Mason Co., TX - Cemeteries - Ellison Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Eva Bush" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** ELLISON CEMETERY – MASON COUNTY, TEXAS AUGUST 7, 2003 This tiny cemetery is located in the Northeast part of Mason County off of FM 2618 on Brockman Road. Most of the stones in this cemetery are deteriorating and are very difficult to read. I am a direct descendant of William B. and Mary Ann Self Ellison. William was the son of Keziah "Kizzie" Jones Ellison Burnett and all three are buried in this cemetery. BILLIE BURNETT JAN 21, 1911 JUNE 6, 1912 “Darling We Miss Thee” Stone Marker – No Writing Visible ROY SON OF C. M. & S. E. (Sara Elizabeth Banner) ELLISON JAN. 5, 1895 JAN. 9, 1895 (This stone was upright on August 7, 2003, but is now broken from base and laying flat on the ground) *Infant Grave – No Marker (Assuming Infant Son of Samuel Houston & Mary Ann Josephine Ellison Kiser) Born May 2, 1903 Died May 8, 1903) (Verified Vol. 1 Pg 71, Mason County Death Records) INFANT DAUGHTER OF S. H. & M. A. KISER (Samuel Houston & Mary Ann Josephine Ellison Kiser) MAY 13, 1900 GEO. W. ELLISON (George Washington “Wash” Ellison) DIED JANUARY 1, 1940 BORN ___ (AUGUST 16, 1881) ROY O. WILKERSON & SON Funeral Home Marker (Verified Vol. 5 Pg 72, McCulloch County Death Records) WILLIAM I. ELLISON JUNE 15, 1873 MAY 17, 1910 (Verified Vol. 1 Pg 34, Mason County Death Records) MARY A. (SELF) ELLISON Wife of W. B. ELLISON NOV. 21, 1854 JAN. 5, 1892 >Double Headstone W. B. ELLISON AUG. 5, 1854 JAN 19, 1892 “Our Dear Mother” MRS. W. D. BURNETT (Keziah “Kizzie” Jones Ellison Burnett) AUG. 2, 1848 (Should be AUG. 8, 1838) AUG. 6, 1899 “Gone but not forgotten” W. D. (William Davis) BURNETT DEC. 17, 1833 MAR. 17, 1910 “He died as he lived, a Christian” I. L. FERGUSON JULY 17, 1887 DEC. 30, 1906 (Isaac L. Ferguson was son of Richard Alexander & Annalisa Missouri Burnett Ferguson) *Infant Grave (Son of Alex Ferguson, May 4, 1889) *Infant Grave (Ferguson c Feb. _, 1910, Oct. 4, 1910) INFANT DAUGHTER OF G. S. JOHNSON NOV. 19, 1899 NOV. 21, 1899 M. P. CROCKER JAN. 28, 1852 JAN. 3, 1892 (I believe this to be the sister of Mary Ann Self Ellison and that would be Margaret P. Self Crocker. The headstone is the same as that of Mary Ann's.) ALEX (Richard Alexander) FERGUSON APR. 19, 1866 FEB. 14, 1939 Broken Headstone with Initials K. B. (I believe this to be the gravesite of Kizzie Burnett born about 1877 in Bexar County, Texas. She was the daughter of William Davis & Keziah Jones Burnett) Appears to be a few more unmarked graves, but grass too high and temperature unbearable to make an accurate count or description. * Information from MASON COUNTY GRAVES & CEMETERIES, Ruby E. & Julius DeVos, Jane B. Hoerster, March 1975