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Mayfield, LadyTexian@tcainternet.com  TX Tombstone Project Manager The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. Tx Submitted by Gaylon White igwhite@ballistic. com SELMAN - ROARK CEMETERY IN 1834 SURVEYOR WILLIAM ROARK (1803-1862) AND HIS FAMILY CAME TO TEXAS FROM TENNESSEE. ROARK'S MOTHER NANCY (CHAMBLISS) AND BROTHER NAPOLEON WERE BURIED IN THE ONE-HALF-ACRE GRAVEYARD ABOUT 1837-38. JOSEPH, DELILA, AND JAMES H. DURST DEEDED THIS CEMETERY TO ROARK IN 1838. ROARK'S DAUGHTER ELIZABETH MARRIED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SELMAN IN 1855 AND THE SITE BECAME KNOWN AS "SELMAN-ROARK CEMETERY." AS LINWOOD COMMUNITY GREW, MORE FAMILIES USED THE BURIAL GROUND, IN 1961 A ROARK DESCENDANT DEEDED AN ADDITIONAL 0.8 ACRE ADJOINING THE CEMETERY. (1979)*** Texas Historical Commission (MM), 2/27/79 18" x 28" Official Texas Historical Marker with post; Cherokee County (Order #5365) Location: Cemetery entrance, on SH 21, 5 mi. E of Alto SELMAN - ROARK CEMETERY This cemetery is located on Highway 21 about 5 miles east of Alto, Texas. It is the oldest cemetery by deed in Cherokee County, Texas. It was copied 16 October 1997 by Mrs. Lou Rogers and Mrs. Ogreta W. Huttash. Some of the stones are cracked. Some graves are of native rock, some of sawed rock. Some are in bad shape from being "cleaned" by bleaches or something similar. Checked and updated in May 2000 by Ogreta Huttash and Gaylon White. Bean, Candace Midkiff 1802 - Dec 1848 wife of Peter Bean. CANDACE MIDKIFF BEAN Wife of Peter Ellis Bean, born near Nashville, Tenn., in 1802, died near Douglass, Texas in December, 1848. One of those Pioneer women who braved the Indian menace and rocked the Cradle of Texas Liberty. -- 1936 Texas Centennial Marker Blackman, Floyd Ray 1898 - 1943 on stone with Leona Mae Blackman, Leona Mae 1903 - 1975 on stone with Floyd Ray Boone, Jimmie died 10 Dec 1882, age 9 years, daughter of J.R. and E.R. Boone Boulter, James (no marker, but is thought to be buried here) Cheatham, George Samuel Apr 1850 d. Aug 1853; in rock rectangle, dates tenuous Crosby, Birdie Frances 22 Feb 1889 - 27 Nov 1966; on stone with James Gregg Crosby, Dorothy Fay 24 Dec 1925 - 24 July 1932; Daughter of J.G. and Birdie Crosby Crosby, E.G. "Pat" 30 March 1918 - 13 Sept 1991; on stone with Narean K. Crosby, Elbert G. 30 March 1918 - 13 Sept 1991; WWII PFC U.S. Army Crosby, Frank P. 22 July 1909 - 26 July 1944; HQ Co., 2 Bn Crosby, James Gregg 14 Feb 1872 - 15 April 1948; on same stone with Birdie Frances Crosby, Lizzie 15 Jan 1882 - 17 June 1882 daughter of W.J. and S.A. Crosby, Narean K. 6 May 1919 - 20 Sept 1995; Married 10 Jan 1939; on stone with E.G. "Pat" Crosby, Sarah A. 28 April 1847 - 3 April 1888; Mother; on stone with William J. Crosby, Virginia 14 Dec 1907 - 18 March 1990 Crosby, William J. 14 Oct 1850 - 16 Feb 1920; Father; on stone with Sarah A. Crosby, William J. 19 Jan 1908 - 24 Aug 1966; Texas seargent 42 Regt Sta TC WWII CROSBY, William Ratcliffe Crosby l4 Dec 1877 - 24 Feb 1913 buried in City Cemetery Kaufman, Texas. Son of W.J. and Sarah A. Crosby Cummings, Ethel A. 11 March 1882 - 7 August 1968; on stone with George M. Cummings, George M. 3 March 1882 - 8 Dec 1937; on stone with Ethel A. Dickey, Annie Lee 13 June 1899 - 5 Sept 1901 daughter of Lee and Carrie Engledow, Billy Charles 26 Nov 1926 (only date) Garrett, J.M. 2 May 1840 - 18 Sept 1892; Mason Goff, Albert Bunyan 28 Aug 1890 - 8 March 1967; on stone with Emma (Bettie) Goff, Alma 1866 - 1956; on stone with Wade F. Goff, Emma (Bettie) 27 Jan 1890 - 19 Feb 1972 Married 23 Jan 1910; on stone with Albert Bunyan Goff, Lois 19 July 1907 - 3 Oct 1999 "I wont be alone." Goff, Wade F. 15 March 1861 - 29 August 1926 (beside the newer one) Goff, Wade F. 1861 - 1926; on stone with Alma Hill, Annie Selman 12 Feb 1861 - 22 March 1889, wife of J.B. Hill; Daughter of B.F. and E.H. Selman McCuistion, Mrs. J.A. 6 June 1835 in Nacogdoches County, Texas - 6 June 1913, wife of A.J. McCuistion (This large stone is in an iron fenced enclosure. On the back of the stone: Erected by Mrs. J.A. McCuistion's children.) (Has DRT marker) Oldham, William Co. E - 28th Texas Cav. - CSA Power, Infant daughter of H. and M. Power, Mary M. 3 March 1856 - 1 July 1880 wife of Holloway Power (stone cracked) Roark, Addie C. 3 Mar 1874 died 19 May 1912, wife of W.F. (rock; birthdate tenuous) Roark, Brother of William (Napoleon; DRT Marker) Roark, Corrie 16 Nov ...2? died 12 Dec 1901 daughter of W.F. and A.C. (rock; birthdate tenuous) Roark, Father of William (John Roark 1836-1845 DRT marker) b ca 1774 Roark, Franklin R. 1830-1863, Co. A - 18th Texas Infantry, CSA (also DRT marker) Roark, Freddie R. 2 Sept 1884 - 7 Sept 1884 Roark, Isaac N. 1837 - 1839 Roark, John B. 1850 - 1852 Roark, Margarete Reed 1808 - 1856; on stone with William (DRT Marker also) Roark, Mother of William (Nancy Chambless DRT marker) born ca 1782 d ca 1837 Roark, Russell born 1846 Roark, William 1803 - 1862; on stone with Margarete Reed (DRT Marker also) Selman, Albert B. 12 April 1864 - 15 March 1885; son of B.F. and E.H. Selman, Alice 31 August 1856 - 11 Nov 1863 Selman, Alvie 10 Dec 1858 - 13 Nov 1863 Selman, B.F. 4 June 1829 - 21 August 1887; Mason [son of Thomas & Polly] Selman, Fannie 1 Dec 1891 - 3 Sept 1903 Selman, Hollis F. 1 Jan 1887 - 29 July 1887; son of J.V. and G.L. Selman Selman, J.V. 6 July 1850 - 5 March 1900, husband of Georgie Ann Selman, Major 24 March 1876 - 3 July 1945 Selman, Mrs. E.H. 2 Sept 1832 in Franklin County, Tennessee (DRT Marker) d. 29 May 1910 age 77 yrs 8 mos 27 days [nee Roark] wife of B.F. Selman, Stafford d. btwn 1850-60 (no marker, info from "Over the Mountain, a Narrative History of Bean, Selman, and Germany Families" by Martha Crabb) Selman, Thomas 26 Apr 1790 - 11 Apr 1866; Pvt 2 Tenn Regt Capt Caruther's Co; War of 1812 White, Luther J. 20 Oct 1889 - 2 Nov 1890; son of W.J. and M.J. White, William M. 11 July 1883 - 27 Nov 1884; son of W.J. and M.J. Williams, Caladonia I. 1 Oct 1862 - 7 Nov 1869 (cracked) The Daughters of the Republic of Texas markers show the date 1836 when the Republic started, plus their date of death. They were here by 1834 however. owh