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Reeves Cemetery, Sabine County,
Texas - From the Court House in Hemphill, Texas take FM 83 East 1
block to State Hwy 87. Go
North or Left on Hwy 87 for 7 miles to Milam.
Continue North on Hwy 87 for 9.7 miles to United States
Forest Service Road 131. Turn
Left or West on USFS Road 131 and go ???? miles....to United States
Forest Road 131A...????. (Will
provide complete directions when able to drive closer to the
cemetery. There were
trees over the road in several spots.)
J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book (Abt 1963) lists 40 graves as
being unmarked. Additional
information added in parenthesis.
There are approximately 30 other graves marked with rocks and stones
and are laid out in rows. There
is part of an old fence remaining.
We found at least one rock marked grave outside of the fence.
*GPS Coordinates: 3130834N - 09352724W ; First Marked Burial -
11 Dec 1867 ; Last
Marked Burial - 29 Oct 1910.
Indexed 23 Feb 2002 by Lloyd Conn, Wendell Grant, Kay Parker McCary,
& Weldon McDaniel.
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BIRTH
DATE
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DEATH
DATE
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INFORMATION-COMMENTS
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1.
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Chambers,
Ida H.
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4 Oct
1865
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29 Oct
1910
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Wife of
W. A. Chambers - A tender mother and faithful friend (Ida H. Booker
- daughter of Charles G. & Sarah Booker - Married Willie A.
Chambers 16 Dec 1889 SCT)
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2.
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Dent,
Elizabeth
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4 May
1824
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20 Sept
1882
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Wife of
R. H. Dent - Not lost, but gone before (Elizabeth Walker? - Double
with son, G. Albert Dent - 1st w of Richard H. Dent)
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3.
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Dent,
G. A.
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26 May
1866
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29 June
1885
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Son of
R. H. & E. Dent (G. Albert Dent - Son of Richard Hezikah Dent
& Elizabeth Walker? - Double, on backside, with Elizabeth Dent -
His footstone is 2nd to right of Elizabeth Dent)
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4.
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Dent,
Margaret
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20 Nov
1837
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24 Aug
1897
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Wife of
Richard H. Dent - Farewell - Weep not, she's not dead but sleepth -
Because I live, ye shall live also (Margaret Gellatly - Daughter of
Robert Gellatly & Nancy Agnes Scurlock/Sturrock - 2nd w of
Richard Hezikah Dent, Married 1 May 1883 SCT)
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5.
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Dent,
R. H.
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2 Apr
1818
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6 Nov
1902
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Mason -
Death thou are but another birth, Freeing the spirit from the clogs
of earth (Richard Hezikah Dent - 1st w Elizabeth Walker?, 2nd w
Margaret Gellatly)
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6.
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Dorsey,
Ella
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17 Nov
1874
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9 July
1886
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Our
darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore
(Daughter of Joseph T. Dorsey & Mary E. Hamilton)
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7.
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Reeves,
Lawson
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11 Apr
1798
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11 Dec
1867
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(Richard
Lawson Reeves - w Allie Rene Bates)
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8.
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Sanders,
Katey D.
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27 Jan
1885
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3 June
1896
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Sleep
on dear child, and take thy rest - In Jesus arms forever blest (Is
she Daughter of Benjamin F. Sanders & Margarett Lee Dent ?)
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9.
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Sanders,
Mattie D.
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17 Sept
1871
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21 Mar
1889
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Dau of
B. F. & M. L. Sanders - How many hopes lie buried here (Daughter
of Benjamin F. Sanders & Margarett Lee Dent)
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Large
marker, all information worn off
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