Abby Frost Cemetery
Beltline Road near Bruton Road between Kwik Kar Lube and Tune and Meadow Oaks Academy

Abby Frost Cemetery

This is a private Cemetery that has not been used since the early 1900's. The oldest marker in the Cemetery is of Mr. Terry's first wife dated 1857. Some of the names on the markers are - Leach, Holley, Berkner, Terry, Mathis, Bounds, Branum. This Cemetery contains some of the oldest Post Oaks and Cedar Trees in Mesquite.

Name Birth Date Death Date Additional Information
? L unknown unknown  
Beckner, Rachel Apr. 20, 1824 Kentucky Aug. 28, 1862 TX w/o Benjamin Beckner, children: Henry, John, Emma, Brooks, Lydia, Joseph, Josephine, Emaline
Bounds, John W. Apr. 14, 1833 Sep 1884 h/o Pollie
Branum, Thomas H. Jun. 26, 1855 Jun. 19, 1885 son of L. & M. Branum
Holley, Nikolas Gideon Jul. 20, 1853 Calloway County, KY Apr. 20, 1887 TX age 33 yrs 9 mo., son of Joseph Holley and Lady Sara Haskins Potter, h/o Susie Tuck
Irwin, Mahala L. Mar. 2, 1875? Apr. 30, 1892 wife of Charles L.
Leach, James Monroe Oct. 28, 1818 KY May 22, 1881 TX son of Reuben Leach and Jane "Jennie" Gullet, h/o Mahala J.Sculock b. 1837, h/o Delilia Padget
Mathis, C. A. Feb. 5, 1852 Jun. 5, 1890  

Terry, Elizabeth C. Bradley

 abt 1836 TN per 1850 census 1857 TX (death date is wrong, she is on the 1860 census) dau of R. W. Bradley and Mary, 1st wife of Isaac Newton Terry; Children: Finley Barbara, Lavina
Terry, infant Feb. 13, 1917 Mar. 1, 1917 infant of William Futrell Terry and Willie Jessie Soules

Terry, Isaac Newton

foot stone

Jun. 29, 1836 TN Oct. 12, 1889 TX son of Champion Terry and Nancy Pitt, 1st wife E. C., their child: Finley Barbara b. 1857 TX and Lavina b. 1861, 2nd wife Virginia, children: Bash b. 1868, Lee Samuel 1870, John L. b. 1876, Emmett N. b. 1878

Terry, Virginia S. Futrell

Nov. 28, 1842 TN Dec. 30, 1916 TX Dau of John Lawrence Futrell and Lucy, 2nd wife of Isaac Newton Terry, marriage Feb. 13, 1867

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