Morris Co., TX - Cemeteries: Mt. Moriah Cemetery ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Janette Tigert Cook USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** MT. MORIAH CEMETERY Omaha, Morris County, Texas LOCATION: Five miles north of Omaha on US 259, then turn left onto CR 3340. At 2.2 Miles this road turns sharply left again. Go another 1.3 miles and turn right on CR 3336 at Mt. Moriah sign. This narrow lane enters four closed cattle gates. Take care to close each gate. This cemetery was almost lost, but members of the Mt. Moriah Church started a clean-up and restore project of the cemetery a few years ago. They wanted to save a portion of their heritage. The cemetery is in a remote area; it has three acres and it is believed to have at least 120 graves. Some of these are not marked. The church was apparently started sometime between 1846 - 1850. The cemetery was probably started about the same time. Cemetery was read December 2, 19998 by Charles Steger, John Livingston, Connie Draper, Irene Powell, Kathryn McAlexander and Melba Tims reading from the northwest corner. This cemetery is known to be predominantly white. *Denotes oldest known marked grave: WILLIAMS, Robert Lee September 10, 1864 - October 11, 1868 Information copied from the MORRIS COUNTY TEXAS CEMETERIES - Northern Section published in 1999 by the Cass County Genealogical Society. ========================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE INFORMATION ========================================================================================== Ainsworth, E.D. 10-25-1851 02-28-1896 H/O Jennie Bass, James 1935 2000 F.H.M. Causey, Baby --- --- No dates Cavender, Joseph 02-16-1895 06-03-1896 Cavender, Maudy 11-01-1893 03-05-1894 Cline, Betty E. 12-29-1869 11-30-1902 Cline, Buddie 10-30-1902 12-30-1902 S/O F I & C E Cline Cline, Frank I. 01-28-1864 09-11-1919 H/O (1) Bettie E; (2) Annie L. Cline, Henry 12-15-1901 08-11-1903 S/O R.H. & E.M. Cline Cline, Infants 02-12-1892 02-12-1892 Infant Children of F.I. & C.E. Cline Cline, Lula C. 03-31-1908 11-10-1910 D/O F.I. & A.L. Cline Cline, M.L. 06-09-1858 02-24-1879 Cline, Martha 07-25-1836 04-28-1921 W/O W.H. Cline Cline, Mattie M. 03-20-1893 01-01-1894 D/O F.I. & C.E. Cline Cline, Raymond 08-15-1903 08-26-1906 S/O R.H. & E.M. Cline Cline, W.H. 04-20-1833 11-09-1910 H/O Martha Dale, Charles Thomas 08-31-1880 05-29-1891 S/O R.C. & M.A. Dale, James I. 07-14-1875 03-19-1887 S/O R.C. & M.A. Dale, Jeffie W. 08-07-1884 12-19-1884 S/O R.C. & M.A.; twin to Jessee M Dale, Jessee M. 08-07-1884 09-09-1895 S/O R.C. & M.A.; twin to Jeffie W Dale, John M. 03-19-1879 03-13-1887 S/O R.C. & M.A. Dale, Mary A. 04-25-1855 02-14-1906 W/O R.C. Dale Dale, Melissa Jane 06-16-1891 07-31-1895 D/O R.C. & M.A. Deaton, E.M. 12-24-1850 06-11-1875 M/O Mary C Deaton Deaton, Mary C. 01-18-1874 05-01-1874 D/O E M Derrick, Clara Bell 06-08-1889 01-30-1973 D/O Marshal & Molly WHITE Graves; w/o Les Derrick, John Leslie "Les" 11-15-1887 10-22-1973 S/O Nathan & Mary ASHBURN; kn/ch Harold, Nolan, Lewis, Buela, Wilma & Mattie Helen; b/o C K & Eva Kay Derrick, Mary E. 10-07-1864 07-27-1910 W/O Nathan Derrick Derrick, Mary Ethel 1922 1936 Derrick, N. (Nathan) 01-08-1862 07-28-1929 H/O Mary E ASHBURN Derrick, Zada M. 08-05-1907 11-09-1907 D/O J.L. & C.B. Derrick Easley, Infant 12-05-1879 12-05-1879 S/O S.A. & J.M. Easley Easley, Melvin 10-14-1877 09-16-1880 S/O S.A. & J.M. Easley Graham, J.S. 12-17-1836 06-28-1896 Graves, Sophia Annie DERRICK 03-28-1891 11-12-1918 Hall, Elma Rosco 05-25-1896 06-02-1896 S/O Z R & Emma Hall, Lelia Kate 11-08-1894 11-08-1894 D/O Z R & Emma Hall, William A. 11-21-1895 01-11-1919 H/O Elsie; WOW Harvey, Baby --- --- No dates Harvey, Cora --- --- No dates Harvey, James Walter 04-16-1868 11-30-1925 Harvey, Leamon --- --- No dates Harvey, Olvia --- --- No dates Harvey, Renda --- --- No dates Harvey, Virginia --- --- No dates Harvey, Walter James 04-16-1868 11-30-1925 Harvey, Willie 08-02-1900 11-28-1907 S/O J.W. & I.B. Harvey Heard, Delbert D. "Sonny" 12-07-1936 11-19-1992 S/O Morris Q & Ollie Mae HARVEY; h/o Lynn; kn/ch Delbert D, Jacky, Jerla & Debora Heard, Lynn 03-31-1943 04-02-2002 Kay, Glean Dean 01-17-1933 12-14-1995 U.S.N. KOREA Kay, Marion 01-05-1922 11-19-1997 S/SGT US WW II Kellum, Bobby Joe 1961 2001 F.H.M. Kimmel, Dolly C. 09-09-1881 05-22-1882 D/O John and Pressia Kimmel Kimmel, John 09-14-1843 Unknown H/O Pressia Kimmel, Pressia 03-16-1842 10-24-1927 W/O John Mace, James M. 05-24-1950 08-15-1990 CPL U.S.M.C. VIETNAM McAlpine, Thomas 04-10-1842 09-22-1899 PVT 1 TX CAV C.S.A. Motley, Randy I. 11-21-1958 09-16-1999 S/O Pansy; h/o Wanda; kn/ch Josh & Randy II; b/o George, Christoria Cole, Carrie Henley & Rosezine Singleton Murphy, Naomi 04-02-1891 08-03-1891 D/O W.I. & N.A. Murphy Peterson, Norabelle 10-31-1919 11-24-2001 Pope, Emma --- --- No dates Pope, Wesley --- --- No dates Rogers, Baby --- --- No dates Rogers, Dollie 02-14-1883 02-20-1883 D/O ­­__ & M E (hard to read) Rogers, Jemima 07-31-1824 11-18-1876 W/O R L Rogers Rogers, R.H. 02-28-1817 03-03-1875 H/O Jemima Rogers Rosco, Elma 05-25-1896 06-02-1896 S/O Z.R. & Emma Sanches, Marjorie 05-28-1930 05-28-2000 W/O Nolan Sanches, Wesley W. 08-25-1914 12-28-1999 PVT U.S.A. WW II Settles, Baby --- --- No dates Settles, Gus --- --- No dates Settles, Ida V. 10-24-1869 05-07-1902 Settles, Ira --- --- No dates Settles, Joe S. 08-??-1863 08-25-1919 WOW Settles, Tom --- --- No dates Settles, Wylie --- --- No dates Simpson, J.R. 02-02-1906 08-07-1907 S/O W.K. & M.E. Simpson Smith, Emma 04-19-1879 11-30-1881 Smith, Harm 01-19-1907 12-16-1908 S/O W.A. & A.J. Simpson Smith, Henry J. 11-04-1882 10-11-1883 S/O T.A. & S.E. Smith Smith, I.A. 11-09-1849 11-10-1902 Smith, J.W.B. 03-26-1820 07-05-1897 Smith, Mary 03-04-1825 04-06-1877 W/O Temple; kn/ch William Calvin Smith, Mary E. 01-14-1852 08-08-1885 W/O N.B. Smith, N.B. 07-01-1839 09-23-1890 H/O of Mary E. Smith, R.L. 03-16-1874 05-08-1897 Smith, Thelma Christine "T.C." 02-04-1907 04-07-1914 "Marker at Lone Star" on concrete block Smith, Temple 01-20-1815 02-20-1903 Born in NC Tefteller, Charles T. 01-21-1916 04-02-1955 TX TEC5 WW II BSN Tefteller, Charlie T. 03-24-1887 08-18-1916 WOW Tigert, Charity M. 02-25-1835 07-06-1912 W/o John; m/o J W & James Tigert, J.W. 08-24-1862 04-26-1887 S/o John and Charity Tigert Tigert, James O. 05-14-1872 02-25-1900 S/o John and Charity Tigert Tigert, John 08-22-1835 03-24-1906 H/o Charity; f/o J W & James Whitehead, J.G. 11-05-1835 08-06-1906 H/O Z.A. Whitehead, Mattie 07-31-1883 10-25-1895 D/O J.G. & Z.A. Whitehead Williams, Robert Lee* 09-10-1864 10-11-1868 S/O R.R. & M.S. Yelverton, Cuby G. 09-16-1923 01-17-2000 MMZ U.S.N. WW II ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 9, 2006 Janette Tigert Cook