Denton County, Texas - Bridges Cemetery, The Colony ************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************** Bridges Cemetery, The Colony, Denton County, TX Chesapeake and Morningstar Gate is kept locked due to vandalism. Contact The Colony Parks and Recreation Department for admittance (972-625-1106) Survey: Bob Leahy, JUL 2006 Last Name First Middle DOB -- DOD Inscription // notes and/or Maiden Name ---- ????  // -- //   // w/o A. B.; s/o W A and Mollie (as recorded by Ann Onstad ---- Infant   1969 -- 1969   // no other info available ---- Unknown   //  -- 2/7/1910   // broken stone in NE corner of cemetery (off by itself); year may be incorrect ---- Unknown   //  -- // sandstone marker  // near G P Schultz ---- Unknown   //  -- // brick covered crypt // near John Jennings Akers Abner   10/26/1817 -- 1/4/1895 CSA // h/o Harriet Dunn Akers Ettie May  5/1/1889 -- 8/11/1890 Sleep on sweet baby and take thy rest. God called thee home.  He thought it best. // d/o J M Akers and Amanda Ellis Akers Harriet   3/17/1825 -- 6/13/1898 In love she lived, in peace she died. Her life was craved but God denied. // w/o Abner Akers Akers Sallie C.   3/30/1854 -- 1/18/1910 Age 55Y 9M 18D / Yet again we hope to meet thee when the day of life is fled. And in heaven with joy to greet thee where no farewell tears are shed // d/o Abner Akers and Harriett Dunn Ashlock Besie L.  12/27/1898 -- 4/1/1899 Sleep on… / broken stone // d/o Thomas A and R J Ashlock Banks Basil   8/12/1902 -- 12/10/1903 Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore // Marcus Banks and Cora Sherrod Boswell Infant   1920 -- 1920   // probably child of John Andrew Boswell and Catherine Franklin Boswell Nora Lee (Ellis) 12/13/1902 -- //1918 // w/o John Andrew Boswell Bradley Dr. E. G.  5//1836 -- 7/16/1902 66 Y / Remember me as you pass by. As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you will be. Prepare for death and follow me. // h/o Mary MNU Brady Easter (Elizabeth)  12/26/1871 -- 12/26/1933 Daughter / At rest // d/o D S and Catherine Brady Brady Susie Catherine  4/26/1844 -- 6/20/1920 Mother / At rest // w/o D S Brady Branaman Easton Lee  7/30/1908 -- 7/30/1908 Budded on earth to bloom in heaven // s/o James Aden Branaman and Anna Jennings Bratton Betty (Mary Elizabeth) 1848 -- 7//1891   // w/o Robert L. Bratton (Ellis) Bratton Bob (Robert L.)  1846 -- 7//1884   // h/o Mary E. Ellis Bratton Unknown   //  -- // brick marker // with BRATTON scratched unto it Bratton Unknown   //  -- // funeral home marker // name and dates missing Bridges D.  C. (David)  3/3/1830 -- 7/7/1862 // brother of William A Bridges Bridges Elizabeth   5/20/1854 -- 10/27/1860 // d/o William Bridges and Rachel Cook Bridges Infant Daughter  6/24/1884 -- 6/24/1884 // d/o Francis M Bridges and  Sallie C Ashlock Bridges Louisa J.  7/2/1859 -- 10/19/1860 In memory / Age 1Y 3M 17D (two markers) // d/o William Bridges and Rachel Cook Bridges Mildred   9/5/1798 -- 7/8/1868 In memory (two markers--one broken) // m/o William A Bridges Bridges W.  A. (William)  2/2/1827 -- 6/10/1862 // h/o Rachel Cook Cole E. J.  //1853 -- //1913 He shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day //  Davis Joe Cecil  10/15/1889 -- 7/28/1890 // d/o James W and Louisa Davis Debord Debra Sue  3/8/1967 -- 3/26/1967 Our darling // d/o Emmett Terrell Debord and Frances Fay Gant Donnell Lizzie   12/12/1864 -- 11/25/1890 // w/o M J Donnell Ellis Adeline (Emily Adeline) //1875 -- //1917 // w/o John T. Ellis (Gamble) Ellis Ann Rebecca (Akers) 3/29/1842 -- 8/20/1935 // w/o W. J. Ellis; married: 2 DEC 1868 Ellis James   6/14/1818 -- 6/28/1890 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for there's (sic) is the Kingdom of Heaven // h/o Mary Parker Ellis John R.  1/29/1853 -- 7/15/1881 // s/o James Ellis and Mary Parker Ellis John Thomas  12/6/1869 -- 2/6/1944 // h/o Emily Adeline Gamble Ellis Mag (Margaret)  //1850 -- //1929 // d/o James Ellis and Mary Parker Ellis Maggie  (Margaret Jane) 8/3/1872 -- 10/30/1936 // d/o William Ellis and Rebecca Akers Ellis Mary  (Parker) 6/15/1819 -- 12/30/1902 Our darling one has gone before to greet us on the blissful shore // w/o James Ellis Ellis W.  J. (William)  12/9/1840 -- 12/29/1909 Age 69Y 20D / A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled // h/o Ann R Akers; married: 2 DEC 1868 F W.  F  //  -- //   // near Lizzie Donnell; nothing else on marker Fortman Anna    1809 -- 1887   // wife of C. Fortman Fouts Nora Lee  5/22/1879 -- 9/3/1881 // d/o William Thomas Fouts and Patsy Vardaman Gamble Phoebe Ann (Felton 12/20/1828 -- //1910 // w/o James Gamble Gamble Samuel Allen  8/17/1847 -- 5/24/1897 // s/o James and Phoebe Gamble Hays Lillie L.  1/30/1896 -- 10/5/1898 Sacred to the memory of / long inscription at base of marker //  Hays Lucy K. 'Kitty'  5/29/1866 -- 11/18/1950 // w/o Thomas S. Hays Hays Maryetta   1/31/1885 -- 2/14/1885 Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven // d/o James M Hays and M J 'Janie' Vardeman Hays Thomas S.  2/20/1854 -- 2/25/1917 // h/o Lucy K. 'Kitty' MNU Herd W.  M. 'Will'  1839 -- 1915   // listed as widower in 1910 Census; born TN Howard Robert W.  11/25/1888 -- 8/14/1915 Our darling one has gone before to greet us on that blissful shore // perhaps h/o Bessie Song Hughes Hallie E.  9/25/1892 -- 12/31/1896 // d/o F J and B L Hughes Hughes Reese P.  1/11/1890 -- 5/10/1897 // s/o F J and B L Hughes J. L. L. (or I.)  //  -- //   // DOD may be 3/18/1914 Jennings John Pleasant  4/30/1839 -- 2/3/1924 CSA  // h/o Nancy E. Nix Jennings Nancy  Ellen (Nix) 3/29/1843 -- 3/18/1914 long inscription // w/o John P. Jennings Jones Infant Son  1/28/1904 -- 1/28/1904 Weep not he is at rest // child of Henry G and M C Jones Jones Infant Son  11/14/1904 -- 11/14/1904 Weep not he is at rest // child of Henry G and M C Jones Justiss Della Fae  10/4/1918 -- 12/30/1918 Budded on earth to bloom in heaven // d/o Rufus M. Justiss and Susie L. Joplin Kemp T. A.  8/6/1822 -- 8/21/1891 In memory of our dear father // h/o N E MNU King Martin R.  12/7/1888 -- 11/29/1891 2Y 11M 22D / Dear Martin gone but not forgotten // s/o H F and E King Mayes George P.  5/3/1855 -- 11/1/1884 // w/o Mary MNU Mayes Johnnie   11/19/1882 -- 8/26/1892 // s/o W C and W Mayes Mayes Maud   9/10/1878 -- 1/10/1890 God in His wisdom has recalled the boon His love had given… // d/o George P and Mary Mayes Mayes Myrtle   6/1/1880 -- 11/1/1881 // d/o George P. and Mary Mayes McDaniel J.  A.  1/18/1842 -- 9/13/1922 Father // h/o Mary L. A. MNU McDaniel Mary L. A.  2/13/1838 -- 3/5/1927 Mother // w/o J. A. McDaniel McDaniel Phoebe Ann (Gamble) 8/17/1881 -- 8/24/1904 Prepare to meet me in Heaven // w/o Arthur L. McDaniel McWhorter Polly (Mary) (Moore) 9/4/1797 -- 1/16/1887 // w/o William P McWhorter McWhorter W.  P. (William)  7/8/1799 -- 7/23/1874 // h/o Mary 'Polly' Moore Miles Effie   4/6/1892 -- 9/22/1894 broken stone // d/o Robert P Miles and Florence L Stover Miles Fred   1896 -- 1900   // d/o Robert P Miles and Florence L Stover Morton George A.  3/21/1841 -- 11/12/1910 His toils are past, his work is done, he fought the fight the victory won // h/o Nora or Dora MNU Nelson Arthur G.  9/15/1885 -- 10/16/1886 Remember me as you pass by. As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you will be. Prepare for death and follow me. // s/o Thomas Nelson and Cordelia Episbell Nelson Greene Berry  3/2/1820 -- 8/29/1903 // h/o Missouri Ann Forester Nelson Missouri Ann (Forester) 12/22/1828 -- 10/28/1912 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit // w/o Greene Berry Nelson Nelson Thomas Decatur  12/7/1862 -- 12/23/1888 // h/o Cordelia Episbell Newman William Oliver  4/25/1880 -- //1936 Father / Weep not he is at rest // h/o Alice MNU Ogles Jim   10/20/1866 -- 3/28/1935 We will meet again // h/o Mary MNU Ogles Mary   8/3/1863 -- 6/6/1932 We will meet again // w/o Jim Ogles Portman Leannah   (Riffe) 1804 -- 6/27/1887 Farewell / broken stone // w/o Jesse Coffey Portman Schultz G. B. (Burton)  11/25/1841 -- 7/5/1883 Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto His people // h/o Mary MNU Schultz Kate M.    1/28/1878 -- 4/13/1879 1Y 2 M 13D / A little flower of love that blossomed but to die.  Transplanted now above to bloom with God on high. // d/o G. B. 'Burton'  and Mary Schultz Schultz Mary J.  7/23/1842 -- 7/6/1890 I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto the house of the Lord.--Psalms 122:1 // w/o G. B. 'Burton' Schultz Sevedge Elizabeth A.  6/9/1810 -- 12/13/1898 // w/o William S. Sevedge Sherrod Joel E.  12/22/1886 -- 1/15/1892 Gone but not forgotten // s/o Joel Thomas Sherrod and Frances Wolfe Stover Sherrod Walter F.  1/1/1882 -- 2/14/1899 Another [??] I s broken in our [??] hand, but [??] better kind. // s/o Joel Thomas Sherrod and Frances Wolfe Stover Slater Infant Daughter  4/5/1881 -- 4/5/1881 // d/o Milo Slater and Susan Laird Slater Laura V. (Grant) 3/1/1861 -- 10/5/1883 He saw not the angels who met her there, the gates of the city we could not see, Over the river [??] my darling stands, watching and waiting for me // w/o John Wesley Slater Slater Milo (Joseph Milo)  8/21/1829 -- 10/28/1885 56Y // h/o 1) Nancy Free 2) Susan Laird Slater Nellie H.    2/20/1869 -- 5/26/1881 Gone but not forgotten // d/o Milo Slater and Susan Laird Slater Susan   11/20/1839 -- 9/24/1913 She hath done what she could // w/o Joseph Slater Stover 'D'   //  -- //   // next to Christopher Stover Stover Abraham B.  3/19/1829 -- 9/3/1877 48Y 5M 17D // h/o 1) Mary Ann Bradley 2) Margaret L. Bradley Stover Arthur   8/29/1894 -- 4/19/1895 // s/o John N. Stover and Margaret J. Adams Stover Christopher   10/6/1870 -- 10/20/1891 // s/o Isaac and S A Stover Stover Elisha (Charles Elisha) 1838 -- 10/18/1872 [??] but a path that must be trod if man would ever pass to God // h/o Nancy MNU Stover Infant Son  //  -- 11/30/1900 // s/o M C and I B Stover Stover Isaac N..  4/9/1865 -- 2/13/1874 Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal // s/o Isaac and S A Stover Stover Joseph A.  12/20/1856 -- 2/29/1904 beloved one farewell // s/o Isaac Stover and Lucretia Campbell Stover Joseph Alley  11/19/1826 -- 2/6/1894 Aged 68Y 2M 18D // h/o 1) Emily Ann Cross 2) Elthea Jane Johnson Stover Letha Jane (Elethea) 6/23/1823 -- 10/20/1896 Her happy soul has winged its way to one pure, bright eternal day // w/o Joseph Alley Stover (Johnson) Stover Margaret L. (Bradley) 8/3/1837 -- 6/26/1919 Her happy soul has winged its way to one pure, bright eternal day // 2nd w/o Abraham B. Stover Stover Nichlos V.  2/7/1897 -- 2/22/1897 // s/o William A. Stover and Mary Joe Kelsey Stover Nicholas E.  12/20/1871 -- 2/3/1873 // s/o Abraham B. Stover and Margaret L. Bradley Stover Sarah A. (Newton) 11/28/1833 -- 3/12/1868 Her happy soul has winged its way to one pure, bright eternal day // 1st w/o Isaac Stover Stover Silas   //  -- 7/1/1876 broken stone // no other info available Trout Elizabeth   4/1/1830 -- 10/12/1898 In memory of /  Gone but not forgotten // w/o John Henry Trout Turner Eliza   (Wallis) 10/8/1843 -- 6/22/1915 At rest / Her memory is blessed.  She was the sunshine of our home // w/o Francis Marion Turner Vardeman Hannah (Mary Hannah) 1/7/1834 -- 10/21/1906 Born Cassey Cty, KY / 72Y 9M 14D / We miss the dear mother in our home // w/o Jesse Morgan Vardeman (Portman) Vardeman Jesse Morgan 2/3/1830 -- 5/17/1903 Born Lincoln Cty, KY / 73Y 8M 14D / We miss thee dear father in our home // h/o Mary H. 'Hannah' Portman