Sabine Pass Cemetery

Henrietta Pavita

Jacob Harmon Garner

(1814-1887)

Louisiana native Jacob M. Garner, son of Bradley and Sarah Harmon Garner, settled in Jefferson, a village on Cow Bayou in present-day Orange County, Texas, in 1825.  In 1835 he took part in the grass fight and siege of Bexar while serving one of two enlistments in the Texas Army for which he later received land and bounty grants.  He married Matilda Hayes in 1838.  A prominent citizen of Jefferson County, he served as Jefferson County Justice of the Peace in 1843, District Clerk from 1846 to 1850, Sabine Pass Alderman in 1857, and as a third lieutenant in the Confederate Army in 1861.

Jacob H. Garner

1814-1886 - Veteran Capt. D. Garner's Co. Battle of San Antonio, Dec. 1835, near San Jacinto in Capt. Patterson's Co. April 21, 1836

Gravesite of Jacob H. Garner and John McCall

John McCall

Co. B, Liken's BN. Texas Inf. C.S.A. Dec. 31, 1832 - Dec 18, 1891

James A. Tyree

Aug. 5, 1865 - Mar. 4, 1953

Maggie M. Tyree

May 30, 1867 - Jan. 27, 1934

Photographs taken 12 April, 2009 by Carl & Carolyn Griffith unless otherwise noted.

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