Waller County, Texas---SHEFFIELD CEMETERY (Not sure of name - No Sign)

Submitted by Cindy and Meggin McCullough in April, 2005. 

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DIRECTIONS:  From Waller, Texas travel towards Fieldstore, Texas, on FM362. Turn right on FM1488, right on Hegar Road, then right on Joseph Road. 
This small cemetery is located on Joseph Road in between 32125 Joseph Road and 32213 Joseph Road. It has a fence around it. Cemetery is in good condition.
GPS Coordinates:
N  30 09.166
W 095 54.001 

Many of the tombstone photographs will be located at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/waller/cemephotos.html


Marked, located graves include:


            SHEFFIELD
  Mattie M.            James A.
 July 18,1900        Nov 20,1897
 Aug 25,1985         Sept 26,1985


      Viola Mae Sheffield
          Feb 26,1918
          Nov 26,1919


E.L. Sheffield (on a metal sign, illegible)


            FATHER
        J.T. Mitchell
          1868-1902
 

            JONES
  Sarah Mitchel  A.J. Davis
   1873-1912     1851-1935


         Henery Jones
           1895-1898

           MOTHER
         Lula Marvin
          1891-1974
        Rest in Peace


          SHEFFIELD
        In Loving Memory
  Myrtle L.        Ernest L.
 Mar 14,1911       Jan 11,1920
 July 1,1988       (Open Date)


        In memory of
        Catharine Ann
     wife of C.W. Stopple
      Born Aug.15,1835
      Died Apr.25,1853



Big Two Sided Tombstone

Side One
Born 1795 in Massachusetts
Benaiah Jones III
Married in Ohio 1818 to Lois Olds

Their children:

Croesus B.          Claudius C.
Leonidas M.         Cordus M.
Linnaeus S.         James D.
Rhoderick Dhu       Lois A.

Side Two

Buried here on the land he owned
Benaiah Jones III
1795-1861
Married in Texas to Amanda Evans 1842

Their children:
W.L. Hutchinson      Epicurus
J. Caroline          A.J. Davis
Thomas P.            Francis J.


One unknown burial site - No marker