ROCK SPRINGS CEMETERY
Located west of Grapeland on FM227. Turn right on
Pridgen-Sheridan Road and go another 4 miles.
Close to the old Sheridan home place and the old Sheridan Cemetery. |
BUTLER LEWIS: born March 29, 1915; died March 2, 1942;
WWII military marker.
WWII Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946 Houston Co., TX shows:
Name: Butler Lewis; Birth Year: 1915; Race, Negro, citizen; Nativity
State: Texas; County: Houston; Enlistment Date: 27 Mar 1941;
Enlistment State: Texas; Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston; Branch:
Warrant Officers; Grade: Private; Component: Selectees (Enlisted
Men); Source: Civil Life; Education: Grammar School; Civil
Occupation: Automobile Serviceman; Marital Status: Married; Height:
72; Weight: 177.
1930 HOUSTON CO., TX census:
LEWIS, Butler, h/h, rent 150, m, Neg, 20, m18, TX TX TX, farmer
Willie Mae, wife, f, Neg, 18, m 18, TX TX TX
Nettie, dau, f, Neg, 1, TX TX TX
(unknown if this is the same Butler Lewis)
FRED
WASHINGTON: born February 3, 189?; died March 14,
1933; WWI military marker; WWI Registration card information states:
Fred Washington; address, Grapeland, TX; Natural Born; day labor;
employer - W.T. Pridgen, Grapeland; wife, married, African; tall,
medium build, Black. Date: June 5, 1917 Local Board Houston
County, Crockett, TX
Other unreadable stones
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