Tehuacana Cemetery

 

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The Tehuacana Cemetery is located west of Moore, Texas. Take FM 462 west 8.1 miles. You will come to CR 749 turn south and go 2.1 miles. The cemetery is located at the junction of CR 749 and cr 1301.  The following is an edited trancript of the above marker.

Original 1.86 acre site given by James E. and Amanda R Bandy. First burial was in 1875.
Buried here are early pioneers, victims of the 1882 - 1884 smallpox epidemic. Also eleven Confederate War Veterans , One Texas Revolution War Veteran and Levi Wilson, one of three original Tehuacana Church trustees.
The Tehuacana Church was built in the 1880s and was moved to Medina County in 1900.

Thanks to Jack and Arlene Bush of Big Foot for the surveying the Tehuacana Cemetery.

Name Born Died Notes
Adcock, Wm. Edward 12 Dec 1847 4 Mar 1891  
Bandy, Alice Adelia 17 Mar 1877 3 Jun 1946 Mother
Bandy, Amanda 1844 1920 Mother
Bandy, Edna 21 Jan 1875 15 Feb 1911 Mother, m. T.T.
Bandy, J.E. (James) 3 Sep 1845 13 Oct 1917 Father, Sgt. Co, D Texas Calvery Confiderate States Army Citizen of the Republic of Texas
Bandy, James Franklin 3 Mar 1875 12 Dec 1958 Father
Bandy, Marcus L. 16 Aug 1879 22 Jul 1906 Son of J.E. and A. M.Bandy
Bandy, T.T. 19 Jun 1867 27 Aug 1904 Father, m. Edna
Barnes, Joseph Newton 27 Oct 1890 7 Jul 1946  
Barnes, Nettie Wilson 17 Feb 1903 24 Nov 1987  
Blaylock, Baby 24 Oct 1886 24 Oct 1886 Son of Sam & A. Blaylock
Childress, Baby 10 Apr 1901 18 Jul 1901 Son of S.P. & Nora Childress
Childress, Bertha 16 Feb 1896 22 Mar 1917 Daughter
Childress, Mamie 15 Feb 1889 9 Feb 1904 Daughter
Childress, Willie 23 Aug 1905 12 Oct 1905 Baby
Ferguson, Lou Ella 11 Apr 1875 17 Aug 1885  
Green, A. Earl 12 Nov 1883 2 Jul 1893 Son of L.J. & M.E. Green
Herring, Mattie 27 Jul 1886 22 Mar 1892 Wife of W. M. Herring?
Hogan, Mrs W. E. 17 Mar 1867 13 Jan 1917  
Kilgore, Elizabeth 18 Nov 1828 17 Dec 1883  
Kilgore, Flora A. 26 Nov 1861 25 Apr 1887  
Kilgore, Jesse M. 11 Jun 1854 22 Jul 1928  
Kilgore, John J. 12 Jan 1823 15 Mar 1887 Tx Pvt. Co. C. 31 Regt. Texas Cav. Conf. States Army
Lanford, Berraman 3 Apr 1835 1 Mar 1917 Pvt. Co D 51 Ala. Cav. CSA
Langford, Martha A. 7 May 1834 11 Jul 1895  
Langford, Sarah Ann 27 Mar 1835 9 Feb 1903  
McAnelly, A.C. 24 Jun 1822 1 Jul 1877 m. Pleasant Mc Anelly
McAnelly, Cornelius Homer 13 Feb 1849 24 Aug 1940  
McAnelly, Homer Cornlius 15 Feb 1889 9 May 1896 Twin of Keiza Wood
McAnelly, M.C. Maicena 8 Mar 1855 10 Oct 1855 Daughter of P. & A. C. Mc Anelly
McAnelly, Pleasant 29 Dec 1810 19 Dec 1890 m. A. C. Texas Rev. War Veteran1836
Morrow, J.H. 7 Jan 1842 1 Mar 1884 Tx. Pvt. Co. A 1st Regt. Texas Inft. Conf. St Army
Morrow, Sallie E. 31 Mar 1858 4 Dec 1904 Mother
Newton, Lawrence O. 2 May 1883 7 Jan 1895 Son of W. E. & JacksieNewton
Nixon, Mother No date    
Nixon, Sister No date    
Nixon, Sister No date    
Pruitt, D.L.L. 20 May 1841 8 Dec 1891 Tx. Pvt. Co. A 1 Regt. Texas Inf. Conf. States Army
Rendon, Fafiela G. De 24 Oct 1888 29 Nov 1904  
Rowland, John W. 22 Jan 1838 1875 Tx. Pvt. 27 Brigade Tst Civil War
Russell, Fannie Eveline 1856 4 Jul 1885 born in Scott Co. Miss.
Scoggin, Anna 8 Jun 1983 30 Jun 1893  
Scoggin, Ernest J. 16 Mar 1892 26 Mar 1893  
Silvers, Betty E. 28 Feb 1863 20 Dec 1918  
Silvers, George L. 8 Feb 1863 23 Feb 1939  
Sims, Elizabeth 17 Oct 1828 9 Feb 1903 Mother
Strait, John J. 21 Oct 1848 8 Apr 1895 Alabama Pvt. 19 Regt.Ala. Hom Def. conf. States Army
Strait, Mattie E. 28 Dec 1851 10 Jul 1898  
Stringfield, James McKendree 15 Oct 1833 30 Sep 1862 Pvt. Co. K 24 Regt. Tx Cav. CSA , Methodist Circuit Rider -Tilden, Pelasanton, And Uvalde Tx.
Stringfield, Littleton M. 23 Sep 1843 10 Aug 862 Pvt. Co. K 2 Regt. Tx. Cav. CSA
Tomelsin, Alice Maude 4 May 1893 11 Feb 1896  
Turner, Ada 22 Sep 1866 5 May 1919 Daughter of Nancy Stringfield Turner
Turner, Nancy S.     Age 67 yrs. No DOD
Ward, Bessie Jones 14 Oct 1885 16 Oct 1905 Wife of W.D. Ward
Wash, N.R.H. 23 Nov 1833 23 Jun 1892 *Texas Pvt. Co. G II Regt.Texas Cav. CSA
Wilson, Levi Adamson 1 Feb 1833 12 May 1903 Pvt. Texas StateTroops CSA
Wilson, Mary J. 1 Jul 1836 18 May 1902 Mother
Wilson, Sidney Clyde 5 Aug 1895 16 Jul 1909  
Wilson, Sidney G 8 Jul 1867 3 Jan 1930 Son of L.A. & Mary Jane Rowland Wildon
Wilson, Tommy 9 Aug 1890 28 Apr 1891 Son of Betty & T. A. Wilson
Wisdom, J. I. 7 Apr 1866 14 Apr 1891  
Wood, Baby 12 Mar 1908 13 Mar 1908 Son of B.C. Wood & Wife
Wood, Georgia Victoria 10 Oct 1881 28 Oct 1918  
Wood, Kezia 13 Feb 1849 24 Aug 1940 Twin to Cornelius McAnelly
Wood, Perrey Eugene 24 Mar 1882 28 Jan 1889 Son of W. B. & K. Wood

TXGenWeb, Frio County - Tehuacana Cemetery updated on 02/15/2012