Houston County, TX Tyer-Lone Star Cemetery =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. =============================================================================== Submitted by Carol Tyer Ellis TYER - LONE STAR CEMETERY Located southeast of Grapeland in Houston County TX, offFM 2423. Go east on FM 2423 about 6 miles then turn right on a sand and gravel road. The cemetery is on the right after a sharp left curve. The first known burial was in 1890, when James Napoleon Tyer gave the land for a cemetery and a church known as Lone Star [Baptist]. Later he permitted the building of Lone Star School next to the church. The deed for the land was not recorded until 22 Aug 1921 in Houston County Deed Records, Book 101, page 503. Tombstone information is recorded, with additional information enclose in brackets: [ ] where known. ALLEN Infant of W E & M E Allen; b&d 14 Jan 1906 ANDERSON Infant of AltonAlton & Willie Kelley; b&d 1935 AUSTIN Mollie B b 7 Aug 1884; d 22 Jan 1907 [Mollie Barnett Austin connected to Hayden Austin spouse of Mada Lively, daughter of Annie B Tyer Lively] BLACKMON Elsa Lively b --; d -Oct 1918 [son of Wiley Blackmon] CRUTCHFIELD Infant b&d --Mar 1911 [mother was an Abbott ] ESTELL Emma Tyer Luce b 22 Sep 1881; d 22 Mar 1934 [widow of Frank Luce, married 2nd Ben Estell] GLAZE Ellen Courtney b 1846; d 1911; [mother of Lenora Glaze Anderson] LIVELY Bob b 1873; d 1918 Charlie b 1906; d 1918; [son of Bob & Nettie Lively] Della d 1903 [age 5] Infant son b&d 30 Jul 1890 [S H & Annie B Lively] Infant ?? b 30 Jul 1895; d 29 Jul 1899 [son of S H & Annie B Lively] Ora b 1902; d 1918 [daughter of Bob & Nettie Lively; she died during funeral of Charlie Lively] Preston b 17 Oct 1891; d 29 Jul 1893 [son of S H & Annie B Lively****] LUCE Edna b 7 Dec 1893; d 21 Feb 1895 [daughter of J R & Jennie Luce *****] James S b b 30Jul 1875; d 26 Feb 1911 [son of J R & Jennie Luce] Jennie b 2 Feb 1877; d 1 Mar 1911 Nathan b 16 Jan 1901; d 6 July 1959 [son of Frank & Emma Luce ******] Willis d ca 1898 [2 years old, son of Frank & Emma Luce] MARTIN Charley [died winter of 1906/07, a drifter; no further information] REVEL Luther b 3 Nov 1914; d 8 Aug 1918 [son of Ruth & Dezz Revel*******] TENNANT Infant B&D same day [ca 1934, child of George & Ellmer Allen Tennant] TYER B S b 3 May 1851; d 31 Jan 1934 [double headstone with husband J N **] Elizabeth b 22 Apr 1819; d 3 May 1900 [widow of Thomas “Tom” Tyer*] Hugh Albert b 1873; d 1930 [ double headstone with wife Lula H; son of J N & B S Tyer] J N b 19 Apr 1849; d 26 Mar 1921 [double headstone with wife B S***] John Wilmer “son” b 21 Nov 1885; d 15 Apr 1887 [ son of J N & B S Tyer] Lewis Horace b 2 Sep 1889; d 19 Jan 1959 [son of J N & B S Tyer} Lula H b 1877; d 1930 [souble headstone with husband Hugh Albert] Many graves were marked by native rocks, person no longer known. These rocks were removed sometime between 1966 & 1985 by person unknown. Some of the markers that were homemade are no longer there today. * Elizabeth was Elizabeth Taylor Wilson Tyer. (Taylor was her middle name) After Thomas Tyer died in MS, she came with a group in her oxen-drawn wagon with her 5 young children to Houston Co TX. **B S Tyer was named Isabelle Saphronia Grounds, daughter of John Weslie & Cynthia Ann Shaver Grounds. She was always known as Belle Saphronia. ***J N was James Napoleon Tyer, the next to the youngest of Thomas & Elizabeth Tyer’s children. ****S H & Annie B Lively: S H is Sam Houston Lively; Annie B was actually named Ann Elizabeth Tyer daughter of J N & B S Tyer but was always known as Annie Bell. *****J R & Jennie Luce: J R is John R Luce; Jennie is Malissa Jane Tyer, daughter of J N & B S Tyer. ******Frank & Emma Luce: Emma is Emma V Tyer daughter of J N & B S Tyer. *******Ruth & Dezz Revel: Ruth is Ruth Luce daughter of J R & Jennie Tyer Luce.