Montgomery - Thatcher Cemetery 

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  • Location: on the east side of FM 950, about half a mile southwest of Matthews
  • Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 758473E, 3266798N (NAD83/WGS84) 
  • Earliest known year of death: 1836
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Number of known burials to date: 35
  • If you have any corrections, additions or obituaries pertaining to this cemetery, please contact the county coordinator.
  • Photographs courtesy Dorothy Cox
  • As the cenotaph states, those named on it are likely buried in this cemetery. John Shelby McNeil was married to Laura Ann Montgomery McNeil, daughter of James Steen and Frances (Gilbert) Montgomery. There is a letter which states that he died Aug 18, 1852 at Parson Kolbe's spring near Columbus and was brought back to the plantation where he was buried on Aug. 20, 1852. Jane Montgomery Webb died Aug 7, 1878; Thomas Francis Webb died May 23, 1889. There is no positive evidence of their exact burial place.

Davis, Weldon Edwards; born: Jan 8, 1844; died: Feb 19, 1923; (tombstone)
Married Mary Montgomery in 1884; Confederate veteran

Elliott, Jennie; born: Sep 23, 1861; died: Apr 7, 1893; (tombstone)
Daughter of John Gilbert and Ann Elizabeth (Stockton) Montgomery, married R. L. Elliott

Frazar, Josephine Estep.; born: Dec 24, 1866; died: Feb 17, 1890; (tombstone)
Daughter of John William and Margaret Elizabeth (Abell)Thatcher, married Newton Ford Frazar

Montgomery, Ann Elizabeth; born: Oct 23, 1833; died: Mar 20, 1874;(tombstone)
Daughter of Benjamin F. Stockton, married John Gilbert Montgomery, Feb 10, 1853

Montgomery, Benjamin Stockton; born: Feb 10, 1872; died: Dec 18, 1889; (tombstone)
Son of John Gilbert and Ann Elizabeth (Stockton) Montgomery

Montgomery, Ella; born: Nov 20, 1966; died; May 10, 1895;(tombstone)
Daugher of John Gilbert and Ann Elizabeth (Stockton) Montgomery

Montgomery, Frances; born: 1794; died Mar 20, 1872; (tombstone)
Daughter of John and Elizabeth (Alston) Gilbert, married James Steen Montgomery, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Montgomery, Frances "Fanny" Jane; born: 1838; died: Mar 28, 1872; (tombstone)
Daughter of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher, married Robert Fulton Montgomery, Apr 15, 1858, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Montgomery, George; born: Feb 26, 1861; died: May 22, 1926; (tombstone)
Son of Robert Fulton and Frances "Fanny" Jane (Thatcher) Montgomery

Montgomery, James B.; born: Dec 22, 1834; died: Jul 1836; (tombstone)
Son of James Steen and Frances (Gilbert) Montgomery, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Montgomery, James Steen; born: May 1, 1788; died May 4, 1864; (tombstone)
Veteran of War of 1812, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Montgomery, John Gilbert; born: Nov 11, 1830; died: Jun 10, 1878; (tombstone)
Son of James S. and Frances (Gilbert) Montgomery, Confederate veteran, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Montgomery, Kate (Baby); born: unknown; died: 1867; (tombstone)
Daughter of Robert Fulton and Frances "Fanny" Jane (Thatcher) Montgomery

Montgomery, Robert Fulton; born: Jan 3, 1823; died: c. 1876; (tombstone)
Son of Andrew and Mary (Norris) Montgomery

Montgomery, Samuel Stephen; born: Jun 15, 1822; died: Oct 31, 1881; (tombstone)
Son of James S. and Frances (Gilbert) Montgomery, Confederate veteran, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Montgomery, William W.; born: May 16, 1824; died: Apr 19, 1874; (tombstone)
Son of James S. and Frances (Gilbert) Montgomery, Confederate veteran, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Thatcher, Annie E.; born: 1839; died: Oct 25, 1913; (tombstone)
Nee Davis, married John William Thatcher

Thatcher, George M.; born: Oct 22, 1849; died: Oct 30, 1867; (tombstone)
Son of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher,

Thatcher, George Washington; born: Jan 8, 1808; died Aug 30, 1867; (tombstone)
Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Thatcher, John William; born: Feb 9, 1840; died: Dec 9, 1922; (tombstone)
Son of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher, Confederate veteran. Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Thatcher, Laura Ann; born: 1844; died: Aug 11, 1858; (tombstone)
Daughter of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher

Thatcher, Margaret Elizabeth; born: Apr 5, 1839; died: Dec 22, 1869; (tombstone)
Daughter of Jams Crane and Margaret (Giberson) Abell, married John William Thatcher, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Thatcher, Mildred; born: 1842; died: 1852/53; (tombstone)
Daughter of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher

Thatcher, Mildred; born: Oct 6, 1853; died: Aug 20, 1914; (tombstone)
Daughter of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher

Thatcher, Sarah Myrah; born: Sep 14, 1815; died: Oct 30, 1897; (tombstone)
Daughter of James Steen and Frances (Gilbert) Montgomery, married George Washington Thatcher, Sep 21, 1833, Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Thatcher, Sommerville; born: 1846; died: Oct 9, 1862; (tombstone)
Daughter of George Washington and Sarah Myrah (Montgomery) Thatcher

Vineyard, Infant; born: unknown; died: Aug 18, 1898; (tombstone)
Child of Harvey Samuel and Jessie Adelle (Montgomery) Vineyard

Watts, Margie A.; born: Oct 5, 1864; died: Mar 24, 1891; (tombstone)
Daughter of John Gilbert and Ann Elizabeth (Stockton) Montgomery, married William Warfield Watts, Nov 19, 1884

Watts, Mary Laura; born: Sep 25, 1854; died: Jul 23, 1883; (tombstone)
Daughter of James Gilbert and Ann Elizabeth (Stockton) , married William Warfield Watts, Jan 5, 1882

Watts, William Warfield; born: c. 1847; died: Apr 1893; (tombstone)
Son of E. T. Watts

Williamson, Albert A.; born: unknown; died: Jan 31, 1887; (tombstone)
Son of Leon Deserin and Summie (Thatcher) Williamson

Williamson, Leon DeSerin; born: Sep 1, 1858; died: Apr 23, 1911; (tombstone)
Son of Albert A. and Mary (DeSerin) Williamson

Williamson, Summie; born: Sep 19, 1862; died: Feb 14, 1900; (tombstone)
Daughter of John William and Margaret Elizabeth (Abell) Thatcher, married Leon DeSerin Williamson, Jul 1, 1885

Wilson, Thomas Jefferson; born: Jul 17, 1845; died: Dec 21, 1919; (tombstone)
Son of Dr, John and Jane Barrow (Greer) Wilson, married Fannie Lydia Thatcher Oct 10, 1889

There is also one other baby buried in this cemetery, possibly a child of Newton Ford and Josephine Estep (Thatcher) Frazar (tombstone)

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