San Saba County Historical Commission

McMillin Cemetery

Inscriptions:

• The tombstones are listed by row starting in the northeast corner of the cemetery and listing from north to south for each row.

• There are 15 rows in the cemetery. All of Row 1 is vacant.   Row 2 begins with four vacant spaces. The first grave is that of Robert L. Edmondson.

• Row 15 begins in the northwest corner of the cemetery and lists from north to south along the west fence line. The first grave in Row 15 is that of Roy Alton Edmondson. The last grave in Row 15 is that of Lillie Murl Hanna.

• The number in (parentheses) following the “last name”  correspond to numbers on the Plat Map and show the location of the grave in the row. Numbering is from north to south for each row.            Example: Number 2 in Row 5 is the grave of R. E. Adams.

• Vacant spaces are indicated by “V.”

• The first burial in this cemetery was that of Sarah Ann Elizabeth Nunn Warren, Number 6 in Row 14, who died February 22, 1864.

• The last burial, as of the date of this submission, was that of William P. Dyer, Number 3 in Row 15, who died October 27, 2008.

• There are 129 identified gravesites in the cemetery. Eighty-four of the 129 are identified by inscriptions on the tombstone.

• Forty-three are marked by sandstone markers only, with no name or dates.

• Two are marked by old funeral home markers with no name or dates.

• Of the 84 identified by inscription on the tombstone, 15 are on sandstone tombstones and some are weathered and aged to the extent that gathering of vital information is no longer possible.

• At the end of this listing by row is an alphabetical listing that indicates the location of each person’s grave by row and place in that row.

Note: Under Column “Comments,” tombstone inscriptions are in “quotation marks.” Submitter’s comments are surrounded by [brackets.]


Submitted by: Stan Burnham  Phone: 325-372-3123   Date: July 7, 2009

Credit: Much information on those buried in this cemetery was provided by Marilynn (Timberlake) Johanson.


MASTER INDEX

McMILLIN CEMETERY 

 

                        NAME                                                NUMBER       ROW

 

            ADAMS, R. E.                                   2                      5

             AVERY, Francis E.                            7                      7

            BANNISTER,  Nancy C. (Future)     10                    14

            BANNISTER, John H.                       11                    14

            BICKHAM, Eugene                           8                      6

            BROWN, Andrew C.                         5                      12

            BROWN, Nancy McMillin                 4                      12

            BURNHAM, Mary                             6                      6

            CLARDY, J. L.                                  2                      3

            COFFMAN, Louis                             3                      3

            CIRCLE, Billy Sherman                     3                      13

            CIRCLE, Baby Doll                           4                      13

            COMBS, Barbara J.                            7                      14

            COMBS, Bobby D.                            8                      14

            COMBS, Billy Gene                           9                      14

            DECKER, L. D.                                 5                      4

            DYER, William P.                              3                      15

            DYER, Jonnie H.                                4                      15

            EDMONDSON, Caryl                       1                      15

            (Marked future gravesite)

            EDMONDSON, Charles H.               3                      2

            EDMONDSON, Madelene                2                      2

            EDMONDSON, Robert L.                1                      2

            EDMONDSON, Roy Alton               2                      15

            HANNA, Lillie                                   5                      15

            HARDMAN, Mary M.                       5                      6

            HOUSE, Edward Byron                    4                      14

            HOUSE, Mary Melissa S.                   5                      14

            HOUSE, Sophia M.                            3                      14

            HUBBERT, Bessie                             6                      12

            HUBBERT, Hugh                              9                      12

            HUBBERT, James I                           6                      10

            HUBBERT, Little Emet                     9                      10

            HUBBERT, Mattie                             7                      12

            HUBBERT, W. I.                               8                      12

            IVY, Sallie E.                                     4                      4

            LAUIESS, Hosea                               6                      8

            LINN, Della W.                                  4                      2

            LINN, Nellie B.                                  5                      2

            LOCK, Sarah Ann                              13                    9

            LOFTON, Elbert                                5                      10

            McCALLISTER, Viola                      4                      6

            McMILLIN, Dennis W.                     5                      7

            McMILLIN, Hugh (Pat)                     6                      7

            McMILLIN, J. N.                               10                    8

            McMILLIN, Mary Ann                      4                      7

            McMILLIN, M. B.                             11                    8

            McMILLIN, M. B.                             15                    8

            McMILLIN, M. Julia                          1                      7

            McMILLIN, N. D.                             13                    8

            McMILLIN, Sallie                              2                      7

            McMILLIN, V. A.                             14                    8

            McMILLIN, W. C.                             3                      7

            MILLER, Bessie                                 12                    9

            MILLER, Camille                               10                    6

            MILLER, Daniel                                10                    11

            MILLER, Dollie                                 7                      10

            MILLER, Elijah                                  16                    9

            MILLER, Emmett                              7                      11

            MILLER, Hugh                                  6                      11

            MILLER, Hugh, Sr.                           14                    9

            MILLER, Myrtlene                            17                    9

            MILLER, Richard F.                          14                    7

            MILLER, Sarah Ann                          15                    9

            MILLER, Sarah F.                              9                      11

            MILLER, Thomas Watson                 17                    8

            MILLER, Vera M.                              8                      11

            MILLER, Zada                                   16                    8

            MILLER, Zola Mae                            18                    8

            NICHOLS, Mary Jane                        2                      11

            RENICK, Rev. Malon                                    9                      9

            ROBINSON, N. H.                            12                    8

            TAFF, James W.                                 1                      11

            TIPPIT, Mrs. Martha J.                       3                      6

            TOMLINSON, Edward L.                 11                    7

            TOMLINSON, James L.                    12                    7

            TOMLINSON, Mattie E.                   13                    7

            TUBBS, F. L.                                     2                      9

            TUBBS, James F.                               1                      9

            WARREN, Elizabeth O.                    1                      14

            WARREN, Mary L.                           6                      2

            WARREN, Jefferson                          2                      14

            WARREN, Sarah Ann                       6                      14

            WRIGHT, Austin                               10                    10

            YARBROUGH, Lonnie                     3                      5

Inscriptions 


ROW     LAST  NAME      FIRST NAME           BIRTH            DEATH                COMMENTS

  1                      All of Row 1 is vacant.

    2       EDMONDSON (1)    Robert L.         Oct. 18, 1919         Nov. 18,  1965           “Pfc182 Infantry Regt. WW II”

                                                                                 
    2       EDMONDSON (2)    Madelene        Oct. 6,  1922           Nov. 5, 2003           “Tackett” [w/o Robert L.]

    2       EDMONDSON (3)    Charles H.       Sept. 17, 1943        April 5, 2005           “U. S. Army”

    2       LINN (4)                     Della Warren   1893                1980

    2       LINN (5)                     Nellie B.          Mar. 26, 1923          May 26, 1928          [Child}

    2       WARREN (6)             Mary L.           April 6,  1870            Feb. 26, 1919          “Woodsman  Circle Memorial”

    2       The remainder of Row 2 is vacant.

    3       MARKER (1)                         No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone Headstone]

   3       The next eleven spaces are vacant.

    3       CLARDY (2)              J. L.                 Dec. 29,1881           Dec. 20, 1901           “S/o W. F. and  M.R. Clardy

    3       COFFMAN (3)           Louis S.           April 18, 1896         May 11,1896            “S/o W. E. and S. M. Coffman”

                                                                                               

    4       The first ten spaces are vacant.

    4       MARKER (1)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

    4       MARKER (2)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Metal Funeral Home marker]

    4       MARKER (3)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Metal Funeral Home marker]

                 

    4       IVY (4)                     Sallie E.           1854                1892                “Mother”[Concrete slab covers grave]

       

    4       DECKER (5)              L. D.                1864                1906                [Curbed gravesite]

    5       MARKER (1)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone -Child’s grave]

                                                                                 

    5       ADAMS (2)                R. E.                July 17, 1830              Jan. 11,  1911             [Concrete slab]

    5       YARBROUGH (3)    Lonnie D.        Feb. 17,  1917          Jan. 11, 1920           “Son”

     5       MARKER (4)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

    5       MARKER (5)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

    5       MARKER (6)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

   5       MARKER (7)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

     5       MARKER (8)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head  and footstone       Infant]                                                      

     6       MARKER (1)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

     6       MARKER (2)             No Name           No Dates                                 [Sandstone head  and footstone]

    6       TIPPIT (3)                Mrs. Martha      Oct. 28, 1836    Mar. 14, 1892          [Broken headstone]

    6       McCALLISTER (4)   Viola               Mar. 14, 1901      Mar. 25,  1901          “Dau/o Mr. and Mrs. W. L.McCallister”

    6       HARDMAN (5)         Mary Manpin        Sept. 9, 1858       Feb. 3, 1897         “W/o G. N.Hardman”

    6       BURNHAM (6)          Mary                1826                April 17, 1897            “Age 75”  [Mary Walton -Second w/o T.C.   Burnham]

    6       MARKER (7)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone -child]

    6       BICKHAM (8)           Eugene             Aug. 3, 1873           Nov. 29, 1886

    6       MARKER (9)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headand footstone]

    6       MILLER (10)             Camille Mann            Nov. 18,1956          Feb. 13, 2008          [W/o Richard T.  Miller]

 

  7        McMILLIN (1)           M. Julia           Dec. 8,1856           April 7, 1922           [Concrete slab covers this family plot]

   7       McMILLIN (2)           Sallie               April 8,  1894           Aug. 24,1896          “Dau/o W.C. and M.J. McMillin”

   7       McMILLIN (3)           W. C.               May 28, 1854           May 26, 1907         

   7       McMILLIN (4)           Mary Ann        Jan. 22,  1880          April 26,1949          “Sister”

   7       McMILLIN (5)           Dennis W.       Oct. 15, 1953           June 9, 1993             “S/o Ann and Thomas McMillin”

   7       McMILLIN (6)           Hugh (Pat)      Oct 18, 1877              May 7,  1963         

           [All the above listed McMillin graves are covered by a single concrete slab]                                                                                         

   7       AVERY (7)                Francis E.        July 28,  1872           Mar. 18, 1873         “Infant dau/o Martha J. and S.A. Avery”

    7       MARKER (8)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone at foot of Francis E.Avery grave – infant]

   7       MARKER (9)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    7       MARKER (10)           No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and  footstone]

     

   7       TOMLINSON (11)     Edward L.       Sept. 6, 1884           Mar. 15, 1889          [Part of this grave is in Row 6]

   7       TOMLINSON (12)     James L.          Mar. 23, 1863            Mar. 21,  1892          {Part in Row 6]

   7       TOMLINSON (13)     Mattie E.         Mar. 5,1867              Oct. 10, 1942          [Part in Row 6]

   7       MILLER (14)             Richard F.       Oct. 24,1927           May 22,  1986           [Curbed plot –“Richard Franklin”  and reserved gravesite]

   8       TOMBSTONE (1)      [Faded]             [Faded]           Aug. 10,   1882?          [sandstone head and  foot – inscription un-discernible]

   8       MARKER (2)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    8       MARKER (3)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head  and  footstone]

   8       MARKER (4)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

   8       MARKER (5)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

   8       LAUIESS (6)              Hosea              Oct. 10, 1847          June 14, 1874          “Was murdered by a band of horse thieves

   8       MARKER (7)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

   8       MARKER (8)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone   Part of   graves 7 and 8 are  in Row 7.]

  8       MARKER (9)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

                                                        

   8       McMILLIN (10)         J. N.                 Feb. 22, 1876      Jan. 16. 1877

   8       McMILLIN (11)         M. B.               Sept. 11,1882          Aug. 18, 1883        
[       Graves 10 and 11with separate headstones set in a single base located in Row 8 at the head of grave 9]

   8       ROBINSON (12)       N. H.               Jan. 26,  1860          Dec. 12, 1890          [Nathaniel Hawthorne – s/o Jerry Robinson and V. A. Warren]

   8       McMILLIN (13)         N. D.               Oct. 26,  1816           July 4, 1903              [McMillin Community named for him]

   8       McMILLIN (14)         V. A.               Dec. 9, 1841             July 16,  1915            [Vollie Ann Warren Robinson McMillin, W/o N.D. McMillin]

   8       McMILLIN (15)         M. B.               No                            1901                            [Hand-carved and  inscribed sandstone headstone]

 

   8       MILLER (16)             Zada                    June 21,1905            Mar. 2  1937            “Mother” “Zada   Muriel Long, W/o Watson Miller”

   8       MILLER (17)             Thomas Watson    Sept. 6, 1905           Jan. 6,  1957            “Father”

  8       MILLER (18)             Zola Mae         Oct. 8,  1903           July 28, 2004            “Sister” “Dau/o Elijah and Myrtlene Renfro”

                                          [No.16, 17, 18 are in curbed Miller family plot that extends into Row 9]

                

   9       TUBBS (1)                  James F.          Dec. 23, 1848          July 18, 188?            [These two old and chipped, lichen-covered sandstone headstones

   9       TUBBS (2)                  F. L.                Dec. 23,   1848     April  11,  1886      stand  close together and inscriptions are faded – parts are missing]

      

    9      MARKER (3)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    9       MARKER (4)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    9       MARKER (5)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    9       MARKER (6)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    9       MARKER (7)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone – part of this grave is in Row 8]

    9       MARKER (8)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone – part in Row 8]

                                                                                                                      

    9       RENICK (9)               Rev. Malon                Mar. ?   1879             Age “About 60 years”“Died at his post”  [Part of this grave   extends into Row 8]

      

    9       MARKER (10)           No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

    9       MARKER (11)           No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone –   part of graves 10 and 11in Row 8]

  

    9       MILLER (12)             Bessie              No Dates                                 [Small hand-carved sandstone headstone]

    9       LOCK (13)                 Sarah Ann       No Dates                                 [This grave is grouped   with nine Miller graves]

    9       MILLER (14)             Hugh (Sr.)       Jan. 18, 1832     -    Dec. 3,  1906              [In curbed Miller family plot]

    9       MILLER (15)             Sarah Ann       Nov. 12,1837   -      Dec. 9, 1928            “Mother” [W/o Hugh Miller] [Miller plot]

    9       MILLER (16)             Elijah               1874   -          1957                [Miller plot]

   9       MILLER (17)             Myrtlene          1879      -        1971                [Miller plot] [Myrtlene Renfro]

  10        MARKER (1)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and  footstone]

  10        MARKER (2)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and   footstone]

  10        MARKER (3)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

  10        MARKER (4)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and   footstone]

  10        LOFTON (5)               Elbert              May 30, 1846   -     Dec. 18 1890        

  10        HUBBERT (6)            James Irving    Aug. 11, 1901   -    Dec. 22, 1901          “S/o F.M. and V.E. Hubbert”

 

 10        MILLER (7)               Dollie              Feb. 19,  1910    -     Feb. 25,1910           [Sandstone headstone]

  10        TOMBSTONE (8)      [Faded]           [Faded]           [Faded]           “In Memory of “ [The rest of the inscription faded – not discernible] “LSC” on backside of tombstone]

 10        HUBBERT (9)            Little Emet      No Dates

 10        WRIGHT (10)             Austin          Sept. 9,  1884   -      Sept. 14, 1884         “S/o A. and Annie Wright”

 

 11        TAFF (1)                   James W.         May 1, 1841     -      Jan. 27, 1918

  11        NICHOLS (2)           Mary Jane        Dec. 28, 1868   -     May 29, 1884           “Dau/o J. F. and M.A.Nichols” [See foot-note for cause of death]

  11        MARKER (3)           No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone – infant]

 11        MARKER (4)            No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone – child]

11        MARKER (5)            No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone]

 11        TREE                                                                                                  [Large dead mesquite   tree at this place in Row 11]

  11        MILLER (6)             Hugh               Oct. 31, 1906      -      Oct. 11,  1915         [Hugh and Emmett buried in same grave – One sandstone headstone]

11        MILLER (7)               Emmett           April 19, 1904    -      Oct. 11,1915         

11        MILLER (8)               Vera M.           Jan. 15, 1902   -   Oct. 11,      1915     [Sandstone headstone} Dau/o Dan and Sallie]

11        MILLER (9)               Sarah F.           1877       -         1936

11        MILLER (10)             Daniel              1871        -        1966

12        MARKER (1)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

12        MARKER (2)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

12        MARKER (3)             No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and footstone]

12        BROWN (4)               Nancy              1864        -    1938                “Nancy McMillin   Brown” [W/o Andrew C. Brown - Grave covered with concrete slab]

 12        BROWN (5)               Andrew Carlton          1861  -       1917                [Grave covered by concrete slab]    

 

12        HUBBERT (6)            Bessie              Mar. 21,  1885   -      Jan. 12,  1920         

 12        HUBBERT (7)            Mattie             Mar. 6, 1931- Age 73 yrs, 7 mo. 6 days       [Dau/o Hugh and Sarah Miller]
  12        HUBBERT (8)            W. I.                Jan. 8,  1850    -       Feb. 8,  1936            “Age 86” [Sandstone] [Hus/o Mattie Miller]

12        HUBBERT (9)            Hugh                1878       -      1949                [S/o W. I. Hubbert and Mattie Miller]

                                                                                                                       

13        MARKER (1)(2)         No Name         No Date                                  [Concrete base for a   headstone for two graves]

 13        CIRCLE (3)                Billy Sherman                         1926               

 13        CIRCLE (4)                Baby Doll                                1924

 13        Remainder of Row 13 is vacant.

 
14        WARREN (1)           Elizabeth Owen         1815  -       1873

14        WARREN (2)             Jefferson                 1812    -        1868

 

14        HOUSE (3)                 Sophia Margaret           Dec. 11,1870     -       Oct. 29,1936            [Sophia Margaret McMillin]

14        HOUSE (4)                 Edward  Byron        Oct. 2, 1869     -       July 22,   1944        

 14        HOUSE (5)              Mary Melissa        Sept. 26,   1846  -      Feb. 23,   1873         “Mary Melissa Stallcup House” [and infant]

14        HOUSE (6)                 Sarah Ann E.       1839   -   1864                “Sarah Ann Elizabeth  Nunn”

14        COMBS (7)                Barbara  Jean      May 26, 1935            [Barbara Jean  Edmondson Combs -Marked future grave]

14        COMBS (8)                Bobby Dean    June 15, 1934    -   May 13, 1993          

14        COMBS (9)                Billy Gene       June 15,1934   -     Dec. 20,1994

14        BANNISTER  (10)    Nancy                                                                                    [Marked future plot]

 14       BANNISTER  (11)  John  Holland      Sep. 24, 1922 - April 11, 2011

 15        First seven spaces in Row 15 are vacant.

 15        EDMONDSON (1)    Caryl Bates     June 18,  1949                                 [Marked future]

15        EDMONDSON (2)    Roy Alton       Dec. 6, 1936     -        Feb. 15,  2006           “Roy Alton Edmondson U.S. Air Force – Vietnam”

.15        DYER (3)                   William P.       Nov. 9,   1931 -     Oct. 27, 2008

15        DYER (4)                 Jonnie H.         Dec. 14, 1932    -   Dec. 26,  2006

15        HANNA (5)              Lillie Murl       Mar. 6, 1913   -   Feb. 14,  2002         “Mother”