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Tasks Completed
- History added.
- Added picture of Texas Historical Marker.
- Added picture of gated entrance.
- Added GPS coordinates for cemetery and Google Maps link.
To Do List
- Add list of persons buried at the cemetery.
- Add pictures of Grave Markers next to each persons name.
- Add Picture of Texas Historical Marker.
- Add Picture of Gated Entrance.
About
This free space page for Weches Cemetery is part of WikiTree's Texas Cemeteries Project, and was created to document the life and times of our ancestors that are interred there. The Texas Cemeteries Project is a subproject of the larger U.S. Cemeteries Project.
History
Weches, Texas was founded by T.J. Hennin around 1847 near the present site of Mission Tejas State Park. In this area at one time was a large village of Tejas Indians and the mission, San Francisco De Los Tejas.
The settlement was originally named Neches after the nearby Neches river but upon applying for a post office they found that the name was already taken so they just substituted the name Weches.
By 1890, the population of Weches was around 100 people and had a Baptist Church, general store, a steam gristmill and a cotton gin. The Weches of today has no businesses as the population declined after World War II. Mission Tejas State Park still sees many visitors throughout the year.[1]
Historical Marker
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| Weches Cemetery Historical Marker |
The caption on the marker reads: "Community of Weches Located near the site of 17th-century Spanish missionary activity. This farming community had its beginnings with the settlement of the McLean, Conners, Patton, and Gregg families, who had all arrived in the area by 1840. Originally known as Neches for the nearby river, the similar name Weches was adopted in 1887 when Post Office officials informed residents that "Neches" had been assigned to another community. The following year Alfred Monroe Gregg set aside land for the church, school and cemetery. The Weches Post Office closed in 1939. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
Location and Map
Weches Cemetery is located on CR1580 off of SH21 just past Mission Tejas State Park.Take a left at the Baptist Church.
GPS Coordinates (WGS84)
N 31 32.761 W 95 13.766
31.546018, -95.229436
Weches Cemetery on Google Maps.
Sources
- ↑ Handbook of Texas Online, Christopher Long, "Weches, TX".
Table of Interments
| Last Name | First/Middle Names/Initials | Born | Died | Notes | Photo (click for larger) |
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| Compton | Lee Thaddeus | 29 Aug 1902 | 26 Apr 1970 | In Loving Memory of PA | 
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| Compton | Monnie L. | 08 Mar 1906 | 09 Dec 1988 | MA |
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| Compton | John Acy | 29 Sep 1927 | 23 July 2010 | Together Forever PA PA | 
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| Compton | Margaret Bernice | 16 July 1929 | 21 Apr 2003 | Nanny |
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| Compton | Charles Acy | 17 Jan 1948 | 25 Nov 1972 | DAD MOM Kay | 
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| Hawkins | Travis Neal | 28, Sep 1910 | 01 Oct 1988 | notes | 
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| Hawkins | Jewel Evelyn | 21 Nov 1919 | 16 Jul 1975 | notes | 
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| Hawkins | Deborah Jean | 15 Aug 1953 | 20 Feb 1960 | Our Darling | 
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| Boykin | Clara | 6 June 1898 | 01 Oct 1976 | notes | 
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| Boykin | Frank Allison | 18 Oct 1900 | 14 May 1970 | Woodmen of the World |
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| Wear | Clifton Henry | 13 Sept 1916 | 14 Mar 1964 | WWII Vet SI USNR | 
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| Noski | Louis P. | 29 Aug 1911 | 15 Mar 1959 | Rest In Peace | 
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| Boykin | James Albert | 12 Oct 1883 | 16 Aug 1959 | notes | 
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| May | Ruth Marie | 21 Jan 1906 | 05 Dec 1970 | A Loving Mother | 
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| Bobbitt | Zenith Elenor | 28 Jan 1906 | 11 Sep 1957 | Picture on Headstone | 
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| Bobbitt | William Ernest | 09 Oct 1900 | 05 Jan 1979 | notes |
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| Crim | James Carlton | 17 Jul 1921 | 13 Jul 1945 | In Loving Memory | 
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| Oakes | Hyram Vance | 19 Aug 1910 | 18 May 1970 | A Mason | 
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| Oakes | Ella Mae | 24 Aug 1917 | 03 Apr 2012 | notes |
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| Guinn | John Calhoun | 29 Mar 1876 | 06 Nov 1950 | Father | 
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| Guinn | Ollie Anne | 04 Dec 1910 | 11 Feb 1938 | Daughter |
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| Guinn | Georgia Ann | 11 Aug 1879 | 25 Oct 1918 | Mother |
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| Shaw | Lee Irving | 18 Aug 1919 | 14 Mar 1985 | notes | 
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| Shaw | Hettie Eliza | 28 Sep 1889 | 29 Dec 1979 | notes |
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| Shaw | Walton Elliott | 05 Oct 1895 | 10 Feb 1974 | In Loving Memory | 
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| Shaw | Laura Williams | 15 Sep 1898 | 12 Aug 1961 | Mother | 
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| King | Vera Beatrice | 31 May 1898 | 17 May 1946 | One We Loved So Well | 
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| French | J. L. | 08 Nov 1871 | 13 Feb 1908 | Woodmen Of The World | 
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| French-Black | Lieugenia | 15 Feb 1875 | 26 Feb 1970 | notes | 
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| Black | Ira R. | 13 Sep 1884 | 08 May 1958 | notes |
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| Jude | Tony Lee | 10 Jul 1942 | 02 Jan 1999 | Wind Beneath My Wings | 
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| Jude | Barbara | 05 May 1935 | 13 Mar 2013 | Dust In The Wind | 
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| Harris | Sandra Kay | 18 Oct 1960 | 09 Aug 2015 | Unconditionally Loving Mother | 
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| French | Judson Ira | 16 Jun 1906 | 08 Jun 2002 | Father | 
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| Musick | William Nathan | 23 Jun 1853 | 14 Jan 1906 | Mason | 
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| Pugh | Unknown Infants | 1919 | 1920 | Infant Daughters of John & Willie | 
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| Hopper | Elizabeth Geneva | 24 Nov 1875 | 03 Jan 1931 | notes | 
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| Hopper | John Washington | 27 Jul 1866 | 06 Jun 1955 | notes |
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| Gilbert | Bill | dob | dod | notes | 
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| Gilbert | Betty | dob | dod | notes | 
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| Hopper | A. D. | 13 Dec 1902 | 22 Feb 1903 | notes | 
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| Carswell | Bernice Elbert | 27 Feb 1909 | 23 Apr 1941 | Skinner | 
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| Carswell | Erie | 26 Jun 1917 | 05 Jun 1971 | notes | 
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| Crim | James Rutherford | 27 Mar 1894 | 01 Jul 1956 | Daddy | 
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| Brown | Vera Crim Brown | 11 Nov 1899 | 03 Jan 1972 | Mother | 
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| Patterson | Carrie Pauline | 26 Jul 1918 | 08 May 2009 | Mom | 
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| Patterson | Albert Edward | 30 Sep 1903 | 31 Oct 2000 | Pvt U.S. Army Air Forces WWII | 
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| Kellum | Stephen Jeff | 05 Oct 1876 | 31 Dec 1957 | notes | 
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| Kellum | Ella | 21 Sep 1876 | 11 Jul 1967 | notes |
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| Factor | Ola Mae | 05 Oct 1901 | 13 Jan 1994 | In Loving Memory | 
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| Anderson | Fannie Lee | 17 Aug 1918 | 05 Jun 1920 | Gone But Not Forgotten | 
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| Anderson | James C. | 11 Sep 1897 | 21 Dec 1918 | Woodmen Of The World | 
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| Robbins | Mary | 26 Jul 1899 | 29 Aug 1979 | notes | 
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| Conner | James Oliver | 13 Jul 1868 | 04 Jun 1901 | Woodmen Memorial | 
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| Conner | Sarah Frances | 22 Nov 1873 | 05 Apr 1952 | Woodmen Circle | 
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| Sample | Dr. Robert R. | May 1863 | 1902 | notes | 
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| Sample, Crim | Jennie | 12 Feb 1871 | 15 Mar 1952 | notes |
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| Dickerson | John H. | 1847 | 1893 | notes | 
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| Dickerson | Martha (Mattie) J. | 1848 | 1916 | notes |
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| Crenshaw, Johnson | Mary Etta | 05 Nov 1877 | 17 Dec 1918 | Mother | 
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| Guinn | Johnny | Nov 1899 | 1900 | notes | 
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| Guinn | Della | Feb 1905 | 1905 | notes |
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| Kellum | Edward Lee | 1899 | 1901 | notes | 
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| Crenshaw | Unknown | dob | dod | notes | 
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| Crenshaw | Thomas Spartan | 09 Sep 1847 | 08 Dec 1907 | God's Finger Touched Him And He Slept | 
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| Crenshaw, Gorbet | Mary Alice | 21 Mar 1857 | 07 Jan 1912 | 2nd Husband, Zoe Robert Gorbet | 
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| Henley | Unknown | after 1901 | after 1901 | Son of Pink & Sophronia | 
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| Henley | Pink Henry | 12 Oct 1881 | 09 May 1959 | notes | 
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| Henley | Sophronia | 15 Mar 1881 | 10 Jan 1964 | notes | 
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| Bell | Charlie Byrd | 04 Jul 1896 | 19 Sep 1921 | Our Father | 
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| Jackson | Charles | 1829 | 1897 | Grandfather | 
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| Jackson | Charlie M. | 26 Aug 1892 | 20 Dec 1894 | notes | 
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| Jackson | John J. | 25 Feb 1872 | 14 Dec 1951 | notes | 
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| Jackson | Sallie | 24 Oct 1877 | 18 Jul 1970 | notes |
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| Jackson | Robert Melvin | 26 Nov 1921 | 04 Oct 1975 | PFC Army Air forces WWII | 
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