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Brewster County, Texas
Fort Pena Colorado Cemetery
October 1984
I wish to express my appreciation to the Big Bend Genealogical Society and to the Alpine Public Libray and to Verna Bonner, Director, for their work on recording this cemetery and for letting me post it here. They are to be commended for their hard work. God Bless you all.
Need photos of this cemetery
Civilian Cemetery
C/O=Child of D/O=Daughter of F/O=Father of H/O=Husband of S/O=Son of W/O=Wife of
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Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Notes |
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Ball, Kemp M. |
1881 |
1883 |
Drowned in the present day swimming hole |
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Granger, Gertrude |
1892 |
1895 |
D/O W.L. Granger |
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Herreford, Elkanak M. |
19 Mar 1815 |
06 Aug 1886 |
Born in Mississippi |
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Marshall, Infant |
No Date |
No Date |
Stillborn |
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Marshall, Infant |
No Date |
No Date |
Stillborn |
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Moody, Jimmy |
No Date |
No Date |
A young boy |
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Peake, May "Birdie" |
1892 |
1895 |
Both May & Guy died at the same time and are buried in the same grave. Their father was an Englishman who was a firefighter. |
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Peaje, Guy |
No Date |
1895 |
Both May & Guy died at the same time and are buried in the same grave. Their father was an Englishman who was a firefighter. |
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Simpson, Lue |
No Date |
1892 |
Bitten by a rabid skunk while digging a well and died |
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Unknown Family of Three |
No Dates |
No Dates |
Child fell in the present day swimming hole. The mother tried to save the child and the father tried to save them both. All three drowned. The family was just passing through and camped at the Post. |
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Unknown Graves |
No Dates |
No Dates |
Travis Roberts, a local historian, furnished the information that one of the unknown graves belonged to an outlaw named W.A. Alexander who was killed by the soldiers at the Post in 1884 |
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