Limestone Co. TX	Springfield Cemetery

Submitted by Louise Bates - LBates@hot.rr.com

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It is located South of Mexia on Hwy 14 going to Ft Parker State Park.
Cemetery is inside the State Park.


Brookins Dr	N	1-24-1819	10-1854		"Born in Eastern N.Y..
Died in Texas by
							Mexican violence,
slain for gold.
							He suffered much
through life and murmured
							not."
Butler	Willie	B	none		none		age 33 yrs 11 mo   son
of W Butler
Cole 	Amanda	M	3-18-1830	11-5-1856	"wife of J N Cole
Daughter of R.D. & M. Peeples.
							Born in Talapoose Co.,
Ala. Age 20 yrs,7 mo,17 da"
Cole 	John	M 	4-16-1853	12-12-1865	"son of J N & Amanda,
was born in Limestone Co.
							12 yrs, 7 mo, 12 da"
Coulson	Burr		none		none		(a servant buried in
the Stroud lot)
Curry 	Kate		none		1955
Curry 	Ben	Sr	10-26-1885	8/15/1953
Curry 	James		2/22/1905	7/17/1917
Curry 	Joe		none		3/31/1905
Hall	Edward		11-20-1893	3/8/1920
Haynie 	Albert	Emmet 	12-20-1828	8-20-1851
House 	E	F	2-24-1825	6/22/1917	Mother
House 	M  D  L		7-4-1825	3-4-1876	Father
Jefferson Mrs. Ella Mae	1911		1/11/1949
Johnson	Roddie		none		2/24/1935	Texas Pvt. 331 Serv.
B. N.
Johnson	Johnie	Lyn	7/1/1910	10/23/1923
Johnson	Willie		4/12/1900	2/7/1958
Johnson	Willie	Jr	6/28/1926	9/6/1964	Texas Seaman 1st Class
USNR  WWII
Johnson	Ephraim		1824		9-26-1892	Husband of ________
Kelly	Willie	V	11/30/1914	1/10/1953	Texas Tec 5 323 Ord
Ammo Co  WWII
Lane 	Mary Marshael	5-21-1827	1854
Lynch 	Nathaniel H 	none		10-3-1849	"8 mo, 9 das  Inf son
Joseph & Mary"
Lynch 	Mary 		none		6-12-1852	"age 32 yr, 2 mo, 22
da.  Wife of Joseph P Lynch"
Lynch 	Joseph	Penn	1810		1860		Born in Kentucky--  A
private and Capt in the
							Army of the Republic
of Texas.  Served in the
							San Jacinto Campaign
in 1836.  Died at Springfield.
Mathews	Everlin		5/15/1907	11/22/1947
McCullough  __________	none		11-4-1891	In memory of daughter
McElroy	Robert	Emmett	6-9-1831	3-21-1856	"Son of John and
Elizabeth McElroy.
							Born in Calsba, Dallas
Co., Ala.
							Married Bettie
Pendergast, Nov 29, 1855
							in Limestone Co.
Texas"
Moore 	Lela	 	4-26-1887	12-26-1894
Morris	Laura		10-4-1824	11-17-1898	wife of Thomas L.
Morris	T	L	9-17-1823	5-30-1891
Morris	Willie	W	1-19-1867	6-21-1867	son of T.L. & Laura
Morris	Mary 	T	7-17-1856	6-5-1867	dau of T.L. & Laura
Morris 	Infants		none		none		Infs of T.L. & Laura
Nettles	Fannie		1854		11-1894
Nettles	Anna		1-16-1888	12-20-1894	dau of D & B Nettles
Peeples R	D	9-2-1804	5-7-1861	born in Green Co.
Georgia
Proctor Eva		12-14-1884	6/26/1955	Mother
Rhodes 	Conrad	Jr	7/27/1943	9/11/1964	Texas Pvt.  US Army
Rhodes 	James	O 	5/29/1925	11/11/1953	Texas Sgt. 3677  O.M.
Truck Co. WWII
Rhodes 	Ezekiel		1-4-1883	12/19/1951
Roberts	Antonia	M	3-29-1849	9-28-1869	Dau of H.M. & F.
Row 	John	S	5-28-1837	12-27-1874
Sanders Johnah		5-15-1894	1/1/1960	* double marker
Sanders Conrid		1/12/1900	11/2/1948	* double marker
Shackelford Mrs John	10-14-1831	1-12-1863
Smith 	Lula		10-15-1888	10-8-1890
Stroud	Logan	Almoren	10-10-1814	2/5/1911	born in Morgan Co.
Georgia
Stroud	Jane E	Harlan	12-21-1823	2/1/1905	His wife--born in
Laurance Dis. S.C.
Stroud	William	M 	1-5-1853	8-5-1877	son of L.A. & J.E.
Stroud	Ethan		2-10-1848	4-22-1870	Eldest son of L.A. and
J.E.Stroud
Stroud	Little	Owen	none		7-11-1865	"1 yr, 1 mo, 2 das"
Stroud	Little	Suda	none		11-4-1864	age 8 mo
Tiebout Mary 	Anne	6-26-1834	2-10-1853	"Born in Jiles Co Tenn
Wife of Henry Tiebout,
							dau of Samuel & Eliza
R Montgomery"
Tranmel Boy		11-23-18995	2/24/1912	son of Dailey & Beulah
Tranmel
Tranmel Beulah		4-1-1875	10/23/1923
Walker	Sanders		5-11-1818	4-3-1887	A veteran of the Texas
War for Independence 1835-1836
							(erected by the State
1962)
Walker	William	 	10-5-1848	9-29-1870
Walker	Lucretia	6-11-1822	4-10-1864	Wife of Sanders Walker
Walker	Mary 		7-29-1868	8-27-1896	wife of J.M.
Walker	Mary 		1821		7-15-1868	second wife of Sanders
Walker



One grave with broken marker-"Mary Etta".  The rest is gone.
One marker near Sanders and Walker graves is not readable.
There are many brick vaulted graves which are broken down and there are
no markers.