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Texas Submitted by Richardson_Bill RICHARDSON CEMETERY TYLER COUNTY, TEXAS Richardson Cemetery is located on the Tyler/Hardin County line adjacent to the Turkey Creek Unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve. Take Highway 69/287 north out of Kountze Texas and at Village Mills turn right on the Oilfield Loop Road (second sign), travel about five miles east on Oil Field Loop and after crossing Turkey Creek take the first left,(Hoffman Road) the cemetery is about 2 miles on the right. This cemetery is named for the family who settled here in the late 1840s, coming from Jasper County,Texas; Andrew Jackson RICHARDSON obtaining a pre-emption certificate to land in the area was the first known burial here. His brother Benjamin Franklin followed him in the early 1860s, settling nearby. Most of the people buried here are descendants of these two brothers and descendants of Joseph and Mary HOFFMAN who settled nearby around the turn of the century. This cemetery was surveyed in 1992 by Kathleen Keller Fitzlaff and updated and revised April 8,, 2000 by William (Bill) G. Richardson. 1. Howell STEPHENS May 18, 1902 May 12, 1954 (dbl with #2) 2. Bessie STEPHENS April 15, 1899 Dec 15, 1981 (dbl with #1) 3. Kathleen Keller FITZLAFF May 3, 1949 - Nov. 3, 1998 (dau. of O.D. Keller Jr. and Kathleen Lou KNIGHT) 4. Oscar D. Keller, Jr. (no marker) b. 15 Jul 1919 - d. 9 Nov 1999 son of O.D. Keller and Leatha Francis RICHARDSON) 5. Oscar D. Keller, July 3, 1887 - Nov. 30, 1956 (dbl with #6) 6. Leatha R.(Richardson), Apr 26, 1885 May 24, 1966 (dbl with #5 (dau of S.A. Richardson and Sarah M. Richardson) 7. Lula (Withers) Nov 14, 1897 - Aug 1899 8. Olive H. dau of C.K. and O.H. Withers 29 Aug 1892-14 Aug 1897 9. Levi HOLLAND Jul 17, 1886 - Dec 26, 1973 (son of John Huey HOLLAND & Sarah Margaret RICHARDSON) 10. Donie (SMART) Nov 21, 1885 - Mar 31, 1977 11. Sarah (RICHARDS0N), wife of J.H. HOLLAND Nov. 27, 1867 - Nov. 10,1895 "She was the sunshine of our home" (daughter of S.A. RICHARDSON and Sarah Margaret Kerr RICHARDSON) 12. J. H. (John Huey) HOLLAND, Feb. 4, 1856 - 1 Nov 1928 13. Mary S. HOLLAND, Apr 3, 1877 - Aug 15 1910 (dau of J.H. and Sarah HOLLAND) 14. Oliver GIBSON 27 Jan 1899 (ndd) (dbl with #15) 15. AvyLee GIBSON Apr 8, 1902 - Dec 19, 1940 (dau. of J. H. HOLLAND and Mary SPURLOCK HOLLAND) (dlb with #14) 16. Mattie Marie GIBSON ODOM Jan 12, 1929 - Sept. 29, 1964 17. Nannie R.(RICHARDSON) NOLAN - 1871-1953 (dau. of S.A. Richardson) 18. Phillip H. NOLAN 1862 - 1937 19. K.C. GORE 1872-1956 20. Mattie B. GORE Apr 1881 - Apr. 12, 1966 (dau. of S.A. Richardson) 21. Stephen A. RICHARDSON Jul 3, 1847 - Aug 16, 1936 (son of A.J.RICHARDSON) 22. Margaret (KERR) RICHARDSON - wife of S.A. RICHARDSON Nov 22, 1844 -Jun 6, 1904 59yrs 6mos 14 days 23. A.J. son of S.A. and S.M. Richardson Nov. 6, 1892 - Oct 21, 1891 24. Jacob RICHARDSON son of S.A. and S.M. Richardson, Apr 6, 1879 - Nov 9, 1880 25. Maggie M. HOLLAND Sept. 28, 1883 - May 10, 1884 26. Joseph B. HOLLAND Oct. 12, 1893 - 10 Nov. 1893 27. T. L. (Thomas Lee) RICHARDSON son of A.P. & E. J. RICHARDSON Dec 12 1871 - Oct 16, 1916 28. A.P. (Amazon Perry) RICHARDSON Nov. 17, 1850 - 11 Jan. 1936 age 85 yrs (son of A.J. Richardson and Mary Amanda WHEAT) 29. James B. "Doc" HOLLAND Aug. 20, 1900 - Sept. 5 1984 (son of Levi HOLLAND and Donie Smart HOLLAND) 30. Unmarked grave 31. David N. HOLLAND June 4, 1906 - Dec. 19, 1973 32. Clara HOLLAND 1910 - 1910 33. Jane RICHARDSON wife of A.P. Richardson Mar 16, 1844 - Jan 6, 1904, 59 yrs. 34. Mollie A. RICHARDSON wie of E. M. PITTS (buried at McKinney) Dec.25, 1875 - Feb. 19, 1895, 19 yrs. 1 mo. 26 days 35. Amanda Wheat RICHARDSON, wife, 1828-1899 36. A. J. (Andrew Jackson) RICHARDSON Oct. 12, 1816 - 18 Apr 1863 (son of Benjamin RICHARDSON and Nancy HENDRICKS) 37. B. J. (Benjamin Joseph) RICHARDSON Dec. 18, 1848 - Nov. 21, 1863 38. James E. RICHARDSON 1874-1952 (son of A.P. RICHARDSON) 39. Frances M. NEELY Oct. 18, 1885 - Aug. 10, 1909 40. G. W. NEELY Dec. 14, 1864 - 14 Oct. 1905 41. B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) RICHARDSON Sept. 24, 1811 - Aug. 17, 1866 "Father" (son of Benjamin RICHARDSON and Nancy HENDRICKS) 42. Virilla (TAYLOR) RICHARDSON Jan. 11, 1819 - Nov. 22, 1885, "Mother" 43. James Franklin RICHARDSON, son of J.D. & M.A. RICHARDSON Feb. 28, 1889 - 11 July 1891 44. Infant Daughter of J. D. & Martha Ann RICHARDSON, (no dates) 45. Infant Babe of J. D. & M.A. RICHARDSON, (no dates) 46. John Ennis SMART Oct. 6, 1861 - Oct. 2, 1921 (dbl w/#47) 47. Linnie Harvill SMART Jul. 10, 1863 - June 17, 1928 48. B.W.H. WILLIFORD Dec 4, 1870 - Aug. 10, 1886 49. Eli Alonzo WILLIFORD Mar. 8, 1848 - June 2, 1905 (dbl w/#50) 50. Rebecca WILLIFORD Mar 26, 1847 - Aug. 14, 1928 (dbl w/#49) (dau. of B.F. RICHARDSON and Virilla TAYLOR) 51. Unmarked graves 52. Dora I. SMART 1892-1902 53. Samuel J. DENSON Aug 22, 1881 - June 28, 1978 (dbl w/#54) 54. Elva DENSON Mqar. 9, 1892 - Nov. 2, 1971 55. Maggie L. JOHNSON Nov. 25, 1830 - Feb. 9, 1902 56. Ben JOHNSON husb. Of M.L. JOHNSON Sept. 9, 1825 - Feb. 28, 1900 57. Nathan "Buddy" MCGOWAN July 30, 1920 - July 30, 1999 58. Lana Gail MCGOWAN Dec. 3, 1917 - Dec. 30, 1992 59. Sallie Mae HOFFMAN Aug. 19, 1895 - Apr. 8, 1991 60. Joseph HOFFMAN 1873-1962 61. Mary HOFFMAN 1875 - 1949 62. Rosie ANDRESKI 1874-1906 63. Albert l. HOFFMAN Mar. 5, 1905 - Jan. 10, 1991 (dbl w/#64) 64. Lillian O. HOFFMAN July 24, 1910 - Nov. 4, 1966 (dbl w/#63) 65. Mike HOFFMAN Died 1903 66. Willie E. HOFFMAN Nov. 7, 1911 Jul 4, 1944 Pvt 359 Inf 90 Div World War II 67. Samuel J. DUNCAN Aug. 22, 1881 - June 28, 1978 (dbl w#68) 68. Elva DUNCAN Mar. 9, 1892 - Nov. 2, 1971 (dbl w/#67) 69. W. C. "Bill" SEAMANS April 29, 1911 - Sep. 26, 1993 70. Lorene Baker LEVINESS Jan. 15, 1923 - Dec. 20, 1993 71. Mary Alice HOFFMAN May 9, 1945 72. Frank HOFFMAN Mar. 5, 1902 - Jan. 11, 1964 73. Edna Lou (Diane) HERNDON July 20, 1950 - Dec. 11, 1973 74. Robert Alex LEVINESS Mar. 19, 1919 Oct. 22, 1990 75. Derrick Dean BURNET May 28, 1996 - July 5, 1996