Peel Family Cemetery
Henderson County Texas
Named for the pioneer James Turner Peel, on whose land the interment place
was once located and whose family settled in the area in the 1860's from Mississippi.
The land the Peel family inhabited was partly in Henderson County and partly in
Kaufman County. Earliest marked grave is of James T Peel, who died and was
buried in 1876 This cemetery is located 1/3 mile south of the Kaufman-Henderson
County line, south of the Old Peeltown Community. It is on a ranch and is accessible
only by foot as there is a very large & deep creek bed that must be crossed to reach it.
The site is about 3/4 acre in size, completely fenced & is on the south bank of the creek.
It is overgrown in brush, weeds & cactus. In very poor shape, yet location is probably
responsible for it's preservation.
ENUMERATION:
BISHOP
B Frank Bishop 1833 1882
Delphia A Bishop 1841 1932
BREWER
Herbert Temple Brewer 29 Jan 1902 11 Mar 1903
S/o J D & Carrie James Floyd Bewer 1899 1938
Sibble Dorothy Brewer Died 31 Mar 1905 Age 7 Yrs, 11 Mos 4 Dys
d/o J D & Carrie Infant B & D 08 Jun 1895
s/o J D & Carrie Brewer
ELSTON
Eunicey Elston 14 Feb 1853 13 Apr 1904
(this is Sarah Eunice Peel)
FROST
M A Frost 9 Dec 1889 28 Nov 1896
d/o E W & M E Frost N L Frost 18 Jun 1891 5 Dec 1896
d/o E W & M E Frost Van Buren Frost 24 Mar 1898 15 Jul 1899
s/o E W & M A Frost
HAUN
Gladys Mae Haun 1910 1968
LEWIS
Freddie W Lewis 14 Jul 1879 30 Mar 1898
Son of T C & M E Lewis
MOORE
James E Moore 16 Dec 1865 17 Jan 1920
*Large W O W marker, now laying flat on ground
Texanna Moore 5 May 1873 5 Aug 1968
(this is Mary Texanna Hicks- md 15 Jan 1890)
A B Morse 28 Sep 1899 3 Feb 1901
Son of K O & Jane Morse
PEEL
Dudley Odell Peel 9 Feb 1908 29 Feb 1908
Son of R T Peel & S E Conner Eugenia Peel
(handmade stone-unreadable)
Gladys Celeste Peel 7 May 1901 22 May 1901
Dau of R T Peel & S E Conner
Honor Lovell Peel 11 Jan 1905 20 Apr 1905
Dau of R T Peel & S E Conner J M Peel 10 Aug 1839 30 Oct 1904
(James Monroe peel, s/o J T Peel & Martha) J T Peel 18 Sep 1814 13 Sep 1876
Aged 61 Yrs, 11 Mo, 24 Dys
(James Turner Peel) James Clark Peel 4 Oct 1909 21 Apr 1910
Son of W B Peel & Edna Bullock John F Peel 28 Jun 1885 5 Jul 1885
Son of J M & S A Peel Martha Peel Died June 5, 1883 Aged 85 Years
Wife of J T Peel Nora Hester Peel 16 Jan 1877 13 May 1878
Dau of J M & S A Peel Rufus Leonard Peel 1906 1961
Rufus Turner Peel 21 Mar 1875 25 Dec 1915
Sallie Peel 5 Jun 1842 9 Feb 1908
Wife of J M Peel (Sallie Ann) William Monroe Peel 18 Jan 1895 8 Feb 1896
Son of W B & C E Peel Infant 11 Jun 1908 16 Jun 1908
d/o R T Peel & Stella Conner Infant s/o W H & S E Peel Died 1880
KNOWN BURIALS
Known burials at Peel Cemetery in unmarked graves:
(info from James Collins, a descendant of James T Peel - From Bible records)
Bennett Peel b & d 1868 son of Wm Henry Peel & Sarah Ellen Grissom
Dave Elias Elston - Husband of S E Peel
(buried next to Eunicey Elston) Della Peel 1874-1880
d/o W H & S E Peel Stella Peel 1874-1881
d/o W H & S E Peel Sally Peel 1870-1873
d/o W H & S E Peel
KNOWN BURIALS FROM OTHER SOURCES
Cleo V Snipes 1904 1969
(was listed on earlier enumeration, and a temporary marker was
found for this person in 1999, laying inside a clay flower pot under
a mesquite tree, however the actual grave site was not located at that time)
UNKNOWN BURIALS
Broken tombstone under large bush-unreadable & in pieces- appears
stone was soft & eroded from exposure to the elements Brick outlining
grave next to J M Peel Two graves marked with what appears to be two
old Iron hitching posts next to Brewer grave Two graves marked with large
rocks next to J T Peel Wooden stake (appears to have once been a Cross)
Rusted temp Marker near barbed wire fence on south side of cemetery
Rusted Temp marker entangled in brush & vines near fence at north end of
cemetery One large stone slab turned face down near Elston grave Large
group of iris growing near north fence Large group of iris near south fence
Three broken clay pots under mesquite tree where land is sunken in (appears
to be grave)
Enumerated & Photographed July 29, 1999 by Kathey Kelley Hunt