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Oldest Grave is that of Sarah Clanahan born 14 Feb 1800 in South Carolina died 23 Nov 1868 This makes this cemetery as of April 2004, one hundred thirty six years old. Families in this cemetery are: Bitrum, Black, Breedlove, Clanahan, Corder, Dill, Fazande, Griggs, Holland, Hopper, Jenkins, Johnson, Luter, Mills, Morrow, Reeves, Schumacher, Shiflet, Smith, Thomas, Troublefield, Wilson. History on Families buried at Alligator Cemetery: *Note:On the 1860 Census for Henderson County it says: Page #6 28 Jun 1860 Dwelling # 41, Family # 32 Line # 20 Clanahan, James B. age 55 Brick Mason $400 born S. C. Clanahan, Sarah age 60 born S. C. Clanahan, Martin D. age 24 Brick Mason $200 born S. C. Clanahan, Martha A. age 20 born S. C. Clanahan, Wm. R. age 18 born $40 S. C. 1920 Henderson County Texas Census ED 16 Precinct 1 page 7A 15th Jan 1920 Ln # 10 Dw # 90 Fm # 95 Breedlove, G. W. age 60 GA VA TN Breedlove, Tom son age 29 TX GA TX Breedlove, Alma granddaugther age 9 TX TX TX 1860 Henderson Co., TX census Beat 2 page 25 line # 37 dw # 127 fm # 113 Hooper S. Y. 34 male Farmer SC Hooper Martha J. 28 female SC Hooper Adolphus 10 male SC Hooper Elizabeth B. 8 female SC Hooper Alice 6 female SC Hooper Eliza H. 5 female SC Hooper Kate A. 3 female SC Hooper Anna L. 8/12 female TX 1870 Henderson Co., TX census Pct Athens page 245 line # 36 dw # 15 fm # 15 Hopper Samuel Y. 48 male Farmer $1200 $500 SC Hopper Martha J. 37 female SC Hopper Adolphus 21 male SC Hopper Alice 16 female SC Hopper Elza L. 14 female SC Hopper Kate 12 female SC Hopper Anna J. 10 female TX Hopper Ezella 8 female TX 1880 Henderson Co., TX census ED 35 Fincastle Pct 5 page 199C line # 1 dw # 262 fm # 270 Hopper Martha J. 49 female SC SC SC Hopper Elza L. 23 daughter female SC SC SC Eudins Young 3 male grandson TX AL SC line # 4 dw # 263 fm # 271 Hopper Adolphus 29 male Farmer SC SC SC Hopper Ella wife 23 female AR AL AL Hopper Macil son 1 male TX SC AR History of Alligator Cemetery Researched by Holli Boone Kees (click for link to Holli's memorial). If you have other history
information for the families buried at this cemetery...please contact so that we can add your info here.
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| Explanation of
term usage M/O=mother of F/O=father of D/O=daughter of S/O=son of W/O=wife of H/O=husband of " "=nickname ( )=maiden name (FNU)=first name unknown (LNU)=last name unknown |
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| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | FATHER | MOTHER | SPOUSE | NOTES |
| Bitrum, (FNU) | no date | no date | Mrs not marked-but known burial |
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| Black, (FNU) | no date | no date | Grandma not marked-but known burial |
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| Breedlove, George Wesley | 27 Sep 1859 | 1 Mar 1941 | Mary B. Smith | married 26 Sep 1880
Henderson Co., TX see obituary Jury List January 1901 Mineral Deeds Nov 1934 Newspaper Community News 1903 |
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| Breedlove, Infant | no date | no date | Thomas Newton Breedlove | |||
| Breedlove, Mary B. (Smith) | 21 Dec 1861 | 6 Nov 1891 | George Wesley Breedlove | married 26 Sep 1880 Henderson Co., TX | ||
| Breedlove, Ola Jewell (Reynolds) | 11 Oct 1892 | 12 Jan 1916 | John Middleton Reynolds | Anner Eliza Atwood | Thomas Newton Breedlove | see family page: need new url |
| Breedlove, Thelma May (Wyrick) | 20 Aug 1901 | 9 Feb 1990 | Thomas Newton Breedlove | married 23 Dec 1922 Henderson Co., TX | ||
| Breedlove, Thomas Newton | 21 Jan 1890 | 14 Mar 1968 | George Wesley Breedlove | Mary B. Smith | Ola Jewell Reynolds/Thelma Wyrick | see
family page: need new url Jury List Aug 1940 married 23 Dec 1922 Henderson Co., TX 1939 Telephone Directory 1953 Telephone Directory |
| Clanahan, Sarah | 14 Feb 1800 | 23 Nov 1868 | (born in South Carolina) (Oldest Grave in
Cemetery) |
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| Corder, Infant | no date | no date | Percy Corder | Mae | not marked-but known burial | |
| Crow, Etherene (Thomas) | 18 Nov 1920 | 15 Dec 2002 | John B. Thomas | Frances A. "Fannie" Breedlove | Jackson Larrimore Crow, Sr. | obituary |
| Crow, Jackson Larrimore Sr. | 29 Nov 1912 | 10 Aug 1988 | Etherene Thomas | WWII US Navy EM1 | ||
| Dill, Molly (Cupp) | 14 Mar 1910 | 24 Aug 1947 | George Washington Cupp | Anna Laura Breedlove | C. H. Dill | see obituary |
| Fazande, Frankie Mae | 10 Jan 1912 | 7 May 2001 | ||||
| Griggs, C. A. | no date | no date | age 63 obituary |
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| Holland, Molly | no date | no date | not marked-but known burial | |||
| Hopper, Adolphus Briscoe | 1851 | 1890 | Samuel Y. Hopper | Martha J. | Elmira "Ella" Avant | see
family page: need new url listed 1860 Henderson Co., TX Beat 2 page 25 line # 37 dw # 127 fm # 113 listed 1880 Henderson Co., TX ED 35 Fincastle page 199C line # 1 dw # 262 fm # 270 |
| Hopper, Child | no date | no date | Samuel Y. Hopper | Martha J. | ||
| Hopper, Elmira "Ella" (Avant) | 1859 | 1927 | Nathan Thomas Avant | Theodocia Wilson | Adolphus Briscoe Hopper | see
family page: need new url listed 1880 Henderson Co., TX ED 35 Fincastle page 199C line # 1 dw # 262 fm # 270 |
| Hopper, Martha J. | 1831 | bet 1880-1900 | Samuel Y. Hopper | not marked-but known burial see family page: need new url listed 1860 Henderson Co., TX Beat 2 page 25 line # 37 dw # 127 fm # 113 listed 1880 Henderson Co., TX ED 35 Fincastle page 199C line # 1 dw # 262 fm # 270 |
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| Hopper, Samuel Y. | 1825 | bet 1870-1880 | Martha J. | not marked-but known burial see family page: need new url born South Carolina listed 1860 Henderson Co., TX Beat 2 page 25 line # 37 dw # 127 fm # 113 |
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| Hopper, Tobe A. | 5 Oct 1893 | 26 Dec 1962 | Pfc., Tex., 304 Repair Unit M.T.C. WWI | |||
| Jenkins, J. J. | 17 Dec 1833 | 26 Oct 1957 | ||||
| Johnson, Gladys | no date | no date | C. A. Johnson | Edna | not marked-but known burial | |
| Johnson, Jeanetta | no date | no date | William M. Johnson | not marked-but known burial see family page: need new url |
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| Johnson, William M. | no date | no date | Corp. Co. F, 3rd. Bn. Miss. Inf. CSA see family page: need new url |
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| Luter, (FNU) | no date | no date | not marked-but known burial | |||
| Luter, (FNU) | no date | no date | not marked-but known burial | |||
| Mills, Child | no date | no date | J. H. Mills | more then likely this is J. Hubert Mills and his wife Alma Breedlove's child | ||
| Morrow, Docia (Hopper) | 27 Mar 1881 | 3 Dec 1941 | John R. Morrow | obituary
Athens Weekly Review Dec. 4, 1941 sister of Tobe A. Hopper |
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| Morrow, Ima Dell | 21 Feb 1907 | 29 Apr 1915 | John R. Morrow | Docia Hopper | ||
| Morrow, John R. | 3 Mar 1870 | 8 Sep 1954 | Thomas Richardson Morrow | Anna Parilee Quick | Docia Hopper | see obituary |
| Reeves, Infant | no date | no date | not marked-but known burial | |||
| Schumacher, Beaulah M. | 14 Feb 1911 | 17 Jun 1913 | August Frank Schumacher | Emma Sophia Klusmeier | ||
| Shiftlet, Eugenia | 26 Apr 1886 | 25 Jun 1899 | W. C. Shiftlet | married 14 Aug 1884 Henderson Co., TX | ||
| Smith, (FNU) | no date | no date | Grandma not marked but known burial |
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| Smith, Ruby B. | 15 Nov 1894 | 27 Dec 1902 | B. Smith | A. J. | ||
| Thomas, Frances A. "Fannie" (Breedlove) | 29 Jan 1887 | 9 Oct 1957 | George Wesley Breedlove | Mary B. Smith | John B.Thomas | listed 1910 Henderson Co., TX census ED 19 Pct 7 page 215A |
| Thomas, George Felton | 17 Nov 1913 | 15 Jun 1934 | John B. Thomas | Frances A. "Fannie" Breedlove | middle name from obituary Athens Weekly Review June 21, 1934 | |
| Thomas, James Wayne | 30 Jun 1925 | 27 Mar 1930 | John B. Thomas | Frances A. "Fannie" Breedlove | middle name from obituary | |
| Thomas, John B. | 19 Jun 1885 | 27 Feb 1965 | Frances A. "Fannie" Breedlove | listed 1910 Henderson Co., TX census ED 19 Pct 7 page 215A | ||
| Thomas, John Wilson | 26 Sep 1909 | 16 Jul 1912 | John B. Thomas | Frances A. "Fannie" Breedlove | middle name from 1910 Henderson Co., TX census ED 19 Pct 7 page 215A | |
| Troublefield, Dolphus | no date | no date | not marked-but known burial--there is a family page on Adolpus Rayburn Troublefield born 1915 Henderson Co., TX d. 1918 Henderson Co., TX | |||
| Wilson, Norman | 20 Apr 1926 | 1 Jun 1926 | Chester Roy Wilson | Pauline Schumacher | ||
Copied 1970 by Iva Nell Clark & the Baxter 4-H Club Copied 1975 by Claude and Estelle Dixon Corder. Compiled and updated April 1, 2002 by Holli Boone Kees (Holli's memorial link) and Kristi Boone Willard If you have any information on someone buried here and they are not listed ...please contact so that we can get them posted and documented at the cemetery.
| Click On Name To See Obituary | ||
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| Felton Thomas | James Thomas | George Breedlove |
| Mollie Dill | Docia Morrow | J. R. Morrow |
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Athens Weekly Review Thursday June 21, 1934 Felton Thomas, 20, Dies Following Long Illness Felton Thomas, 20, son of Mr and Mrs John Thomas of the Baxter Community, died early Friday morning following a three months illness. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock p.m. Saturday with interment following in the Alligator Cemetery. The deceased was born and reared in the Baxter Community in the this county. He is survived by his parents, one brother Reagan Thomas; two sisters Frankie Mae and Etherline Thomas. The deceased was a grandson of G. W. Breedlove.
Athens Weekly Review Thursday April 3, 1930 Mortuary James, the little five year old son of Mr and Mrs J. B. Jones (wrong name...should be Thomas) of the Baxter Community passed away Thursday at the family home. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 Friday afternoon by Rev. Mooney of Murchison, at Alligator Graveyard east of Baxter.
Athens Weekly Review Thursday April 10, 1930 Baxter Community News Baxter, April 1--The death angel again passed over our community last Thursday morning, March 27 and took away little James Wayne Thomas, 5 year old youngest son of Mr and Mrs. John Thomas. He was ill only a short time and news of his death came as a shock to the community. He is survived by his parnets, two sisters and two brothers, also his grandfather and numerous other relatives. Interment was in the Alligator graveyard. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mooney of Murchison. We are joined by the whole community in sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Athens Weekly Review Thursday March 6, 1941 George Breedlove Dies Saturday at Farm Home George W. Breedlove, 81 year-ol pioneer resident of Henderson County, died at 5 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of his son T. N. (Tom) Breedlove, in the Baxter Community. His death was attributed to the infirmities of age. He had been in ill health for several years. Funeral Services for Mr. Breedlove, who was one of the old settlers of the Baxter Community, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 farm house. Interment followed in the Alligator Cemetery on the Athens-New York road. Rev. J. E. White of Murchison was named to conduct the rites. Deceased was born on September 27th 1959 (mistake..should be 1859) at Macon, GA, but came to Texas early in life and had been a resident of this section for more than half a century. He is survived by one son Tom Breedlove, Baxter; two daughters, Mrs. Addie Crimm and Mrs. Fannie Thomas, both of the Baxter Community.
Athens Weekly Review Thursday 28 Aug 1947 Funeral Rites for Mrs. Dill Held, Burial at Baxter Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Dill, 37, of Dallas, who died in a hosptial in that city Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock after a lengthy illness were held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in Dallas. Burial was near Baxter Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. Marvin Johnson of Athens. Mrs. Dill who was born in Waco and a member of the Baptist Church, is survived by her husband C. H. Dill, Dallas; one son Claude Thomas Dill and one daughter Dorothy Ann Dill, both of Dallas; father George Cupp; two brothers, George and Clarence and two sisters Mrs. Mabel Murff and Mrs Jewell Morrow. She was the daughter of Mrs. Anna Cupp, who was born and reared in Baxter, and the granddaughter of the late George W. Breedlove. Mrs. Dill visited in the home of an uncle, T. N. Breedlove, and with other relatives in Baxter each summer.
Athens Weekly Review Thursday December 4, 1941 Former Baxter Woman Dies in Mineola-Burial near Athens Mrs. J. R. (Docia) Morrow, 60, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. E. Streetman in Mineola Wednesday morning at 2:20, it was announced here Wednesday. Mrs. Morrow lived in the Baxter Community all of her life until 1928. Funeral services will be held in the First Baptist Church of Mineola Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with her son in law, Rev. R. E. Streetman officiating at the final rites. Burial will be in the old Alligator Cemetery in the Baxter Community, whre Mrs. Morrow spent the early years of her life. Time of interment has been scheduled for 1:30 in the afternoon. The English Funeral Home of Mineola and Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home in Athens have charge of the arrangements. Survivors include her husband J. R. Morrow, Mineola; a son J. H. Morrow, Port Arthur; two daughters, Mrs. R. E. Streetman of Mineola and Mrs. H. G. Shaw, Houston; one brother T. A. Hopper of Athens and give grandchildren.
Athens Weekly Review Thursday September 16, 1954 Baxter Funeral Services Held Here For J. R. Morrow Baxter, September 15--J. R. Morrow was buried here last Friday. He died September 9 on Thursday at Coleman. He with his family moved from here many years ago. He was 84 years of age.
N/A If you have family buried here at this cemetery and would like to know how to get an Historical Marker placed at the cemetery contact the Henderson County Historical Commission for further information. Henderson County Historical Commission 201 E. Larkin Street Athens Texas 75751 903-675-6199
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