Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

MARTIN CEMETERY

by Jack Holt

Updated May 1, 2003

History of Martin Cemetery

ROW	NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	COMMENTS
AA				Along the west fence to the right of gate
AA10	Nathan Holt	03/15/1820	About 1860	Marker placed in his memory 04/2003
AA20				Historical marker dedication 04/28/2001
AA30				Flag pole installed & dedicated 04/2003
AA40	Demetra J. Cole	06/03/1905	1981
AA50
AA60	Travis W. Lee	03/31/1905	1993
AA70	Calvin Osker Cole US Army	08/15/1928	09/08/1983
AA80	Patenten ?	08/27/1915	02/16/1958
AAA10	Robert Nathan Hutchens “Cowboy”	02/18/1948	12/23/1988
A10	Alvin G. Langley Texas Sgt. US Army WWI	08/19/1893	04/27/1969
A11	Minnie S. Langley	06/18/1904	07/05/1979
A20	Alice Abner Spencer	04/05/1909	02/07/1979	See Reference 3
A30	E.J. Spencer	01/04/1906	07/23/1963
A40	Baby Spencer	08/02/1929
A45	Harvey Spencer US Air Force	06/08/1930	09/02/1999
A50	Lou Rena Spencer	10/18/1907	11/18/1920
A60	James F. Spencer	03/21/1865	12/16/1928
A70	Mollie J. White Spencer	12/20/1875	10/30/1933	See Reference 3
A80	Jimmie Spencer	10/14/1901	08/22/1969
A90	May Spencer	01/19/1897	04/11/1972
A100	Lela Musgrave Spencer	01/03/1899	11/24/1972	See Reference 3
A110	Frank Spencer	05/24/1899	02/10/1978
A120	Fairy Marie Richard Spencer	11/25/1929	10/11/1983	See Reference 3
A130	Grata Caledonia Spencer Phillips	01/04/1910	11/10/1991	See Reference 3
ROW B
B5	Minnie Sable Frasier	12/24/1919	02/06/2000
B10	Fredonia Hestand	01/10/1854	01/17/1920
B20	J.F. Hestand	09/10/1846	11/19/1918
B30	Robert M. Wells	11/06/1860	12/01/1906
B40	Baby Brown (Emma)	08/27/1919	02/16/1926
				Several more spaces with no markers
ROW C				Several unmarked spaces
C10	John W. Frasier US Army WWII	03/05/1914	10/18/1980	See Reference 9
C20	Margaret Carol Frasier (baby)	09/11/1940	09/11/1940
C30				Old stone marker
C40	Catherine Adams Wife of Thomas Adams	02/12/1825	03/19/1912
C50	Thomas Adams Union Army 1864	04/24/1822	11/01/1901
C60	Veta Gilliam	07/30/1904
C70	Wm. H. Gilliam	03/23/1898	07/25/1970
C80	Robert E. Pilkington	01/28/1844	03/01/1920
ROW D
D10	J.H. Lee	11/02/1902	10/07/1966
D20	Minnie Sable Lee	03/05/1873	11/28/1940
D30	J.C. Lee	06/21/1864	05/11/1932
D40	Nancy Jane Lee	09/01/1891	10/04/1964
D50	Margaret Isabell Lee	1893	1986
D60	Wyatt Haley Lee	1893	1954
D70	Herman Lee Infant son of W.H. Lee	08/09/1915	08/30/1915
D80				Unmarked stone & large cedar tree
D90				Small grave & unmarked stone
D100	Emma W. Millington	12/18/1876	05/12/1975
D110	James I. Millington	05/17/1872	07/09/1963
D116	Mabel I. Millington	08/20/1904	09/28/2000
D117	Seth V. Millington	12/18/1900	06/23/1994
D120	Baby Pilkington
D130	Baby Pilkington
ROW E
E1 – E8				Unmarked graves
E10	Charlie E. Makamson	10/26/1878	04/25/1967
E20	O. Makamson	1850	1897
E30	A.J. Makamson	07/15/1893	04/18/1894
E40	Rush Millington	1899	1899
E50	Leta Millington	1902	1921
E60				Old marker; not readable
E70	Robert Junior Miller	02/1925	08/1925
E80	Dillard Edward Yancy	01/24/1917	02/09/1919
E90	John Elmer Yancy	04/24/1907	09/20/1908
E100	Ellen Miller Yancy	01/03/1883	07/20/1923
E110	John Wesley Yancy	10/29/1872	12/27/1958
E120	Virgil Clanton Yancy TSgt US Army WWII	05/16/1915	06/18/1986
E130	Sam Yancy			Old concrete stone; no dates
ROW F
F10	Will W. Thompson	03/17/1873	03/01/1947
F20	Mary J. Thompson	01/21/1873	03/23/1939
F30	Mrs. Lucy A. Brown Ownby	01/06/1853	05/01/1925
F40	Hester Adams Daughter of G.F. & Mary Adams	05/03/1896	06/14/1896
F50	Hettie Armon Anderson	08/14/1893	02/17/1894
F60	Mary Elizabeth Miller Wife of W.R.	01/03/1857	03/28/1924
F70	J.W. Miller	01/15/1889	02/09/1912
F80	Sarah H. Helms	06/29/1828	06/13/1902
F90	Nancy E. Gunter	03/01/1858	03/20/1890
F100	Anna May Miller	04/23/1885	04/05/1902
F110	W.G. Helms	01/03/1866	06/21/1892
F120	T.P. Helms	03/14/1821	03/21/1904
F130				Old stone
F140	William Robert Miller	03/29/1855	02/17/1920
F150	William Thomas Miller	03/12/1885	01/13/1922
F160	Annie Jane Miller	08/05/1888	02/14/1970
F165	Baby Robbins	--	--
F170	Addie Raifsnider Robbins	1895	1949
F180	Lydia M. Raifsnider	1871	1958
F190	Fred Raifsnider	1869	1958
F200	Tina Mae McMahan Holt	02/12/1909	12/14/1936	Memorial marker; burial in Pecos, Texas
F210	Joseph Claborne Holt	02/16/1903	09/14/1980
F220	Elfie Holt Bellamy	03/10/1905	10/02/1997
F230	W.C. Bellamy	04/30/1903	06/15/1983
F240	David O. Holt PFC US Army	02/20/1917	06/09/1981
ROW G
G10				Old stone
G20				Old stone
G30				Old stone
G40				Old stone
G50	E. Brown Confederate Army	05/21/1838	09/08/1896	Known as Esibus or Eusebious Brown
G90	Argent Jewel Anderson	02/05/1901	04/07/1901
G110				Old stone
G111				Old stone
G120				Metal marker; unreadable
G130	Infant son of C.W. & G.W. Foster	03/26/1898	03/27/1898
G140				Old stone
G150				Old stone
G160				Old stone; unreadable metal marker
G170	Mary Jane Raifsnider Wife of J.A.	03/12/1886	11/30/1911
G180	J.A. Raifsnider	05/26/1866	01/27/1949
G190	Sahra N. Raifsnider	07/28/1844	06/01/1917
G200	George W. Raifsnider Union Army	09/11/1838	01/20/1920	See Reference 5
G205	Henry Isaac Holt	07/25/1889	12/17/1953	Reinterred in 2001; See Reference 4
G210	Ella L. Crews Holt	04/03/1872	03/28/1961
G220	George Washington Holt	10/06/1864	11/21/1951
G250	Jefferson Lonzo Holt Medical Department WWI DSC-PH	04/01/1895	12/25/1964
G260	Elsie Ola Holt Crump	07/11/1898	01/05/1975
G270	Marie Hestilow	1914	1980
ROW H
H10				Old stone
H20				Old stone
H30	Edgar Thompson	--	12/06/1899	Old stone marker
H40				Old unmarked stone
H50				Old unmarked stone
H60				Old unmarked stone
H70	Cleo Agnes Raifsnyder Daughter of F. & L.M. Raifsnider	01/11/1894	01/21/1895
H80	Sarah J. Martin Wife of W.H. Martin	01/11/1840	05/05/1893
H90	William H. Martin	07/09/1837	08/19/1925	See Reference 6
H100	Sallie J. Martin Wife of W.H. Martin	01/11/1840	05/05/1893
H110	Emily J. Martin Wife of W.H. Martin	11/14/1838	07/14/1905
H120	Ellen Self	03/30/1864	02/01/1930
H130	N.B. Self	01/26/1862	05/05/1946
H175	Patricia Jean Taylor Holt	06/04/1949	--
H180	Johnney W. Holt US Air Force Vietnam	09/02/1949	09/15/2002
H185	Lena E. Howard Holt	07/28/1930	--
H190	John H. Holt US Navy WWII	01/03/1919	12/05/2000
ROW I
I10				Old unmarked stone
I20				Old unmarked stone
I30				Old unmarked stone
I40				Old unmarked stone
I50	Lizzie Steen Martin	--	1901
I60	Baby Martin	--	1901
I66	Millie Martin	--	1887
I70	Margaret Rhodes	09/11/1863	07/18/1884
I80	Mary E. Rhodes Wife of T.L. Rhodes	11/06/1836	04/02/1884
I90	Savanah Helmes	08/18/1861	10/25/1883
I100	Jane Martin	11/1817	05/06/1884
I110	William H. Self	10/27/1886	10/05/1887
I120				Metal marker; unreadable
I130	David S. Self Son of H.A. & Mary E.	09/03/1890	01/29/1891
I140	Isaac Self Son of H.A. & M.E. Self	03/19/1894	04/03/1894
I150	Mary E. Self Wife of H.A. Self	04/15/1872	09/20/1899
I160	David S. Self	07/27/1830	04/05/1899
I170	Frances M. Self Wife of David S.	08/27/1843	03/23/1901
I180	Bertha Self Daughter of P.D. & M.F. Self	10/08/1893	08/27/1900
I190	Nathan Benjamin Self	1890	1913
I200	Mary Lutitia Self	06/26/1888	05/19/1942
I210	Spencer M. Self Confederate Army	12/20/1843	03/19/1918
I220	Lucindy Hicks Self	03/04/1852	01/07/1931
I230	John H. Self	03/09/1876	11/18/1944
I240	John H. Self	03/04/1918	04/27/1983
I250 & I260	Jack W. Holt Lucy H. Holt	07/09/1924 09/12/1923	-- --	Curbed plot
ROW J
J10 – J80				Unmarked old stones
J90	Elizabeth Fortner Holt 1st Wife of James Simpson Holt	02/08/1801	About 1860
J100	James Simpson Holt	10/30/1793	09/1879
J110	Lutitia Lucretia Self Holt 2nd Wife of James Simpson Holt	03/12/1833	12/1911
J120	M.C. Holt, Jr. Infant of Mc Holt	09/15/1918	09/15/1918
J130	Marie Holt Price	05/05/1908	08/15/1980
J140	J. Mack Holt Army WWI	01/19/1895	11/07/1918
J150	David S. Holt	01/01/1874	11/21/1942
J160	Mary F. Holt	04/15/1874	02/25/1961
J170	Zebadee Holt	12/23/1861	03/08/1922
J180	Zodie Holt	06/20/1866	03/18/1950
J190	Mc Holt	01/19/1895	11/09/1918	Stone
ROW K
K10	Mrs. S..A. Snelson	01/09/1828	07/03/1886	Built-up stone tomb
K12	Eliza Jane Martin	1850	1872
K13	Sarah Ann Martin	1850	06/10/1883	See Reference 1
K14	Leona Martin Daughter of J.R. & S.A. Martin	--	--	See Reference 1
K20 – K70				Unmarked stones; K60 is a tall, unmarked stone
K80	Spencer M. Self	12/11/1867	12/1868	Small tomb shaped; marker
K90				Unmarked stone
K100	Plina Caroline Sparks	04/28/1839	1873
K110	George W. (Happy) Holt	01/17/1898	11/20/1961
K129	Alvin W. Holt	12/08/1903	06/16/1979
K130	Marion Spencer Holt Texas Pvt 124rd Field Artillery 36th Division	10/27/1891	12/25/1937
ROW L
L5	Ambrose Baby Martin Son of J.R. & S.A. Martin	--	--	See Reference 1
L10				Unmarked stone
L20				Small unmarked stone
L30 – L70				Unmarked stones
ROW M
M10 – M50				Unmarked stones; M3 is a small unmarked stone
M30	Sarah Ann Rozell Bone	About 1842	10/23/1872	See Reference 8
M40	Elizabeth Rozell McGee	About 1851	10/13/1872	See Reference 8
M50
M60	Green Berry Rozell	11/23/1815	09/18/1895	See Reference 2
M70				Small unmarked stone
M80 – M100				Unmarked stones
M110	Mrs. Lou Watson	1862	1927	Concrete curb
ROW N
N10				Unmarked stone; stone curb
N20				Unmarked stone

REFERENCES

1. Information supplied by Winona F. Jones, Weatherford, Texas 04/28/2001.

2. Information supplied by Mary Lue Schafrick, Fort Worth, Texas 07/22/2001.

3. Information supplied by Susie Spencer White, Lipan, Texas 04/27/2002.

4. Information supplied by Jack W. Holt, Aledo, Texas. Remains moved from Odessa, Texas. Reinterred 10/20/2001.

5. Information supplied by Chester Raifsnider 04/02/2001. Union Army Co. DD 3rd HA Reg. Pennsylvania. 02/09/1864 to 11/09/1865.

6. Information supplied by Chester Raifsnider 04/02/2001. Confederate Army Co. A, 1862 to 1865, under W.H. Griffon.

7. Information supplied by Jack W. Holt 12/24/2002.

8. Information supplied by Dave Rayburn 09/24/2002.

9. Information supplied by Larry Frasier 11/24/2002.

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