Round Mountain Cemetery

Additional Notes in the Listing
of Burials In Round Mountain Cemetery

Provided by: Milton Hawkins (Dec 2003)

Note: Information other than military service is based on the work of Harriet Odiorne, Luke Kent, and others. As noted in the (BCF) citations, they relied heavily on the research done by John Stribling Moursund for his book Blanco County Families for One Hundred Years. They apparently used the first edition of that work, which is no longer readily available, so except where noted, we have cited pages of the revised edition, published in 1981.

Alexander, James M. Military Marker: Pfc Co G 160 Infantry World War I.     Return

Alexander, John Rufus. Mrs. John Prince Alexander was a McCormick. John Rufus Alexander was a
great grandson of John Adams, second President of the United States. He was last survivor of
Mier Expedition. (BCF, 1)     Return

Birck, Baby. Odiorne and Kent apparently found a rock marker inscribed “Birck Baby.” Hawkins and
Honeycutt were unable to locate this marker.   Return

Bird. “The three Bird Brothers displayed great bravery and exposed themselves in every charge to the
enemy’s fire. One of them was killed and the other two wounded, one in the nose, the other in the ear with arrows.
Other rangers and horses were wounded. The dead ranger was carried to Birdtown and buried.
The stolen horses numbered 100 head, and were carried back and turned over to the owners.
The rangers in this fight were all young men, none being over 25 years of age. This fight took place in 1870.”     Return

Boozer, J. O. Daughter of Mrs. S. F. Grasham, who married George V. Sawyer. (BCF, 377)    Return

Brank, Leon Frank. US Army World War II Korea.      Return

Burnham, Pauline. Obituary, Austin American Statesman, February 7, 1991.     Return

Burnham, Winston L. Military Marker: TEC 5 US Army World War II.     Return

Casparis, Harry. Notice also the footstone with “H C” at CN 34 09, next to grave of Texas Casparis.    Return

Collins, Walter L. Military Marker: Texas Pvt 6 Armd Inf 1 Armd Div World War II.      Return

Collins, Warren Alvie. Military Marker: Texas S1 USNR World War II.      Return

Crider, Susie E. BCF contains additional information. See also Obituary, Record-Courier, June 9, 1967.     Return

Dalton, Sarah. According to information from Mrs. Robert P. Hunter (Vesta D. Bird), a descendant of
William Lafayette Bird, Sarah Dalton was Rev. Joseph Bird’s aunt. Rev. Bird mother was a Dalton.
The story that has been told is that Sarah was in financial straits and Rev. Bird brought her to live with him.    Return

Desmond, Frances. Obituary, Record-Courier, November 24, 1967.    Return

Dollahite, Charles Wesley. The inscription “Dolahite” is on the back of the stone marker.      Return

Dollahite, Sam Shupe. On the stone marker, the “e” is missing, but the inscription across the front of the
stone is clearly “DOLAHIT.” The monument for Sam is placed close beside the monument for Charles Wesley Dollahite,
actually on Charles’s grave, instead of on Sam’s grave, by the stone marker.     Return

Dunkle, Carrie. Note that Carrie Dunkle is buried next to A. G. & L. C. Peery.    Return

Everett, Clara B. Obituary, Record-Courier, December 1, 1967.     Return

Everett, Monroe Arie. Obituary, Record-Courier, June 26, 1970. Military Marker: Texas Pvt
Mil Police Corps World War II.      Return

Everett, Robert W. His mother died in 1903 and was buried near Trinity Lutheran Church near
Stonewall. (PGH, II)     Return

Freese, James S. Military Marker: Texas Sgt Co H 359 Inf 90 Div World War I.      Return

Galloway. S. O. Galloway - Susan O. Galloway, daughter of John & Elitha Fulchs [sic] Smith Martin.
(BCF, 300)       Return

Galloway, Howard Dean. See above re Mrs. N. C. Galloway.       Return

Galloway, Lola. See above re Mrs. N. C. Galloway.       Return

Galloway, Robert. Mrs. Sally L. Shirley, 7448 Tunbury, Houston, Texas 77095, states in a letter dated
April 28, 1986: “I have found a copy of the 1906 BURNET BULLETIN which states Robert Galloway was
buried at Round Mountain Cemetery.”    Return

Glass, Edward. Mrs. Mary Glass Crider was the wife of William Jefferson (Jeff) Crider and is buried in
Sandy Cemetery. (BCF, 76)      Return

Glass, Katarena. Katarena Glass was born in Bavaria, Germany. Prior to her marriage to
Edward Glass, she was a widow, Mrs. Wolf. She had one child by this marriage, William Leonard Wolf,
who was born January 4, 1855. (BCF, 157)   Return

Grisham, Donnie. Obituary, Record-Courier, March 9, 1978.     Return

Grisham, Gertrude. Monument inscription has mother as L. R. Grisham, not L. E. Grisham, which is
inscribed on monument for Lillie Naomi Grisham.     Return

Grisham, J. V. Military Marker: Texas Pfc 389 Ord Mam Co World War II.       Return

Grisham, John W. Obituary, Record-Courier, July 27, 1956.      Return

Grisham, Lillie Naomi. Monument inscription has mother as L. E. Grisham, not L. R. Grisham, which is
inscribed on monument for Gertrude Grisham.    Return

Hadaman, Harry. Monument inscribed “Haddaman   Killed by Indians   Around 1869.” See also the
extensive discussion in BCF, 178.       Return

Hale, Stella S. Obituary, Record-Courier, September 21, 1962.     Return

Hale, William Bynum. Son of Isiah and Catherine Slinkard Hale. Mrs. Catherine Hale was the daughter
of John Slinkard, a German prince who had renounced his title and had come to America for religious freedom. (BCF, 178)   Return

Hardin, Viris A. Nee Grisham. (BCF, 2) See also Klappenbach, Viris Adonia.    Return

Hartman, Verna B. Obituary, Record-Courier, March 3, 1988.    Return

Haynes, Leonard D. Obituary, Ranchland Post Dispatch, July 12, 1979. Military Marker: S Sgt US
Army World War II.     Return

Haynes, Mary Ruth. Obituary, Record-Courier, March 20, 1964.    Return

Hays, Mary Jane. Married Bud Hays. (BCF, 378)     Return

Hyatt, Jim S. (Cecil Stanley) James Stanley Hyatt. (BCF, 223)   Return

Jenkins, Seth. Amanda Ingram, sister to L. C. (Catherine) Ingram Peery, married Jenkins. Their
children were Allie, Cross, and Seth Jenkins. (BCF, 225)     Return

Kemp. For information on the George W. Kemp family of Round Mountain, see BCF, 250.     Return

Klappenbach, Viris A. Obituary, Record-Courier, September 17, 1987.     Return

Kroll, Alvin J. Obituary, Record-Courier, January 3, 1974.     Return

Kroll, Charles C. First wife: Helen V. Roberts Kroll.     Return

Kroll, Helen V. Roberts. Daughter of Oliver V. and Londa Pape Roberts (BCF, 1st ed., 247). Obituary,
Record-Courier, October 15, 1981.      Return

Kroll, Myrtle R. Obituary, Record-Courier, January 13, 1977.    Return

Kromer, C. Blanco County History – 1880 Census: John Kroemer, age 34, stone mason born in
Wertenburg; Mina, wife, born in Saxony; Chris, age 28, brother, born in Wertenburg.    Return

Kromer, John. Blanco County History – 1880 Census: John Kroemer, age 34, stone mason born in
Wertenburg; Mina, wife, born in Saxony; Chris, age 28, brother, born in Wertenburg.     Return

Kromer, Minna. Blanco County History – 1880 Census: John Kroemer, age 34, stone mason born in
Wertenburg; Mina, wife, born in Saxony; Chris, age 28, brother, born in Wertenburg.       Return

Lundy, Annie. Daughter of Mrs. Green Sweatman (Mary Maddox Neal) (BCF, 436).   Return

Lutz. See Blanco County History, 1880 Census, page 496, for information on a Michael Lutz.     Return

Martin, Babies. Infant of David and Minnie S. Wall Martin died and buried at Round Mountain. (BCF,
1st ed., 420) [Odiorne/Kent note: It is difficult to tell if there are two graves or just one.] The revised edition
(BCF, 300) shows that David Martin and Minetta S. Martin lost three babies, one in 1893, one in 1894, and
one in 1901. David Martin was a son of John & Elitha Fulchs Smith Martin and a brother of Mrs. N. C. Galloway.
Galloway graves are close by. These could be Martin babies with no markers.    Return

McCarty, Infant Son, and McCarty, Roy H. L. J. McCarty – Lou (Boozer) McCarty; Guy McCarty –
son of William McCarty. Guy McCarty moved to Arizona and died December 12, 1944. (BCF, 286)    Return

McNatt, John W. Obituary, Record-Courier, April 9, 1965.     Return

Moore, A. L. Wife of William B. Moore. Nee Smith (BCF, 312). Death Certificate – Blanco County:
Amanda Leona Moore       Return

Moore, Henry (Hal). H. S. (Hal) Moore. He was born in 1870 and died Dec. 12, 1941, at the age of 72
years. (BCF, 312) Death Certificate – Blanco County: Henry Samuel Moore, single son of W. B. & Amanda Leona Smith Moore.     Return

Moore, Jack. W. A. (Jack) Moore was born about 1875. Son of William B. and A. L. Smith Moore.
(BCF, 313) Death Certificate – Blanco County: Jack W. Moore, born November 24, 1874; died September 30, 1958;
son of W. B. and Amanda Smith Moore.      Return

Moore, Lovie M. Obituary, Record-Courier, May 1, 1975.   Never Married as per Janice Stensrude <bookcrazed@yahoo.com>    Return

Moore, Mary F. Obituary, Record-Courier, July 12, 1973.      Return

Moursund, Albert Wadell. Obituary, Record-Courier, April 25, 2002.     Return

Moursund, Mary Allen. Obituary, Record-Courier, November 7, 2002.     Return

Moursund, Mary F. Greenwood Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Texas. Daughter of James Clayton
Stribling, Sr., and Lurana Fidelia Hudson Cunningham Stribling. (BCF, 322) Obituary,
Record Courier, February 26, 1976.   Return

Pape, Jeffrey Joseph. Military Marker: L Cpl US Marine Corps 1968 1989.     Return

Peery, Etna. Obituary, Record-Courier, February 19, 1976.     Return

Peery, Infant. Stone in lower part of row, not beside Wedekind stone of next grave. Mack Peery
married Clara Wedekind. (BCF, 338)      Return

Peery, Jim. Obituary, Record-Courier, May 1, 1964.      Return

Peery, L. C. Daughter of John and Elizabeth Price Ingram (BCF, 337)     Return

Polvado. A possibility: Clarence Polvado, son of Walter J. and Tinnie Polvado, is buried in Round
Mountain Cemetery. Walter J. twin to Robert Lee. Walter J. Polvado family moved to California. (BCF, 343)     Return

Polvado, Felix D. Obituary, Record-Courier, October 23, 1980.     Return

Polvado, Joe V. Married July 11, 1934. Obituary, Record-Courier, May 2, 1974.      Return

Polvado, Kate D. Married 11/12/1906. Obituary, Record-Courier, August 16, 1968.      Return

Polvado, R. O. Obituary, Record-Courier, July 14, 1977. Military Marker: SM Sgt US Air Force Vietnam.    Return

Polvado, Verna. Rose Polvado nee Rayburn. (BCF, 343)    Return

Price, Robert. Monument erected by the Sate of Texas, 1936.    Return

Pruitt, Carrie. Ellen Pruitt was Mrs. Ellen Snow, widow of James William Snow. (BCF, 350)
Inscription on single marker for Carrie and brother Joe. Monument stands at head of Joe’s grave;
Carrie’s grave has rock marker at head.    Return

Reader, M. Von Etta. Ethel Grisham, daughter of George L. and Mary E. Grisham, married Frank
Reader. (BCF, 175)     Return

Renfroe, Corrie Glenn. Daughter of William and Emmaline Whatley McCarty. William McCarty was
born January 6, 1827, and died April 15, 1889. He was killed by cattle rustlers and buried at Crow Springs
near Roswell, N.M. Emmaline Whatley Saunders McCarty was born Feb. 4, 1837, died Feb. 1, 1917, and
was buried at El Paso, Texas. (BCF, 285-86)     Return

Salters. [Cemetery plat shows “Salters.”] Kate Bird, born about 1857, married Thomas J. Salter. She
was daughter of Rev. Joseph & Eliza Dorriss Bird. (BCF, 18, 373)      Return

Sanders, Billy John. Military marker: A1C US Air Force Korea.    Return

Sawyer. [A possibility suggested by Odiorne and Kent, who found the name on the plat] George V.
Sawyer was born in South Carolina about 1811. He died in the 1880’s. The Sawyers (he and his wife) are
buried in the Round Mountain Cemetery. (BCF, 377) Hawkins and Honeycutt did not find the name on
the plat, but do point out that the plat shows a grave (CN 51 02, which they designate as “Unknown”)
right beside that of Mrs. S. F. Sawyer (CN 51 03), who was the wife of George V. Sawyer. (BCF, 377)      Return

Sawyer, George S. Son of George V. and S. F. Sawyer. (BCF, 377)       Return

Schnell, Leffell. Drowned in Colorado River in 1921. (BCF, 378)      Return

Schnell, Raymond. Obituary, Record-Courier, November 2, 1962.       Return

Schnell, Thealopas. Drowned in Colorado River in 1921. (BCF, 379)    Return

Shahan, Horace. Inscription: Son of A. J. and R. A. Shahan.
Shahan, Infant (B 55 14). Inscription for Horace Shahan on north side of monument.     Return

Shahan, Opal K. Obituary, Record-Courier, January 23, 1986.     Return

Shahan, Raymond M. Obituary, Record-Courier, April 19, 1963.     Return

Shankle, Jane A. Obituary, Highlander, February 15, 1990.     Return

Sharp, Anita H. Obituary, Record-Courier, January 30, 1975.     Return

Sharp, Baby. A possibility: Pauline Sharp, daughter of W. C. and Luila (Viley) Pierson Sharp, died at an
early age and was buried in the Round Mountain Cemetery. Luila Pierson was the second wife of W. C. Sharp.
Pauline was a twin of Pearl Sharp. (BCF, 384)   Return

Sharp, Damon Doyle, Jr. Obituary, Record-Courier, September 21, 1972.
Military marker: Texas S Sgt US Army World War II.      Return

Sharp, Fronie. Daughter of ___ Neal and Mary Maddox Neal. (BCF, 1st ed., 405)     Return

Sharp, George W. Military Service: Cpl US Army Korea.     Return

Sharp, Neal. Obituary, Record-Courier, July 25, 1969.     Return

Sharp, Norris Denton. Obituary, Record-Courier, March 3, 1977.    Return

Sharp, William. Military Marker: Pvt Co E Texas Cavalry Confederate States Army.     Return

Shelley, Eli M. Obituary, Record-Courier, October 21, 1966.    Return

Shelley, Josie B. Obituary, Record-Courier, August 6, 1965.    Return

Shugart. Odiorne and Kent found on the plat two graves designated “Shugart” for which there were no
markers on the ground. Hawkins and Honeycutt were unable to locate any graves designated “Shugart”
on the plat that were not marked in some way (stone markers with inscriptions, or in one case a rock marker)
on the ground.     Return

Shugart, Arthur. Odiorne and Kent apparently found an Arthur Shugart on the plat and a rock marker
inscribed “Author Sugart.” Their citation: Son of Joseph W. and Mattie Davis Shugart. Was in WW I
and died after the war, in 1919. (BCF, 392). Hawkins and Honeycutt were unable to locate an
Arthur (or Author) Shugart on the plat or inscribed on a rock marker.        Return

Shugart, Ava. Daughter of Joseph W. and Mattie Davis Shugart. (BCF, 391)    Return

Shugart, Carl. Married Dovie Moore. (BCF, 313, 391)     Return

Shugart, Dovie. Married Carl Shugart. (BCF, 313, 391) Odiorne and Kent apparently found the marker
intact, reading “Mrs. Billie D. Shugart,” with birth and death dates.     Return

Shugart, Jeff. Born about 1861. Did not marry. Son of Levi and Elizabeth (Betsy) Mourfield Shugart
(BCF, 393)       Return

Shugart, S. J. Daughter of William & Sibba M. Smith Price (BCF, 391)      Sara J "Sallie" Shugart, nee Price, first wife of
Joseph Washington Shugart, daughter of William Price and Sibba Melvina Smith. Sent by Janice Stensrude. Return

Slack, John R. Military Marker: Pvt Oct Auto Repl Draft World War I.      Return

Stevenson, Buford M. Obituary, Record-Courier, August 24, 1972.       Return

Stevenson, Thelma S. Obituary, Record-Courier, September 23, 1976.      Return

Stribling, Bill. Married Jan. 1, 1946. Obituary, Record-Courier, January 29, 1981. Military Marker:
BM 2 US Navy World War II.       Return

Stribling, Frank J. Son of James Clayton Stribling, Sr., and Lurana Fidelia Hudson Cunningham
Stribling. (BCF, 424) He was accidentally killed when he was dragged to death by a runaway horse. (BCF, 1st ed., 397)      Return

Stribling, John W. Son of James Clayton Stribling, Sr., and Lurana Fidelia Hudson Cunningham
Stribling. He died while taking a load of sheep to Kansas City, after falling between two railroad cars.
He was not married. (BCF, 422)     Return

Stribling, Mable. Married Jan. 1, 1946. Obituary, Blanco County News.      Return

Stribling, Tom M. Son of James Clayton Stribling, Sr., and Lurana Fidelia Hudson Cunningham
Stribling. He did not marry. (BCF, 424)       Return

Stribling, Will F. Son of James Clayton Stribling, Sr., and Lurana Fidelia Hudson Cunningham
Stribling. (BCF, 424)       Return

Sylvester, Etta. [Odiorne/Kent note re J. D. (Sylvester)] P. M. Willman lived on the upper part of the
south branch of Cypress Creek, near the John Sylvester place. (BCF, 473)      Return

Szymanski, William. William Szymanski married Sarah Ann Letitia Crider, daughter of Daniel C.
Crider and his second wife, Mary Jane Crider, nee Benner. (BCF, 80)      Return

Thorp, Sarah Eliza. Daughter of Rev. Joseph and Eliza Dorriss Bird. (BCF, 18) There are two
monuments for Sarah E. Thorp, one on which is also the name of her daughter, and the other on which
is the name of her husband.    Return

Unknown (CN 44 06). Possibly grave of child, given distance between rocks. Next to graves of Martin
children.       Return      or   Return to Unknown Graves of Round Mountain Cemetery

Unknown (CN 51 02). See the discussion at “Sawyer” above.   Return or   Return to Unknown Graves of Round Mountain Cemetery

Waters, Alta. Obituary, Record-Courier, September 19, 1969.    Return

Waters, E. J. Obituary, Record-Courier, December 11, 1975.     Return

Waters, Evan J. Obituary, Record-Courier, July 4, 1974.      Return

Waters, Gertie. Obituary, Record-Courier, September 4, 1975.     Return

Waters, Jack D. Obituary, Record-Courier, August 3, 1978.      Return

Waters, P. C. According to Ernie and Cathy Schultz, of Oceanside, CA, the name is Permealia
Catherine, and Payne was Permealia’s mother’s maiden name, Permealia’s maiden name being Bartlett. [Hawkins & Honeycutt]   Return

Waugh, Baby (CN 53 16, 17, & 18). From Death Certificates – Johnson City: Sons of Claud and Anner
Robbins Waugh: December 11, 1931, January 23, 1933.      Return

Webb, Laura Bell. Inscription of back of monument: WEBB Grandmother of Alan Neal Sharp [and]
Kimberly Ann Sharp.       Return

Wedekind. See “Peery, Infant” entry above.      Return

Yett, Baby. From The Diary of James Redford, Jr.: March 11, 1901 – I hitched the horses to the buggy
and started to Mary’s just after dinner as they phoned from Round Mountain that her baby was very sick.
Isabell went with me and we got to Mary’s at half past three P.M. March 12 – I am still at Mary’s having
spent last night there. Mary’s baby is very sick. March 13 – I am still at Mary’s. Her baby died last
night at twenty minutes after ten. The funeral was at about three o’clock P.M. [Mary Redford was the
sister of James Redford, Jr. She was married to Tilghmon Yett.]          Return

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