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HOPEWELL CEMETERY

Our thanks go to the Upshur County Historical Commission for allowing us to use their reading of Hopewell Cemetery.  The reading was done by: Thurman Hearn, Thurman Cagle, Durward Amos, Finley Tucker, Garland Bullock, and Curtis Hart. It was completed June 1, 2000. Thanks also go to Lea Ann Tedford  for the use of her partial reading. We have merged the two to help insure no one was missed. There are many unmarked graves, and graves marked only with native rocks.

Update: Thanks to Billy L Thompson, Sue Kennington, and Fendley Tucker, Secretary/Treasurer of the Hopewell Cemetery, for the recent update.  This should make the listing current through May 24, 2009.  

Update: Thanks to Sandra L Spann & Geraldine L Braswell for completely photographing the cemetery in April of 2008!

Thanks to Kim Wolff & Sondra Petty Nicholson for the use of their pictures.

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Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments
Bailey Cecil Oct 9, 1941 Jul 21, 2001 -
Bailey Florence J Feb 19, 1909 Sep 7, 1979 -
Ballard Edith M Aug 26, 1917 Oct 18, 2001 W/o Wm M Sr
Ballard George W 1862 1939 Croley FHM
Ballard Lon Benjamin Dec 16, 1887 Oct 30, 1940 -
Ballard Lou Jenia May 19, 1889 Oct 4, 1966 -
Ballard Mary Hearn 1875 1949 Croley FHM
Ballard William Aug 17, 1890 Sep 3, 1977 -
Ballard William Marvin Sr Feb 18, 1910 Jul 23, 1977 H/o Edith M;  S1 US Navy WW II
Barbour Lawis Davidson Oct 11, 1908 Dec 22, 1980 -
Barbour Willard E Nov 16, 1911 Mar 23, 1968 -
Barrett George A May 28, 1872 Jul 12, 1942 -
Barton Arlie Marv5, 1903 Aug 27, 1978 -
Barton Cleate Feb 2, 1900 May 12, 1923 Double stone w/Willie Lee
Barton Eunie Jul 18, 1895 Jul 10, 1929 -
Barton Gerald "Jerry" Sep 17, 1941 May 13, 2003 -
Barton Jimmy L Mar 20, 1920 Jun 23, 1990 H/o Lurlene Amos     Pvt US Marine Corps WWII
Barton Michael Eugene Oct 22, 1966 Nov 29, 1966 -
Barton Sarah Omelia Dec 27, 1878 Feb 19, 1957 W/o Monroe;  d/o W A and S E Slaten; Submitted by Peggy Johnson Dykes
Barton Willie L 1890 1960 -
Barton Willie Lee Oct 12, 1886 Jan 7, 1960 Double stone w/Cleate
Barton William Monroe May 7, 1866 Dec 10, 1931 -
Bauman Barbara A Parsons Jul 17, 1870 Feb 11, 1950 -
Bauman Florence Lantrip Jun 16, 1910 Mar 3, 1939 -
Bauman Mrs Ralph - 1928 -
Bauman Steven Edward Apr 7, 1964 May 15, 1964 -
Beard Edward A Ess Aug 17, 1890 Sep 3, 1977 -
Beard James C 1892 1950 -
Beard Maye 1904 1948 W/o E A
Beard Otis B Sep 6, 1994 Nov 11, 1971 -
Beard Priscilla Mar 6, 1895 Oct 28, 1971 -
Beard Ruby Green 1907 1929 Daughter; Double stone w/Jenkins C Green, her father
Beard William D 1880 1961 -
Beaver Sarah 1854 1937 -
Bell Emily Wade Aug 24, 1841 May 28, 1895 Per Ronald Wade - photographs are a "before and after" set with the photo at the top taken in the 1970's showing the broken headstone of Emily Adaline Wade Bell in Hopewell Cemetery located next to her husband, Joseph Henry Bell and highlighted so that it shows a dove and still readable name and dates. The photograph at the bottom taken in 2007 shows the same grave but the headstone is totally missing with only the base remaining.  Emily Adaline Wade born: 24 AUG 1841 in Alabama, the daughter of Joseph Berry Wade (1815-1877) and Sarah Medely Odell Wade (1822-1908) and died: 28 MAY 1895 in Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas. She married Joseph Henry Bell (1819-1905), 22 years her senior, on 3 Feb 1862 in Auraria, Lumpkin Co., Georgia where she was brought up and attended schools and where her father was a gold miner in the area that experience the first gold rush in the United States in 1838. Bell was the best friend of her father and the families remained close throughout the decades and the Bells moved from Georgia to Upshur County in 1869 with the Wade family. Both families lived in Kaufman County, Texas for a time but returned to Upshur County. One of Henry's sons, Rev. Charles Walter Bell, married Emily's sister, Adelia Josephene Wade (1857-1936). When Emily married Mr. Bell the Civil War was raging and she lived the remainder of the war in the Calhoun Hotel in Auraria, Georgia which is in ruins now in the tiny ghost town of Auraria. The hotel was once owned by U. S. Vice President John C. Calhoun.
Bell Joseph H Sr May 6, 1819 Aug 2, 1905 Co A 21 BN Ga Cav CSA
Bingham Adeline No Dates - W/o E; Per Ronald Wade - d. 1864; maiden name Redwine 
Bingham C Walter Jul 5, 1864 Dec 18, 1939 H/o Laura 
Bingham E No Dates - H/o Adaline; Per Ronald Wade - Elijah Bingham, born 1826 North Carolina, died Aug 23, 1899, son of Elijah Bingham, Sr. of Halifax, Va. (1789-1860) and Bennette.
Bingham Laura Feb 10, 1874 Dec 5, 1942 W/o C Walter 
Bingham Pauline May 3, 1901 May 3, 1901 Infand D/o C W & Laura
Blackstone James G Apr 12, 1904 Apr 25, 1985 -
Blackstone Jessie L Dec 7, 1899 Nov 5, 1900 Child of J a & Lottie
Blackstone Leman Jan 24, 1902 Jun 11, 1910 Child of J A & Lottie
Blackstone Max Glen Feb 6, 1935 Dec 18, 1996 -
Blackstone Minnie D Oct 24, 1909 Apr 20, 2000 -
Bledsoe Farris 1910 1978 Croley FHM set in cement for headstone with Mary Lou
Bledsoe May Lou 1916 1975 Croley FHM set in cement for headstone with Farris
Boone Jeanie Jul 24, 1933 Mar 7, 1983 W/o Jim
Borden Claude F Feb 16, 1898 Aug 9, 1955 Pfc US Army WWI
Borden Herman Mar 20, 1916 Jun 2, 1981 -
Borden J H Jan 11, 1870 Nov 9, 1948 H/o Mollie; At Rest
Borden Lonnie A Nov 20, 1907 Dec 12, 1963 -
Borden Mollie Jun 7, 1872 Sep 16, 1926 W/o J H
Borden Nola A Nov 4, 1902 Dec 13, 1998 -
Borden Raymond D May 23, 1913 Sep 29, 1944 TX Pfc Inf 88 Inf Div WWII
Borden S E "Slim" Oct 30, 1935 Mar 3, 1988 -
Bougher Freida E Feb 24, 1923 May 7, 2003 -
Bouknight Plots Family Stone - - -
Bouknight - No Dates - D/o Jack & Dessie
Bouknight Allen O "OS" Dec 25, 1878 Apr 25, 1955 TS with Minnie L & Mattie M
Bouknight A O B Jul 1, 1829 Apr 11, 1877 -
Bouknight Bobbie N Apr 9, 1929 Feb 4, 2002 W/o Charles E
Bouknight Catherine Ann Mar 8, 1858 Feb 20, 1877 W/o M J; D/o DHE & P; Submitted by Sondra
Bouknight D H E Apr 14, 1835 Feb 25, 1913 Father; H/o Prissilla
Bouknight Dessie No Dates - W/o Jack
Bouknight Eliza B Oct 22, 1822 Oct 30, 1869 -
Bouknight Eliza Feb 29, 1848 Jan 30, 1926 w/o J L
Bouknight Ernest H Apr 12, 1900 Jun 1, 1988 H/o Helen Eitel      Pic #2
Bouknight Floyd O Apr 28, 1905 Feb 25, 1978 Corp US Army WWII
Bouknight Foy Lee Feb 17, 1921 Nov 5, 1990 T Sgt US Army WWII
Bouknight Gordon J Oct 28, 1923 Jun 11, 1994 H/o Polly Mae
Bouknight Helen Eitel Aug 5, 1901 May 27, 1971 W/o Ernest H       Pic #2
Bouknight Infant - - S/o A O & Mattie
Bouknight Infant - - S/o A O & Mattie
Bouknight J L B Apr 30, 1855 Dec 31, 1879 -
Bouknight J L Jan 6, 1842 Jul 21, 1919 Father; H/o Eliza
Bouknight J M "Dick" Oct 27, 1861 Apr 23, 1947 -
Bouknight J N B Jul 1, 1853 Nov 11, 1901 -
Bouknight John T Jan 14, 1880 Mar 21, 1952 NOTE: Was originall engraved as Bauknight, then engraved over as Bouknight
Bouknight Leona May May 4, 1895 May 23, 1896 D/o W A & S E 
Bouknight Lillian Irene Jan 25, 1900 Sep 24, 1901 -
Bouknight Martha H Long Jul 10, 1897 Jan 9, 1961 -
Bouknight Mattie M Sep 25, 1878 Jul 14, 1914 TS with Allen O & Minnie L
Bouknight Minnie L Sep 30, 1904 Jun 14, 1973 TS with Allen O & Mattie M
Bouknight Ottis L Sep 19, 1907 Jul 5, 1963 TX Tec 4 Medical Dept WWII
Bouknight Polly Mae Jun 17, 1929 Sep 29, 1977 W/o Gordon J
Bouknight Prissilla Jan 15, 1820 Nov 24, 1905 Mother; W/o D H E
Bouknight Roger Dale Aug 7, 1951 Jun 4, 2001 -
Bouknight S H B Jan 31, 1851 Nov 12, 1885 -
Bouknight Sarah E Mar 14, 1872 Jul 4, 1958 W/o William A 
Bouknight Vicki Ann 1957 2005 Croley FHM & Wooden Cross
Bouknight William A Sep 7, 1867 Feb 8, 1936 H/o Sarah E
Bowin Barbara A Mar 21, 1880 Dec 1, 1956 Double stone w/Charles W;  m. November 2, 1902; d/o John A. & Harriet Matilda Gaston Steelman; Submitted by Lea Ann Tedford
Bowin Charles W Mar 15, 1866 Oct 6, 1939 Double stone w/Barbara A; m. November 2, 1902; Obit; Submitted by Lea Ann Tedford
Bradley Cooper Lee Sep 22, 1904 Jul 10, 1906 S/o J L & A J
Braswell Iva M Belcher Feb 20, 1934 Feb 25, 2009 W/o Freeman E Braswell
Briggs Baby - - -
Broome S "Gloria" Lurece Dec 16, 1922 Nov 15, 1996 -
Broome Grady L Oct 27, 1920 Feb 21, 1980 -
Brown Ersaline Nov 11, 1908 Jun 24, 1975 -
Brown Jeremy Wayne Mar 28, 1983 Mar 28, 1983 -
Bryant Bobbie Loyless Apr 1, 1926 Aug 19, 1950 -
Buchanan Jessie Mae Mar 19, 1926 Jan 25, 1996 W/o Martin
Buchanan Marjorie Jun 29, 1969 Jun 30, 1969 -
Bullard Annie Elizabeth Jan 6, 1878 Jan 6, 1938 Double stone w/George Thomas
Bullard C L Mar 28, 1847 Feb 2, 1925 -
Bullard Carrie 1886 1953 Double stone w/Willie
Bullard Charles Rufus 1876 1948 Double stone w/Lillie L
Bullard Clifton C Oct 15, 1893 Jul 23, 1974 -
Bullard Clifton Junior Jan 3, 1933 Nov 9, 1993 H/o Patsy Ruth; wed Feb 5, 1955
Bullard E Louise Nov 17, 1923 Apr 22, 1999 W/o Willie Lee; wed Aug 23, 1941
Bullard George Thomas Mar 10, 1877 Feb 5, 1942 Double stone w/Annie Elizabeth
Bullard George W 1862-1939 - -
Bullard Jeter J 1880 1954 -
Bullard Katie E Aug 27, 1884 May 17, 1885 Pic #2
Bullard Lillie L 1876 1954 Double stone w/Charles Rufus
Bullard Lindley A Nov 10, 1937 Jun 28, 1982 -
Bullard Littie L Aug 27, 184? May 20, 1885 -
Bullard Lottie B Jun 7, 1884 Jan 10, 1977 W/o William L
Bullard Mary H 1875 1949 -
Bullard Mary Lucille Jan 13, 1918 Jan 29, 2007 W/o Thomas Seal
Bullard Mildred L "Millie" Dec 2, 1926 Oct 3, 1989 W/o Thomas H "Tom" Bullard; wed Jul 31, 1949
Bullard Mrs Millie 1960 1937 -
Bullard Pauline Aug 11, 1913 May 5, 1972 -
Bullard Rebecca P "Becky" 1871 1958 -
Bullard Roger Dale Feb 1, 1944 Feb 23, 1974 -
Bullard Thomas Seal Feb 12, 1909 May 3, 1973 H/o Mary Lucille
Bullard Thomas H "Tom" Nov 10, 1913 Jan 17, 1997 H/o Mildred L "Millie"; wed Jul 31, 1949
Bullard Vera Exa Dec 19, 1901 Jul 5, 1985 -
Bullard W T - Oct 3, 1925 Pvt TX Calvery CSA
Bullard William P Sep 22, 1905 May 18, 1984 -
Bullard William H "Willie" 1874 1957 Double stone w/Carrie
Bullard William L Oct 4, 1882 Feb 13, 1960 H/o Lottie B
Bullard Willie Lee Mar 21, 1921 Sep 29, 1983 H/o E Louise
Bullock Amanda Mar 12, 1850 Jun 8, 1929 W/o R L Bullock Sr
Bullock Barney K Nov 25, 1923 Oct 5, 1962 -
Bullock Bertie Bell Jul 29, 1904 Mar 5, 1992 W/o Travis
Bullock Charles Wayne Aug 22, 1925 Jul 9, 1927 S/o Travis & Bertie
Bullock Daisy B 1889 1964 W/o W Hardy
Bullock Easton D Oct 19, 1884 Nov 17, 1967 -
Bullock Helen Marie Oct 29, 1925 Aug 8, 1999 W/o Garland E
Bullock J E May 6, 1881 Oct 6, 1905 -
Bullock Luthur L May 21, 1902 Jan 19, 1985 H/o Zelma G. Bullock m. 06/26/1920
Bullock Mandia Parlee Nov 4, 1878 May 27, 1978 -
Bullock Pairlee Nov 4, 1878 May 27, 1978 W/o Reamos
Bullock R L Sr Oct 22, 1842 Mar 2, 1925 H/o Amanda
Bullock Raymond H Nov 4, 1915 Feb 10, 1957 TX 1st Sgt Cannon Co 19 Inf WWII
Bullock Reamos Oct 21, 1878 Nov 12, 1937 H/o Pairlee
Bullock Rosa L Dec 26, 1886 Jul 20, 1963 -
Bullock Skylan M Nov 13, 1888 Dec 20, 1967 TX Pvt 33 Balloon Co Air AVC WWI
Bullock Travis Walter Feb 25, 1905 Sep 18, 1989 H/o Bertie
Bullock W Hardy 1887 1968 H/o Daisy B
Bullock Walter - Jan 7, 1948 Cannon Read Age
Bullock William Sep 6, 1887 Mar 29, 1968 -
Bullock Zelma C Aug 5, 1902 Apr, 1994 W/o Luthur L. Bullock m. 06/26/1920
Bunn Drew Clemens Mar 26, 1985 Mar 26, 1985 Infant S/o Johnny & Claudette;  Relocated to Hopewell Cemetery in  2009
Burcham Elizer Feb 14, 1851 Apr 15, 1940 Double stone w/J M; Where you are now, we once was, where we are now, you soon will be. God bless you all.
Burcham J M Mar 4, 1850 Aug 23,1933 Double stone w/Elizer; Where you are now, we once was, where we are now, you soon will be. God bless you all.
Burcham Robert Levi Jul 10, 1890 Feb 7, 1943 Double stone w/Zettie Sybil; Thy Will Be Done
Burcham Zettie Sybil Oct 13, 1896 Oct 16, 1967 Double stone w/Robert; Thy Will Be Done
Burkett Delilah Ann 1872 1947 W/o Robert L; In loving memory of
Burkett George May 11, 1912 Nov 12, 1996 In loving memory of
Burkett Odis Sep 19, 1905 Apr 17, 1921 S/o R L & D A; In loving memory of
Burkett Robert 1871 - H/o Delila Ann
Burr Charles Edgar Dec 8, 1947 Dec 4, 2003 H/o Elva     Submitted by Sue Kennington      Croley FHM      SP4 US Army Vietnam
Burr Charles Ray "Chuckie" Jun 7, 1975 Apr 2, 1983 Our little angel sent from heaven
Busby Cora Alice Dec 25, 1885 Oct 30, 1971 W/o Walter S; Nee Amos; Submitted by Sondra
Busby James Hilliard 1824 1873 H/o Rebecca F; Submitted by Sondra     Pic #2
Busby J W Oct 20, 1831 Aug 19, 1907 H/o Matilda; Death date from death certificate; Submitted by Sondra         Pic #2     Per Ronald Wade - John W. Busby, born in Lexington, S. C., son of Nathaniel Busby (1782–1852) and Amelia Rhoden (1800–1830) upon the death of his father in 1852 he was living with sisters Nancy, Lucinda and sister Elizabeth and her husband Alexander O. Bouknight who soon moved to Upshur Co., Tx. together with John W. Busby about 1852-53. They came by wagon train with his sisters Elizabeth and Priscilla and their husbands and James Hilliard Busby, his brother. Priscilla & James both married Bouknight siblings. On 13 Sep 1855 in Upshur County, Texas John W married Matilda A. Stinson. He was a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil War and records shows that on 16 Feb 1862 he was a Prisoner of War at Fort Donelson, Tennessee and the record shows he was admitted to Yankee Prison Hospital, Camp Douglas, Illinois, July 1, 1862, for sickness and then returned to duty, July 10, 1862 and again admitted to the Prison Hospital, July 2, 1862, and August 11, 1862. He and his wife had 8 children together they raised in Upshur County.    Photo    Photo
Busby Lee F Feb 14, 1872 Jun 20, 1901 H/o Sally; S/o J W & Matilda; Submitted by Sondra            Pic #2
Busby Matilda Jan 12, 1831 Feb 2, 1903 W/o J W; Nee Stinson; Submitted by Sondra      Per Ronald Wade - Matilda A. Stinson Busby, born in Smith County, Tennessee, the daughter of Alexander W. Stinson (1778–) and Mary "Polly" Robertson (1789–1833). The 1840 census shows her living with her father in McMinn County, Tennessee but by the 2 Mar 1848 she was in Harrison County, Texas where she married John W. Brown (1822–1853) and they had 4 children. Following his death on 13 Sep 1855 she married John W. Busby in Upshur County where they raised their children of 8 more children they had together plus her 4 from her first marriage.      Photo       Photo
Busby Rebecca Frances 1833 1879 W/o James H; Submitted by Sondra
Busby Sallie A Jun 3, 1861 Nov 25, 1887 W/o W W;  Nee Carroll; Submitted by Sondra
Busby Verah E Sep 22, 1897 May 28, 1900 D/o WW & L N
Busby Wade A 1841 Aug 27, 1929 Scratched into a piece of concrete -  b. Lexington Dist, South Carolina, USA;  d. Upshur Co., TX; S/o Lovick Glenn Busby (1820–1890) and Harriet (1822–1890) Submitted by Ronald Wade
Busby Walter S 1886 1962 H/o Cora Alice; Submitted by Sondra
Byrne Chardel Kathleen Nov 3, 1955 Jan 27, 1965 d/o Charles T & Della May Tye Byrne
Byrne Charles Thomas "Charlie" Jun 9, 1923 Dec 31, 2006 taken from obit; h/o  Della May Tye; b. Pittsburgy, PA to Raymond & Gertrude Rechtenwall Bryne; US Air Force MASH Medic
Byrne Della May Tye May 1, 1919 Aug 9, 2006 taken from obit; w/o Charles T; d/ Johnny B & Mamie Lee Steelman Tye; WAC US Air Force WWII

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