Sowder Cemetery

 

Lat: 31° 18' 55"N, Lon: 96° 37' 16"W (NAD27)

Submitted by:  Bruce and Linda Jordan

From Kosse, go North on Hwy 14, turn right on LCR 731. Turn right on 723, then turn left on Private Road # 5715, go about 1 mile. You will come to an old bridge, cross over it and continue to top of hill, pass corner fence on your right and the cemetery will be on the right in a small grove of trees. The land is owned by James Summer.

This is a complete recording of this all existing headstones in this cemetery as of Aug, 2004. There are several unmarked graves.

Sowders, Lillie Onema
born in Limestone Co., Tex
d/o B.V. & M.E. Sowders
24 Aug 1866 9 Jun 1873
Age 6y 9m 15d
Sowders, Mary E.
s/w Berry V. Sowders
22 Jan 1844 6 Jul 1906
Sowders, Berry V.
s/w Mary E. Sowders
9 Aug 1838 20 Jun 1897
*Sowders, Mattie O.     "Mother" 18 Dec 1874 1 Aug 1901
*Sowders, Ever 1897 1897
*Sowders, W. E. 1884 1899
*Sowders, Buena V. 16 Nov 1895 1 May 1912
* Indicates individuals included in a survey of the cemetery taken in the 1970s,
but these markers were not located in the 2004 survey