BANISTER CEMETERY  

Foard County , Texas

 

 

G.P.S. LOCATION FOR THIS CEMETERY

34 00 02.01N, 99 40 51.80W

The Banister Cemetery is located on private land now owned by Milburn Carroll Jr.

 From the Courthouse in Crowell, take highway 70 east for 2.3 miles then go north on County Road 219 for 1.2 miles.

The cemetery is 500 feet east of the road, just north of Mr. Carroll’s house.

John Banister came to Foard County in 1888 and gave five acres of land for the Cemetery.

 In 1998, Helen Whitfield, Jo Hitt, and Faye Statser made a written and photo record of the graves.

 The only history and records found of this Cemetery were in this record, obituaries from the Foard County news, and the book

" THEY LOVED THE LAND."


    TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE- JIM RICH
1/27/2006
 

Last Name

First Name

DOB

DOD

Comments

ADAMS

CORDELIE

8/22/1877

5/23/1892

D/O  J.J. & E.M.

CLIFFORD

LAURA L.

5/19/1897

1/30/1900

D/O N.M. & ORAH

CLIFFORD

LILLIE D.

3/17/1896

11/20/1906

D/O N.M. & ORAH

CLIFFORD

INFANT SON

1/21/1899

1/21/1899

S/O N.M. & ORAH

DOOLEN

IVA EUNICE

2/4/1886

5/11/1887

D/O J.W. & W.F.

DOOLEN

JAMES MADISON

1/20/1841

2/10/1908

CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE

DOOLEN

MAGGIE

6/16/1886

-

W/O J.M. AGE 50 YEARS,5 MO. AND 5 DAYS

DOOLEN

SALLIE

10/9/1824

7/3/1891

W/O WILLIAM

FERGUSON

STERLING P.

1/23/1862

1/20/1890

BORN IN BARRY COUNTY MISSOURI

HARTMAN

THOMAS M.

6/14/1891

8/16/1891

INFANT OF W.S. & E.L.

MOORE

MATTIE

-

-

D/O C.M. & LEELA MOORE (THEY LOVED THE LAND)

STANDLEE

CORA

7/3/1888

8/6/1897

D/O W.D. & L.A.

STANDLEE

FRANCIS

8.31.1894

12/9/1894

D/O J.D. & C.E.

STANDLEE

ULAH S.

7/4/1887

10/6/1887

D/O J.D. & C.E.

WELLS

ALMA WARD

7/15/1890

12/28/1891

 

WELLS

MARY LILLIAN

7/17/1893

10/21/1897

 

WELLS

MERONEY LEE

5/7/1895

2/8/1897

 

ZEIBIG

LITTLE ROY

3/7/1888

12/14/1889

S/O R. & R.E.