gravenor, W. J. Sep 14 1830 Aug 22 1907 Griffin, Charles B Nov 12 1854 Jul 14 1938 on stone with Marietta - Parents: Stanley and Polly Griffin Griffin, Clements no date no date Married Maritta Dorton. Children: Clifford, Lonnie, Lee, Roy, Olla, Lillie, Ellen, Belle, Bessie, Verna, Amy. Griffin, Marietta Feb 20 1868 Jul 16 1924 on stone with Charles - Born in Avon, Canada Griffin, Unmarked Grave stillborn child, lastborn, of Charles & Marietta Griffin Griffin, Unmarked Grave 1934 1934 stillborn son of Cecil & his wife. Griffin, Polly Clements no date no date no marker Herring, America L. Jun 26 1852 Dec 10 1922 "Mother," on stone with Sam - nee LeGrand married Samuel Herring Herring, Grover Mar 13 1883 Jun 26 1912 Parents: Samuel & America LeGrand Herring. Herring, Samuel Mar 14 1849 Dec 07 1934 "Father," on stone with America see Note 2 Koerner, Alvin Oct 18 1876 Jan 06 1919 "W.O.W. Devoted Husband, Loving Father" married Alice Trammell Koerner, Ralph Feb 18 1906 Aug 12 1906 "Our Darling Baby" Lawrence, H. O. Nov 31 1844 Sep 16 1911 (possibly son of Matterson Lawrence) Lawrence, Matterson Jan 01 1819 Sep 16 1882 Stone broken in * pieces Luersen, Egon Jul 31 1880 Jul 18 1887 "Hier Ruht in Frieden, Ruhe Sahst" Luersen, Robert Lee Oct 17 1911 Nov 24 1911 "Baby, Gone to be an angel" son of Ernest & Martha Wegner Luersen Luersen, Vernon Location of burial in cemetery unknown. Malone, Diddie Kinser Mar 30 1887 Jan 25 1918 "Wife of JE Malone". 2 Stones Malone, infant Jan 20 1918 "infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. "2 stones. Other says she died 1/22/1918 - mother died 5 days later. Malone, John E. Jan 10 1877 Aug 10 1964 "Papa" marrieed Diddie Kinser McCarty, Carroll Mar 17 1802 Mar 18 18?8 McCarty, John W. Aug 00 1821 May 16 1892 McCarty, Louisa J. Dec 16 1852 Aug 08 1891 death day date illegible. Wife of W. A. McCarty - mother of Claude McCarty McCarty, Mary V. 1848 1928 "Molly" McCarty, W.A. 1848 1930 Neal, Jim no date no date no marker Reed, Curtis Apr 09 1876 Mar 25 1946 son of Martin & Mary Jane Reed- never married Reed, Edgar Lisle Feb 08 1884 Dec 11 1884 "son of C.C. & J.E. Reed Reed, Martin Luther Dec 18 1832 May 14 1916 See Note 1 Reed, Mary Jane Oct 04 1843 Jan 04 1911 "wife of M.L." nee McCarty Reed, Rosey Lee Feb 12 1883 Dec 01 1884 "Dau. of ML & MJ Reed" Shipp, Della 1858 1949 nee Smith - married James W. Shipp Shipp, James W. 1847 1919 son of Thomas Hickman Shipp and Isabella Shipp Trammell, Eli Aug 27 1888 Jan 17 1964 "Daddy" Trammell, Lela K. Aug 02 1852 Jun 06 1967 "Mother" Trammell, Mrs. T. J. Dec 02 1852 Apr 19 1943 on stone with T.J. "Elizabeth" Trammell, T. J. Aug 23 1847 Mar 11 1916 on stone with Mrs. T. J. Notes: Note 1: Confederalte flag by stone, Stone is in very bad condition. Ran Henly store and post office for Caudell family. Married Mary Jane McCarty. Children were: Curtis, Tom, Rosey Lee, Albert, Josie. Martin was the first Commander of Camp McCollough. Note 2: Married America Legrand, Children: Mollie Herwig, Annie (Julia Anne Herring) Herwig, John, Grover, Rhoda Herring Massey, Jessie Herring Collier. Note 3: on stone with Wayne. Funeral home marker beside stone says Mrs. Nancy F. Davis. Nancy Fairnetta Davis (nee Trammell) was sister of Eli Trammell. Children: Lonnie, Allen, Arnold plus 2 girls. >From _Henly Cemetery & Miller Creek Cemetery in Blanco County, TX _by the Hays County Historical Commission Project, copied and compiled by Jo Ann Elam Hearn, Dorothy Wimberly Kerbow, Carolyn Harmon Parman, 1994. The mother of Charles Griffin, b. 1854- d. 1938 was Mary Clements b. abt 1812/14 d. 1900. Unmarked graves are the last children born to Cecil Griffin and his wife 1934. Jim Neal, dates not known, but was born sometime late 19th century. Malone family stones are mounted in concrete slab 12 x 12. Infant, no headstone, beside Della and James Shipp.