Chatt-Jessie Cemetery
Apr 19th, 2008 by Ruth Stephens
“Chatt, Texas. Chatt is off Interstate Highway 35 some four miles south of Hillsboro in central Hill County. It apparently was established about 1884, when it was named Jessie for Jessie McClure, a pioneer settler who built a general merchandise store there. A two-story school was built on land donated by W. A. Ficklin in 1896. By the 1905-1906 academic year the school had sixty-eight students and two teachers. A post office operated in the community from 1896 to 1910. The town apparently adopted the new Chatt sometime after the tracks of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad arrived, because the line already passed through another Texas town called Jessie. Chatt was identified on the 1984 county highway map, but only a cemetery was shown at the site.”
from The Handbook of Texas Online
Chatt-Jessie Cemetery is the final resting place of my great-great grandparents, Isaac and Sarah Turner, and several of their children. Although Interstate 35 is within view , the cemetery is somehow a very quite and peaceful spot, with shade trees and corn fields nearby. Most of the burials are from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
This inventory was taken on 27 June 2006 and 13 July 2006 and is shown in the order that I transcribed it, as I walked up and down the “rows”. This is an attempt to identify/maintain relationships. Many of the grave sites also have accompanying marker stones with initials only. There are several unmarked graves and a total of 122 identified graves.
Mrs. Eliza Ficklin
1833-1914
“In Thee, Oh Lord, have I put my trust”
*****
Miss Sarah H Stowell
1831-1903
“She died as she lived- a Christian”
*****
Guynn A Lewis
1863-1940
Alice V Lewis
1867-1939
*****
Baby Lewis
1902
*****
“Little John” Lewis
16 June 1895
16 Sep 1897
(Son of G A & A V Lewis)
*****
Mattie J Robinson
Died 1907
Aged 67 years
(Wife of John F Robinson)
“Abide in me”
*****
Fannie M Ficklin
Mar 24, 1875
May 30, 1940
Joseph P Ficklin
Apr 7, 1855
May 17, 1926
*****
Margaret M Ficklin
Died May 28 1904
Aged 74 yrs
*****
J P Ficklin
Died Jun 26 1901
Aged 76 yrs
“Our Father and Mother are gone,
They lie beneath the sod, Dear parents,
though we miss you much,
We know you rest with God”
*****
Sallie A Terry
(Wife of JL Terry)
Born June 11, 1832
Died Oct 31, 1902
*****
John L Terry
Born Dec 14, 1819
Died Sept 20, 1898
*****
Lydia Ann Hensley
(Wife of John R C Hensley)
Born June 22, 1804
Died Feb 3, 1892
Aged 87 yrs 7 mos & 11 days
*****
Lydia Terry
(Daughter of J L & Sallie A Terry)
Born Sep 13, 1871
Died Oct 31, 1892
“Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection”
*****
Lydia Hensley
(Daughter of J S & Nellie R Terry)
Born Jan 4, 1896
Died June 11, 1898
“Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest.
God calls when he thinks best”
*****
Alice May Terry
(Daughter of J S & N R Terry)
Born Mar 31, 1888
Died Nov 18, 1889
“___ what ___.
She was budded on earth to blossom in Heaven”
*****
Annie Marie Watson
(Daughter of D D & M A
Watson)
Died June 10, 1899
Aged 2 yrs, 1 mo & 5 days
“Weep not Papa And Moma for me,
For I am waiting in Heaven for thee.”
*****
Owen E Selby
Born Dec 19, 1846
Died July 26, 1896
“A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant from our home,
Which never can be filled”
*****
Ruth A Selby
(Wife O E Selby)
Born Mar 1, 1853
Died Sep 5, 1906
“Rest mother rest in sweet sleep,
while friends in sorrow o’er thee weep”
*****
Lillie Taylor
(Wife of W B Taylor)
Dec 9, 1883
Jan 5, 1919
*****
Jas Chalmer Ficklin
(Son Joe P & F M Ficklin)
Born Nov 8, 1895
Died Dec 1, 1895
“Precious … budded on earth
to blossom in Heaven”
*****
Nina May Ficklin
(Daughter of E J & Clara Ficklin)
Born May 30, 1900
Died Oct 10, 1900
“Buded (sic) on earth
to bloom in Heaven”
*****
Lucile H Ficklin
(Daughter of E T & Clara Ficklin)
Born Nov 7, 1895
Died Dec 14, 1895
“He comes,
he takes to his bosom”
*****
Maggie T Ficklin
Born July 24, 1885
Died Feb 10, 1886
*****
Finis C Whitlock
(Son of W A & C A Whitlock)
Born Sept 9, 1892
Died Mar 20, 1901
“A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant from our home,
Which never can be filled”
*****
T A Colvin
Born Aug 23, 1816
Died Oct 20, 1897
*****
W G Blount
Born Oct 15, 1821
Died Feb 27, 1896
Aged 74 yrs, 4mos, 12 days
*****
Mattie Fay Talley
(Daughter of H D & May Talley)
Born Mar 17, 1897
Died May 24, 1899
*****
Trixie Jane Blount
(Daughter of P D & Ruth Blount)
Born Sept 26, 1895
Died Dec 31, 1897
*****
Percy D Blount
Born Sep 23, 1861
Died Nov 19, 1910
“Farewell my wife and children all,
From you a father Christ doth call”
*****
Lillian Pritchett
Oct 1, 1895
Feb 28, 1912
*****
Eugene W Pritchett
(Son of C O & E O Pritchett)
Born June 27, 1886
Died Feb 25, 1900
“Weep not papa and mamma for me,
For I am waiting in Heaven for thee”
*****
Paschal H Pritchett
(Son of C O & E O Pritchett)
Born Oct 12, 1893
Died Sept 12, 1894
“The little crib is empty now,
The little clothes laid by,
A mother’s hope, a father’s joy,
In deaths cold arm doth lie”
*****
Christopher O Pritchett
Oct 12, 1860
Mar 4, 1930
“At rest”
*****
Bertha May Glover
(Daughter of J M & M J Glover)
Born Dec 2, 1901
Died Oct 23, 1905
“Weep not Pappa and Moma for me,
For I am waiting in Heaven for thee”
*****
Infant Son Glover
Born May 28, 1898
Died May 28, 1898
“Budded on earth to bloom in heaven”
*****
I Turner
(This plot is surrounded by a very low concrete wall,
with room for 6-7 graves, none marked)
*****
Infant Son Phillips
(Son of W C & L M Phillips)
Born Apr 8, 1909
Died Apr 8, 1909
“Gone to be an angel”
*****
Edna Matthews
Born June 22, 1874
Died Aug 11, 1907
(Woodman Circle memorial)
“She was all that a wife and mother could be”
*****
Hubert Olen Neal
Born Feb 22, 1910
Died July 12, 1915
“The little crib is empty now,
the little clothes laid by,
A mother’s hope, a father’s joy
In death’s cold arm doth lie”
*****
J A Robinson
Born May 3, 1836
Died May 14, 1905
(inscription unreadable)
*****
America Robinson
(Wife of J A Robinson)
Born Aug 15, 1847
Died Sep 25, 1912
“Gone, but not forgotten”
*****
W C Robinson
Born May 3, 1880
Died Nov 5, 1915
(Woodmen of the World memorial)
“Gone but not forgotten”
*****
Mary Reeves
Born 1838
Died 1921
*****
Charles S Colvin
Died Feb 24, 1902
Aged 34 yrs
“Gone but not forgotten”
*****
Samuel Lee Jackson
(Son of J J & B L Jackson)
Born Jan 6, 1902
Died Feb 27, 1902
“Weep not, he is at rest”
*****
Mrs. Kate Hall
Born Aug 18, 1850
Died Dec 31, 1916
“In memory”
*****
Mattie L Wilson
Born Mar 11, 1864
Died Feb 18, 1912
“One less to love on earth,
one more to meet in Heaven”
*****
Eugenia Jackson
Born June 25, 1843
Died (no date)
Robert L Jackson
Born Mar 30, 1835
Died May 29, 1896
“Oh how we miss you Mother dear, since you have gone away,
we hope to meet you over there on that bright eternal day”
“Dear loveded (sic) one, we miss you so much since you left us,
but God thought best to take you to that beautiful heavenly home. U.C.V.”
*****
Genie Jackson
(Daughter of R L & E A Jackson)
Born Sept 11, 1874
Died July 24 (?-broken stone)
“A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our hearts,
Which never can be filled”
*****
Unknown Infant
(near Pritchett plot, Phillips stone)
*****
Mary A Akin
(Wife of Jas Akin)
Born Sept 25, 1858
Died July 13, 1898
*****
Paris Akin
(Son of J M & Mary Akin)
Born July 27, 1881
Died Sept 11, 1890
*****
Freddy Akin
(Son of J M & Mary Akin)
Born Jan 17, 1892
Died Oct 5, 1892
(inscription unreadable)
*****
John Neal
Born May, ????
Died July 14, 1889
*****
James Hays
Born Sept 1, 1854
Died July 22, 1892
*****
Vesty Hays
Born Apr 2, 1888
Died July 26, 1892
*****
Annie Lee Orr
(Daughter of R L & Mary Orr)
Born June 6, 1890
Died May 6, 1891
Lela B Orr
(Daughter of R L & Mary Orr)
Born Feb 24, 1888
Died Apr 29, 1891
“In memory”
*****
Ollie Jennings
(Daughter of C B & Lizzie Jennings)
Born Dec 29, 1889
Died Sept 24, 18(? broken stone)
“In Memory of”
*****
Elizabeth Jennings
(Wife of C B Jennings)
Born Nov 17, 1851
Died Nov 23, 1894
“With Christ…”
(inscription unreadable)
*****
Carrol Prentice Jennings
(Son of C B & E Jennings)
Born Nov 19, 1894
Died May 17, 1895
*****
Ellen U ?(broken stone)
(Wife of John ?rre)
Born Dec 18, 1866
Died Jan 4, 1893
Infant
Daughter of
Born & Died Jan 1, 1893
*****
William A Spear
(Son of T W & A E Spear)
Born Feb 18, 1892
Died Mar 23, 1893
****
Alfred Collins
Nov 4, 1852
Aug 25, 1906
“Gone but not forgotten”
****
Martha E Roberts
(Wife of Wm H Roberts)
June 27, 1852
Aug 19, 1917
“She hath done what she could”
*****
William H Roberts
Dec 4, 1850
May 2, 1935
“Placed by Family 1994″
*****
Unknown
(in Roberts plot)
*****
Unknown
(in Roberts plot)
James M Willingham
Born Oct 22, 1858
Died June 12, 1915
“Aged 57 yrs”
*****
Geo L Hall
(Mason symbol)
Born Nov 21, 1840
Died June 13, 1897
George L Hall
“Gone but not forgotten”
“Co B
19 S C Inf
CSA”
*****
W F Taylor
May 10, 1879
Feb 25, 1914
“Sweet be thy peace,
Thy sufferings are over”
*****
William R Rafferty
May 16, 1856
Mar 8, 1938
Laura Ann Rafferty
Nov 18, 1863
Aug 13, 1929
*****
Unknown
*****
Jennie Saylors
(Wife of H C Saylors)
Born Jan 24, 1850
Died July 15, 1904
Guy Saylors
(Son of H C & N J Saylors)
Born July 7, 1904
Died July 14, 1904
“On that bright eternal shore
we shall meet to part no more”
*****
Pearl Greenhill
(Daughter of Mr & Mrs H E Greenhill)
Born in Colbert Co, Ala
Feb 24, 1900
Died Sept 27, 1903
“Suffer little children to come unto me,
for of such is the kingdom of Heaven”
*****
Unknown
*****
Ada L Edwards
(Daughter of H H & D L Edwards)
Born Feb 21, 1893
Died Dec 8, 1899
“Weep not Pappa and Moma for me,
For I am waiting in Heaven for thee”
*****
W M Akins
Co H
Ala Partisan Rangers
CSA
*****
Rosa I Terrell
(Wife of W T Terrell)
Born Apr 27, 1877
Died May 6, 1914
Woodman Circle Memorial,
“Weep not, she is not dead but sleepeth”
*****
Charles J Curtis
(Son of W H& N N Curtis)
Born Sep 10. 1899
Died June 21, 1900
Budded on earth to blossom in heaven”
*****
Mary I Curtis
(Daughter of W H & N N Curtis)
Born Mar 4, 1897
Died Mar 18, 1897
“Budded on earth to blossom in heaven”
*****
Unknown
*****
Alice Selby
(Wife of W E Selby)
Born May 24, 1878
Died Oct 24, 1905
“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which we never wake to weep”
*****
Unknown Family Plot
(surrounded by intermittent red bricks,
with space for 4-5 burials)
*****
Eva Morgan
(Daughter of M D & M E Morgan)
Sept 10, 1907
Nov 18, 1908
“Weep not, she is not dead but sleepeth”
*****
Gordon Acree
(Son of W P & N T Acree)
Born Oct 3, 1910
Died Feb 18, 1912
“Weep not Pappa and Moma for me,
For I am waiting in Heaven for thee”
*****
A B Sherrill
Born Nov 7, 1870
Died Oct 18, 1911
“A loving husband, a father dear,
A faithful friend lies buried here”
*****
Emma Sherrill
May 22, 1871
Oct 23, 1955
*****
Mary A Wilburn
Feb 10, 1865
no death date
M C Wilburn
Sept 23, 1863
Oct 22, 1930
“He has gone to the mansions of rest”
*****
Elsie E Lair
(Daughter of J W & L E Lair)
Born Dec 13, 1903
Died Nov 15, 1905
“(inscription unreadable)
on the golden shore”
*****
Essie Lee Taylor
Born Dec 22, 1803
Died Aug 22, 1905
“The rose may fade, the hay may die,
but the flowers may all bloom on high”
*****
J E Taylor
Born June 11, 1859
Died Jan 31, 1905
“Farewell my wife and children all,
From you a father Christ doth call”
*****
Julia Taylor Davis
Aug 5, 1859
Mar 10, 1935
*****
J H Morgan
Born Nov 27, 1833
Died Ot 30, 1901
*****
William H Morgan
Apr 9, 1857
Oct 7, 1927
“Gone but not forgotten”
*****
Sallie A Taylor
(Wife of S Taylor)
Born June 10, 1830
Died June 19, 1907
“Her happy soul has winged its way
To one pure bright eternal day”
*****
Gladys Wooten
1908-1940
*****
E Gilford Wilson
(Son of E G & M C Wilson)
Born June 25, 1910
Died Mar 24, 1912
“A little time on earth he spent
Till God for him His angels sent”
*****
V T Glenn
Born Jun 17, 1880
Died Nov 22, 1913
“God gave, He took, He will restore,
He doeth all things well”
*****
Lula Opal McGuire
(Daughter of J L & Maggie McGuire)
Mar 23, 1908
Nov 2, 1915
“Our darling baby”
*****
Martha Blount
Aug 2, 1881
Feb 25, 1952
E G Blount
Oct 4, 1870
Jan 2, 1917
*****
John Miller Carroll
Sept 14, 1887
June 15, 1939
Myrtle Laura
Aug 31, 1889
Aog 10, 1967
“Married Dec 31, 1911″
*****
Morris S Carroll
Born Sept 2, 1912
Died Sept 22, 1912
“Budded on earth to blossom in heaven”
*****
Powell C Phillips
Mar 27, 1896
Oct 15, 1931
*****
M A Phillips
(Wife of J T Phillips)
Born Mar 19, 1858
Died Aug 1, 1911
“She was a kind and affectionate wife,
A good mother and friend to all”
*****
Nancy Phillip (sic)
Aug 26, 1836
Nov 1, 1919
“Gone but not forgotten”
*****
Fannie Young
1865-1950
Mike Young
1863-1925
*****
W P Young
(Son of M C & S F Young)
Nov 28, 1893
May 29, 1911
“A light from our household is gone, A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our hearts That can never be filled”
*****
Coriel Jarnagin
(Daughter of C P & C B Jarnagin)
Dec 5, 1904
Sep 30, 1905
“Weep not Pappa and Moma for me,
For I am waiting in Heaven for thee”
*****
Mary E Thomas
(Wife of M C Thomas)
Born Jan 1, 1857
Died Aug 21, 1903
*****
Adeller Mauldin
(Wife of J W Mauldin)
Born July 29, 1876
Died Jan 28, 1907
“Gone from our home, but not from our hearts”
*****
Tiny Dunn
(Daughter of W W & A L Dunn)
Born Nov 23, 1888
Died Apr 6, 1907
(inscription unreadable)
*****
Homer Couch
Born Sept 22, 1881
Died Dec 26, 1916
“There are no parting in Heaven”
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