Located in Gilmer, in the 700 block of Pine St.  There is a wooden marker at the sidewalk, the cemetery is located at the back of the house on the left.  It is fenced, and other than needing a little clean up from some fallen limbs, the stones are in very good condition and very legible. The stones are tall obelisk type, with some of them have multiple names on them.

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried
here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.

Read Oct 21, 2001 by Randy and Sharon Pierce.
Updated Oct 2008 with complete reading with photos by Geraldine Little Braswell & Sandy Spann.

Alexander P Ford           S/o Precia & James Ford; son of J F & P A Ford; Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
Jan 18, 1878            Jul 30, 1927

(Precia A Hopson Ford         Pic #2        "Mother"; Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
Nov 1, 1843           Jan 27, 1920
(Sister to W A (Wm) Hopson buried Derrick Cem; Briggs Hopson; Edward Hardy Hopson buried Pitts Cem, Pittsburg, TX)
(James P Ford                "Father"      (Has 2 stones - see  double with Roy also)
Jan 28, 1840              Feb 16, 1882
(Their daughter Bocca Ford m. Douglas Buie and is buried in the Gilmer Cemetery); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer

On same stone:  (Precia & James P Ford's children); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
   Ida Lee               Nov 6, 1870           Aug 13, 1872
   Little Dick           Jul 3, 1874              Sep 30, 1879
   Nattie                 Feb 12, 1876          Mar 27, 1877
   George W          Jul 25, 1872             Jul 7, 1873          Pic #2
   J P Ford             Jan 28, 1840           Feb 16, 1882     (Has 2 stones - see  double with PA also)
   Roy                   Feb 13, 1883           Feb 11, 1884       Pic #2

Dr George Ford
Apr 5, 1806           Sep 15, 1869

Sacred to the Memory of Fannie Harrison         (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Mollie E Harrison      Pic #2       (no dates)

On ground small marble slab  with   M E H
On ground small marble slab with   U P H

Stone with Ford

Sacred to the Memory of Richard E Harrison        (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Johnnie P Harrison      (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth F Harrison        (no dates)

(Alexander Ford
May 15, 1834        Feb 13, 1899
(Eliza J Ford           Pic #2
Oct 25, 1843         Oct 25, 1894

Rosa Cecil Ford          Pic #2
Feb 8, 1879          Mar 7, 1899

(Nancy J Ford         Pic #2
Feb 4, 1825         Sep 29, 1881
(Frank Ford
Oct 1, 1865           Oct 28, 1885
 

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