Bailey
Cemetery
Bailey Cemetery, 16 Oct 1883,"This
cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant of Red River County,
Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 54.885N, 95 Deg 09.110W.
This cemetery is in northwest RRCo TX and not shown on any of
the maps of the area. From FM 410 and its intersection with CR
2353 take CR 2353 south 8/10 mile till you cross a slough area.
There is a line of trees along the slough. By following the tree
line for about 250 yards southeasterly to a stand of 4 pecan
trees and then entering the woods in a southeasterly direction
the cemetery can be seen. Do not confuse this cemetery with the
Old Siloam cemetery as they are separate entities. The oldest
marked burial is that of Susan Degraffenried who died on 16 Oct
1883. The name Bailey was confirmed separately by two individuals,
Robert Williams, living on the Red River, and Mrs Love who lives
in the Silom Community. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence
and Sue Dale on 23 Jan 2000. We visited the site again on 6 Dec
2003 and took the GPS readings."
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