Collin Co., TX - Cemeteries - Aleo Baptist Church Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Stephen Smith Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Aleo Baptist Church and Cemetery The church and cemetery are upon a hill five miles north of Nevada. This community was settled before Nevada was settled. This is where J. K. Bumpass, Lim Smith and other kinfolks settled in 1857. They were from Person County, N. C. Norwood had a gin a mile and a half east of Aleo in 1886. Aleo had a Post Office, a small store, a blacksmith shop, Taylor' s gin run by Coke Prater. A great many of the bodies have been moved to other cemeteries where the graves are kept in good condition. Bennie, son of W. M. and Josie Stephenson, b., May 20, 1895 - d. June 12, 1895 W. M. Stephenson, b., 1830 - d., 1930 Josie, wife of W. M. Stephenson, b. 1858 d., 1934 Mrs. M. E. Hall, b., June 1, 1823 d., July 11, 19,06 Warren M. Hall, b., March 26, 1857 - d., March 1, 1918 H. M. Webb, b. July 18, 1881 - d. Sept. 5, 1900 U. D. Webb, b. July 10, 1887 - d. Sept. 29, 1902 Alma V., dau, of Warren M. and Aligem Hall, b., Jan. 27, 1898 d., Aug. 31, 1899 Minnie B., dau. of W. M. and M.A. Hall, b., June 19, 1899 - d., Aug. 3, 1901 Annie L., Dau. of A.F. and F. L. Hall, b., Nov. 29, 1886 - d. Jan. 6, 1904 William A., son of W. T. and May Ratcliff, b. and d., Nov. 29, 1902 Eugene, son of W. T. and May Ratcliff, b. and d., Oct. 28, 1910 Foster L., son of E. W. and S. J. Chaplin, b., Sept. 1, 1897 - d. June 13, 1898 Jessie, dau. of W. E. and Cora Adams, b. Jan 29, 1906 - d., Jan. 26, 1918 Roy, son of W. R. and Etta Hamilton, b., Jan. 29, 1904 - d. 1904 Leslie G., son of R. M. and A. G. Butts, b., Feb. 12, 1907 - d., Feb 18, 1907 Robert M. Butts, b., Sept. 2, 1878 - d., Sept. 4, 1907 Bessie Tackett, b., Jan. 6, 1888 - d. May 13, 1927 Aaron T. Poynter, b. Nov. 14, 1830 d., Aug. 26, 1909 Susan S. Poynter, b. Nov. 4, 1834 - d., April 22, 1906 Murdock P. McLeod, husband of Laura, b. Jan. 31, 1882 - d., Oct. 24, 1906 William, son of J. B. and S. N. Hintghey, b. Aug. 7, 1889 - d., Feb. 21, 1902 Van, son of E. V. and K. B. Gilder, b., Aug. 25, 1905 - d. Sept. 19, 1905 Henrie L., wife of J. T. Knight, b., Aug. 3, 1870 - d., Feb. 20, 1901 Melissa J. Morris, b., Oct. 10, 1958 - d. Aug. 6, 1900 P. T. Morris, b., June 16, 1849 - d., Feb 17, 1900 Other Lemuel, son of D. W. and A.L. Sirkel, b., Jan. 29, 1900 d. Feb. 20, 1900 Lillie May, dau. of A.H. and S. S. Lytle, b. Nov. 29, 1899 - d. June, 1901 Ola May, dau. of J. R. and L. E. Graves, b. May 3, 1894 - d., June 14, 1901 Orpha L. Jeffords, b., 1851 - d. 1936 Benjamin K. Jeffords, b., 1852 - d., 1930 R. P. wife of J. H. McMinn, b. Dec. 15, 1863 - d. Jan. 29, 1918 Earnest G. Henslee, b., 1894 - d. 1951 Mary E., wife of John Cantrell, b. June 2, 1835 - d., April 21, 1910 John Cantrell, b., Nov. 10, 1825 d. Sept. 6, 1905 Mrs. Sarah E. Killian, b., 1863 d. 1950 J. D. Killian, b., 1860 - d., 1943 Josie Killian Murphy, b., 1891 - d.,1941 John J., son of T. J. and E. V. Killian, b., Oct. 26, 1904 - d. Dec. 2, 1904 Mother, Mary J., wife of Curt Gill, b., Dec. 25, 1839 - d., Nov. 15, 1913 Son, William T. Gill, b., Nov. 1, 1860 - d., April 17, 1916 Alton B., son of E. F. and D. B. Mingy, b., and d., June 12, 1904 Harper's head stone was turned over. Leslie L., son of G. W. and Sallie Hobbs, b., Dec. 22, 1902 - d. May 30, 1903 Father, Edmund Longley, b, , 1853 - d., 1931 Charley V. Longley, b., 1881 - d., 1903 Lucy D. Longley, b., 1899 - d. 1904 Margaret E. Longley, b., 1903 d., 1903 Mattie, wife of J. H. Hutchins, b., May 5, 1862 - d., Feb. 14, 1921 L. G. Hutchins, b. 1902 - d., 1950 J. B. Patterson, b. March 8, 1856 - d., Sept. 11, 1915 Abbie, dau. of D. D. and M. L. Kemper, b, , Feb. 7, 1897 - d. Nov. 2, 1897 Minnie Belle McKinney, b., and d., April 23, 1898 Earnest Wyllie McKinney, b., Feb. 15, 1902 - d., May 24, 1902 Tully Estella, dau. of W. G. and M.A. Brasher, b., July 17, 1894 - d., July 28, 1895