Monkstown Cemetery
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This reading was by a former resident of Monkstown, William H. Branson.
It is located West of town just past the 'Hoffman place', 1 or 2 miles. First burial:March of 1869. Last burial: October 10th 1939. There are 38 grave stones listed here with the earliest birth recorded as: July 24th 1828
Born: March 30th 1869 . Died: Oct. 3rd 1889. (20 1/2 years)
(Please see Hart & Well's Family Notes at bottom of Page) Wells, infant son of . L.
A. and L. B. Wells.
Died: Sept. 7, 1892. (Five 1/2 months).
"Drowned in Bois d 'Arc Creek,Tx. On June 18 of 1882." "Thou have gone but are not forgotten". (Almost 55 years).
(30 years).
Born: March 1st 1860. Died: March 2nd 1880. (20 years).
(About a month), (most recent burial).
(Eight days) Steelman,N.J., wife of J. G. Steelman.
Born: Oct. 5, 1848.
Born and died: Oct. 20, 1873.
(47 1/2 years).
Hart, Mary E., daughter of A. G.and
M. P. Hart.
Born: April 10, 1880. Died: July 30, 1880. (Three months)
(38 years), (father of children below and above).
Died: Aug. 20, 1877. (One-year and four months).
Born and died: Oct. 11, 1882. (A. G.Hart died next year).
(Almost 23 years),(not apparently a child of A. G. and M.P.Hart).
(2 and 1/2 years).
Favor, infant son of J.H.&
M.P. Favor.Born & died: July 6,1885.
Favor, J.H. Born:June 4,1848. Died:Jan.31,1887.(38 and1/2years).
Born: Feb. 14,1883.Died: Jan. 25,1885. ( 2 years).
Born: Aug. 11, 1899. Died: Aug. 29, 1903. (four years).
Josie. Born: December 26, 1885. Died: June 4th, 1886. Maudie Alice May. Born: December 29, 1901. Died: March 1st, 1904. (Two years). Daughters of J. M. and M. A. E. Brownfield.
Born : Sept. 1st 1885. Died: Nov. 6,1885. (Two months)
Killian, Baby October 27.1939
"for his country he died. But his memory shall live in the bossom of those who loved him. But his spirit took flight from this world of gloom to the world which won't deny him."
Born: May 2nd, 1880. Died: Oct. 7, 1881. (1 &1/2 years).
Born: July 3, 1882. Died: July 23, 1884. (Two years). Martin , J.W.. Born: July 13th,
1869. Died: July 30, 1890.
Martin , Susan E., daughter of A.W.&
S.C. Martin.
(18 1/2 years).
Born: Jan. 22, 1872. Died: Feb. 21, 1879. (Seven years). Bridges,J.M., son of F.M. & M.C.
Bridges.
Born:Jan. 26, 1885. Died: Oct.6,1885. (8 months).
"Since thou can'st no longer stay to cheer us with thy love, we hope to meet with you again in yon right world alone." |
Additional Notes (written in 2000)
Wells, Susan A. born March 18th 1892, died Sept. 7, 1892. {Don't
know who this is.
Could be Lee and Belle's, or daughter of
one of Lee's brothers, Jeff, John or Thomas.}
Hart, Mary E, daughter of A. G. and M. P. Hart, born Nov. 9, 1874,
died Aug. 5, 1887.
{This would be Mary Etta, daughter
of Alford G. Hart and Mary P. Holt.
(My husband's great grandparents.)}
Hart, Sarah E. Daughter of A. G. & M. P. Hart, born April 10, 1880, died July 30, 1880.
Hart, Alford G. born Jan. 8, 1845, died Oct. 26, 1883.
{Married Mary P. Holt on May 9, 1867 in Fannin
County.)
Hart, Henry V. son of A. G. and M. P. Hart, born April 20, 1876,
died Aug, 20, 1877.
{I was not aware of this child.}
Hart, Baby, of A. G. and M. P. Hart, born and died Oct. 11, 1882.
Hart, Priscilla, born July of 1882, died June 1, 1904.
{This was Priscilla Newhouse, wife of Harden Dee Hart,
son of Alford and Mary P. Holt Hart.
They had one daughter Tommy Dee Hart born May 30,
1904, so Priscilla must have died as
the result of the birth.}
Favor, infant son of J. H. and M. P. Favor, born and died July 6,
1885.
{This would be son of J. H. and Mary P. Holt Hart Favors.)
Favor, J. H. born June 4, 1848, died Jan. 31, 1887.
{Mary P. Holt Hart, married J. H. Favors, following the death
of Alford.
She is buried in Andrews Cemetery in Andrew County Texas.}
* This from Darrel Hart
Cheatham Young Hart, son of Alford G. and Mary P. Holt Hart Favors,
is buried here. Cheatham was born Jan. 19, 1878 and died June 16 1918.
