Milam County TX - Cemetery - Foster Cemetery ******************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Milam County Genealogical Society with permission from Mrs. John T. Martin (nee: Evelyn Curtsinger) Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************************* CEMETERY RECORDS - INTRODUCTION All of the cemeteries copied lie in the northeastern portion of Milam County (except Fort Griffin). Every effort has been made to copy all tombstone inscriptions; however, many graves are marked only with metal markers (no longer readable), footstones, wooden stobs, rocks, or clumps of iris. All graves have been noted -- both those with or without tombstones. Those without inscriptions are included to assist those searching for gravestones -- which do not exist. They are noted as follows, example: McNEILL, James Hugh, Aug. 18, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1958 (2*) JOHNSON, W. T., 1897-1926 The figure within the parenthesis (2*) indicates that two graves without tombstone inscriptions lie between or near the graves of McNeill and Johnson. Perhaps they belong to members of these families. It was necessary to edit most of the inscriptions, i.e., abbreviate dates, omit verses, etc., but no information was omitted regarding the names on the stones, and relationships were included when it was at all possible. Sometimes a stone read "Father" on the stone itself, sometimes on the footstone. Every effort has been made to preserve such notations. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Foster Cemetery, Milam County, Texas Reached by taking the first road west of Branchville on Hwy. #190 to Maysfield and proceeding northwest about 2.4 miles. The cemetery is located on the north side of the road about 100 feet in the woods. A two-story log cabin and a large cattle pen are on the opposite (south) side of the road. (Copied November 1, 1963.) FOSTER, W. H., Aug. 3, 1840 - Mar. 30, 1895 (2*) FOSTER, Martha A. (Mother), Dec. 8, 1816 - Nov. 1870 (3*) FOSTER, Harry A. (Father), July 18, 1814 - Nov. 19, 1891 STEELE, Frank, b. at west Liberty west F'a. (sic), Apr. 23, 1843, d. at Sterling, Tex., Sep. 22, 1867 McLENDON, Eula, Jan. 8, 1864 - Sep. 26, 1866 McLENDON, Mrs. Louise M., Wife of Dr. John McLENDON, b. in Madison Co., Miss., Nov. 25, 1836, d. Aug. 3, 1867 - - - - - - - - - - SOURCE: "Milam County, Texas Records - Vol. 1" - Compiled by Mrs. John T. Martin (nee: Evelyn Curtsinger) and Mrs. Louis C. Hill (nee: Kathryn Curtsinger - Deceased), Printed in Waco, Texas, 1965. In 2003, Mrs. Martin granted permission to place information from this book on the internet, in writing, to the Milam County Genealogical Society.