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LOCATION: North on CR 2115
from Highway 49 at Veal Switch for .8 miles. Then right on CR 4114 for .4
mile. Cemetery is on the right and marked.
Although burials predate
this time, it was established as a cemetery by deed in 1875. On November 29,
1875, T A Hargiss and his wife, Martha deeded 564 acres to George C Chambers.
This 564 acres located four miles east of the town of Daingerfield �save and
except two (2) acres known as the Old Graveyard to hold and to have together
with all and singular the rights members of Hargiss family�. This recorded in
the Morris County Clerk�s office, Vol A, pages 115 and 116. The oldest grave is
supposed to be that of �The Wagon Train Baby� buried here between 1848 and 1876
by a family traveling through Texas on Trammel�s Trace. This according to
Georgia Henson�s, �The Trace�s Secrets� in Country Faith and Fate, a publication
of Northeast Texas Community College. The Day family began burying here in
1917.
First read by Audrey Rankin
and Lucille Wallace Feb 12, 1996. Updated Feb 18, 1999 by Gerald Hammock and
Charles Steger.
This cemetery is known to
be predominantly white.
This cemetery is listed in
the New Cass County Cemeteries � Marietta Section, Vol 6 as Day Cemetery.
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NAME
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BIRTH
DATE
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DEATH DATE
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INFORMATION
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UNKNOWN
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Row 1; Reputed to be the �Wagon Train Baby�. No
dates. Once marked by a large rock with �Wagon Train Baby� scratched on
it. Now marked by a cedar tree and two rocks. |
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HULSEY, H
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No dates |
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Row 1; Red rock marked grave; from records of
George Irvin |
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GORDON, Newt
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No dates |
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Row 2; Marker removed |
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DAY, John J
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Feb 24, 1900 |
Aug 26, 1964 |
Row 2; TX Pvt Medical Dept WWII; s/o F S & Fannie G |
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DAY, F S
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1869 |
1938 |
Row 2; Could be Fred Summie Day; b/o Elsie James |
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DAY, Fannie Gorden PHILLIPS
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1875 |
1917 |
Row 2; W/o Fred Summie; ch Dorothy Ann and John D;
d/o J H Phillips |
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DAY, F S, Jr
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No dates |
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Row 2; Could be Fred Summie, Jr.; s/o Fred and
Fannie G PHILLIPS |
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DAY, M M
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No dates |
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Row 2; Could be Mary Magnolia; b Jul 18, 1888; d/o
Daniel Harrison & Cora RICHEY; Kenny Williams record has d/o Martha A |
These last two are very small stones with initials only, no
dates. At the foot of these graves is a flat stone which reads: WAGON TRAIN
BABY 1800s
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HARGISS, Infant
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No dates |
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Row 3; Carved rock false crypt. Possible infant of
Thomas Alex and Martha |
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HARGISS, Child
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No dates |
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Row 4; Carved rock false crypt. Possible child of
Thomas Alex and Martha |
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HARGISS, Martha �Mattie�
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Jun 1850 |
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Row 4; W/o Thomas A; ch Ora Lee, Alexander,
Charles, David & Dudley |
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HARGISS, Thomas Alexander
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Oct 1846 |
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Row 4; S/o Alex & Mahala |
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HARGISS
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Row 4; No name or dates, marked by rocks |
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HARGISS
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Row 4; No name or dates, marked by rocks |
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HARGISS
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Row 4; No name or dates, marked by rocks. |
There were many more rock marked graves here at one time
but disappeared through mining and timber cutting.
This information was copied from the MORRIS COUNTY
CEMETERY BOOK � SOUHERN SECTION of 1999 which was Compiled by the Cass County
Genealogical Society in cooperation with the Morris County Historical
Commission.
Janette Tigert Cook
[email protected]
January 20, 2008 |
