San Augustine County, Texas

The Cradle of Texas Independence

McBroom-Woods Cemetery
Printed with permission of the San Augustine Public Library Board of Directors.  Originally contributed by Mrs. Ida Franklin Ricks, Mr. C. G. Henry and Mrs. Lewis Higginbotham.

Location: 5.2 miles from the court house on FM 353 to the White Rock Church, continue and veer to the left, go about 3/4 mile to the fourth house on the right (Lewis Higginbotham's house); turn right, go about 1/2 miles.  The cemetery is located somewhere in this area.  There are no visable signs of the cemetery.  There was a fence around the cemetery but it is no longer there.

Information obtained in the past is members of the McBroom, Henry, and Woods families were buried in this cemetery.  The exact number is not known.  Those listed below are known to be here but there are probably more.
NAME BIRTH DEATH FATHER MOTHER
FERGUSON, Mrs. __________ Woods no-date no-date Woods,   
HENRY, Baby Boy '1875 1875- Henry, William F.  McBroom, Julie
HENRY, Julie McBroom  Oct-1847@ 1906@ McBroom, Joseph Riser, Elizabeth Rebecca
HENRY, Mollie 1880@ 1883@ Henry, William F.  McBroom, Julie
HIGGINBOTTOM, Ida Woods no-date no-date Woods,  
MCBROOM, ___________ (Aunt "Mol") no-date no-date----    
McBROOM, Alonzo no-date no-date McBroom,  
MCBROOM, Elizabeth   1820@ 1880-1900@ Hall, William Curry, Sarah
MCBROOM, Fannie no-date no-date    
MCBROOM, Joseph 1815@ 1880-1900@- McBroom, Thomas Christian, Olnery Dorcus

 

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