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Reels Bend Cemetery

  • Location: near the west end of Old Altair Road, less than fifty yards south of the road
  • Earliest known year of death: 1851
  • Racial mix: whites and blacks
  • Surveyed by Lee Nesbitt and Dorothy Albrecht
  • Audited by Harrison Walker, Robert Davis, Ernest Mae Seaholm, and Bill Stein on October 6, 1989
  • Number of known burials to date: 36
  • Comments: 
    William Brown, Matthews Stovall, and George Tillman were black men. Charlie Brown and John D. Rowe probably were as well.
  • Take a 2005 photo journey to Reels Bend Cemetery

Ailey, Mary C. B.; born: Sep 12, 1833; died: Oct 27, 1851;

Amos, Texana; born: Sep 18, 1908; died: Jul 20, 1934;
Daughter of Kye and Lou Alice (Fielden) Means

Bonds, Penny Ann Elizabeth; born: Apr 28, 1825; died: May 6, 1868;
Daughter of Charles Jordan and Nancy Ann (Flake) Winfree, married Andrew J. Bonds, Jan 13, 1843 (This information came from the files of Judge John Winfree of Hempstead, TX )

Brown, Charlie; born: Dec 2, 1870; died: Sep 27, 1941;

Brown, William; born: Jul 1, 1871; died: Apr 11, 1945;
Son of Garland and Henrietta (Washington) Brown

Coleman, Phennie; born: Sep 3, 1871; died: Nov 16, 1943;
Daughter of Lee and Mattie Young

Coleman, Sadie; born: Mar 31, 1904; died: Jul 29, 1960
Daughter of Grant and Phenia/Phennie (Young) Coleman [Information from death certificate]

Garrett, Emily A.; born: Sep 18, 1818; died: Nov 15, 1862;
Married P. M. Garrett

Hardison, Argant; born: Feb 15, 1884; died; Jun 30, 1953;
Son of Richard Hardison and Lou Darity [Information from death certificate]

Hardison, Bertha; born: Oct 9, 1931; died: Dec 10, 1933;
Daughter of Dock and Carrie (Lowe) Hardison

Hardison, Dora; born: c. 1901; died: Mar 14, 1933;
Married Richard Hardison

Hardison, Lue; born: Dec 10, 1876; died: Dec 15, 1957;
Daughter of Carlin and Millie Darity

Hardison, Richard, Sr.; born: Sept 15, 1864; died: Sep 4, 1940;
Son of Harkler Hardison. [Information from death certificate]

Haywood, Charlotte; born: c. 1839; died: Feb 5, 1929;
Daughter of Mose Blanton [Some info from death certificate]

Herbert, Claiborne Caleb; born: c. 1814; died: Jul 5, 1867;
Son of Nathaniel and Clarissa (Jones) Herbert, Mexican War Veteran

Howard, Jack; born: Nov 18, 1890; died Jun 11, 1938;
Son of Ransom and Venus (Spincer) Howard [Info from death certificate]

Norfleet, Senthia; born: Jun 22, 1876; died: Nov 15, 1944;
Daughter of George Hardiman, married Julius Norfleet

Perry, Mary Ann; born Sep 1, 1848; died: Sep 2, 1943;
Daughter of Rosie Glover

Pettus, Gerald; born: Apr 17, 1910; died: Nov 8, 1931;
Son of Walter and Mattie Pettus [Death certificate gives his name as Jerrold]

Pettus, Mattie; born: Mar 15, 1876; died: Oct 20, 1933;
Daughter of Ike and Henretta (Garrett) Cooper[Info from death certificate]

Presley, Thenie; born: c. 1858; died: Apr 17, 1932;
[info from death certificate gives name as Senia; born Apr 4, 1858; died Apr 17, 1932; daughter of Mel and Mary (Deen) Rhodes]

Rowe, John D.; born: c. 1896; died: Feb 11, 1938;
Veteran of World War I

Selders, Green; born: c. 1863; died: Aug 22, 1932;
Son of Neil and Mandy Selders, married Nina Dean Brown; [Info on death certificate give birth date as 1857]

Selders, Henry; born: Sep 16, 1888; died: Sep 21, 1952;
Son Green and Ninia Dean (Brown) Selders, [Info on death certificate gives birth date as Sep 9, 1899]

Selders, Lillie; born: Nov 18, 1929; died: Nov 28, 1929;
Daughter of R. L. and Eunice (Hardison) Selders [Info from death certificate]

Sloan, Ella Wee; born: Sep 10, 1928; died: Oct 10, 1935;
Daughter of George and Pearlie (Hephill) Sloan, killed while leaving school bus

Steele, Frances V.; born: Mar 7, 1839; died: May 2, 1859;
Daughter of Nathaniel Herbert, married A. L. Steele Jun 9, 1857

Steele, Herbert; born: Nov 21, 1858; died: Jun 22, 1859;
Son of A. L. and Frances V. Steele

Stovall, Mathews; born: Jan 7, 1896; died: Oct 23, 1934;
Son of Bual and Synthia (Hartman) Stovall, veteran of World War I

Strahan, William H.; born: Feb 23, 1805; died: Feb 28, 1873;

Strahan, William Howard; born: Mar 10, 1864; died: Aug 20, 1866;
Son of William T. and Martha Ann (Earp) Strahan

Tillman, George; born: Aug 23, 1883; died: Jan 21, 1946;
Son of Franke Tillman

Tillman, Norma J.; born Aug 25, 1947; died Feb 19, 1964;
Daughter of George and Alma (Davis) Tillman [Info from death certificate]

Tillman, Tom; born: Mar 14, 1890; died: Mar 28, 1954;
Son of Frank Tillman [Info from death certificate]

Wilson, William Denton; born: Jul 21, 1869; died: Aug 13, 1873;
Son of Thomas Jefferson and Cincinnati (Strahan) Wilson

Young, Mattie; born: Apr 10, 1850; died: Sep 2, 1930;
Daughter of Anthony and Amanda (Wilkerson) Freeman

Article at the Handbook of Texas Online
Patrick Reels

Rees Cemetery

Murphy, Martha "Patty"; born: Dec 6, 1801; died: Jun 13, 1888;
Nee Whittington, married Nathaniel Murphy in 1820 (tombstone)

Rees, Anna A.; born: Jan 27, 1874; died: Sep 25, 1878;
Daughter of Burrell W. and Alice L. Rees

Rees, Essie Isabel; born: Dec 11, 1890; died: Jun 1892;
Daughter of Fleming and Clara I. Rees

Rees, Fleming Sanders; born: Feb 20, 1810; died: Mar 8, 1870;
(tombstone)

Styers, N. L.; born: Aug 14, 1870; died: Nov 12, 1870;
Daughter of J. M. and M. A. Styers
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Reichardt Cemetery

Reichardt, Carl; born: Apr 20, 1823; died: Mar 5, 1889;

Reichardt, Charles; born: Jan 24, 1852; died: Jul 11, 1882;

Reichardt, Maria; born: Aug 6, 1822; died: Jul 15, 1876;

Reichardt, Otto; born: Dec 25, 1878; died: Nov 2, 1879;

Riesing Cemetery

  • Location: NORTHEAST of the intersection of Richter Road and Highway 71.  About 0.1 miles to the north, turn right at the 3 ft high green telephone cablebox.  Follow the winding dirt road about 150 ft until you get to a clearing, it is on the left.
  • Earliest known year of death: 1872
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Surveyed by Bill Stein in 1988
  • Number of known burials to date: 52
  • Comments: The picture at the right and those at the bottom of this page were taken before work on cleaning up this cemetery was begun: To see what it looks like now, check out Historic Cemetery Marker.

Designated Historic Cemetery

N29°46.263 W96°37.557

Balzer, Frieda Bertha; born: Nov 3, 1903; died: Oct 26, 1906;
Daughter of Wilhelm and Caroline (Ahlgrimm) Balzer

Chollett, Bernhardt; born: Aug 26, 1898; died: Mar 19, 1900;
Son of William "Willie" and Anna (Koch) Chollett

Chollett, Elsa Minna Marie; born: May 31, 1902; died: Jun 5, 1902;
Daughter of Wilhelm Louis Heinrich"Henry" and Alma Mary Auguste (Wink) Chollett

Chollett, Frieda Hermina Anna; born: Mar 19, 1900; died May 29, 1902;
Daughter of Wilhelm Louis Heinrich"Henry" and Alma Mary Auguste (Wink) Chollett

Chollett, Johann Friedrich; born: Aug 20, 1828; died: Aug 24, 1903;
Son of Franz and Christine (Schulz) Chollett

Chollett, Marie Wilhelmine Friederike; born: Apr 11, 1833; died: Jun 30, 1915;
Daughter of Friedrich Ludwig and Marie Dorothee (Stahl) Schwerdtfeger. married Johann Friedrich Chollett on Nov 23, 1853 in Potzlow, Prussia

Chollett, Wilhelm Louis Heinrich; born: Mar 30, 1869; died: Jan 28, 1906;
Son of Johann Friedrich and Marie Wilhelmine Friederike (Schwerdtfeger) Chollett, married Alma Mary Auguste Wink on Oct 6, 1896, called Henry

Dietrich, F. A.; born: Dec 6, 1835; died: Nov 21, 1906;
Wilhelmine Friedrike "Auguste" Schwerdtfeger Schmidt Diedrich, born in Nauen, Potsda, Prussia, married Johann F. Schmidt on Jan 8, 1858, married Heinrich Wilhelm Diedrich May 18, 1876

Diedrich, Wilhelm; born: Dec 17, 1877; died: May 21, 1895;
Son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Auguste (Schwertfeger) Diedrich

Fowler, Heneritte Maria Otilder; born: Sep 8, 1898; died: Nov 22, 1911;
Daughter of William and Olga (Poenitzsch) Fowler

Hayek, Alton Ray; born: Aug 4, 1938; died: Dec 27, 1945;
Son of Fritz and Myrtle (Stallbaum) Hayek

Hayek, Fritz; born: May 26, 1895; died: Jan 10, 1982;
Son of Frank and Anna (Schultz) Hayek

Hayek, Herbert; born: Aug 8, 1952; died: Feb 28, 1978;
Son of Fritz and Myrtle (Stallbaum) Hayek; full name was Herbert Lee, called Butch

Hayek, Howard Wayne; born: Oct 29, 1955; died: Mar 18, 2003;
Son of Fritz and Myrtle (Stallbaum) Hayek, called Pud

Hayek, Leroy; born: Nov 18, 1934; died: Sep 21, 1937;
Son of Fritz and Myrtle (Stallbaum) Hayek

Hayek, Myrtle; born: Sep 20, 1911; died: Apr 6, 1959;
Daughter of William and Mary (Gaber) Stallbaum, married Fritz Hayek

Hayek, Reuben; born: Jan 18., 1932; died: Jul 5, 1943;
Son of Fritz and Myrtle (Stallbaum) Hayek

Heyne, Wilhelm G.H.; born: May 13, 1901; died: Sep 15, 1904;

Hillebrand, Infant Son; born: Jul 6, 1908; died: Jul 6, 1909;
Son of Reinhard and Wilhelmina (Becker) Hillebrand

Hillebrand, Wilhelmina E.; born: Oct 27, 1888; died: Jul 7, 1908;
Nee Becker, married Reinhard Hillebrand

Horndt, Wilhelm F.K.; born: Sep 20, 1907; died: Oct 22, 1907;
Son of Wilhelm and Bertha (Staffeldt) Horndt

Karstech, unknown; born: Jul 25, 1875; died: May 16, 1935;
Married Louis Karstech

Koch, Friederich; born: 1831; died: unknown;

Koch, Johann Heinrich; born: Sep 8, 1866; died: Jan 19, 1905;

Koch, Louisa; born: Aug 26, 1872; died: Aug 31, 1920;
[Obit appeared in Sep 1919 Eagle Lake Headlight]

Koch, Marriera; born: 1832; died: unknown;

Koch, Mary; born: Jun 25, 1825; died: Apr 1915;
Married Fritz Koch, name could be Marriera

Koork, Friedrich; born: unknown; died: Aug 1896;

Koork, Wilhelm; born: 1897; died: Jul 12, 1897;

Poenitzsch, Anna W.C.; born: Feb 14, 1898; died: Jun 25, 1913;
Daughter of William and Bertha (Staffeldt) Horndt, married Paul A. Poenitzsch

Poenitzsch, Henrietta; born: Dec 6, 1848; died: Sep 9, 1915;
Née Klenser

Riesing, Elo Maximillian; born: Dec 24, 1893; died: Jul 14, 1917;
Drowned in the river

Riesing, Lena; born: Mar 22, 1916; died: Sep 12, 1920;

Reising, Linda Dora; born: Apr 24, 1907; died: Aug 2, 1992;
Daughter of John and Dora (Koenig) Eilers, married Emil W. Reising, Feb 24, 1949

Riesing, Maximillian; born: Feb 12, 1870; died: Jul 28, 1894;

Riesing, Otto; born: Oct 20, 1908; died: Oct 18, 1910;

Schmidt, Bertha; born: Mar 24, 1866; died: Sep 22, 1900;
Née Diedrich, married "Charles Lewis" Schmidt , full name was Julie Wilhelmine Bertha sometimes called "Bettie"

Schmidt, Carrol Elmo; born: Oct 13, 1904; died: c. 1906;
Son of Charles Lewis and Susan (Halyard) Schmidt

Schmidt, Charles F. Phillips, born: Nov 9, 1896; died: Jul 14, 1907;
Son of Eduard Louis Carl (Charles Lewis) and Julie Wilhelmine Bertha (Dietrich) Schmidt

Schmidt, "Charles Lewis" Eduard Louis Carl ; born: Dec 4, 1859; died: Jan 13, 1919;
Son of Johann Friedrich 'William" and Wilhelmine Friedrike Auguste "Auguse" (Schwerdtfeger) Schmidt

Schmidt, Eduard; born: Mar 12, 1896; died: Mar 17, 1897;
Son of A. and A. Schmidt

Schmidt, Emilie; born: Jan 2, 1864; died c 1892;
Daughter of August Ludwig Wilhelm "Wilhelm" and MariaTheresia (Bergman) Schmidt, married Johann Friedrich "Fritz" Schmidt (Unmarked grave)

Schmidt, Heinrich Johann; born: Apr 5, 1872; died: Dec 26, 1895;
Son of Johann Friedrich and Auguste (Schwerdtfeger) Schmidt

Schmidt, Johann Friedrich "William"; born: Aug 27, 1808; died: May 9, 1872;

Schmidt, Johann Friedrich "Fritz"; born: Feb 24, 1858; died: ca 1940;
Son of Johann Friedrich 'William" and Wilhelmine Friedrike Auguste "Auguste" (Schwerdtfeger) Schmidt (Unmarked grave)

Schmidt, John Henry; born: Sep 26, 1899; died: Nov 25, 1920;
Died from burns received in an oil field fire near Wichita Falls; a.k.a. John White, because he was raised by Robert P. White, his uncle

Schmidt, Maria; born: Jun 9, 1827; died: Dec 5, 1905;
Daughter of Frantisek and Dorota (Sida) Bergmann, married William Schmidt in 1852

Schmidt, William; born: Mar 27, 1826; died: Mar 5, 1887;

Schmidt, Willie; born: unknown; died: unknown;

Schobel, Maximillian; born: Aug 23, 1868; died: Jul 7, 1944;
Son of Konrad and Magdalena (Cammerer) Schobel

Schobel, Meta; born: Sep 25, 1874; died: Aug 8, 1935;
Née Poenitzsch, married Maximillian Riesing, married Maximillian Schobel

Staffeldt, Johanna Sophie Carolina 'Souihe"; born: Sep 25, 1836; died: Mar 18, 1912;
Nee Liephardt[sic]

White, S. O.; born: Oct 11, 1881; died: Jul 22, 1882;
Daughter of Robert P. and Minnie (Schmidt) White

Rock Island Cemetery

Taylor, Lee Reginald; born: May 1867; died: Jun 6, 1901;

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