PLACE INDEX FOR FAIRFIELD RECORDER OBITS, VOL. 1 (1900-1905) by Nancy Rula started 9/14/2016 by Eric Wood ============================================================ Freestone Co. Cemetery Page(s) ------------- ------ old Adkins burying ground 76 Antioch Cemetery 4, 21, 85 (x2), 89, 91, 93, 100, 105, 123 Bethel Cemetery 39 Birdston Cemetery 110, 134 Cade Cemetery 2, 10 Cotton Gin Cemetery 31, 45, 52, 82, 83, 94, 104, 117, 133 Dew cemetery 34, 60, 101, 109 Driver graveyard 6, 29, 62, 96, 101, 102, 122 Eureka cemetery 29 Fairfield Cemetery 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 20, 25, 30, 39, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54, 58, 59, 67 (x2), 68, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 87, 102, 111, 112, 113, 118, 119, 123, 125, 126, 128, 134, 136, 137, 141, 142 Harrison Chapel graveyard 43 Hopewell cemetery near Brewer 47, 99, 119, 138, 139 old family Kilgore Cemetery 7 Ivy family cemetery 77 old Johnson cemetery at Lanely *1* 87, 121 Lake Chapel Cemetery 19, 36, 61, 81 (x2), 84, 101, 104 (x2), 117, 119, 123, 129 Liberty Hill Cemetery 3, 51 Luna Cemetery 88, 90 Mayes graveyard 9, 74 Mt. Zion Cemetery 5, 6, 28, 35, 129 New Hope cemetery 51 Oakwood cemetery 74 Plum Creek graveyard *1* 87, 121 Post Oak Cemetery 16, 18, 19, 32, 33, 63, 88, 90, 97, 98 Pyburn Cemetery 17 Rehoboth Cemetery 17, 65, 101, 103, 106, 109 (x2) old Salem Cemetery 3, 7 Salem Cemetery 4, 130, 133 Shanks Cemetery 125, 136 St. Elmo Cemetery 114 Stewards Mill cemetery 46, 67, 79 Sunshine cemetery 61, 120 Tacker cemetery 33, 40 Union cemetery 94, 117, 118 Willard family graveyard on Ward Prairie *2* 138 Woodland cemetery 48, 102, 138 Wortham cemetery 64, 87, 104, 138 *1* = Glazener/Johnson cemetery at Plum Creek *2* = Day cemetery Freestone Co., Texas Town/Community Page(s) ------------------- ------ Antioch 22, 93 Beene 7, 39, 60 (x2), 118 Beenetown 79 Birdston 2 (x2), 66 (x2), 76, 104, 123, 134, 136, 137, 140 Black Jack 17, 80, 121 Blunt 82, 85, 87, 95, 96, 98, 99, 106, 109 (x2), 130 (x2), 132 (x2), 134 Bonner(a.k.a. Woodland) 30, 92 Brewer 2, 3, 6, 12, 20, 27, 38 (x2), 76, 79, 81, 89, 92, 96 (x2), 97, 99 (x2), 100, 117, 119, 127, 129 (x2), 130, 133, 134 (x2), 136, 137, 138, 140, 141 Burleson 5 Butler 9, 22, 33, 44 (x2), 70, 74 (x2), 77 (x2), 89, 91, 99, 100 (x2) Cade 10 (x2), 93, 94, 97, 134 Campbell's Branch 104, 121 Chinquapin 115, 125, 132 Cotton Gin 8, 15, 45, 48, 51, 52, 64 (x2), 66, 70 (x2), 71, 73 (x3), 77, 82, 87, 93, 94 (x3), 96, 97 (x2), 99, 128 (x2), 129, 133, 140 (x2) Coutchman 91, 134 Dew 1, 7, 18, 19, 20, 24 (x2), 29, 31 (x2), 34, 42 (x2), 43, 69 (x3), 73 (x2), 80, 88, 93 (x3), 98, 100, 101, 109, 120, 121, 124, 126, 127, 134 Donie 19, 28 (x2), 32, 58, 64 (x2), 90, 94 Fairfield 1 (x2), 2, 4 (x3), 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13 (x2), 15 (x2), 16 (x3), 17, 18 (x2), 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 (x2), 27, 29, 30 (x3), 32 (x2), 33, 35, 36 (x3), 38 (x2), 39 (x3), 43, 44, 45, 46 (x2), 49, 52 (x2), 54 (x2), 55, 56 (x2), 58, 59 (x3), 60 (x2), 61, 63 (x2), 66, 67 (x4), 68, 70 (x3), 71, 73 (x2), 74, 75, 77 (x2), 78 (x3), 79 (x3), 81 (x2), 82, 84, 85, 88, 90 (x2), 92, 98, 100 (x2), 101 (x2), 102, 103, 104 (x3), 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 118 (x3), 119, 120, 124, 125, 127, 132 (x2), 137 (x2), 138 (x2), 140, 141 Grange Hall 130 Harp 106, 140 Harrison Chapel 2 Hicks Springs 17, 27, 29 Hopewell 96 Israel 4, 72, 89, 97, 110, 112, 118, 128 Ivory 99, 140 Lanely 17, 34, 78, 79, 80 (x2), 87 (x4), 120, 121 Little Star 114, 115 Luna 21, 85, 86, 90, 91, 101 (x2), 103, 104, 105, 132, 141 Mills 4, 51, 59, 66, 81, 82, 97, 103, 104, 105 (x2), 113, 123, 134 (x2) Mt. Zion 3, 6, 53, 99, 109, 136 New Providence 97, 98, 128 Pin Oak 59 (x2) Plum Creek 8, 17 Post Oak Grove 16, 18, 19, 22, 33, 65 (x2), 74, 79, 97, 102, 104 Pyburn 62, 102, 120, 121 (x2), 124, 127 (x2), 139 Rock Spring 17 Shanks 3, 51, 53, 57, 61, 64, 70, 71 (x2), 72, 77, 82 (x3), 83, 85, 87, 89, 97, 98, 104, 109, 112, 117, 128, 129, 132, 136, 138 Shiloh 7 Spring community 35 (x2), 76 Stewards Mill 18, 19, 32, 36, 46, 72, 82 (x3), 94 (x2), 101, 126, 127, 128, 132, 133, 140 Turlington 76, 93, 103, 129 Ward Prairie 11, 16, 32, 35, 63, 70, 72, 81, 84, 88, 104, 108, 109, 129, 134, 137, 138 (x4) Woodland (a.k.a. Bonner) 8, 64, 71 (x2), 89, 91, 142 Wortham 2, 8, 10, 30, 32, 35, 46, 52, 61 (x2), 67, 70, 73, 84 (x3), 94, 97, 99, 103 (x2), 104, 106, 112, 119, 121 (x2), 128 (x2), 130 (x3), 138, 140 Yerby 109, 117, 118, 123, 128, 133, 134 Young 2, 3, 5, 16, 19, 50 (x2), 52 (x2), 65 (x2), 67, 70, 77, 84 (x2), 93, 101, 103 (x2), 106, 125 (x2), 126 (x3), 129 (x2), 140, 142 Military Service Page(s) ------------- ------ Mexican War 103 CSA 12, 15, 20, 103, 107, 114, 133, 134 CSA - regimental surgeon for Col. Overton Young's TX regmt. 32 CSA - 1st Surgeon in Terrel's Regiment 36 CSA - Co. G, 36th AL Regmt., Col. Clayton in Bragg army 33 CSA Cavalry as farrier 82 CSA 7th TX Regiment 96 CSA Terry's TX Rangers 103, 112 CSA Cabinet of Jefferson Davis 120 CSA Postmaster General 122 CSA Secretary of the Treasury 122 CSA Provisional Congress 122 Spanish American War 39 Spanish American War - Phillipeans 9, 97, 120 Spanish American War - Co. D, 28th Inf. - Phillipeans 70 US Navy 128 Newspaper Page(s) ------------- ------ Buffalo Banner 10, 18, 22, 23, 27, 56, 57, 60, 67, 80 (x3), 88, 119 Buffalo Bubbles 31 Centerville Democrat 12, 14, 16 (x2), 26, 35, 39, 43, 47 (x2), 55, 118 Corsicana Democrat 39, 80 (x2) Corsicana Light 38 Corsicana Truth 41, 42, 47, 59 Corsicana Democrat Truth 126 Dallas News 126, 140 Duncan, Indian Territory, Herald 38 Fairfield Recorder 6 (x2), 10, 17, 20, 22 (x2), 24 (x2), 25, 27 (x2), 28 (x2), 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38 (x4), 41, 47, 48, 49, 50 (x2), 51, 52, 53 (x2), 54, 55 (x8), 56 (x6), 60, 63, 64, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 77, 80, 82, 83, 84 (x2), 87, 94, 95, 107, 108, 111, 112 (x2), 113, 115, 118, 121 (x2), 128, 131, 135, 136, 137, 140 Groesbeck New Era 12, 33 Groesbeck Journal 8, 13, 14, 23, 31, 38, 42, 47, 49, 55, 57, 58, 85 Hamilton Advertiser 60 Houston Post 43, 83 Huntsville Item 55 Jewett Messenger 34, 35, 59 Jewett Sun 33, 45, 57 Kosse Cyclone 24 Lockhart Post 56 Madisonville Meteor 96 Mexia Daily News 67 (x2), 71, Mexia Evening News 33, 39, 44 Mexia Herald 29, 37, 39, 45, 55 (x2), 58 Mexia Ledger 4, 9, 12, 31 (x2), 41, 47, 51 Mexia Messenger 124 Mexia News 67, 75, 79 (x2), 83, 87, 117, 120, 134, 137 Mexia News Saturday 125 Mexia State Herald 23 (x2), 24 Oakwoods Sun 8, 9, 11 (x2), 12, 13, 16 (x2), 18, 20, 23, 24, 25 (x2), 28, 29, 35, 42, 46, 47 (x2), 55 Palestine Daily Press 39 Putnam Gazette 56 Shanks Local? 70 Southern Mercury 55 State Herald 131 Texas Baptist and Herald 56 The Times 60 Wortham Journal 8, 9, 10, 17, 22, 27 (x2), 35 (x2), 51, 52, 56, 57, 64, 67, 83, 84, 103, 104, 106, 107, 121, 141 Churches & Religion Page(s) -------------------- ------ Antioch Baptist Church 21, 77 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Corsciana 32, 36, 37 (x2) Baptist Church 22, 37, 38, 44, 46, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61 (x2), 62, 64, 73, 75, 77, 92, 125, 127, 129, 138, 139 Baptist Church at Birdston 110 Baptist Church at Dew 67 Baptist Church at Ward Prairie 138 Catholic Church 89 Cedar Creek Missionary Baptist Church 131, 140 Cotton Gin Baptist Church 35 Cotton Gin Presbyerian Church 27 Cumberland Presbyerian "C.P." Church 25, 36, 45, 46 Cumberland Presbyerian "C.P." Church of Mexia 34 Fairfield Baptist Church 13, 50, 51, 57, 100 Freestone County Baptist Association 33, 35, 41, 53, 54, 55 G. A. Presbyterian church 36 Hick Springs Baptist Church 41 (x2) Macedoni M. B. Church of Tolbert Co., GA 69 Methodist Church 3, 18, 42, 46, 52, 83, 91, 107, 114, 118, 133 Methodist Episocpal Church 29, 72, 88, 93, 101, 103 Methodist Episocpal Church South 67, 78 Methodist Episocpal Church South at Sunshine 34 Missionary Baptist Church 10, 38, 62, 65, 92, 130, 131 Missionary Baptist Church at Brewer 136 Missionary Baptist Church at Lost Prairie 140 Mt. Zion Methodist Church 114 New Providence Baptist Church 33, 40, 131, 140 Plum Creek and Black Jack Sunday School 17 Post Oak Grove Baptist Church 16, 63, 74 Presbyerian Church 29, 131 Primitive Baptist Church 3, 117 Primitive Baptist Church at Shanks 112 Sunshine Methodist Church at Dew 93 Texas Baptist Association 63 Social Page(s) ------------- ------ Birdston Masonic Lodge 76 Boggy Masonic Lodge #789 90, 115, 130, 134 Corsicana Commandery of Knights Templar 127 Cotton Gin Masonic Lodge #154 95 Fairfield Camp of the Fairfield Masonic Lodge, #103 48 (x2), 49, 76, 103, 107 (x3), 127 Freestone County Medical Association 74 Knights of Honor 8, 10, 92 Knights of Pythias 92 Laurel Camp, #691, Woodmen of the World of Fairfield 50, 63 (x2), 72 (x2), 108 (x3), 111 Masonic Lodge 10, 30, 45, 46 State Farmers Alliance 28 Winkler Masonic Lodge #826 37, 75, 76 Woodmen of the World 48, 49, 51, 112 Woodmen of the World camp at Donie 130 Wortham Masonic Lodge 112 Wortham Royal Arch Chaper 127 Education Page(s) ------------- ------ Erskine College in Due West, SC. 32, 36 U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 32, 36 Jefferson College in Philadelphia, PA. 32 Oaks School House in Limestone Co. 39 Georgetown University 42 (x2), 43 Chicago University 43 Southwestern University at Georgetown 43 Buffalo High School 43 Yoakum High School 43 (x2) Wortham School 84 Oaks school house 90 Fairmont School of Denver, CO. 121 Other Page(s) ------------- ------ Airfield 1 Antony Pullin's farm (8 miles NW) 26 Buffalo Trading Company of Buffalo 9, 92 C. C. Whitt's farm (1 mile from Butler) 44 Caney Creek 86 Mr. Coat's farm (near Young) 126 Confederate Home in Austin 112 Cook's Ferry 112 (x2) Citizens National Bank of Mexia 66 Edwards Creek 82 Fairfield Jail 8 Gunter's Gin at Wortham 70 H. & T. C. Railroad 61 Mrs. Hartley's Boarding House of Mexia 44 Hillsboro Jail 40 Holder Lake 9 I. M. Pearlstone & Son 92 Keechi creek 75, 125 Kemp Drug Store of Mexia 66 Lott's Place (2 miles E) 133 McArthur Hotel of Marquez, Leon Co. 60 Mississippi River 89 Morgan Lott's Place (6 miles S) 101 Ohio River 89 Reunion Grounds at Mexia 120 Richland bottom 100 Rock House (6 miles NW) 59 Stanmire Lake of Leon Co. 80 Sterling Ledbetter's Place (S) 118, 125 Tehuacana bridge 66 Tehuacana creek 126 Trinity River 119 W. L. Roger's farm near Leona, Leon Co. 26 Other Texas Cemetery Page(s) ------------- ------ Bethel cemetery (in Leon Co.) 35 Buffalo cemetery (in Leon Co.) 27, 43 (x3), 59, 125 Eldredge graveyard (at Keechi, Leon Co.) 16 Evergreen cemetery (in Houston, Harris Co.) 83 old Faulkenberry (in Limestone Co.) 8, 14 Fay cemetery 25 Fort Rosecrans cemetery (in San Diego, CA.) 130 Groesbeck city cemetery (in Limestone Co.) 13 Hornhill cemetery 38 Jewish cemetery (in Mexia) 41 Keechi cemetery (in Keechi, Leon Co.) 119 Kirk cemetery in Limestone Co. 108 Knight's cemetery (in Lufkin, Texas) 105 Leona cemetery (in Leon Co.) 16 old Liberty cemetery (in Leon Co.) 93 Mexia cemetery (in Limestone Co.) 44 Oakwoods cemetery (in Leon Co.) 23, 99, 100 Point Enterprise cemetery 58 Prairie Hill cemetery (in Limestone Co.) 44 Sardis Cemetery (in Leon Co.) 35 cemetery at Tehuacana, Limestone Co. 89 Trinity cemetery (in Leon Co.) 15 Texas County/Town/Community Page(s) ----------------------- ------ Armour, Limestone Co. 33 Austin, Travis Co. 12, 29, 112 Bazette, Navarro Co. 28, 89 Beaumont 59 (x2), 90 Belton 41 Ben Arnold 72 Ben Hur, Limestone Co. 90, 92, 93 Bighill, Limestone Co. 91 Birdston 110 (x3) Blooming Grove 97 Boggy, Leon Co. 35 Bonham 71 Brazoria Co. 18 Buffalo, Leon Co. 9 (x2), 12, 23, 28, 30, 42 (x2), 43, 45, 59, 64, 66, 88 (x2), 90, 91, 92 (x2), 93 (x3), 98 (x2), 100, 101, 106, 108 (x2), 114, 125, 140 Calvert, Leon Co. 39 Canaan Switch 66 Centerville, Leon Co. 28, 34, 68, 91, 93 (x2), 94, 134 Chapel Hill, Washington Co. 18 Cherokee Co. 37 Colorado, Bastrop Co. 84 Concord, Leon Co. 24, 35 Coolidge 92, 120, 134 (x4) Corsicana, Navarro Co. 14 (x2), 36 (x3), 39, 40 (x3), 41 (x5), 47 (x2), 52, 66, 67 (x4), 70, 80, 84, 91, 94, 126, 127 (x2), 129, 133 Dallas Co. 51, 88 Dallas, Dallas Co. 1, 12, 71, 106, 120, 122 DeLeon 67 Denison, Grayson Co. 130 (x2) Elkhart 87 Ellis Co. 112 El Paso 79, 134 Ennis, Ellis Co. 126 (x2) Eureka, Navarro Co. 29 (x2), 36, 52, 60, 101, 103, 126 Falls Co. 46 Farrar, Limestone Co. 42, 47 Fazends, Upshur Co. 113 Forest Glade 58 Fort Sam Houston, Anderson Co. 120, 122 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co. 41, 88, 122, 125, 130 Franklin 47 Frio Co. 90 Galveston 18, 41 Garland 61 Georgetown 42, 43 Grimes Co. 106 Groesbeck, Limestone Co. 8, 31, 56, 64, 66, 78, 89 (x3), 94, 118, 126, 141 Guy's Store 59 Hardin's Store, Leon Co. 12, 15, 16, 20 Henderson Co. 104, 122 (x2) Hill Co. 40, 43 Hillsboro, Hill Co. 41 (x3), 67, 134 (x3) Hog Range community, Limestone Co. 57 Hornhill, Limestone Co. 38, 39, 44 Houston, Harris Co. 18 (x2), 83 Huntsville 55 Itasca 41 Jewett 33, 77, 97, 118 Jones Co. 57, 68 Kerens, Navarro Co. 39, 84, 94 Keechi, Leon Co. 15, 16, 134 King Willow, Navarro Co. 42 Kingsville 136 Kosse, Limestone Co. 24, 57, 67 Lebanon, Collin Co. 47 Leon Co. 15, 24, 28, 39, 46, 57, 59, 60, 92, 95 (x2), 103, 112, 118, 119 Leona, Leon Co. 26, 39 Liberty Co. 79 Limestone Co. 31, 33, 44, 64, 85, 91 Lost Prairie, Limestone Co. 12, 75, 90 Lufkin 90 (x2), 98, 105 Madison Co. 89 (x2), 95 Madisonville 89 (x2) Marquez, Leon Co. 22, 60, 80 (x2) Merkel 132 Mesquite, Dallas Co. 88, 90 (x2) Mexia, Limestone Co. 9 (x2), 12, 23 (x2), 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 38, 39 (x2), 45, 49, 51, 54, 61 (x4), 67, 71, 79, 90, 94 (x2), 97 (x2), 100, 117, 120, 134, 136, 141 (x2) Middleton, Leon Co. 23 Mitchell Co. 70 Mustang, Leon Co. 25, 43, 70, 91, 119, 120, 134 Nacogdoches 89 Navarro Co. 28, 35, 41 (x2), 47, 67, 81, 91 Oak Cliff, Dallas Co. 81, 124 Oakwood, Leon Co. 11 (x2), 12 (x2), 15, 18, 25, 29, 32, 42, 46, 47 (x2), 60, 67, 69, 74, 90, 97, 98, 100 (x2), 141 Oletha, Limestone Co. 31 Orange 141 (x2) Orphans Home, Navarro Co. 126 Overton 59 Palestine, Anderson Co. 8, 43, 74 (x2), 89, 91, 101, 119 (x2), 120 (x4), 122, 124 (x4) Pleasant Grove 23 Point Enterprise 58 Polk Co. 37 Prairie Grove 75 Prairie Point 8, 33, 47 Rankin 126 Re, Navarro Co. 81 Robertson Co. 31 Rogers Prairie, Leon Co. 130 Santa Anna, Coleman Co. 130 San Antonio, Bexar Co. 106 Shelby Co. 106 Sour Lake, Hardin Co. 129 Sparksville, Leon Co. 80 Springfield, Limestone Co. 64 Tehuacana, Limestone Co. 33, 44, 51 (x2), 89 Terrell 61 Thornton 120 Tyler, Smith Co. 70, 118, 119 Uvalde 67 (x2) Van Zandt Co. 122 Village Creek, Tarrant Co. 122 Waco, McLennan Co. 41, 82, 128 Watt, Limestone Co. 44 Waxahachie 70, 125 (x2) Williamson Co. 117 Winkler, Navarro Co. 1, 2, 21, 71 (x3), 73, 74, 75, 76, 83 (x2), 112, 114, 118 (x2) Yoakum 42 (x5), 43 Non-Texas County/Town/Community Page(s) --------------------- ------ AL. 10, 15 (x2), 20, 28, 33, 46, 57, 61, 75 (x2), 79, 100 AL., Barber Co. 20 AL., , Buena Vista 65 AL., Clay Co. 62 AL., Dallas Co. 125 AL., Lauderdale Co. 85 AL., Monroe Co. 33 (x2), 74 AL., Monroe Co., Claibourne 32, 36 AL., Morgan Co. 40 AL., Montgomery Co. 122 AL., Pike Co. 139 AL., Sumpter Co. 34, 134 AL., Wilcox Co., Camden 32 AL., Wilcox Co. 73, 118, 125 (x2) ARK. 100, 138 ARK., north 89 ARK., White Co. 90 ARK., , Greenway 91 CA., , San Diego 128, 130 CA., , San Francisco 55, 130 CO., , Denver 121 (x2) FL. 90 GA. 15, 28, 30, 37, 69, 76, 123 GA., , Atlanta 107 GA., Butte Co. 62 GA., Gilmer Co. 131, 134 GA., Stewart Co. 17, 20, 52 GA., , Thomasville 38 GA., Tolbert Co. 69 GA., , Tunnel Hill 103 GA., Walker Co. 103, 107 GA., Washington Co. 76 IN., Allen Co., Fort Wayne 89 Indian Territory 32, 42, 52, 104 Indian Territory, Duncan 32, 38, 52 (x2) KY., Morgan Co. 117 LA. 54 LA., New Orleans 32, 89 MO. 102 MO., , St. Louis 32 MS. 40, 84, 100, 122 MS., , Bay St. Louis 54 MS., Hinds Co. 38 MS., Itawamba Co. 33 MS., , Jackson 125 MS., Monroe Co. 72, 88 MS., Simpson Co. 8 MS., Sumpter Co. 38 NC. 15, 103, 107 NC., Mecklenburg Co. 125 NC., Rowan Co. 15 NY. 104 OH., , Cincinnati 89 OH., , Camp Chase (P.O.W. camp) 107 OK. 137 (x2) OK., , Lawton 118 PA., , Philadelphia 36 SC. 124 SC., , Bennettville 138 SC., Charleston Co., Charleston 32, 36 SC., , Edgefield 62 TN. 13, 51, 122, 123, 138 TN., Cannon Co. 92, 138 TN., , Franklin 96 (x2) TN., Hardeman Co. 62 TN., Rutherford Co. 13 TN., , Spring Hill 95, 96 (x3) VA., , Appomattox 122 VA., , Cold Harbor 122 VA., , Richmond 122 VA., , Seven Pines 122 Other Countries Page(s) ------------- ------ Manila, Phillipeans 9, 70 (x2) Mexico 102 Phillipeans 9, 97 Scotland 60