SHACKELFORD COUNTY TEXAS – LYNCH CEMETERY Contributed by: Duston Brooks [dbrooks466@aol.com] ******************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** LYNCH CEMETERY Transcribed and Indexed by Duston Brooks 1999 Lynch Cemetery is located 8 miles southeast of Albany near the Ibex Community on Farm to Market Road 601.  The cemetery began in the summer of 1875 as the final resting place of J. A. Leflet, a young cowboy who worked for the Lynch family on what was then called Fairview Ranch.  Founders of the ranch, John C. Lynch and his wife Fannie, arrived in this part of Shackelford County in the 1860's after coming to nearby Stephens County with Fannie's family, the Peter Gunsolus family.  The Lynches soon began accumulating land and cattle, eventually building themselves a large ranching operation.  After Mr. Leflet was buried in 1875 on a rise a quarter of a mile from the Lynch home, other cowboys on the ranch who died were also buried there, most now unmarked or unknown.  In addition to the ranch cowboys, the cemetery is the burial site of the Lynches' daughter, two granddaughters, Fannie's father and stepmother, and others (many infant children) who resided in the general vicinity of the cemetery.  All of the marked graves in the cemetery are listed below. NAME BIRTH DEATH NOTES Apperson, Maggie A. 12/14/1886 12/23/1891 Dau. of W. G. & A. F. Apperson Apperson, William 12/21/1891 12/21/1891 Son of C. S. & M. A. Apperson Brooks, Infant 2/08/1899 3/18/1899 Son of Bert & Minnie Brooks Brooks, James B. 11/13/1834 3/28/1879 Husband of Mary Cobb Brooks Brooks, Terrell 4/13/1811 4/08/1878 Father of James B. Brooks Buckley, Ella ? 2/15/1877 None Dobbs, Infant 5/10/1883 5/10/1883 Son of C. B. & L. Dobbs Dobbs, O. C. 2/04/1857 9/27/1877 Aged 20 years 7 months 23 days Dobbs, William 9/27/1884 7/23/1885 Son of C. B. & L. Dobbs Gunsolus, Dr. Peter 3/10/1801 5/23/1886 Aged 85 years Gunsolus, Susan 3/10/1886 11/18/1902 None Ivey, Arthur S. 9/?/1882 11/05/1882 Son of John & Sarah Ivey Lee, Willie E. 7/18/1881 6/03/1883 Son of W. G. & L. V. Lee Leflet, W. A. 4/29/1842 7/06/1875 Born in Shelby Co., Missouri Lynch, Icebenda C. 5/01/1866 8/20/1878 Dau. of J. C. & F. J. Lynch Manning, Fannie 11/05/1880 6/13/1881 Dau. of E. R. & M. A. Manning Manning, Kate 7/03/1882 5/12/1883 Dau. of E. R. & M. A. Manning Witty, James J. 1845 8/30/1904 Husband of Mary Brooks Witty