| ~ Row 1 ~ - closest to the street ~ enumerized from east to west |
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| *stone-gray cement, standing Martha Jane Rayel Born July 9th, 1833 - Dec 19th, 1857 Inscription: "Wife of James T Rayel" |
| 1 unreadable tombstone - appears to be hand-made cement |
| *stone-white granite, broken, laying flat, encased in concrete when
repaired John D Baleew Born (unreadable) Died April 2, 187__ Footstone: "J D B" Inscription: "Husband of M H Baleew", "Farewell" Masonic Symbol at bottom (Note: Name is possibly Baleen, but it looks as though the stone mason made an error when making the inscription and tried to correct it, but not too successfully) |
| *stone-gray cement, standing (facing west, for some reason)
Ann G Burge Born Aug 15th, 1817 - Died Jun 17th, 1857 Footstone: plain Inscription: unreadable |
| ~ Row 2 ~ from east to west |
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| *stone, white/gray marble podium, draped, once had a lamb, which now
is headless
T J Johnson June 9, 1872 - July 7, 1891 Inscription: "5th Child of Isabella Carter" (Note: this is Toney Joe Johnson, the African-American son of Isabella Carter & Dick Johnson, both former slaves in Kaufman County. Isabella was a mulatto woman who was the daughter of pioneer William M Peters and the sister of Martha Jane Carter, who is buried here (SEE BELOW). From records it is believed Isabella is also buried here.) |
| *stone-white, standing, broken in middle, but repaired
Alfred Alonzo LaRoe Born & Died 1873 Inscription: "Son of M & A LaRoe" |
| *stone-white, tall, broken, but repaired, standing
James S LaRoe Died March 18th, 1854 Aged 52 Yrs, 6 Mos, 15 Dys Footstone: plain (He was one of the county's first settlers and recorded his journey from New Jersey to Kaufman in 1846 in a Diary) |
| *Gray stone marking grave |
| *Large red rock marking grave |
| *stone-gray cement, hand-chiseled
Robert Hendley Born May 26th, 1855 - Died May 12th, 1857 |
| *stone-gray cement, hand-chiseled
Amanda E Hendley Jan 12th, 1835 - April 3rd, 1857 Inscription: "Wife of B P Hendley" (Note: the "Y" at the end of her name is very tiny compared to the other letters, as if the mason ran out of room on the stone to complete it) |
| *stone-gray cement, hand-chiseled
James A Hendley Born F'b 4th, 1854 - Died Nov. 5th, 1857 |
| *stone-white granite, standing
M N Love Born July 5th, 1856 - Died Nov 16th, 1869 Footstone: plain Inscription: "Daughter of J W & E J Love" And at bottom: "our Darling's Gone to Rest" |
| *stone- white granite, double marker, standing
James W Love Born Dec 2d, 1820 - Apr 15th, 1865 Footstone: "J W L" & L F Love no dates readable (born 1855 - died 15 Apr 1865) Inscription: "Daughter of J W & E J Love" (James W Love was the son of William & Nancy Kirk Love. He married Eliza Jane Stephenson in Kaufman on 30 June 1854. Laura Francis - F- & Mary Nancy -M N- were their daughters - they also had a son) |
| ~ Row 3 ~ |
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| 1 gray cement stone, standing - unreadable |
| 1 dark gray stone, standing, but broken & very short - unreadable
(looks like slate) |
| ~ Row 4 ~ |
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| 4 tombstone bases, 2 small, 2 large |
**Notation: It appears there may have been some type of epidemic
in 1857, with the number of deaths recorded here in that year.
It is known that James Love & daughter died in a Smallpox epidemic in 1865.
From Bible records in the possession of K K Hunt, Kaufman TX:
Parents of James W LoveWilliam Love12 Dec 1787 - 15 Jan 1851 Nancy Kirk Love 18 Dec 1792 - 15 Dec 1850 Brother & sister of James W LoveRobert H Love10 Jan 1819 - 04 Mar 1849 Anna Lattimore Love Carter 08 Sep 1812 - 22 Oct 1865 (* She was married to James Matthew Carter, William H Carter's brother) Note - in the Carter Family Bible the cemetery is referred to as the "Love Cemetery" and the place is noted as "in the town of Kaufman Texas" |
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Porter, Sallie Died 20 Aug 1904 - age 24 yrs white/female |
