Hill Co., TX - Cemeteries - PRAIRIEDALE CEMETERY ************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Paul A. Clinkscales Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************** Prairiedale Cemetery is located about 6.5 mi. NW of Hillsboro, Texas, just off Hwy 171 on HCR 4209. [32.0842 N Lat, -097.1775 W Lon] Settled a few years after the Civil War, the community of Prairiedale had a school and a church, each located adjacent to the cemetery. About 1912 the church building was moved north to the nearby community of Mayfield, where also several schools in the area had been consolidated into one. More than 85 graves have been identified within the fenced area of the cemetery. The majority of the burials occurred prior to 1912; the earliest noted thus far dating 1877. A few family burial sites are surrounded with ornate iron fences and many fine granite monuments can be found. Several C.S.A veterans and their widows are interred here. During most seasons, vines and underbrush conceal grave sites. A great many headstones and monuments lie broken or overturned. Virtually all markers are in need of cleaning and resetting. An effort is currently under way to honor the memory of those buried here by restoring and preserving this historic cemetery. Activities include: identifying additional deceased persons and their surviving families; clearing the grounds; restoring and resetting grave markers; and repairing fences. Your assistance in this undertaking would be most welcome. You may request additional information about the decedents listed below, and also lend your support to the cemetery's restoration by contacting the Prairiedale Cemetery Association, Inc. through . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname Other Names Age Birth Death -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acton Pearl 1 1/4/1898 1/12/1899 Belue Clifford 0 1/9/1909 10/22/1909 Berry Rosalea 1 10/10/1880 Bodiford Deronda 4 11/17/1904 12/18/1908 Bodiford Zelia A 41 9/18/1857 8/23/1899 Booker Mrs. Phoebe King 77 4/1/1815 5/31/1892 Box Tobitha 69 9/9/1817 7/20/1887 Brady George 1 3/30/1894 8/26/1895 Brady Hattie A 26 12/25/1857 1/9/1884 Brown Eugene 0 4/9/1878 Brown Ida J 16 4/5/1873 2/26/1890 Brown Joseph M 49 1/3/1838 3/16/1887 Brown Sarah A 62 5/22/1843 3/18/1906 Cannon E M 81 11/22/1818 3/2/1900 Cannon S E 36 9/12/1849 3/13/1886 Cannon Samuel 35 5/2/1843 12/25/1878 Carter Lushion L 0 1/18/1894 1/25/1894 Cavner Irene 0 1/11/1905 12/24/1905 Cavner Leslie Harrison 0 1/1898 4/4/1898 Cavner Lula E (Hilton) 18 6/10/1882 2/19/1901 Cavner Ola 22 3/17/1880 9/22/1902 Clinkscales Hezekiah Rice 83 3/30/1817 5/9/1900 Clinkscales Mary Ann (Norris) 86 1/27/1818 8/7/1904 Cope George Washington 68 7/16/1811 8/17/1879 Cox William M 1 8/26/1880 10/26/1881 Daniel Amanda 62 9/21/1848 8/13/1911 Daniel Benton Weldon 82 1815 1897 Daniel Benton Weldon, Jr 46 8/23/1865 1/19/1912 Daniel Eunica J 69 1827 1896 Daniel Jeptha 0 1881 1881 Davis Baby Willis 0 6/23/1905 8/11/1905 Davis Roena 9 11/21/1876 1/30/1886 Dyer Easter C 57 1/1/1827 10/16/1884 Dyer George W 5/30/1885 Dyer J W 80 10/4/1829 9/1/1910 Dyer Willie T Evans Harriet C 13 9/19/1864 5/29/1878 Findley Alice O 9 2/1/1872 5/8/1881 Frasier 0 2/5/1897 2/12/1897 Frasier Jennie 0 3/14/1888 9/27/1888 Frasier Mary "Molly" Catherine 40 3/5/1858 4/19/1898 Frasier William "Willie" Dee 0 4/7/1898 3/24/1899 Gannaway James Howell 28 2/10/1849 12/25/1877 Hamilton Lila 0 11/12/1902 12/24/1902 Harbert George O 12 4/26/1870 4/3/1883 Hardin James Emory 20 2/13/1882 7/26/1902 Hilton Genevieve 0 4/7/1914 2/3/1915 Hudson 9/22/1878 Hudson Larrah E 0 2/7/1878 2/21/1878 Huffman Betty 45 12/19/1861 4/1907 Hunt Clara O 0 11/07/1884 7/27/1885 Ivey Cora L 3 9/11/1877 9/22/1880 Ivey Susan A E 37 12/28/1845 7/20/1883 Johnson H H 26 12/19/1857 9/18/1884 Johnson R S 34 1848 1882 Johnson S L 1875 Kingcaid William F 0 10/5/1884 10/12/1884 Kirkpatrick Addie 1 9/19/1901 7/12/1903 Lawson Nellie 2 10/24/1909 Lewis Johnnie Creed 0 3/13/1894 3/19/1894 Mahurin 0 2/14/1895 2/14/1895 Mahurin Nettie Polk 31 11/3/1863 2/18/1895 Matthews David R 55 2/22/1842 7/30/1897 Matthews Fannie 1 7/21/1888 11/23/1889 Matthews Robert 0 11/9/1879 2/5/1880 Morgan 3 11/26/1893 Morgan Martha Francis 53 4/2/1856 2/2/1910 Payne Florence L 27 5/5/1879 10/12/1906 Payne Gladys J 1 8/3/1905 8/29/1906 Peters Mary E 6/14/1854 Putnam Hobson 0 1898 1898 Putnam Owen Martin 32 4/23/1872 12/12/1904 Putnam R L 30 4/9/1867 1/17/1898 Putnam Sally (Cavner) 26 12/23/1877 11/13/1904 Raulston Billie Ray 17 10/1936 Rawles Ada Rebecca 7 10/4/1880 3/3/1888 Rawls Jabez Merrel 12 9/15/1875 3/5/1888 Rawls Meda Southward James Edward 67 2/28/1842 2/21/1910 Southward John Arthur 0 10/22/1885 12/15/1885 Southward Sallie Lou 1 9/26/1877 2/08/1879 Southward William Fowler 30 1/10/1882 9/15/1912 Stanford Elizabeth J 65 12/15/1840 10/13/1905 Webb Tollaver D 0 11/28/1881 3/1/1882 Williams James M 37 7/24/1846 1/17/1884 Wooldridge John B 70 9/16/1816 8/17/1887 --------------------------------------------------------------------------