| No. |
Page |
Date
of Entry |
From
Diary |
Notes
Historical Soc. |
Cemetery |
Grave
No. |
| 1. |
64 |
Feb 25 1882 |
James making
box for Jenkins Body to be
taken to Round Mountain |
Could be No. 144 - no marker | Round Mountain |
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| 2. |
67 |
Apr 25 1882 |
James went to
help make a coffin for Hornberg's
Mother |
Christinia
Hornburg - no marker |
Sandy Cemetery |
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| 3. |
74 |
Aug 19 1882 |
Mr. Porter
and James making a coffin for
Hornberg's daughter |
Antionette
"Nettie" - no marker |
Sandy Cemetery |
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| 4. |
79 |
Nov 24 1882 |
James making
a coffin for Milton's Child |
probably should be Melton | ||
| 5. |
111 |
Apr 28 1884 |
James helping
to dig Mr. Cimon's
Grave |
probably should be Simon | ||
| 6. |
157 |
Jan 28 1885 |
James helping
to dig grave for old Mr. Crider
who died this morning. |
Daniel Crider | Sandy Cemetery |
137-C |
| 7. 27. |
168 |
Jun 29 1885 |
James went to
Solon Eakins funeral. Solon Eakins |
no
marker |
Johnson City Sandy Cemetery |
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| 8. |
172 |
Aug 25 1885 |
Alex at
digging graves for Six people shot by El Lackey yesterday |
Greenbury
Lackey and wife; Mrs. C. C. Lackey (Fanny Stokes, daughter of J. C. and Lucy) Mattie Lackey, J. C. and Lucy Stokes |
Sandy Cemetery |
|
| 9. |
222 |
Apr 18 1887 |
Alex helping
to dig grave for Mr. Skinner
who died yesterday. |
Probably Sandy Cemetery - no marker | ||
| 10. |
236 |
Oct 17 1887 |
James went to
Mr. Maddox's funeral,
he died yesterday |
Daniel H. Maddox | Miller Creek |
|
| 11. |
274-275 |
Feb 28 1889 |
Hornberg here
and got lumber to make coffin for Dallas
Shackley who was killed yesterday |
probably should be Shockley | ||
| 12. |
294 |
Sep 30 1889 |
James wife
took sick on Saturday. Died |
James Redford wife - Anna Redford | Sandy Cemetery |
99-C |
| 13. |
302 |
Jan 05 1890 |
James and
Alex making coffin for John Kirk
who died this morning. |
Sandy Cemetery |
87-B |
|
| 14. |
305 |
Feb 17 1890 |
James went to
Round Mountain this morning and got Mr. Rice to counduct the funeral
service of Mrs. Eakins,
Mait's Mother. Went to the funeral in the afternoon. |
Mait's Mother - Almira O. Eakins | Sandy Cemetery |
97 |
| 15. |
306 |
Feb 24 1890 |
Alex helped
to dig Jim Cotton's grave
and went to funeral. |
Probably Sandy Cemetery - no marker | ||
| 16.
|
308 |
Mar 20 1890 |
T. Maddox
came to get James to make Phil
Durbin's coffin |
Sandy Cemetery |
73 |
|
| 17. |
324 |
Oct 09 1890 |
H. Lewis here
to get James to help dig grave for Budd
Young |
40-B |
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| 18. |
Oct 14 1890 |
James and
Alex helping to dig a grave for Huston
Stone |
Probably Sandy Cemetery - no marker | |||
| 19. |
325 |
Oct 22 1890 |
James and
Alex making coffin and attending the funeral of Danell's Daughter. Green and
Tom Maddocks brought lumber to make the coffin. |
Margaret Daniel | Sandy Cemetery |
109-B |
| 20. |
325 |
Oct 27 1890 |
Matilda came
here before noon and left Eliz and Charlie and got "Jones" to
ride to Kinney's, Mr. Shand
having died this morning. Mait called on his way home from
digging grave for Mr. Shand. |
E. W. Shands | Sandy Cemetery |
65 |
| 21.
|
326 |
Oct 31 1890 |
Mr. Green
here to get James to make a coffin for Danell's Boy |
Eligah B. Daniel | Sandy Cemetery |
109-A |
| 22. |
328 |
Dec 01 1890 |
James helping
to dig grave for Mrs. Kirk
|
Wife of John Kirk - Probably Sandy Cemetery | 87-C |
|
| 23. |
329 |
Dec 11 1890 |
James helping
to dig grave for Mrs. Solon Eakins
who died last night. |
Probably Sandy Cemetery - no marker | ||
| 24. |
333 |
Jan 26 1891 |
Lunday got
our pick and spade. Alex helped to dig grave yesterday old Lundy buried today |
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| 25. |
339 |
Apr 07 1891 |
James and
Alex helping to dig grave for Daniels
Boy who was found hanged yesterday. |
James W. Daniel | Sandy Cemetery |
109-C |
| 26. |
356 |
Nov 19 1891 |
Alex began to
make coffin for Chris Hornburg.
Pink Kirk and Mr. Haile here and finished it. |
Probably Sandy Cemetery - no marker | no
marker |
|
| 27. |
357 |
Nov 30 1891 |
Alex helping
to dig a grave for Mr. Durbin |
John Durbin | Sandy Cemetery |
72-B |
| (7) |
360 |
Jan 05 1892 |
James helping
to dig a grave to Get Solon Eakins
body brought from Johnson City to here. |
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| 28. |
381 |
Oct 08 1892 |
James making
a coffin for Clarence Waugh's
Child |
Probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 29. |
384 |
Nov 21 1892 |
Dan Durbin
here for pick to dig grave for J.
P. Crider's daughter |
could be Nancy J. Crider | ||
| 30. |
405 |
Jul 13 1893 |
Dan
Crider called to get Alex to help to dig a grave for his
wife |
May A. Crider | Sandy Cemetery |
134-A |
| 31. |
406 |
Aug 01 1893 |
Mr. Martin
came as we were going to bed and got Alex to go and help to dig a
grave for Jamie Eakins
who died this afternoon and the undertaker got to the grave yard about
3 o'clock AM of the 2nd with the corpse and came here with Alex and
left for home after breakfast. |
Probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 32. |
407 |
Aug 06 1893 |
Mr. Layton
here to get tools to dig a grave for Bud Garner who died early
this morning. |
L. Garner, Jr. | Sandy Cemetery |
118-A |
| 33. |
415 |
Dec 02 1893 |
Willie
(Crosby) helping to dig grave for J.
L. Green's Wife |
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| 34. |
419 |
Jan 20 1894 Jan 21 1894 |
I went to
John Kinneys to see how little Jonnie was and they told me he died
about four o'clock that evening. Ma and I at Kinney's Child funeral. |
Johnie Kinney | Sandy Cemetery |
64-B |
| 35. |
Mar 22 1894 |
Helped dig a grave for John Maddox's Baby | Could
be Sandy Cemetery - marker with name, no dates |
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| 36. |
430 |
May 14 1894 |
Alex went
near night to help to dig a frave for Mr. Stewart's Child |
Infant |
Sandy Cemetery |
78-A |
| 37. |
452 |
Jan 24 1895 |
Mr. Lee,
father-in-law of Buck Crider, buried yesterday |
Fleming Lee | Sandy Cemetery |
148 |
| 38. |
Apr 11 1895 |
I went to
Mrs. Maddox's and helped make a coffin for Mr. Green's Baby who died last night. |
James
P. Green |
Rocky Cemetery |
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| 39. |
463 |
May 11 1895 |
Alex and Mait
making a coffin for James' Baby that died last night and they buried it
in the afternoon. Baby died last night at eleven o'clock. We buried her in our lot in the graveyard at two o'clock today. |
Margaret
Redford |
Sandy Cemetery |
99-B |
| 40. |
486
|
Jan 27 1896 |
Jack Smith
and Nath Wooten here and got pick and shovel to dig a grave for Nettie Stock who died at
Hornbergs yesterday. Isabella went to the funeral. Mr. Smith's little boy came for me to go and help dig Nettie Stock's grave who died last night about ten o'clock. Lee and I went to the funeral in the afternoon. |
Probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 41. |
May 27 1896 |
Mrs. Joseph Bird died today. |
Round
Mountain Cemetery |
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| 42. |
502 |
Jul 22 1896 |
I went to
Steve's this morning and made Lot
Watts coffin. He died last night. I went to Mr.
Watts funeral. |
Lot
Watts |
Sandy Cemetery |
87-B |
| 43. |
Dec 21 1896 |
I went to
Sandy and made a coffin for Will
Coleman's Baby who died last night |
Sandy Cemetery |
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| 44. |
521 |
Mar 09 1897 |
Tom Maddox
here wanting help to dig grave for Child
of Dan Crider |
Edward
M. Crider |
Sandy Cemetery |
134-E |
| 45. |
Apr 04 1897 |
Mrs. Selety Maddox died. |
Creek Cemetery |
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| 46. |
529 |
May 29 1897 |
Brimmitt got
pick and spade to dig grave for Buck
Crider's Child |
Herman
Crider |
Sandy Cemetery |
138-A |
| 47. |
545 |
Dec 10 1897 |
Green Swedman
and Hy. Lunder getting tools to dig grave for John Kinney's Baby. I went to the grave yard and helped dig a grave for J. D. Kinney's little Girl who died yesterday afternoon. Lee and I went to the funeral |
Olivia
Kinney |
Sandy Cemetery |
64-A |
| 48. |
547 |
Jan 05 1898 |
Alex helped
to dig a grave for Frank Moore's
Child |
Infant
Moore |
Sandy Cemetery |
78-B |
| 49. |
Apr 28 1898 |
Tom Maddox
came for me to go and officiate at the funeral of Arthur Rosa's Baby who died yesterday morning. I went as requested and got home about one o'clock. |
Johnson City |
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| 50. |
560 |
May 19 1898 |
I helped dig
a grave for little John Haley's girl who died last night Went to John Haley's Child funeral near night. |
Lillie
Mae Haley |
Sandy Cemetery |
141-A |
| 51. |
575 |
Nov 05 1898 |
At three
o'clock this morning Gus Crider came for me to go down to Mr. Durbin's
and baptise their Baby as it was about to die. When I got there
Mrs. Tutt had already performed the rite. It just lived a little
while after I got there. I came back home and put the horse to
the buggy and went to Johnson City for a coffin. I could not get
one so they made one at home. John Johnson got crowbar, pick and spade to dig a grave for Mr. Durbin's Youngest Child who died this morning. Mr. Stewart and Tom Maddox came here and got boards to make a coffin for the child. |
F.
M. Durbin |
Sandy Cemetery |
141-A |
| 52. |
582 |
Feb 06 1899 |
John Crider
and Pony Durbin here getting spade and crowbar to dig grave for Colmun's Child |
Coleman
Infant - Son of W. E. and M. S. Coleman |
Sandy Cemetery |
135-D |
| 53. |
601 |
Sep 03 1899 |
I went to the
grave yard and laid off a grave for Ed Ferrell's Baby who died last
night. I went to the funeral late in the evening. Alex helped to dig a grave for Ed Ferrell's Baby |
Nora
Ferrell |
Sandy Cemetery |
108 |
| 54. |
602 |
Sep 08 1899 |
Tom Cotton
got lumber to make a coffin for John Pearson's Daughter |
Nancy
G. Pearson |
Pearson
Family Cemetery |
|
| 55. |
611 |
Dec 16 1899 Dec 17 1899 |
Frank Kirk
got grubbing hoe and shovel to dig grave for Charlie Harris' Mother. There were no services at the school house today on account of the funeral of Mrs. Harris. |
Probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 56. |
623 |
A[r 27 1900 |
Alex helped
to make a coffin for Smith's Baby |
Could
be Post Oak - No. 27 - "Smith Baby" |
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| 57. |
625 |
May 20 1900 |
Alex helped
to dig a grave for Cunningham's
Child which was buried in the afternoon. |
probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 58. |
629 |
June 26 1900 Jun 27 1900 |
Tom Maddox
got spade, pick and grubbing hoe to dig a grave for Mr. Haley's Boy Mait and I went to where they where they were digging the grave for Haley's boy. After noon we started to the funeral of J. H. Haley's youngest child Claton who died at Willow City yesterday. On the way there we met some coming from the funeral so we were too late. |
Clayton
Haley |
Haley Family
Cemetery |
|
| 59. |
630 |
Jul 07 1900 |
Pony Durbin
got lumber to make a coffin for Cunningham's Wife. Isabella
at funeral. I helped make a coffin for Mrs. Cunningham who died last night. The funeral took place late this evening. We all went to it. |
Probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 60. |
636 |
Sep 19 1900 |
Alex helping
to dig a grave for Frank
Kirk's Baby |
Probably
Sandy Cemetery - no marker |
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| 61 |
650 |
Feb 26 1901 Feb 27 1901 |
Frank Kirk
here getting tools to dig grave Isabella went to a funeral |
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| 62. |
651 |
Mar 11 1901 Mar 13 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. Isabella
went with me and we got to Mary's at Half past three P.M. James and Isabella got home from Mary's. The child died last night about 10 o'clock and was buried today and James and Isabella left after the funeral. 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. |
Yett
Baby - no marker |
Round
Mountain Cemetery |
|
| 63. |
662 |
Jul 25 1901 |
Alex helping
to dig a grave for Mr. Stegall's
Baby. Isabella took Mrs. Durbin to the funeral in
her buggy. |
Jonnie
Stegal |
Sandy Cemetery |
75 |
| 64. |
663 |
Aug 10 1901 Aug 22 1901 |
Oley Haley
got spade to dig a grave for Mexican's Child Cevara the Mexican worked for me. |
Probably
named Cevara. According to the late Mr. Gus Crider there was a Mexican Child buried in the Sandy Cemetery |
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| 65. |
Aug 27 1901 Aug 28 1901 |
We went to
Johnson City to see how Bertie
Burlyson was but when we got there we learned she had died at
two ten today Went to Bertie's funeral today at Miller Creek. |
Bertie
Burleson |
Miller Creek
Cemetery |
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| 66.
|
Dec 22 1901 |
We went to
Johnson City in the hack. There were no services in the
morning on account of the death of Mrs.
Grace who died last night. The funeral services were held
in the church at two o'clock this evening. We went to them. |
Johnson City |
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| 67. |
687 |
Apr 30 1902 |
Julia Crider
got tools to dig a grave for Frank
Harrison's Child |
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| 68. |
Mar 06 1901 |
In the
afternoon I made a coffin for a little child that died this morning on
"White Oak" Creek. |