Copperas Cemetery, Kimble County, Texas Submitted by: Frederica Burt Wyatt burtwyat@ctesc.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** July 6,2000 On FM 1674 near its intersection with IH-10. A deed for this cemetery was executed by D.P. Cowsert to E.S. Alley, County Judge, on May 30,1890, donating one acre of land out of E.S. Haines Survey #55. First grave was that of William A. Cowsert on February 1,1888. Residents of the Copperas community tend to the care of the cemetery, with K. Cowsert in the capacity of chairperson. David Cowsert, who died during World War I, was returned home and buried here in the land of his ancestors. At least eight Civil War veterans , including Colonel John Griffith, were interred in the Copperas Cemetery. Veterans from other wars are among the dead in this beautiful little cemetery in the Copperas and Bois d" Arc valleys. An official historical law officers's marker denotes the burial spot of Ranger Captain Gully Cowsert. Ahrens, Bernice Bruns January 27,1917 August 28,1993 Alexander, Dolores Kirkpatrick December 23,1879 October 26,1971 (Wife of R.M.) Alexander, James Kenneth January 8,1934 January 11,1934 (Son of James & Mira) Alexander, Lois Eleanor April 18,1924 March 17,1934 (Daughter of James & Mira) Alexander, Marshall Kirkpatrick May 16,1912 March 5,1995 Alexander, Mira Marie McDonald November 00,1892 January 10,1934 (Wife of James) Alexander, Robert Marshall February 14,1872 August 3,1961 Allison, Annie Charlotte Camp March 16,1881 February 23,1955 (Wife of W.W.) Allison, Ben R. February 15,1919 April 12,1986 Allison, Grace July 18,1893 July 2,1917 Allison, Kyrenda R. September 20,1948 June 25,1981 Allison, Robert W. April 22,1851 March 3,1914 Allison, Sarah A. Bradley March 6,1853 August 16,1929 (Wife of R.W.) Allison, Will W. October 28,1885 July 22,1970 Allison, Infant No Dates Banta, Callie M. Turner-Allen May 22,1904 June 11,1984 (Wife of C.L. Banta) Barker, Delia Little (Brooks) July 23,1888 January 17,1980 (Wife of W.W. Barker) Barker, Willie W. January 20,1883 November 21,1943 Beck, Jessie Parker-Kirkpatrick January 14,1904 July 19,1998 (Wife of Martin Kirkpatrick) Bennett, Louise Turner April 25,1913 November 6,1996 (Wife of Millard) Bennett, Mattie A. Cowsert January 8,1875 July 14,1956 (Wife of S.P.) Bennett, Stephen P. May 22,1853 March 7,1952 Bergmann, Christina May March 25,1915 September 3,1916 Billingsley, Cora Eva McDonald November 27,1900 November 12,1935 (Wife of R.D.) Billingsley, Richard Delbert April 9,1898 June 29,1940 Billingsley, Infant of R.D. & Cora No Dates Bode, Edward Charles September 8,1939 August 22,1999 Bode, Ruth Simon February 17,1900 November 5,1979 Bradley, Mary Louise November 14,1834 February 2,1904 (Wife of J.J.) Bruns, Albert Joseph March 27,1918 October 3,1983 Bruns, Alvina Oestriech October 9,1883 January 23,1968 (Wife of August) Bruns, August July 17,1880 May 29,1958 Cardwell, Otis Bundy September 10,1918 August, 30,1927 Chadwick, Claud A. August 20,1896 August 25,1983 Chadwick, Lottie Mae Murr July 31,1918 August 24,1997 (Wife of Delivan) Chadwick, Winnie L. Garrett August 22,1895 June 24,1996 (Wife of Claud) Cloudt, Celia Robertson March 12,1862 March 8,1932 (Wife of Moritz) Cloudt, Moritz 1859 1926 deCloudt, Mary Freschmeyer August 31,1832 February 16,1901 (Wife of Richard) deCloudt, Richard December 24,1815 April 19,1904 (Veteran of the Mexican War) Collier, Carroll D. May 2,1891 April 21,1962 Collier, Jessie E. Crisp December 23,1897 1978 (Wife of C.D.) Collier, John Calvin December 2,1878 September 11,1958 Collier, John Franklin January 27,1845 January 4,1914 (CSA Veteran) Collier, Mary A. January 18,1850 May 29,1910 (Wife of J.F.) Collier, Martha H. Simpson March 30,1854 November 28,1932 (Wife of W.B.) Collier, Ralph Allen December 23,1907 June 6,1944 Collier, Susan J. Smith April 19,1874 April 19,1963 (Wife of J.C.) Collier, William Barnett April 6,1851 July 28,1931 Collier, William Joe March 13,1903 October 13,1915 Couey, Rufus Jackson February 4,1908 Auguat 8,1986 Cowsert, Bobbie Zell Alexander September 23,1898 August 23,1990 (Wife of Marvin A.) Cowsert, Catherine Ruddick September 28,1835 May 3,1908 (Wife of D.P.) Cowsert, Dave Wharton August 16,1922 August 24,1998 Cowsert, David March 29,1893 April 28,1918 (Died in World War I) Cowsert, David Alonzo July 6,1863 April 6,1912 Cowsert, David P. May 30,1825 March 10,1908 Cowsert, Edward Jesse January 20,1867 April 9,1931 Cowsert, Elizabeth Frances Smith January 1,1879 April 10,1924 (Wife of E.J.) Cowsert, Gully Sr. June 12,1896 June 11,1958 (Texas Ranger Historical Marker) Cowsert, John A. June 27,1866 December 14,1939 Cowsert, John C. December 25,1920 April 20,1990 Cowsert, John Freelin November 28,18334 January 10,1919 Cowsert, Kate Moore July 20,1870 January 30,1917 (Wife of John A.) Cowsert, Mamie Keesee October 16,1897 August 12,1950 (Wife of Gully,Sr.) Cowsert, Marvin Alonzo November 9,1893 August 24,1979 Cowsert, Melvina E. Coffman February 4,1866 October 26,1955 (Wife of David A.) Cowsert, Nora Kyle Wharton August 2,1896 June 8,1974 (Wife of Frank) Cowsert, William A. August 2,1868 February 1,1888 (Son of D.P. & Catherine) Davee, George November 11,1847 October 23,1933 Dudley, Lenora Jackson October 10,1894 March 2,1939 Dunbar, Carrie Agnes deBoise "Mother" August 19,1852 September 13,1925 (Wife of C.L.) Dunbar, Charles Lewis "Father" March 1,1835 December 17,1915 (Civil War Veteran - Union) Dunbar, Edward O. March 21,1872 December 22,1941 Dunbar Ernest O. May 23,1900 June 25,1957 Dunbar, Ida B. Cochran February 8,1873 March 5,1961 (Wife of Louis E.) Dunbar, Lina Darnell November 3,1878 March 19,1941 (Wife of Edward O.) Dunbar, Louis E. November 23,1871 February 23,1936 Dunbar, Malinda Jim Parker (Jackson) June 27,1902 May 29,1990 (Wife of Ernest O.) Dunbar, Robert Reed "Son" 1902 April 28,1918 Dunk, Edward Clay April 17,1909 May 22,1910 Dunk, Frank H. August 4,1867 March 8,1947 Dunk, Lillie Bertha September 2,1898 December 4,1905 Dunk, Mary W. Steck April 25,1870 April 24,1966 (Wife of Frank H.) Durbon, Carson February 25,1917 December 24,1969 Fleming, John McWhirter July 13,1833 February 11,1921 Fleming, Margaret E. Woods June 10,1836 December 26,1914 (Wife of J.M.) Fox, Charle W. June 1,1885 December 31,1951 Fox, Ella O. Dunk November 1,1892 December 13,1982 (Wife of C.W.) Fox, Lottie Dean March 13,1946 March 13,1946 (Daughter of J.F. & Dorothy) Gardner, Elizabeth Novene 1920 1922 (Daughter of Fletcher & Beulah) Gill, Edna Fay March 9,1938 April 22,1938 Goodall, Infant December 14,1926 Deccember 14,1926 Goodall, Alexander M. "Bud" March 24,1890 December 16,1936 Goodall, Eunice June 2,1897 October 24,1962 Goodall, Georgia Ann Beck May 20,1866 May 22,1959 (Wife of J.C.) Goodall, Grady Ruth Parker November 23,1905 September 30,1993 (Wife of Ross) Goodall, J.C. July 2,1858 January 4,1919 Goodall, Lillian Rosteen August 29,1928 July 2,1987 Goodall, Ross March 13,1903 January 18,1991 Granger, Mary Ellen Fox October 26,1924 January 25,1998 (Wife of Edsel) Griffith, Col. John S. August 1,1831 March 7,1889 (CSA Veteran - Historical Marker - Courthouse) Griffith, Mary Catherine Weaver-Weldon May 12,1846 November 22,1920 (Wife of J.S.) Grosenbacher, Arnold John April 27,1894 December 30,1963 Grosenbacher, Milda M. Bruns January 24,1905 June 6,1989 (Wife of A.J.) Grosenbache, Richard August December 28,1890 February 23,1956 Harlow, James Noah January 21,1837 October 27,1903 (CSA Veteran) Harmening, W.D. 1823 1900 (CSA Veteran) Haschke, Jack A. August 16,1922 December 24,1973 Hasse, John Adam October 10,1927 May 11,1994 Holland, Florence Collier 1886 1941 (Wife of Lee) Holland, James Franklin September 6,1907 September 10,1907 Holland, Lee May 30,1886 October 00,1932 Hughes, Robert H. October 6,1878 February 25,1942 Kirkpatrick, Belle Logan July 25,1896 June 5,1973 (Wife of Samuel Luther) Kirkpatrick, James Stanley September 26,1918 November 00,1981 Kirkpatrick, Lela Floy January 21,1924 November 9,1925 Kirkpatrick, Martin VanBuren May 7,1887 August 13,1969 Kirkpatrick, Samuel Lewis September 8,1862 December 16,1936 Kirkpatrick, Samuel Luther August 1,1896 November 9,1973 Kirkpatrick, Sarah Ann Fleming December 2,1858 November 20,1943 (Wife of Samuel Lewis) Landrum, Edward B. July 18,1843 August 13,1914 (CSA Veteran) Little, Amelia A. David November 8,1864 May 15,1958 (Wife of J.W.) Little, Floyd September 9,1886 November 6,1962 Little, J. William June 21,1864 March 25,1943 Little, Robert Clem May 23,1890 August 18,1969 McDonald, Cecil Clinton June 30,1930 June 17,1934 (Son Of Raymond & Estella) McDonald, Ina Ella May 2,1935 May 8,1935 (Daughter of Raymond & Ella) McDonald, Ivy Clinton September 17,1905 November 12,1970 McDonald, James Vernon February 23,1934 February 23,1934 (Son of Harvey & Stella) McDonald, Lula Lee Wallace August 13,1906 July 19,1935 (Wife of Ivy) McDonald, Millard Lee August 13,1897 May 14,1965 McDonald, Rogers January 16,1930 September 21,1995 McDonald, Rosa Nell 1938 December 29,1946 McDonald, Stella Blackstock May 10,1903 June 8,1938 (Wife of James Harvey) McDonald, Walter Raymond April 10,1898 November 8,1937 Markwood, Rosa Gazelle Wise October 19,1875 July 27,1960 Martin No Dates Mayes, James A. May 11,1883 February 18,1931 Mayes, John T. November 16,1843 April 13,1924 (CSA Veteran) Mayes, Jude F. August 24,1868 December 11,1942 Mayes, Sarah E. Jones March 8,1843 October 14,1926 (Wife of J.T.) Mayes, Thomas Curtis "Curt" February 11,1873 June 10,1940 Moore, Renzie Weaver March 30,1917 May 10,1999 (Wife of R.E.) Morrison, Devin Paul February 12,1994 February 12,1994 (Infant Son of Lawrence & Sharla) Murr, Adam R. February 24,1858 August 31,1923 (Veteran of the Indian Wars) Murr, Alma L. May 14,1902 February 11,1903 (Daughter of A. & E.E.) Murr, Asa Pullen September 3,1904 November 18,1992 Murr, Buddy Edd April 18,1952 July 30,1971 Murr, Clara Ellen August 11,1925 March 9,1926 (Daughter of R & L.) Murr, Ellen E. Mayes December 8,1870 June 13,1954 (Wife of Adam R.) Murr, Felix E. October 20,1921 May 16,1970 Murr, Gertrude A. Hunger April 25,1891 October 25,1981 (Wife of M.B.) Murr, Hardy February 8,1947 November 28,1990 Murr, Jewel V. Savage December 15,1904 September 14,1991 (Wife of Asa) Murr, Leon Rolland January 25,1922 October 26,1937 Murr, Lillie Mae Becker January 16,1895 October 26,1944 (Wife of R.R.) Murr, Luke Williamson January 14,1899 July 17,1924 Murr, Morris Braggins January 25,1892 January 2,1962 Murr, Natt November 19,1924 November 26,1986 Murr, Willie H. October 30,1886 October 14,1910 New, John W. November 3,1832 November 5,1917 (CSA Veteran) New, Nancy Nixon February 15,1834 August 8,1917 (Wife of J.W.) Parker, Clarence A. "Man" June 4,1904 October 9,1966 Parker, E.B. "Burt" November 14,1913 January 10,1972 Probst, November 8,1924 November 8,1924 (Infant Sons of A.J. & Bertha) Ragsdale, Eva J. Goodall July 12,1899 August 2,1984 (Wife of Bob) Ragsdale, George C. "Bob" August 25,1900 September 5,1979 Ragsdale, Harvey Augustus December 23,1886 July 3,1912 Ragsdale, James F. December 24,1872 February 15,1954 Ragsdale, Lenora F. Cain November 13,1872 February 3,1923 (Wife of J.F.) Randolph, Jesse Ramsey August 27,1908 October 22,1997 Randolph, Nellie Freelin Bennett March 11,1906 June 24,1998 (Wife of Jesse Ramsey) Ray, Eugene D. May 10,1911 January 22,1916 Russell, Charles R. January 19,1900 August 14,1981 Russell, Jesse M. "Jay" September 4,1939 June 5,1964 Russell, Lizzie B. Amason October 17,1903 November 9, 1985 (Wife of C.R.) Simon, Agnes G. Collier December 28,1887 February 29,1920 Simon, Aubrey C. June 15,1920 April 27,1978 Simon, August February 21,1875 April 23,1968 Simon, Benjamin F. "Bennie" November 6,1893 May 26,1953 Simon, Charles David March 4,1964 February 6,1983 Simon, Charles H. September 2,1862 October 8,1935 Simon, Dee Milton September 21,1904 June 4,1906 (Son of F. & E.) Simon, Edna September 13,1885 June 14,1976 (Wife of August) Simon, Emmett B. November 6,1903 December 21, 1966 Simon, Ernestine Nagel July 17,1870 January 15,1949 (Wife of Charles H.) Simon, Herbert O. July 26,1902 December 14,1964 Simon, Hilton A. March 12,1897 December 11,1915 Simon, Ivy August 19,1912 September 23,1912 Simon, Lena Brady February 2,1921 February 15,1984 (Wife of Aubrey) Simon, Lola Agnes Parker June 3,1908 July 4,1959 (Wife of Herbert) Simon, Stacy Lee December 29,1962 December 30,1962 (Daughter of Charles & Cheryl) Smelser, Agnes Carrie Dunbar February 8,1877 March 8,1930 (Wife of W.H.) Smelser, William Hiram February 13,1867 October 1,1942 Smith, A.W. 1936 1936 (Infant Son of Estes & Lillie) Smith, Arthur T. July 29,1886 December 26,1958 Smith, Christopher C. "Lum" 1850 May 4,1931 Smith, Harriett Wisdom "Hester" 1853 February 25,1911 (Wife of C.C.) Smith, Harvey 1896 ca 1910 Smith, Madeline October 23,1887 June 14,1981 (Wife of A.T.) Smith, Wade June 20,1890 December 18,1957 Smith, Walter Harold 1896 Smith, William Avery December 18,1874 March 9,1949 St. Clair, Infant Son of Dan & P.B. February 24,1912 March 7,1912 Surber, Clara Annie May September 27,1913 March 17,1914 Surber, Clara Delcia Bishop July 10,1870 February 12,1956 (Wife of W.A.) Surber, Jess Lee January 3,1899 November 8,1923 Surber, Ruth E. Brooks April 27,1894 May 5,1988 (Wife of Arch) Surber, Walton Arch August 3,1893 March 22,1963 Surber, William Adam August 13,1862 February 8,1933 Surber, Infants July 21,1928 July 1,1928 (Twin Sons of Arch & Ruth) Swaim March 21,1940 March 21,1940 (Infants of Elmer & Elma) Taylor, Belle Z. Keaton May 31,1869 November 26,1949 (Wife of L.M.) Taylor, Charles H. September 15,1900 February 27,1973 Taylor, Charles Stuart December 9,1924 December 1,1933 Taylor, Johnnie G. August 19,1906 October 21,1960 Taylor, Kate Kirkpatrick March 22,1889 January 29,1973 (Wife of W.M.) Taylor, Larkin M. December 20,1861 December 4,1937 Taylor, William Monroe July 5,1885 June 15,1971 Thiers, Harry June 24,1889 April 12,1966 Thiers, Roy E. July 25,1914 September 8,1992 Thiers, Sudie Merck June 7,1889 March 27,1972 (Wife of Harry) Thompson, Roy Lee October 2,1885 October 2,1933 Turner, Calvin W. May 14,1881 January 1,1955 Turner, Carrie L. Dunbar July 28,1885 February 3,1973 (Wife of C.W.) Turner, Mada Estell May 29,1910 January 27,1912 (Daughter of C.W. & C. L.) Uzzell, Eugenia Ann December 24,1895 October 22,1919 Vest, Russell R. July 22,1899 January 18,1983 Walker, Ed W. December 21,1909 December 23,1986 Walker, Jesse Frances Cowsert May 9,1908 May 12,1995 (Wife of Ed) Walker, Walter E.) Walker, William P.) (Infant Sons of Ed & Jessie) June 15,1933 June 15,1933 Walters, Billy A. April 17,1928 April 11,1984 Walters, Clyde G. Barker May 8,1911 July 6,1954 Weaver, Blanche Odelia Dunbar December 17,1897 February 14,1931 (Wife of Nugent) Weaver, Dudley Dale August 17,1954 October 18,1980 Walter, Isaac O. January 2,1817 March 24,1903 (CSA Veteran) Weaver, James Ira April 1,1921 April 27,1997 Weaver, John Franklin March 28,1851 May 13,1927 Weaver, John Lewis September 21,1913 February 6,1973 Weaver, Lora Kirkpatrick June 28,1894 April 22,1982 (Wife of Oscar F.) Weaver, Nugent October 18,1894 November 16,1938 Weaver, Nursey June 10,1820 January 22,1902 (Wife of Isaac) Weaver, Oscar Franklin January 26,1888 February 8,1962 Weaver, Rathie Ruth Gates January 8,1926 July 2,1977 (Wife of James I.) Weaver, Virgil Anthony August 6,1919 September 3,1919 Weaver, Infant December 10,1914 December 10,1914 Weeks, Katie B. Wilson April 18,1905 September 9,1992 Weldon, Isaac Oscar September 15,1867 September 5,1936 Weldon, Jennie Cowsert June 15,1872 September 11,1963 (Wife of I.O.) West, Mary Lou April 23,1877 October 15,1942 Williams, Clemmie Juanita January 9,1949 January 26,1949 Williams, Mary A. March 2,1854 March 31,1915 (Wife of Q.I.) Wilson, Infant May 9,1915 May 9,1915 Wilson, Cora C. Leifeste October 30,1888 November 9,1975 (Wife of Tom) Wilson, John Leslie January 12,1852 November 9,1946 Wilson, Launa Jane New April 12,1862 January 28,1939 (Wife of J.T.) Wilson, Susie Ann Blevins March 3,1853 February 11,1921 (Wife of J.L.) Wilson, Tom March 13,1889 July 14,1982 Winkel, Albert A. December 1,1905 June 3,1968 Winkel, Arthur Fred January 25,1878 August 9,1942 Winkel, Emma Agnes Fox November 21,1881 March 13,1966 (Wife of A.F.) Winkel, Helen (Child) No Dates Wright, Mrs. A. "Grandmother" 1833 September 9,1927 Several Unknown Graves