Sabine
County Cemeteries OLD VICKERS CEMETERY
Sabine County, Texas
Indexed by Martha Vickers
Epitaphs added 8 Apr 2001 by Kay Parker McCary & Billy Neal Fussell
For questions contact Kay Parker McCary.
First Marked Burial – 1850 Last Marked Burial – 12 Apr 1959
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DIRECTIONS Old Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas – From the courthouse in Hemphill take FM 83 East 1 block to State Hwy 87. Go North or Left on Hwy 87 for 7 miles to Milam. Continue North on Hwy 87 for 3.2 miles. Turn East or Right on Telephone Road. Go ??? miles to Lola Lane and turn Right or South and go ??? miles to a dim road on the Left. Follow this road ??? mile to the Cemetery on the Left. Additional information added in parenthesis. (Will update this when I can, there were 2 trees on the road, so I couldn’t get the exact mileage.) |
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| Name | Born | Died | Inscription | Comments | |
| 1 | ALFORD, Jennie Vickers | 30 Jun 1884 | 18 Feb 1902 | ||
| 2 | SHORT, Twin Babies | --- | --- | ||
| 3 | VICKERS, Charles A. (Augustus) | 5 May 1872 | 31 Dec 1941 | ||
| 4 | VICKERS, Charles Devoe | 10 Dec 1899 | 9 Dec 1939 | ||
| 5 | VICKERS, Charles Harris, Sr. | 1864 | 1930 |
(Long Charlie – Son of Harris Vickers & Sarah Ann Mason) |
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| 6 | VICKERS, Elizabeth H. Sanders | 1810 | 1850 | b. Penn. - d. Texas --Wife of James; Citizen of Republic of Texas 1845 | |
| 7 | VICKERS, Harris | 1812 | 26 Feb 1864 | "Came to Texas From Georgia 1833" | |
| 8 | VICKERS, James Augustus | 7 Jan 1852 | 20 Dec 1910 | "A light from our household Is gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our hearts That never can be filled." | (Real Son –Son of Harris Vickers & Sarah Ann Mason) |
| 9 | VICKERS, James Wallace | 27 Jun 1881 | 1 Oct 1883 | "Baby son of James Augustus Vickers – A little time on earth he spent til God for him His angel sent" | |
| 10 | VICKERS, J. J. | 1845 | 28 Feb 1895 | "In my Father’s house are many mansions - Gone but not forgotten" |
(Judge Joseph Jefferson Vickers - Real Son - Son of Harris Vickers & Sarah Ann Mason) |
| 11 | VICKERS, Leo Jefferson | --- | 14 Nov 1917 | Texas PVT 560 Inf 90 Div | only one date |
| 12 | VICKERS, Milton Harris | 18 Jul 1890 | 12 Nov 1932 | "PVT 165 Depot Brigade – Another link is broken In our beloved band A golden chain is forming in a better land" | |
| 13 | VICKERS, Ottis A. | 25 Feb 1896 | 12 Apr 1959 | Pvt 34 Co 165 Depot Brigade WW I | |
| 14 | VICKERS, Sarah Ann Mason | 1812 | 1891 | b. Alabama d. Texas | (Dau of James & Elizabeth Mason) |
| 15 | VICKERS, Betty (Elizabeth Bennett) | 8 Aug 1853 | 14 Jan 1930 | ||
| 16 | VICKERS, Volney H. (Harris) | 26 Aug 1870 | 3 Jan 1916 | ||
| 17 | Grave not marked, believed to be one of two confederate soldiers passing through to fight was ill when he died there on Vickers Land and was buried in Vickers Cemetery. | ||||
| 18 | Grave not marked of second soldier. | ||||
