Denton Co., TX - Cemeteries - I.O.O.F Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ryan Heap Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Data compiled by Ryan Heap, Troop 346, Longhorn Council, Fort Worth Tx. September 11, 2004 Eagle Scout Project - Cemetery Survey, Headstone transcription Project The cemetery is located in South Denton County, off Ottinger road Just South of Hwy 170 Transcription from the historical marker: Although few records exist of the Roanoke I.O.O.F (Independent Order of Oddfellows) lodge no 421, It is know that lodge members purchased land at this site in 1897 for the use as a burial ground. Consisting of approximately five and one half acres, the cemetery always has been maintained as a public graveyard and never was limited to the families of lodge members. Memberships in Roanoke lodge eventually were transferred to Denton along with those of other rural I.O.O.F. lodges. The first person buried here was James DeWitt Pressley, who died in 1897. One tombstone bears an earlier date, however, Mrs Calvin Abner Sams was buried on family property upon her death in 1882, but she was reinterred in the roanoke cemetery in 1914, near the trunk of the "hanging Tree" in the northeast section of the graveyard is the burial site of an alleged horse thief, who was hanged there in 1906. Another section was reserved for the families of the crew who worked on the railroad here during the 1920's. A reminder of the area's early history, the cemetery contains the graves of many pioneers, including members of the Sams, Fanning, Cowan, Seagraves, Buell, Lassen, Boutwell, Taylor, Mitchell, and McMahon Families. A map of the I.O.O.F. cemetery has been created and has been divided into quadrants. The map quadrant of each headstone is provided in the data below. The map can be found in the photo section of the Usgenweb Project found on the internet at www.usgenweb.org Chkd Photo Map Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Other Adams Hiram L (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Adams John (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Adams Julia Ann (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Adams Lottie Oct 5, 1880 Feb 22, 1968 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Adams Wilbert (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Allred Ina L Jun 5, 1917 Jun 5, 1917 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Allred Raymond Apr 13, 1922 May 13, 2000 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x B2 Allred Rhoda Edna Aug 29, 1898 Mar 22, 1976 Children - Ina L., Rozell, Lester, Roland, Thelma, Billie L. x x B2 Allred Roland Mont May 14, 1925 Apr 8, 1997 x x B2 Allred William Thomas May 15, 1895 Dec 25, 1931 Children - Ina L., Rozell, Lester, Roland, Thelma, Billie L. x x A4 Atchinson Ethel Aug 18, 1909 Aug 1, 1984 Mother x x B4 Barnes John T 1862 1939 x x A4 Bolton Edna Pearl Apr 17, 1912 Mar 15, 1999 Mother x x A4 Bolton L J Blackie Dec 21, 1909 Sep 9, 1982 Dad x x E5 Boutwell Doris 1911 1977 At Rest x x E5 Boutwell E.M. 1921 1921 x x E5 Boutwell J J 1866 1942 x x E5 Boutwell Leo 1905 1971 At Rest x x E5 Boutwell Sarah 1881 1965 At Rest x x B1 Bowen Duncan S May 8, 1912 Aug 14, 1983 x x A1 Bowen Elois S Apr 19, 1905 Mar 22, 1907 Dau of R.L. & B.A. Bowen x x B1 Bowen Margie O Aug 22, 1922 Apr 11, 1981 Bowen R L (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A3 Brand E L Oct 5, 1883 Jun 15, 1925 x x A3 Brand Mary A Oct 8, 1853 Mar 4, 1924 x x A3 Brand T R Apr 2, 1839 Mar 24, 1918 x x B3 Buell Alice Howland Feb 10, 1836 Jan 7, 1911 Birth Frewsburg, NY Death Roanoke, Tex x x B3 Buell Annabel Gravin Oct 28, 1893 Nov 15, 1987 x x B3 Buell Annie Giles Jul 30, 1874 Mar 22, 1916 Wife of E.C. Buell x x B3 Buell Erwin C Oct 4, 1869 Sep 7, 1939 At Rest The Lord is My Shepherd x x B3 Buell Marian Allen 1881 1970 x x B3 Buell Thomas Warner 1877 1952 x x B3 Buell Thomas Warner Dec 7, 1831 Dec 20, 1906 Birth Truxton, NY Death Roanoke, Tex x x Cabral Angelo 1925 In Gods Care x x Cabral Unnie 1926 In Gods Care x x B2 Cardwell Arthur Mar 13, 1903 Oct 21, 1914 x x B2 Cardwell Charlies C 1875 1950 x x B2 Cardwell Lou B 1878 1967 (Born Sep 13, Died Dec 28 Dates provided by C.R. Fanning) x x B1 Carpenter Blanche Dec 14, 1882 Jan 5, 1955 x x B1 Carpenter Charlie D Dec 22, 1912 Oct 23, 1978 x x B1 Carpenter James V Jul 10, 1920 Jan 19, 1991 Beloved Husband Father Grandfather. PVC US Army World War II x x B1 Carpenter Ruby 1915 1918 x x B1 Carpenter William J Jan 6, 1876 Sep 19, 1940 Causey Apr 6, 1936 Apr 6, 1936 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Cavin Martin (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A2 Cavin May Elizabeth Jan 9, 1872 Jun 21, 1905 Come Ye Blessed Wife of M Cavin x x E5 Cooper W Avon Nov 14, 1929 Jul 24, 1994 (First Name Winford from C.R. Fanning) x x E5 Cooper Martha N Jun 20, 1943 x A1 Cowan Anna Schoolfield Oct 30, 1860 Jan 24, 1936 Mother x x A1 Cowan Bessie R Mar 31, 1885 Jul 5, 1951 x x A1 Cowan C A Apr 18, 1917 Aug 6, 1997 C A Jr. x x A1 Cowan C A Aug 17, 1876 Aug 2, 1964 x x A1 Cowan Gertrude E Sep 3, 1880 Sep 18, 1913 Wife of CA Cowan. God's Finger Touched Her and She Slept. Weep Not. She is a Rest. x x A1 Cowan Ida Lee Oct 4, 1874 Jan 30, 1971 Any Mail, Miss Ida? x x A1 Cowan J S 1848 1905 x x A1 Cowan Samuel Houston Dec 15, 1858 Jul 20, 1928 Father x x A1 Cowan Sarah C Jan 24, 1834 Nov 17, 1925 Mother x x A1 Cowan William Oct 7, 1832 Nov 4, 1910 Blessed Are the Dead Which Die in the Lord That They May Rest From Their Labours, And Their Works do Follow Them x x C1 Daniel Jimmie Jack Aug 15, 1950 Oct 19, 1989 US Army Vietnam x x C1 Daniel Theodore Barrette 1904 1979 Father (Born Sep 15, Died Jul 31 Dates provide by C.R Fanning) x x C1 Daniel Marguerite Louise 1913 Mother (Death Date Feb 6, 2001 provided by C.R. Fanning) x x F2 Davidson Grace Ann Apr 7, 2003 May 17, 2003 Our Precious Daughter A Gift From Heaven for 40 Days and 40 Nights x x E2 Day Jimmy Landreth Mar 6, 1929 Dec 31, 2002 Married August 22, 1958 Servants of Jesus Christ x x B2 Dunlap 1937 x x B4 Etter Mrs. Mattie 1875 1939 x x B1 Fanning Annie I 1872 1962 x x B1 Fanning Charles G 1868 1934 x x A3 Fanning Claude W Sep 12, 1893 Jan 1, 1966 Texas PVT MED DET 345 Field Arty World War I x x A3 Fanning Mary Nell Savage Mar 9, 1901 Oct 21, 1982 Born Fannin County Tex Died Denton County Tex Two Sons Charles Richard and Frank Leon Fanning x x G1 Fanning Thomas Aubrey Aug 27, 1912 Jun 17, 1917 Christ Loved Him and Took Him Home x x A1 Fawks Fannie S Oct 3, 1859 Jan 1, 1937 Mother x x F3 Fish Logan Wayne Sep 17, 2002 Sep 17, 2002 A Short Time Lived A Lifetime Loved. Baby Boy of David and Brittney Brother of Landry x x F3 Fonville Benjamin Franklin, Jr Dec 10, 1927 Apr 26, 2001 x x F3 Fonville Ruby Chrysteen May 27, 1932 Apr 18, 2003 x x B4 Foster James Thomas Dec 14, 1875 1930 Foster Nancy May 1852 May 1852 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x F1 Foster Ralph Woodrow Apr 17, 1914 Dec 1, 1916 With Christ in Heaven x x F1 Foster R B Jul 6, 1849 Apr 25, 1909 He Giveth His Beloved Sleep as a Husband, Devoted as a Father Affectionate: As a Friend Ever Kind and True x x E1 Fowler Mildred Lee Jan 14, 1925 Jan 1, 2003 Fullbright Chris Aug 1, 1980 Aug 1, 1980 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Griffin Mildred Nov 25, 1905 Feb 24, 1957 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x B4 Harveston Patridcia A Nov 18, 1942 Aug 27, 1998 Beloved Mother Darling We Miss You I Love You Legged x x E1 Hayden Christopher Feb 16, 1838 Feb 24, 1912 Herron Baby Boy May 6, 2000 May 10, 2000 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x F1 Hogan B F Apr 8, 1902 x x A3 Holland Herbert S Jan 20, 1898 Sep 2, 1970 Together Forever (On Back of Headstone) A Precious One From us is Gone, A Voice We Love is Still: A Voice We Love is Still: A Place is Vacant in Our Hearts, That Never Can be Filled x x A3 Holland Roney D Jun 22, 1897 Jan 7, 1967 Together Forever (On Back of Headstone) A Precious one From us is Gone, A Voice We Love is Still: A Voice We Love is Still: A Place is Vacant in Our Hearts, That Never Can be Filled Holmes Vincent Feb 5, 1869 Mar 14, 1937 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A1 Horton Ida A Dau of J.R. and E.M Horton Horton J.R. (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x B1 Horton James W May 24, 1868 Jul 30, 1910 God's Finger Touched Him and He Slept. Weep not: He is a Rest x x E2 Hysmith Lettie C Feb 10, 1878 Aug 30, 1905 Wife of L.G. Hysmith A Light from our Household is Gone. A Voice We Loved is Stilled. A Voice We Love is Still: A Place is Vacant in Our Hearts, That Never Can be Filled x x E1 Jarrell Annie May Sep 29, 1905 Dec 26, 1998 x x E1 Jarrell Daniel Martin Mar 28, 1951 Aug 9, 1999 x x E1 Jarrell Dora Phillips Mar 31, 1868 Aug 4, 1917 Wife of MJ Jarrell. We will Meet Again x x E1 Jarrell J Wilson Sep 1, 1893 Jan 24, 1929 x x E1 Jarrell Martin F. Feb 8, 1869 Sep, 16, 1929 x x E1 Jarrell Theady Sep 25, 1905 Sep 20, 1981 Kelly Helen A Sep 17, 1924 Dec 6, 1966 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x Kinley Ancil James Jul 23, 1910 Apr 6, 1963 Texas CM1 USNR World War II Kornegay Jun 20, 1932 Jun 20, 1932 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Kornegay Dessie Aug 24, 1933 Sep 9, 1933 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) Kornegay Tessie Aug 24, 1933 Sep 4, 1933 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x F2 Lassen Anna A Aug 5, 1865 Apr 23, 1958 x x F2 Lassen Erich G 1898 1968 x x F2 Lassen Gertrude Mar 25, 1900 Dec 14, 1913 Angles Called Thee Our Darling, Called Thee to Their Sunny Home, and We Know that Thou are Waiting for the Loved Ones Here to Come x x F2 Lassen Hedwig A. Sep 29, 1905 Nov 19, 1991 x x F2 Lassen Peter Jan 17, 1866 Mar 26, 1958 Lay Elijah H May 18, 1874 Dec 17, 1906 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x F2 Lee Susan E 1884 1975 x x B1 McAnally Lucy C 1875 1958 x x B1 McAnally Marion L 1850 1937 x x B1 McMahon Bryson A 1916 1917 Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep x x B1 McMahon Ethel (Flowers) L Dec 31, 1889 Jun 1, 1972 Rest in Peace x x B1 McMahon Helen I Aug 7, 1919 Jun 8, 1948 x x B1 McMahon John Austin Feb 24, 1874 Aug 21, 1941 Rest in Peace x x B1 McMahon John D Jun 1, 1905 Aug 4, 1989 x x A4 Mitchell Edna Mae Nov 28, 1912 Jun 24, 1971 x x A4 Mitchell Elizabeth Jan 26, 1908 Mar 12, 1956 Until The Day Break x x A4 Mitchell Florence E Sep 21, 1904 Jeb 7, 1989 x x A4 Mitchell J W Jr. Nov 21, 1907 Aug 1, 1993 Until The Day Break x x A4 Mitchell J W 1877 1954 x x F5 Mitchell Kenneth Warren Sep 10, 1934 Aug 7, 1997 Married to Betty Nelson August 22, 1959 x x A4 Mitchell Mattie 1875 1952 x x A4 Mitchell Thelbert J Aug 9, 1910 Jul 25, 1980 Father x x A4 Mitchell Thelbert Wayne Jul 18, 1946 Sep 6, 1954 x x A4 Mitchell Willie M Sep 2, 1900 Aug 16, 1982 Pvt US Army World War II (On Footstone) x x G1 Moore Dr. F P Oct 25, 1848 Oct 9, 1900 At Rest x x F5 Nelson Ernest George Aug 25, 1904 Mar 10, 1976 Together Forever x x F5 Nelson Velma Frances Dec 11, 1915 Feb 10, 1999 Together Forever x x A4 Newton Lillyan W 1887 1971 Precious Memories x x B4 Owens Bert E Jun 14, 1897 Nov 26, 1956 x x B4 Owens Clarence Sep 13, 1907 Oct 22, 1966 x x B4 Owens Dorothy Odessa Jun 16, 1912 Jul 5, 1981 x x B4 Owens Forney 1955 x x B4 Owens James Grant Dec 22, 1924 Feb 16, 1964 In Loving Memory of x x B4 Owens James H Sep 24, 1866 Aug 21, 1918 x x B4 Owens Lula Ann Feb 9, 1871 Mar 5, 1948 x x B4 Owens Margaret x x A4 Owens Ruby I Sep 7, 1895 Apr 8, 1997 Brother x x A4 Pippin Edgar L Feb 4, 1904 Aug 3, 1976 x x A4 Pippin Elza Bluford Dec 23, 1874 Jun 2, 1977 Gone From Our Home But Not Our Hearts x x A4 Pippin Georgia Dec 14, 1873 Nov 12, 1968 Gone From Our Home But Not Our Hearts x x A4 Pippin Jeanette Oct 4, 1903 Dec 16, 1979 Mother x x A1 Pressley James Dewitt May 9, 1859 Jul 20, 1897 Radney Vivian E Aug 19, 1929 Jul 22, 1976 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A4 Redwine Norma L Feb 22, 1911 Jan 21, 1985 Well Dopne, Thou Good and Faithful Servant ("Father" on Footstone) Reynolds H.I. 1858 1938 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x E1 Roark Infant Jul 5, 1905 Jul 5, 1905 Son of J.W. and E.W. Roark A Bud on Earth Transplanted to the Paradise of God x x E1 Roark Dr. John W May 29, 1872 Dec 17, 1938 x x C1 Roberts Beecher L Oct 28, 1926 Nov 20, 1997 US Army World War II x x B4 Robinson Edwin Jerome Oct 1, 1899 Feb 22, 1918 Son of C.E. and A.M. Robinson Gone Home x x B1 Sams C A Dec 22, 1827 Jun 6, 1914 x x B1 Sams Lucinda Apr 22, 1831 Aug 17, 1882 x x E1 Seagraves Dr. Biram H. Apr 6, 1848 Jun 16, 1933 x x E1 Seagraves Emory Peter Oct 13, 1895 May 21, 1897 x x E1 Seagraves J H Dec 31, 1866 Sep 4, 1958 x x A4 Seagraves Lilly Murl Jun 20, 1903 Mar 14, 1971 At Rest x x E1 Seagraves Margaret M Dec 22, 1871 Nov 5, 1957 Seagraves S Oct 4, 1969 Oct 4, 1969 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A4 Seagraves W H (Hise) May 25, 1871 Feb 5, 1964 At Rest x x A4 Seagraves William Hise Mar 1, 1939 May 19, 1974 x x C4 Seigfried R. Rodney Feb 12, 1935 Nov 26, 1984 x x E1 Singlenton WIllie H Jan 11, 1902 Aged 2 Years 10 Mos 21 Days x x A3 Smith Amanda S Feb 15, 1876 Jul 28, 1951 x x A3 Smith Andrew M Nov 17, 1861 Mar 6, 1914 Gone But Not Forgotten x x A3 Smith Arch W 1872 1968 x x A3 Smith Ida I 1881 1959 x x A3 Smith J C Jun 26, 1826 Jan 13, 1898 x x A3 Smith John D Jan 1, 1870 Sep 25, 1907 Son of J.G. and M. Smith x x A3 Smith Mamie H Sep 5, 1861 Feb 1, 1953 x x A3 Smith Martha Feb 20, 1832 Mar 28, 1902 x x E1 Smith R H Aug 7, 1873 Feb 17, 1920 x x F2 Steele Alvin Lee Sep 4, 1930 Jun 1, 1989 CS1 US Navy Korea Vietnam x x F2 Steele Nellie J (Pat) 1919 1975 Stephenson B Dec 25, 1904 Jan 2, 1992 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x B4 Stephenson Redin H Mar 26, 1904 Aug 5, 1976 Stinchcomb Lee (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A1 Streetman G May 11, 1889 Dec 26, 1907 Aged 18 Years, 7 Mos, 15 Days x x A4 Stump Frank Poo Dec 6, 1852 Aug 17, 1945 Yet Will I Not Forget Thee ISA 49:15 x x A4 Stump George Oct 30, 1907 Jan 16, 1911 George Stump Infant Son of J.W. and L.S. Thomason. Weep Not Papa and Mama For Me, For I Am Waiting in Heaven For Thee x x A4 Stump Sallie Bonnie Mar 30, 1863 Nov 6, 1955 Yet Will I Not Forget Thee ISA 49:15 x x A4 Taylor Lela M 1880 1977 Blessed Are the Dead Which Die in the Lord x x A4 Taylor William C 1878 1957 Blessed Are the Dead Which Die in the Lord x x A4 Thomason Frank Lee Nov 25, 1916 Jul 13, 1979 Tecs US Army World War II x x A4 Thomason John W 1883 1940 x x A4 Thomason Lula S 1889 1926 Thompson G 1905 1913 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x B1 Underwood C W Apr 13, 1909 Nov 19, 1976 (Tony) x x B1 Underwood Ida Ruth Nov 18, 1907 x Unknown Man 1 Early 1900 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x Unknown Man 2 Early 1900 (Name provided by C.R. Fanning, Not found during survey by Ryan Heap Sept 11, 2004) x x A4 Wharton Martha L 1854 1944 The Lord is My Shepherd x x B4 Wilson H B 1874 1953 x x B4 Wilson Rosa Barnes June 24, 1873 Mar 14, 1969 x x B4 Wilson Selma Foster 1875 1967 x x B4 Woodburn C L 1901 1550 Rest Darling x x B4 Woodburn Una Pauline Apr 27, 1901 Jan 9, 1979 x x C4 York Jack Sep 8, 1918 Jun 26, 1978 SGT US Army World War II