Red River Co., TX - Cemeteries - Veech-Elder Cemetery
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Veech-Elder Cemetery
                            
In Clarksville from the intersection of Hwy 82 and Donoho at the High
School, proceed .3 miles south on Donoho until you reach the 4-way stop
at College Ave (Fm 909). Proceed south on FM 909 approximately 2.6 
miles.  There is a pasture gate on the right and the cemetery is .2
miles west across the pasture under a stand of trees. The cemetery was
originally fenced with a wire fence and had a metal gate but this fence
is down and cattle have access. A low iron fence surrounds the Elder
stones and cows have pushed off the stone tops. The Veech stones have
been piled against a tree and some are broken. Entries are exactly as
written and punctuated on the stones. Items in ( ) are my additions.
The following is a complete listing.


Elder, Richard     Born July 18, 1786.     Died June 29, 1879. 
       Martha      Born Dec. 13, 1788.     Died Jan. 10, 1866.  
       Gathered in a Good old age to the assembly of the righteous.

Elder, Iri         Born Mar. 21, 1810.  Died April 16,1883.
           A loving husband
           A father dear
           A faithful friend 
           Lies buried here

(Elder), Malinda wife of Ira Elder  Born Feb. 18, 1824.  Died Dec. 26, 1895.
          A loving wife
          A mother dear
          A faithful friend 
          Lies buried here

(Elder), David C son of I. & M. Elder   Died Sept. 26, 1883
           Aged 23 ys  6 ms & 1dy
           In the morning of manhood his life was taken away.

Sacred to the Memory of
Veech, Thomas L.   Born North Carolina  March 31, 1798   Died July 11,1877
             (broken stone)
             Farewell my wife & children all,
             From you a father Christ doth call.
             Mourn not for me: it is vain.
             To call me to your sight again.

(Veech), Sarah wife of T.L. Veech    Born Jan.18, 1816   Died Oct. 13,1855.
              (broken stone)
               And her infant babe sleeps sweetly in her arms.

Infant son of T.L. & S. Veech   Born & Died Sept. 17, 1853

Infant dtr of T.L. & S. Veech     (date is unreadable)

(Veech), Martha A wife of (unreadable, likely T.S.) Died Oct 8, 1883
              (broken stone/missing piece)
               A faithful wife and a loving mother rest’s peacefully here.
              
Veech, Sarah L.  Born Nov. 22, 1870   Died Aug. 31, 1878
            Our little girl sleeps sweetly here.

Infant, son of T.S. and M.A. Veech  Born & Died Oct. 8, 1883

Veech, Tom  (this is a homemade stone with no dates and only the name
            scratched on)