Oak Grove Church and Cemetery, Austin, TX, Travis County.
Census records, Family history, Genealogy
Oak Grove Cemetery
Travis
County
Austin, Texas
Updated 10/28/2007. Be sure to read the records at the bottom of this page.
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Infant,
____ (Row 1. no info.)
Allen, Gene, b. abt 1940 /d. ____ 2006 (son of Julia
Simons Allen)
Allen, Julia Valie, b. May 10, 1926/d.Nov 16, 1944 (dau of
Harvey Orben Simons/Lottie Mae Toungate)
Bertling, Adrian W., b. May 16, 1912/d.Mar 2, 1990
Bertling, Altha A., b. Nov 23, 1919/d.Nov 13, 1988 (Lee
Boatright)
Boatright, Alexander, b. May 13, 1890/d.Oct 13, 1970
Boatright, Amelia Cacares, (Row 9. no info.)
Boatright, Emmer Rose, (Row 9. no info.)
Boatright, Etta M., b. Oct 24, 1896/d.Jan 29, 1982
(Teague)
Boatright, David A., b. Aug 5, 1931/d.Feb 27, 1932
Boatright, Maggie, b.Apr 13, 1913/d.Aug 7, 1976 (w/o Tim)
(m/o Floyd)
Boatright, Tim F., b.Feb 25, 1909/d.Mar 22, 1961 (f/o
Frank) (Tim brother of Albert and Floyd)
Boatright, Albert B., b.Feb 4, 1911/d.Mar 2, 1991 (bro to
Tim and Floyd
Boatright, Annie, b.1871/d.1936 (w/o Lee Bolden)
Boatright, Lee Bolden, b.1860/d.1943 (h/o Annie)(s/o A.
E., b.1823 KY and Mary H., b.1835 NC)
Boatright, Libbie, b.June 30, 1903/d.Sept 4, 1915
(daughter of Lee)
Boatright, Joe, b.Aug 24, 1936/d.Mar 22, 1944
Boatright, Jess T., b.Feb 19, 1896/d.July 7, 1966 (h/o
Rosa)(s/o Lee and Annie)
Boatright, Rosa M., b.Feb 28, 1905/d.1993 (w/o Jessie
Boatright, Robert Evans, (Row 9. no info.)
Boatright, Charles E., b.Feb 22, 1944/d.Oct 24, 1988
Boatright, Elsie M., b.June 22, 1921/d.May 5, 1958 (w/o
Floyd)
Boatright, Frank Lee, b.__ /d. abt 2004 (h/o Pauline)(Row
8)
Boatright, Pauline Suzanne (Cappel), b.__ / d. abt 2002
(w/o Frank) (Row 8)
Boatright, Floyd C., b.July 9, 1913/d.Feb 3, 1977 (bro to
Tim and Albert
Boatright, Howard C. (Bo), b. Sept 22, 1937/d.Oct 31,
1989
Cantrell, Elvin Melvin, b.Nov 22, 1945/d.Dec 27, 1945
(s/o Monroe Jackson (Jack) Cantrell, Sr./Rosa Nell Simons) (Row
4)
Cantrell, Dora L., (Row 3. no info.)
Cantrell, Florence Mae, (Church lot. no info.)
Cantrell, Tommie, b.1939/d.1943, (4 yr.old s/o Nellie
F./Thomas D. Cantrell)
Cantrell, Nellie F., Feb 2, 1907/June 16, 1984, (w/o
Thomas D. Cantrell)
Cantrell, Tom D., b.__/d.__ (Row 6. no info.)
Cantrell, John S., b.__/d.__ (Row 3. no info.)
Cantrell, Oscar Gene, (Church lot. no info.)
Cantwell, Helen, b.February 24, 1935/d. _____ (wife of
Floyd) (d/o Harvey O. Simons/Ella Harp, Crawford, Tuttle)
Cantwell, Howard C. Jr., b.July 5, 1949/d.Apr 25, 1970
(W. corner)
Clark, Daryl, (Row 9. no info.)
Combs, Myrtle J., b.1941/d.1989 (d/o Harvey B.
Simons/Rhea Golden Woodall)
Dickey, Tommie E., Jr., b.1960/d.1963 (Dorsey?)
Dofer, Nora, b.1882 (Dorfer?)
Faurie, Flie M. III, b.Mar 11, 1960/d.Mar 11, 1960, (s/o
Helen Simons Faurie)
Faurie, Mark D., b.July 11, 1966/d.July 22, 1966, (s/o
Helen Simons Faurie)
Faurie, Harold D., Jr., b.June 2, 1974/d.Oct 8, 1974,
(s/o Harold Dean Faurie)
Gribbins, Edith S., b.May 9, 1909/d.Mar 18, 1987
Guest, Thelma B., b.Aug 13, 1923/d.Nov 30, 1976 (w/o Cleo
Guest) (d/o Dick Boatright)
Herrin, Earl, b.July 15, 1902/d.Dec 17, 1978
Herrin, Edna J., b.June 27, 1904/d.Jan 29, 1989
Holt, Aimee L., b.Feb 15, 1944/d.Apr 6, 1984
Hopkins, Edith B., b.Apr 15, 1923/d.Mar 27, 1978
Jones, John H., b.Sept 25, 1900/d.Mar 15, 1969 (step
father of Floyd Cantwell)
Kerr, Shelia A., b.June 25, 1972/d.June 25, 1972
Milkim, Michael G., b.Sept 14, 1953/d.Feb 11, 1991
McConnell, Morris, b.1938/d.1989
McConnell, Archie M., b.July 4, 1912/d.Nov 7, 1986
McConnell, Edith T., b.Mar 26, 1911/d.Feb 2, 1980
McGrew, G. W., Age 77 years (No dates)
McGrew, Evelyn, b.1855/d.1934
McKamy, Ray K., b.Dec 3, 1935/d.June 25, 1988
McKamy, C. Francis, b.Mar 15, 1911/ __
McKamy, Raymond D., b.Sept 9, 1908/d.Feb 20, 1981
Pickens, Besty M., b.1827/d.1912
Pickens, John F., b.1900/d.1982
Prewitt, Virgie, b.Sept 18, 1915/d.Oct 7, 1919 (4 yr old
dau of Jess and Dolly)
Prewitt, Jess, b.1877/d.1940 (h/o of Dolly Venable)
Prewitt, Dolly, b.July 26, 1883/d.July 12, 1975 (w/o
Jessee)
Reed, Jophtha, b.1840/d.1985 (Could be Joseph?)
Richards, Elizabeth R., b.Feb 9, 1902/d.Mar 15, 1986
Richards, Wilson L., b.Oct 24, 1915/d.Apr 26, 1987
Richards, Bill R., b.Apr 13, 1947/d.Jan 24, 1990
Routon, Martha, (No dates)
Shannon, James E., b.1884/d.1952
Shannon, Forrest W., Sr., b.1941/d.Sept 28, 1978
Shannon, Andrew F., b.Feb 25, 1916/d.Dec 4, 1986
Shannon, James H., b.Sept 24, 1908/d.Nov 16, 1987
Shannon, Johnnie D., b.July 21, 1920/d.Nov 19, 1988
Shannon, Dorothy M. b.June 17, 1917/d.Mar 12, 1979 (was a
Prewitt)
Shannon, Othel L., b.Mar 22, 1917/d.Dec 21, 1973 (h/o
Dorothy)
Shannon, Perry L., b.July 16, 1936/d.Jan 8, 1992
Shannon, Dewey T., b.1932/d.1991
Shannon, A. Dewey, b.Jan 9, 1892/d.Apr 24, 1979
Shannon, Walter S., b.Dec 4, 1934/d.July 18, 1935
Simons, Ella Dee, b.Dec 27, 1891/d.Sept 9, 1979(second
wife of Harvey Orben Simons b.1892)
Simons, Edward Dexter, b._______ /d.Dec 21, 1966 (s/o Harvey O. Simons and Lottie Mae) (h/o
Mary Alice Friar)
Simons, Mary Alice Friar, b.________ /d. _____ 2007
Simons, L. M., b.____ /d. ____ (probably Lottie Mae
Toungate Simons, b.Dec 4, 1896/d.May 23, 1926) (1st w/o Harvey O.
Simons)
Simons, Harvey Orben, b.1892/d.1958 (hus of 1st Lottie Mae Toungate;
2nd Ella.)
Simons, Vernon Leroy, b.Aug 21, 1921/d.Apr 14, 1960 (h/o
Vera Lou Lue Ferril) (s/o Harvey O. Simons and Lottie Mae
Toungate)
Simons, Fritz Lee, b.Mar 3, 1909/d.Nov 22, 1982 (h/o
Lillie Belle Williams)
Simons, Lillie Belle Williams, b.Jan 19, 1912/d.May 8,
1981 (w/o Fritz Lee Simons)
Simons, Dick, b.May 22, 1904/d.Oct 15, 1960 (hus of Edith
Simpson)
Simons, Charles, b.June 19, 1931/d.Apr 30, 1933
Simons, Dexter Lee, Sr., b.July 10, 1929/d.Dec 29, 1982
(son of Dick Simons b.May 22, 1904)
Simons, Andrew, b.Aug 17, 1917/d.May 23, 1925 (son of
Dexter Simmons b. abt. 1856)
Simons, Dexter D., b.Sept 20, 1856/d.Nov 13, 1919 (hus of
Ida Ann Adams, b.1868)
Simons, Ella, b.1889/d.1962
Simons, Eva D., b.1907/d.1990
Simons, Harvey B., b.1915/d.1991 (hus of Rhea Golden
Woodall)
Steekes, Thurston Vance, (Row 8. no other info. could be
wrong spelling.)
Stukes, M. C. E., b.1878/d.1901 (Swope? could be wrong
spelling)
Sutton, Rhodie, (Church lot. no info.)
Sutton, Elizabeth Ann, (Church lot. no info.)
Teague, Olivia Viola (Ollie), (Tegue? Row 9. no
info.)
Teague, Raburn C., b.Aug 18, 1923/d.Oct 2, 1992
Thurm, William, b.May 22, 1810/d.Aug 25, 1887 (Came to US
with wife and 3 daughters from Prussia in 1850s.)
Toungate, Ida A., b.Aug 12, 1869/d.Mar 13, 1956
Tuttle, Myrtle Ida (Meme), (Church lot. no info.)
Waechter, Carl B., (Church lot. no info.)
Waechter,Dolores J., (Church lot. no info.)
Waechter, Gustave A., b.__/ d.__ (h/o Louise Thurm)
(Church lot)
Waechter, Elizabeth M., b.Aug 30, 1886/d.Dec 5, 1973 (w/o
Lewis J.)(d/o Leanerst and Annie Boatright)
Waechter, Lewis J., b.Jan 29, 1873/d.July 2, 1957 (s/o
Louisa Waechter, b.1847 in Germany)
Waechter, Mandy M., (w/o Gus. Church lot. No dates.)
Waecther, Willie W., b.Apr 6, 1924/d.Sept 23, 1973 (s/o
Gus W./Mandy (Toungate) Waechter)
*a family story here:" Gus held Mandy (b.1904) when she was
a baby and said he would marry her someday". And he did.
Wallace, Francis R., (Row 3. No dates.)
Wallace, James E., b.1922/d.1992
Williams, Pat, b.Dec. 11, 1904/d.Feb. 14, 1987 (bro of
Harry) (buried near his sister Lillie Belle Williams Simons)
Williamson, Ralph W., b.Jun 3, 1905/d.Apr 17, 1959
Young, Lucy, b.Apr 8, 1900/d.Nov 25, 1927, (w/o Sparlin
Young)
Don't forget about the
annual fish fry on July 3rd and Bar-B-Q on the July 4th. Held on
the Church grounds across from the Cemetery, every year .. rain
or shine, it goes on. There has to be money raised to care for
the Oak Grove Cemetery and Church grounds. It is being
surrounded by million dollar homes. I am sure they would like to
consider Oak Grove Cemetery abandoned. That will happen if we do
not keep it cleaned. The graves could be moved and roads
would be widened. It is called progress.
We try to arrive 3 or 4 days early to
clean the grounds and set up the kitchen. About 11 AM, July 3rd,
a huge pot of pinto beans is started. One year someone put all
the beans in the pot and set them on the stove. They were boiling
good, when Rose looked at me and said "who picked and washed
the beans?" ... Oops. No one had washed the beans. They were
probably the best beans we had ever cooked.
About 5 PM, the men start frying fresh
fish, hush puppies, onion rings, garden squash and whatever else
they can find. The ladies bring fresh garden vegetables and
wonderful home made cakes, pies and cobblers.
After the fish is eaten and the grounds
quite down, the men start the Bar-B-Q and settle down to some
serious domino playin'. This was Aunt Mae's favorite
time. She would stay up all night playin' dominoes. Aunt Mae
will be with us forever in our hearts.
The next day, people start coming from
all directions. Some have kin in the cemetery and some come for
the good food and fellowship. They are all welcome. They are
asked for donations, but no one has ever been turned away. Many
families bring home cooked food to add to the Bar-B-Q. The long
serving tables are so full, you can hardly set your plate
down.
There is live music and singing. There are tables and benches
shaded by live oak trees. The banks Bull Creek aren't far
away.
After lunch, we all pitch in to wash up
and clean the kitchen. After the crowd leaves, late in the
evening, we get out the ice cream makers and reward ourselves
with home made ice cream.
On July fifth, everyone starts loading up
and heading off in different directions to go home. We hope every
one will be able to come back next year.
Records
related to persons buried here:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: Wm Thurm, 41,
1810, Arrival: 5 Apr 1851, Male, Port of Departure:
Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland, Destination: United
States of America , Origin: Ireland, Race: Irish, Ship:
Manhattan, Arrival: New York, Line: 21, Microfilm Serial: M237,
M237_96, List: 301
Census records:
1870 Austin, Travis, TX: head Wilhelm, Thurm, 60,
1810, Prussia, farmer, real eastate $400, personal $800/ wife
Caroline, 54, Prussia/ dau Clemetine, 24, Prussia/ Berka, 21,
Prussia.
1880 Travis, TX: A. E. Boatright 57, 1823, KY, VA,
VA, occ: farmer, general disability/ wife Mary H. Boatright
45, 1835, NC, NC, NC/son L. B. Boatright 20, 1860, TX, KY,
NC, farmer / dau Sarah Boatright 17, TX, KY, NC /dau Cara
Boatright 14, TX, KY, NC/dau Mary Boatright 12, TX, KY, NC / dau
Lou Boatright 10, TX, KY, NC/dau Lorena Boatright 7, TX, KY,
NC/laborer W. T. Grury 27, Ala, Ireland, Ireland.
1900 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, Texas: John Pickens 74
July 1825, TN Betsy Pickens 71 Jan 1829, Miss, unk, SC.
next to Dexter Simons b.Sept 1856, Mich.
1900 Justice Precinct 8, Williamson, TX: James Shannon 46
Sept 1853, MO, MO, Ark, Farmer/ wife Azalia Shannon 34, Mar 1866,
TX, TX, TX / son James E Shannon 17, Feb 1882, TX, MO, TX
/ dau Mary E Shannon 15, July 1884, TX, MO, TX / son William B
Shannon 13, Dec 1886, TX, MO, TX /dau Ida M Shannon 12, Jan 1888
/ son Davd W Shannon 9, Jan 1890 /son Arthur A Shannon 6, June
1893 / son Pearl F Shannon 4, Jan 1896 /son Dewy Shannon 2, Jan
1898, TX, MO, TX .
1900 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, Texas: Albert B
Pickens 31 Feb 1869, TX, TN, Ark, mfg charcoal/ wife Mary
Pickens 26, Aug 1873, TX, Ioway, Ark, had 7 children, 4 living/
son Asberry Pickens 6, May 1894, TX/dau Mittie Pickens 4, Mar
1896,TX/ dau Minnie A Pickens 2, Sept 1897/son John F Pickens
8/12, Sept 1899.
1900 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, TX: head Leanerst
Boatright 40 Apr 1860, TX, Unk, TN, farmer, married 15 years/
wife Annie Boatright 28 Mar 1872 TX Wales, GA, had 7
children, 5 living, married 15 years/dau Lizzie Boatright 13
Aug 1886 (wife of Lewis J. Waechter), TX/son Alexander
Boatright 10, 1890May 1890, TX / son Jessie Boatright 4, Feb
1896, TX/dau Dolley Boatright 2, Jan 1898 TX/ dau Lucy A
Boatright 1/12, Apr 1900, TX .
next to head Waechter, Louisa, 53, Apr 1847, Germany, Germany,
Germany, widow, had 9 children, 6 living, immigrant 1852, farmer/
son August E. 30 Aug 1869, TX, G, G, /son Louis J 27 Jan
1873, TX, G, G, /son Paul J 23 Mar 1877, TX, G, G,/ son
Gustave 20 Oct 1879, TX, G, G,/ son Edward 17 July 1882, TX, G,
G/ son Jessie 1 Sept 1898, TX, G, G.
1910 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, TX: head Lee B
Boatright 50, 1860 TX, ILL, SC, married at 20, farmer/ wife
Annie Boatright 39, 1871, TX, married at 20, had 11
children, 8 living/ son Jessie Boatright 14, 1896/dau
Dollie Boatright 12/dau Lucie Boatright 10, 1900/ dau Vadie
Boatright 8/dau Liddie Boatright 6, 1904/son Frank
Boatright 1, 1909.
1910 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, TX: James E Shannon
27, 1883/ wife Cellie L Shannon 16, TX, KY/ son (err?) James
H Shannon 19, 1891/ brother Pearl F Shannon 14.(census very
pale.)
1920 Andersons Mill, District 182, Travis, TX: head
Waechter, Gus 40, 1880, TX, Ger, Ger, single male.
next to head Boatright, S. T. 24, 1896, TX/ wife Carrie, 20,
TX.
same page head Waechter, James, 68, 1852, TX, LA, NC/wife
Margaret, 62, 1858, TX, TN, TN/ son Arthur, 23, 1897/ dau Alice,
16.
head Prewitt, ???iss 42, 1878, TX, US, US, male/ wife Vernable
36, 1884, TX, Ala, Germany/ dau Edith 8, TX/dau Bernice 6/ dau
Dorothy 2, 1918/ mother in law Waechter, Vernable 69,
1851, Germany, Germany, Germany, widow.
head Waechter, Louis, 47, 1873, TX, Ger, Ger, farmer/ wife
Lizzie 33, 1887 (Toungate) TX, TX, TX /dau Rose, 12,
TX.
head Weachter, Paul , 42, 1878, TX, Germany, Germany, farmer/
mother Louise 83, Germany, widow.
next to head Toungeat, Lloyd 28, 1892, TX, TX, TX/wife Julia 24
TX, TX, TX/son John, 4/dau Cin??dia, 4 months/ bro Lewis, 18,
TX.
same page head Shannon, James 36 TX MO TX/ wife Lilly 25 TX KY
TX/ son Jim 11, TX/dau Emmer 8, TX/son Andrew 3/ dau Anna, 1, TX
.
next to head Shannon, Will 34 TX MO TX /wife Sarrah 20, TX KY
TX/son Arthur 4 TX/ dau Cleta, 1, TX.
1920 Austin Ward 4, Travis, TX: head Sparlin Young, 28,
1892, TX, TX, TX/ wife Lucy Young, 19, 1901, TX, TX,
TX/dau Daley Young, 8/12, TX, TX, TX. (Sparlin b.1892 s/o Sparlin
P. b.1840 Ark and Elizabeth b. 1842 TX)
1930 Austin, Travis, TX: John W Guest 47, TX, TX, TX,
renting home, married at 19, occ: woodcutter cedar/ Ida M Guest
42, TX MO TX married at 14/ dau Lona V Guest 17/ dau Johnie S
Guest 14/ son Cleo Guest 7.
1930 Austin, Travis, TX: Jesse T Boatright 33 , 1897, TX
TX TX , married at 19, renting home, stone mason, building trade/
wife Rosie M Boatright 24, 1906, TX TX TX , married at
22/dau Thelma M Boatright 7 TX TX TX/son Jim L Boatright 1 5/12
TX TX TX/ sister in law Mary E Clawson 22, TX TX TX, single.
1930 Precinct 4, Travis, TX: head D. H. Walden 20, TX TX
TX , woodcutter/ wife Ella, 20/lodger, T. F. Boatright 21, 1909,
TX TX TX , woodcutter. next to head A. B. Boatright , 19,
1911, TX TX TX , woodcutter/ bro F. C. Boatright , 17,
1913, TX TX TX , woodcutter.
1930 Austin, Travis, TX: head Lee B Boatright 69,
TX, ILL, SC, own home, married at 24, salesman, gro store/ wife
Annie 62, TX GA GA, married at 16.
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