Colorado County Cemeteries

"B" 

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Bachelor Hill Cemetery

Barten Cemetery

Eickelberg, Christian; born: Jun 15, 1836; died: Jul 11, 1877;
Son of Friedrich and Maria Eickelberg

Horning, Magdalena; born: Sep 25, 1819; died: Jan 5, 1903;
Nee Thar, married ? Berger, married John Horning

Batla Cemetery

Batla, Tomas; born: Mar 5, 1823; died: Apr 8, 1898;

Franek, Ludvik; born: Aug 23, 1893; died: May 19, 1901;

Molina, Jan; born: Oct 27, 1831; died: Jun 1, 1903;

Besch Cemetery

Besch, Alexander; born: Feb 9, 1836; died: Oct 4, 1918;
Son of Ferdinand and Antonia (Bick) Besch...Confederate veteran

Besch, Louis; born: 1893; died: Mar 13, 1908;
Son of George and Ada (Besch) Glass, adopted by Alexander and Gertrude Henrietta (Envel) Besch

Boeer Cemetery

Boeer, Charles Siegmund; born: c. 1799; died: unknown;

Boeer, Rosina Carolina; born: Jan 27, 1801; died: Jul 30, 1888;
Née Kretzschmar, married Charles Siegmund Boeer

Boetcher/Boettcher Cemetery

Borden Cemetery

  • Location: on County Road 217, three tenths of a mile west of its intersection with County Road 210
  • Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 723964E, 3287394N (NAD83/WGS84)
  • Earliest known year of death: 1844
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Number of known burials to date: 35
  • Nancy Klauber has offered to do lookups in the Borden Cemetery

Arrington, John S.; born: Nov 20, 1869; died: Apr 30, 1901;
Son of Sam J. and Mollie E. (Smith) Arrington

Arrington, Sam J.; born: Jan 13, 1862; died: Dec 4, 1882;
Son of Sam J. and Mollie E. (Smith) Arrington

Butler, Wilson T. C.; born: Jan 21, 1838; died: Sep 27, 1895;
Married Susan E. Insall Jan 20, 1871

Campbell, James Martin; born: Apr 18, 1844; died: Jun 30, 1913
Married Harriet Alice Robertson Jan 28, 1868, Confederate veteran

Campbell, Laura Alice; born: Oct 15, 1880; died: Sep 26, 1900;
Daughter of James Martin and Harriet Alice (Robertson) Campbell

Campbell, Lisab Lula; born:Oct 27, 1876; died: Nov 11, 1899;
Daughter of James Martin and Harriet Alice (Robertson) Campbell

Dailey, Susie Frances; born: c. 1885; died: Jul 7, 1885;
Daughter of Mike Dailey

DeSerin, Leonie; born: c. 1846; died: c. 1851;
Daughter of Leon and Zelie DeSerin, killed when kicked by a horse

Dunning, Eddie; born: Jun 18, 1870; died: May 1, 1901;
Son of C. E. and F. S. Dunning

Dunning, Minnie; born: Nov 24, 1868; died: Jan 8, 1888;
Daughter of C. E. and F. S. Dunning

Fitzgerald, Chris; born: Jun 10, 1834; died: Mar 22, 1847

Harbert, Ella G.; born: Jun 21, 1860; died: Jun 1, 1892;
Daughter of William and Hasseline (Young) Varner, married Andrew Jackson Harbert, Nov 4, 1886

Harvey, Lucien B.; born: Feb 5, 1831; died: May 12, 1905

Kohleffel, C. F.; born: july 1833; died: Oct 1900;

Kohleffel, Constantine; born: Dec 29, 1842; died: Sep 14, 1890

Lowrey, Andrew Pryor; born: Aug 11, 1809; died: Nov 11, 1876

Lowrey, Margaret C.; born: Sep 12, 1819; died: Jan 5, 1878;
Daughter of Robert Beaty, married Andrew Pryor Lowrey

Martin, Henry Jr.; born: Nov 4, 1895; died: Sep 8, 1915;
Son of Henry Martin, killed by a train

McCullers, Ira J.; born: Oct 9, 1878; died: Dec 6, 1878;
Son of M. D. and L. A. McCullers

Obenhaus, Charles Henry; born: 1840; died: Oct 24, 1914;
Son of Arnold and Charlotte (Shriver) Obenhaus, Confederate veteran

Obenhaus, Charles M.; born: 1885; died: May 12, 1901;
Son of Charles Henry and Florence (Trott) Obenhaus

Obenhaus, Henry Thomas; born: Nov 6, 1900; died: Nov 27, 1906;
Son of Walter Edward and Nola Leona (Thomas) Obenhaus, accidentally shot, a.k.a. Charles Obenhaus

Simms, Susan; born: c 1855; died: Jun 21, 1932;
Daughter of Henry J. and Nancy (Thompson) Insall, married Wilson T. C. Butler Jan 20, 1871, married William Simms

Smith, Nancy; born: Feb 3, 1831; died: Apr 15, 1907;
Daughter of Jefry and Luranna Thompson, married Henry J. Insall Apr 18, 1852, married W. A. L. Smith Jul 23, 1867

Smith, R. L.; born: Nov 3, 1870; died: Oct 4, 1873

Smith, W. A. L.; born: Mar 14, 1832; died: Nov 27, 1917
Married Sarah Ann (Johnson) Insall in Oct 1850, married Nancy (Thompson) Insall Jul 23, 1867

Stapleton, Catherine Elizabeth; born: Nov 16, 1847; died: Feb 3, 1914;
Née Nave, married Seaborn Trumbul Stapleton, called "Kit"

Stapleton, Cora; born: 1870; died: 1901;
Née Davis, married Ben Gladney Stapleton

Stapleton, Jim Leon; born: Jul 23, 1900; died: Aug 13, 1985;
Son of William Michael and Susan Frances (Bradley) Stapleton

Stapleton, Malinda Thomas; born: Aug 10, 1805; died: Apr 12, 1871;
Née Shannon, married William Stapleton, .Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Stapleton, Seaborn Trumbul; born: Apr 12, 1838; died: Dec 16, 1925;
Son of William and Malinda Thomas (Shannon) Stapleton, Confederate veteran, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Stapleton, Susan Frances; born: Jul 30, 1866; died: Mar 26, 1943;
Daughter of Wilson L. and Caroline (Thompson) Bradley, married William Michael Stapleton, Dec 21, 1884, called Frankie [Mother's name from her grandaughter Grace Stapleton Harigel]

Stapleton, William; born: Nov 3, 1802; died: Dec 15, 1874
Married Malinda Shannon, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Stapleton, William Michael; born: Sep 16, 1865; died: Dec 20, 1946;
Son of Seaborn Trumbul and Catherine Elizabeth (Nave) Stapleton, called Mike

Townsend, Asa; born: Dec 11, 1795; died: Sep 22, 1876;
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stapleton) Townsend, Ciizen of the Republic of Texas

Townsend, Fleming L.; born: Jun 23, 1837; died: Aug 28, 1846;
Son of Asa and Rebecca (Harper) Townsend

Townsend, Rebecca L.; born: Apr 23, 1843; died: May 28, 1844;
Daughter of Asa and Rebecca (Harper) Townsend

Townsend, Rebecca L.; born: Oct 17, 1805; died: May 28, 1857;
Daughter of Leonard Harper, married Asa Townsend, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Townsend, Susan E.; born: Nov 22, 1823; died: Feb 27, 1860;
Daughter of Asa and Rebecca (Harper) Townsend, married Sion Record Bostick, Apr 4, 1839, married Light Stapleton Townsend, Nov 28, 1857

Böttger Cemetery

  • Alternate name: Boetcher Cemetery or Boettcher Cemetery
  • Location: about one-tenth of a mile west of FM 1890 (Shaws Bend Road), about 2.4 miles south of its northernmost intersection with Highway 71
  • Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 726325E, 3294016N (NAD83/WGS84)
  • Earliest known year of death: 1870
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Number of known burials to date: 3
  • Comments: 
    The name of the cemetery and of the family buried within it might well be questioned by those who know the name by its more common spelling, Boettcher, especially when they note that the map cited above refers to the cemetery as the Boetcher Cemetery, but the tombstones of the family members quite distinctly give the name as Böttger.

Böttger, Fritz; born: Jan 14, 1856; died: Aug 1, 1870;
Son of Hermann and Augusta Böttger

Böttger, Hermann; born: Mar 11, 1819; died: Feb 3, 1887;

Zickuhr, Mary/Marie; born: Jul 31, 1858/9; died: May 3, 1913;

Boykin Cemetery

  • Alternate name: Mount Zion Cemetery
  • Location: on the north side of County Road 79 (Mahalitc Lane), about one-tenth of a mile west of its intersection with FM 3013
  • Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 759241E, 3269296N (NAD83/WGS84)
  • Earliest known year of death: 1911
  • Racial mix: all black
  • Surveyors: Bill Stein, Elizabeth Schoellmann, and Isidoro Ramirez
  • Date surveyed: May 21, 1993
  • Number of known burials to date: 64

Bailey, Hester; born: Jul 27, 1869; died: Dec 11, 1945

Beavers, John; born: Dec 9, 1895; died: Jul 29, 1947;
Son of Mazan and Hattie (Wade) Beavers, veteran of World War I

Booker, Alvin; born: Dec 6, 1921; died: Nov 11, 1967;
Son of Phil and Evelyn (Jackson) Booker

Booker, Filden; born: Nov 27, 1887; died: Feb 14, 1958;
Son of Jordan and Henrietta (Lee) Booker

Booker, Mae Lena; born: Apr 28, 1930; died: May 25, 1980;
Daughter of Willie and Bessie (Jenkins) Frazer

Booker, N.J.; born: Jan 11, 1902; died: Mar 6, 1965

Booker, Robert L.; born: Sep 2, 1915; died: Jul 27, 1985

Brown, James, Jr.; born: Aug 31, 1939; died: Feb 5, 1985;
Son of James Robert and Epsie (Harris) Brown

Brown, Jim; born: Mar 24, 1902; died: Jul 12, 1952;
[Information from death certificate]

Brown, Rosie Lee; born: Jul 24, 1923; died: Nov 28, 1995;
Daughter of Willis and Lillian Grounds, married Joseph Brown

Cameron, Alta Mae; born: Aug 1, 1952; died: Oct 25, 1988;
Daughter of James Gordon, married Desi Cameron

Carter, Mary; born: Jul 2, 1913; died: Sep 26, 1936

Cook, Lewis; born: Dec 28, 1896; died: Apr 12, 1937;
Son of Jim and Carolina (Waddell) Cook

Dawson, Georgie Mae; born: Jan 15, 1904; died: Apr 19, 1984;
Daughter of William and Chaney (Roy) Brown, called Kitty

Duncan, Cheryl Ann; born: Jun 5, 1958; died: Aug 30, 1997;
Daughter of Elmo and Josephine (Williams) Duncan

Frazer, Edmond; born: Oct 25, 1938; died: May 1, 1991

Fromby, Willie Mae; born: Jan 27, 1925; died: May 4, 1985;
Daughter of Sterling and Georgia (Brown) Lovings

Glenn, Curtis; born: May 28, 1981; died: Nov 21, 2004;
Son of Kirk and Jacklyn Glenn

Gordon, Frances; born: Sep 30, 1908; died: Feb 26, 1996;
Daughter of Jordan and Henrietta Booker, married James Gordon in 1925

Gordon, James; born: Jul 13, 1905; died: Jun 10, 1980

Gordon, James, Jr.; born: Feb 26, 1927; died: Apr 21, 1993;
Son of James and Frances (Booker) Gordon

Gordon, T. G.; born: Jun 19, 1883; died: Jun 8, 1958

Gordon, Tommy E.; born: Aug 4, 1941; died: Nov 4, 1981;
Son of James and Frances (Booker) Gordon, Vietnam veteran

Gordon, Wilma Jewel; born: Mar 4, 1937; died: Dec 24, 1997;
Daughter of James and Frances (Booker) Gordon

Grounds, Willis, Jr.; born: Jul 25, 1931; died: Jul 26, 1994;
Son of Willis and Lillian Grounds, called June

Harris, Clarence; born: Aug 5, 1930; died: May 25, 2007;
Son of Artmishel Booker and Willie Harris,

Hines, Steve; born: Jun 19, 1894; died: Mar 22, 1963;
Veteran of World War I

Holloway, Jimmie M.; born: 1907; died: 1974

Hurd, Isaac; born: Dec 25, 1888; died: Feb 20, 1954;
Son of Mat and Mary (Simons) Hurd, veteran of World War I

Hurd, Sophronia; born: Feb 7, 1910; died: July 6, 1970;
Daughter of Ralf and Mary (Hodge) Holloway [Info from Death Certificate]

Jarvis, Gary; born: c. 1957; died: Mar 11, 1958

King, Daisy; born: Jun 25, 1901; died: Apr 8, 1980

King, Daisy Mae; born: Sep 7, 1939; died: May 28, 1956;
Daughter of Frank and Daisy (Young) King

King, John H.; born: Feb 8, 1934; died: Sep 24, 1972;
Son of Tex and Rosie Lee (Matthews) King

King, Sylvester; born: Jul 22, 1927; died: Mar 13, 1993;
Son of John Henry and Rosie (Minor) King

Kuykendall, Sherman; born: Dec 15, 1909; died: Sep 28, 1984;
Son of Bird and Josephine (Kise) Kuykendall

Lee, Cearay; born: Jun 9, 1869; died: Apr 4, 1938;
Son of Arch and Emer (Baldwin) Lee

Lemons, Vera Lee; born: Jan 10, 1942; died: Feb 22, 1999;
Daughter of Raymond and Rosie Dawson, married Ernest Lee Lemons

Ligon, David; born: Jul 23, 1919; died: Apr 19, 1967;
Son of L.D. and Daisy (Wallace) Ligon, veteran of World War II

Lincoln, Carey; born: Jul 4, 1898; died: Mar 31, 1971

Matthes, Rosie l.; born: 1887; died: 1967

Matthews, Mark C.; born: Apr 1, 1896; died: Sep 23, 1961;
Son of Hanney and Emma (Anderson) Matthews, veteran of World War I

Miller, Jocelyn; born: Jan 25, 1957; died: Aug 20, 2007;
Daughter of Alvin L. Miller and Shirley Ruth Gordon

Miller, Shirley Ruth; born: Sep 21, 1939; died: Aug 18, 1998;
Daughter of James and Frances (Booker) Gordon, married Alvin Miller, married Cameron Hargrove.

Moore, Oliver; born: Apr 1, 1919; died: Aug 15, 1976;
Son of Burt and Suzie Moore

Moore, Ollie; born: Apr 1. 1919; died: Feb 21, 1975;
Veteran of World War II

Price, Delores E.; born: Jul 18,1933; died: Mar 27, 1993

Rhodes, Henry George; born: Sep 14, 1891; died: Jun 26, 1973;
Son of Henry and Sarah (Rowe) Rhodes

Rhodes, Willie; born: Jun 7, 1904; died: Mar 6, 1983;
Daughter of Johnny and Lizzie (Wallace) Richardson, married Henry Rhodes

Richardson, John; born: Mar 10, 1879; died: Jun 9, 1962;
Son of Solomon and Susan (Stockbridge) Richardson

Rivers, Henrietta; born: Jun 10, 1898; died: Oct 8, 1982;
Daughter of William and Chaney (Roy) Brown

Scott, baby boy; born: 1985; died: 1985

Selders, Amanda; born: May 15, 1900; died: Jun 12, 1974;
Daughter of Henry and Sarah Rhodes

Sims, Alice Mae; born: Jun 14, 1954; died: Feb 16, 2003;
Daughter of L. C. and Mae Bell (Frazier) Sims

Sims, Artmishel Beathina; born: May 6, 1911; died: Mar 5, 1992;
Daughter of Filden Booker, married Hayward Sims

Sims, Celest; born: 1886; died: 1977

Sims, Hayward, Jr.; born: Nov 13, 1934; died: Aug 2, 1987;

Sinclair, Frank; born: c. 1861; died: Jan 29, 1949;
Son of Charlie Sinclair [Information from death certificate]

Thomas, Clara O.; born: Oct 5, 1899; died: Dec 7, 1979;
Daughter of Archie and Lue Owens

Tillman, Billy R.; born: 1963; died: 1984

Tillman, Lewis James; born: Sep 28, 1960; died: Aug 2, 1994;
Son of George and Alma Tillman

Walker, George, Jr.; born: Mar 13, 1902; died: Jan 22, 1911

Washington, Flemon; born: Jul 26, 1919; died: May 20, 1993

Washington, Lee; born: Jul 17, 1905; died: Apr 6, 1970

Williams, Bessie; born: Jul 2, 1910; died: Nov 28, 1998;
Daughter of Bob and Henrietta Jenkins, married Willie Frazier, married Mason Lewis, married Lee Williams

Braden Cemetery

Braden, Bertha; born: Jun 17, 1875; died: Nov 24, 1903 (tombstone photo 1) (tombstone photo 2)

Bratton Cemetery

Bratton, Mary F.; born: Dec 3, 1842; died: Jul 4, 1871;
Daughter of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs, married Robert P. Bratton Jul 4, 1858

Bratton, Robert P.; born: c. 1829; died: Dec 22, 1868;
Confederate veteran

Dromgoole, Henrietta; born: Nov 18, 1851; died: Nov 18, 1874;
Daughter of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs, married David T. Dromgoole Jan 22. 1873

Guinn, William W.; born: May 23, 1850; died: Feb 19, 1880;
Murdered

Suggs, Henry B.; born: Jun 26, 1855; died: Jan 31, 1873;
Son of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs

Suggs, John R.; born: Apr 15, 1845; died: Feb 10, 1882;
Son of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs

Suggs, Samuel B.; born: Dec 4, 1865; died: Feb 10, 1871;
Son of John A. and Rebecca Everingham (Barnett) Suggs

 

Bretschneider Cemetery

Bretschneider, Agnes; born: Dec 24, 1846; died: Aug 11, 1897;
Daughter of Alexander and Clothilda Himly, married Egmont Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Arthur; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Son of Egmont and Agnes (Himly) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Egmont; born: Nov 14, 1834; died: Jan 15, 1908
Confederate veteran.

Eckardt, Olga; born: unknown; died: before 1910;
Daughter of William and Clothilda (Bretschneider) Eckardt

Eckardt, Werner; born: unknown; died: before 1910;
Son of William and Clothilda (Bretschneider) Eckardt

Carl Bretschneider Cemetery

Bretschneider, Agnes; born: Dec 10, 1883; died: Feb 24, 1957;
Daughter of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Bruno; born: Jun 6, 1888; died: Nov 5, 1904;
Son of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Carl; born: Jan 6, 1886; died: Nov 9, 1965;
Son of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Carl; born: Jul 14, 1836; died: Apr 16, 1894;
Federal veteran of Civil War

Bretschneider, Jennie; born: Dec 4, 1858; died: Sep 3, 1943
Daughter of Alexander and Clothilde (Oske) Himly, married Carl Bretschneider Dec 14, 1881

Bretschneider,Sonny; born: May 16, 1890; died: May 19, 1890

Dittfurth, Else; born: Dec 29, 1891; died: Jun 08, 1957;
Daughter of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

 

Britton "Grave Site"

 

Brown Family Cemetery

Axel, Cleo P.; born: Nov 20, 1920; died: Mar 13, 1987;
Daughter of Charlie and Rachel (Spann) Brown, married Elzie Axel

Axel, Elzie; born: Dec 12, 1917; died: Jul 27, 1993;
Son of John and Emma Axel, veteran of World War II

Axel, Elzie Marie; born: May 5, 1943; died: Jan 2, 1984;
Daughter of Elzie and Cleo P. (Brown) Axel

Axel, Leroy; born: Feb 20, 1950; died: Jan 3, 2005;
Son of Elzie and Cleo (Patra) Axel

Brown, Charlie; born: Mar 14, 1896; died: Mar 21, 1978;
Son of Willie and Chaney (Roy) Brown, veteran of World War I

Brown, Rachel; born: Aug 19, 1895; died: Dec 12, 1972;
Daughter of Steve and Anna (Reed) Spann, married Charlie Brown

George W. Brown Burial Site

Brown, George William; born: c. 1818; died: 1848;

Brownson Cemetery

Brownsville Cemetery

Ludwig Brune Cemetery

Designated a Texas Historic Cemetery

Brune, Alma; born: Nov 11, 1884; died: Dec 11, 1888;
Daughter of Florenz A. and Sophia (Bruedigam) Brune

Brune, Emil; born: Jan 15, 1861; died: Jun 12, 1872;
Son of Ludwig August and Johanne Friederike (Meyer) Brune

Brune, Emilie; born: Jan 15, 1861; died: Jul 22, 1867;
Daughter of Ludwig August and Johanne Friederike (Meyer) Brune

Brune, Florenz Arnold; born: Nov 1, 1847; died: Jul 2, 1931;
Son of Ludwig August and Johanne Friederike (Meyer) Brune

Brune, Heinrich A.; born: Apr 3, 1878; died: Apr 14, 1900
Son of Florenz A. and Sophia (Bruedigam) Brune

Brune, Johanne Friederike; born: Feb 28, 1820; died: Jul 27, 1894;
Née Meyer, married Ludwig August Brune

Brune, Ludwig August; born: Apr 17, 1816; died: Aug 6, 1883;

Brune, Sophia; born: Mar 3, 1850; died: Jan 15, 1935;
Née Bruedigam, married Florenz A. Brune, Feb 28, 1874

Burttschell Cemetery

Burttschell, Annie; born: Nov 18, 1849; died: May 8, 1878;
Daughter of Joseph P. Hoover, married Henry P. Burttschell, May 26, 1869

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