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This is a partial
transcription of the cemetery. |
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Below are images furnished
by Les and Linda McMahan of McGaffey Cemetery. In September 2008,
Hurricane Ike buried much of the cemetery with mud and debris.
This in addition to Hurricane Rita in 2005 and other damage has almost
destroyed the markers. It will require a massive cleanup effort to
reinstate what is left of the cemetery. Many thanks to Les and
Linda for sharing this knowledge and information!
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The mother of the McGaffey family, who
dedicated the land for the cemetery, was to be buried at the center of
the cemetery but since the topography is such that there is about half
of the cemetery in a low area, she is probably buried in the center of
the high ground but there is no substantiation for this.
The "lighthouse" or birdcage-shaped
marker you see in pictures is a man named Kellogg - this may appear on
the reading of the cemetery but is not noted on the marker. |
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Generally along the north line
of the cemetery before it was cleared and other grave markers
discovered. |
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| Grouping of graves
along the north line of the cleaned cemetery. Note the graves
marked outside of the cemetery line (far back left) in the first
picture |
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| Closer view of the
collection of graves near the large Johnson plot, and the recent
stones that had been placed at the Johnson graves marker slab |
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Looking into the "appendix"
area and the small collection of graves there, including several
McGaffeys |
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Old McGaffey stone and new
stone put up at one of the piles of bricks that marked burial
sites |
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