Sabine
County Cemeteries GRIFFIN CEMETERY
Sabine County, Texas
Indexed 29 June 2001 by Mackie & Kay Parker McCary
First Marked Burial –10 Nov 1853 *** Last Marker Burial –8 Sept 1995
| DIRECTIONS Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas- From the Courthouse in Hemphill, Texas go West on State Hwy 184 (Main Street) for 2.1 miles to the “Y” intersection of Hwy 184 and FM 1592. Take the Right at the “Y” on FM 1592 and go 2.3 miles to the Cemetery on the Right. Additional information added in parenthesis. |
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| Name | Born | Died | Inscription | Comments | ||
| 1 | BARRETT, Willie G. | 27 June 1896 | 29 Dec 1944 | Pvt. 165 DEPOT BRIG WWI | (h/o Emma Carlton Barrett) | |
| 2 | BARRETT, Emma CARLTON | 8 Jan 1910 | 10 Nov 1942 | (w/o Willie G. Barrett) | ||
| 3 | BOYETT, Beckie L. | 23 Aug 1881 | 2 Jan 1944 | "My love goes with you and my soul waits to join you" | dbl/w William W. Boyett | |
| 4 | BOYETT, William W. | 11 Mar 1874 | 14 Mar 1947 | "My love goes with you and my soul waits to join you" | dbl/w Beckie L. Boyett | |
| 5 | BOYD, Anna GRIFFIN | 21 Oct 1880 | 8 July 1945 | dbl/w George A. Boyd | ||
| 6 | BOYD, George A. | 10 Oct 1879 | 1 May 1954 | dbl/w Anna Griffin Boyd | ||
| 7 | BOYD, Willie G. “Sis” | 22 Jan 1916 | 9 Sept 1981 | |||
| 8 | BURDETTE, Kathleen CONN | 30 Mar 1916 | ndd | dbl/w James Robert Burdett (living Jul 2001) | ||
| 9 | BURDETTE, James Robert | 21 Sep 1912 | 3 Feb 1989 | sbl/w Kathleen Conn Burdett | ||
| 10 | CARLTON, Coleman W. | 28 Mar 1918 | 8 Jan 1984 | TEC 5 US Army WW II | ||
| 11 | CARLTON, Mattie Essie | 1893 | (5 Nov) 1973 | "Rest in Peace" | dbl/w Robert Curtis Carlton | |
| 12 | CARLTON, Robert Curtis | 1880 | 1947 | "Rest in Peace" | dbl/w Mattie Essie Carlton | |
| 13 | CLARK, Elijah | 1813 | 10 Nov 1853 | "Texas Revolutionary War – Sabine Volunteers – Captain Collins Company – Defenders of the Republic of Texas Marker" | (This marked was recently installed in a commerative ceremony on 2 June 2001) | |
| 14 | CLARK, Elijah L. | 7 Aug 1915 | 28 Aug 1917 | "Asleep In Jesus" | ||
| 15 | CLARK, Daniel B. (Bruce) | 2 May 1873 | 24 Sept 1878 | "Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore" | (marker off base) | |
| 16 | CLARK, John A. (Alexander) | 11 Jan 1865 | 13 Aug 1881 | "Jesus loves the pure and holy" | ||
| 17 | CLARK, N. I. | 1847 | 26 Oct 1868 | "She died as she lived, trusting in God" | ||
| 18 | CLARK, Martha | 9 June 1832 | 23 May 1911 | "Asleep in Jesus" | ||
| 19 | CLARK, Paschal | (7 Dec 1844) | 24 Dec 1902 | (Broken in 3 pieces – Birth date missing – Son of Elijah Clark & Jane Lagrone – married Elizabeth C. Wallace) | ||
| 20 | CLICK, Elizabeth | 1828 | ca 1869 | |||
| 21 | CLICK, William | 1820 | 1884 | |||
| 22 | CONN, Anna BOYD | 22 May 1891 | 22 Jan 1973 | dbl/w James Henry Conn | ||
| 23 | CONN, Eligah | 1859 | 1904 | dbl/w Mattie Patsy Conn | ||
| 24 | CONN, Infant * | --- | --- | (no dates) | ||
| 25 | CONN, Infant * | --- | --- | (no dates) | ||
| 26 | CONN, Infant * | --- | --- | (no dates) | ||
| 27 | CONN, Infant Son | 1908 | 1908 | Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Conn | ||
| 28 | CONN, James Henry | 22 Sept 1885 | 14 Aug 1976 | dbl/w Anna Boyd Conn | ||
| 29 | CONN, John T. | 3 Sep 1891 | 14 Jun 1930 | "Just in the morning of his day of youth and love he died" | ||
| 30 | CONN, Mack F. | 22 Sept 1897 | 26 Dec 1953 | |||
| 31 | CONN, Mattie Patsy | 1860 | 1930 | dbl/w Elijah Conn | ||
| 32 | CONN, Sallie R. | 5 Nov 1888 | 29 Jan 1904 | "May the resurrection find thee in the bosom of thy God" | dbl/w John T. Conn | |
| 33 | CRAIG, Baby | 3 Oct 1900 | 8 Oct 1900 | "At rest in Heaven" | ||
| 34 | CRAIG, Baby | 17 Jan 1909 | 17 Jan 1909 | "Asleep in Jesus" | ||
| 35 | CRAIG, E. (Elijah) Felix | 17 June 1905 | 22 Feb 1973 | Masonic emblem | dbl/w Hazel Valene Craig (son of James William Craig & Sydney Ann Clark) | |
| 36 | CRAIG, Hazel V. (Valene ELLIOTT) | 30 Jan 1913 | 1 Mar 1988 | dbl/w Elijah Feliz Craig | ||
| 37 | CRAIG, James R., Jr. “J.R.” | 31 Dec 1936 | 14 Jan 1984 | (son of James Reuben Craig and Mary Lee Campbell) | ||
| 38 | CRAIG, James Reuben | (23 Dec) 1890 | (17 Dec) 1983 | dbl/w Mary Lee Campbell Craig (son of James William Craig & Sydney Ann Clark) | ||
| 39 | CRAIG, James William | 1 July 1860 | 7 Nov 1937 | dbl/w Sidney Ann Craig (son of Joel Craig & Sarah Jane Simms) | ||
| 40 | CRAIG, Joel E. | 12 Feb 1889 | 27 Mar 1890 | "A little time on earth he spent till God for him his angel sent" | (son of J. W. & S. A. Craig) (marker off base) | |
| 41 | CRAIG, Lloyd W. (William) | 13 Aug 1940 | 2 July 1985 | (Son of James Reuben Craig and Mary Lee Campbell) | ||
| 42 | CRAIG, Mary Lee (CAMPBELL) | 1897 | 1973 | dbl/w James Reuben Craig | ||
| 43 | CRAIG, Patricia Ann | (7 Oct 1945) | 8 Oct 1945 | "Infant Daughter Mr. & Mrs. of E. F. Craig" | d/o. Elijah Felix & Hazel Valene Elliott Craig | |
| 44 | CRAIG, Prentice James | 24 June 1925 | 22 July 1950 | "Thy God has claimed thee as His own" | ||
| 45 | CRAIG, Sidney Ann (CLARK) | 10 Feb 1867 | 18 Aug 1930 | "Mother – Prepare to meet us in Heaven" | dbl/w James William Craig (d/o Elias Clark & Mary Josephine Wallace) |
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| 46 | CURL, Frank | --- | --- | "Son" | (s/o Oliver C. and Rebecca "Beckie" Griffin Curl) | |
| 47 | CURL, Lula | --- | --- | "Daughter" | (d/o Oliver C. and Rebecca "Beckie" Griffin Curl) | |
| 48 | CURL, O. C. (Oliver) | (Abt 1842) | (bwt 1910-1920) | Co A Howard’s BN GA Inf CSA | no dates (married Rebecca Griffin 20 Dec 1877 - SCT) | |
| 49 | CURL, Rebecca G. (GRIFFIN) | 20 Feb 1852 | 22 Dec 1919 | (married Oliver C. Curl 20 Dec 1877 - SCT) | ||
| 50 | FERGUSON, Nancy J. | 25 July 1846 | 7 June 1928 | "Remember me as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, as I am now, so you shall be, prepare for death & follow me." | (Epitaph on back of marker) | |
| 51 | FRANKLIN, D. C. Dee Clear | 31 Aug 1900 | 4 Mar 1968 | |||
| 52 | FRANKLIN, D. C., Jr. | (22 Oct) 1929 | (2 June) 1992 | Masonic emblem | (Memorial Funeral Home Marker – son of Dee Clear Franklin & Virginia Inez Marshall) | |
| 53 | GRIFFIN, Alfred Dean | 16 Jan 1901 | 11 May 1980 | "In Loving Memory" | ||
| 54 | GRIFFIN, Beeman S. | 23 Nov 1905 | 27 Oct 1931 | |||
| 55 | GRIFFIN, Brandi Rae | (11 Apr) 1986 | (11 Apr) 1986 | (dates from J. O. Stringer & Griffin fhm) | ||
| 56 | GRIFFIN, Christia Anna (HUFFMAN) | 16 Apr 1860 | 25 Aug 1925 | "Wife of W. A. Griffin – She was the sunshine of our home" | ||
| 57 | GRIFFIN, Emily E. (WHITE) | 1868 | 1958 | "Although they sleep, their memories doth live, and cheerful comfort to their mourners give." | dbl/w James M. Griffin | |
| 58 | GRIFFIN, James M. | 1869 | 1935 | "Although they sleep, their memories doth live, and cheerful comfort to their mourners give." | dbl/w Emily E. White Griffin | |
| 59 | GRIFFIN, Lee Ann Marie | (8 Sept 1995) | 8 Sept 1995 | "Asleep in Jesus" | (only one date - d/o Bud & Shirlley Griffin) | |
| 60 | GRIFFIN, Lillie E. (CARTWRIGHT) | 7 Mar 1871 | 19 Apr 1893 | "Wife of Wiley Griffin – She was the sunshine of our home" | ||
| 61 | GRIFFIN, Thomas J. | 1815 | 1901 | |||
| 62 | GRIFFIN, W. A. (William) | 2 Jul 1854 | 11 Apr 1937 | "Husband of Christia Anna Griffin" | ||
| 63 | GRIFFIN, Wiley | 2 Aug 1865 | 23 Aug 1931 | "Father" | h/o Lille E. Cartwright Griffin | |
| 64 | GRIFFIN, Willie N. | 4 Dec 1886 | 2 Jan 1900 | "Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore" | ||
| 65 | HARRIS, June L. | 6 June 1940 | 24 July 1959 | (picture on stone) | ||
| 66 | JORDAN, Bobbie G. | 1905 | 1960 | "Not my will but Thine be done" | (Masonic emblem) | |
| 67 | JORDAN, Emma May | 1882 | 1965 | "Gone but not forgotten" | dbl/w Harrison L. Jordan | |
| 68 | JORDAN, Harrison L. | 1882 | 1955 | "Gone but not forgotten" (Masonic emblem) | dbl/w Emma May Jordan | |
| 69 | JORDAN, Johnie W. | 1 Apr 1897 | 8 Dec 1930 | "His toils are past, his work is done, he fought the fight, the victory won" | ||
| 70 | MATHEWS, G. Ella | 29 Sept 1945 | 15 Oct 1945 | |||
| 71 | WELCH, Mrs. Frances (Louisa F. GRIFFIN) | 22 June 1844 | 17 Sept 1931 | "Gone but not forgotten" | (w/o J. H. Welch - dau of Thomas J. Griffin & Rebecca Clark) | |
| 72 | WELCH, J. H. (Jenkins) | 7 Feb 1850 | 29 Oct 1922 | "Husband of L. F Griffin - Gone but not forgotten" | h/o Louisa Frances Griffin Welch | |
| 73 | WELCH, John | 10 Dec 1877 | 10 Oct1908 | "SSon of J. H. & L. F. Welch – To forget is vain endeavor Loves remembrance lasts forever" | ||
| 74 | WELCH, Hannah | 22 Sept 1884 | 7 Mar 1903 | "Dau of J. H. & L. F. Welch – Twas hard to give thee up, but Thy will O God, be done" | ||
| 75 | WELCH, Joella | 2 Sept 1882 | 2 Oct 1899 | "Dau of J. H. & L. F. Welch – Gone to a bright home where grief cannot come" | ||
| 76 | WHITE, Bessie | 25 Nov 1888 | 18 Feb 1923 | |||
| 77 | WHITE, Wilma F. | 3 Dec 1918 | 5 Nov 1919 | "Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest, God called thee home He thought it best" | ||
| 78 | (broken stone) | (no additional information - unreadable) | ||||
| 79 | (petrified wood marker) | |||||
| 80 | (petrified wood marker) | |||||
| 81 | (petrified wood marker) | |||||
| 82 | (petrified wood marker) | |||||
| 83 | (steel stake marker) | |||||
