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Phifer Cemetery
Limestone County, Texas

Lat: 31° 28' 13"N, Lon: 96° 31' 44"W

Contributed by Bruce Jordan, Mar 21, 2004 [bjordan@glade.net]. Total records = 23.

From Groesbeck, go east on Highway 164 and turn right on FM 937. Stay on FM 937 until junction with FM 760. Turn right. Go to LCR 784. Turn right. Go about 2 miles. The cemetery is located on the left.

This cemetery is is kept in good condition and still acceptiong burials.

I gathered by this information by reading the tombstones in Sep 2003.

- Bruce Jordan

Barnes, Lonnie, b. 25 Jan 1900, d. 20 Feb 1900
Cowart, Alice, b. 3 Sep 1911, d. 2 Jul 1998
Cowart, Edward, b. 14 Feb 1918, d. 18 Apr 1918
Cowart, Evvie C., b. 10 Jun 1888, d. 9 Mar 1985, s/w J.E. (Jim) Cowart
Cowart, Infant, b. 31 Dec 1913, d. 1 Jan 1914, Infant Girl
Cowart, J. E. (Jim), b. 3 Sep 1889, d. 29 Jul 1974, s/w Evvie C. Cowart
Cowart, Pauline, b. 12 Nov 1915, 10 Jul 1917
Ferrill, Mary Jane Phifer, b. 19 Aug 1842, d. 7 Feb 1873, Wife of J.W. Ferrill, 30 years old
Henderson, Allen, b. 11 Jan 1828, d. 7 Feb 1908
Henderson, Tempy, b. 29 Sep 1835, d. 10 Dec 1912, Wife of Allen Henderson
Kilpatric, Hazel, b. 17 Dec 1941, d. No date, s/w W. E. Kilpatric
Kilpatric, W. E., b. 12 May 1932, d. 7 Jan 1978, s/w Hazel Kilpatric
Lloyd, Daughter, b. 10 Jun 1887, d 14 Jun 1887, Infant daughter of E.J. and F.E. Lloyd
Lloyd, Daughter, b. 18 Mar 1896, d. 18 Mar 1896, Daughter of E.J. and F.E. Lloyd
Lloyd, Daughter, b. 31 Mar 1895, d. 11 Apr 1895, Infant daughter of E. J. and F.E. Lloyd
Lloyd, James Robert, b. 12 Dec 1883, d. 23 Dec 1884
Lloyd, William Franklin, b. 31 Aug 1885, d. 23 Mar 1886
Phifer, Forest, d. 17 Dec 1875, Born in State of Tennessee, 62 years, A brave pioneer and a good man
Phifer, Lucretia Jane, b. 28 Aug 1872, d. 3 May 1873, Born in State of Texas, Limestone County
Phifer, Lucretia L., b. 15 Apr 1816, d. 17 Sep 1873, Wife of Forest Phifer, A good step mother, Calvin's first born named Lucretia
Phifer, Sarah Eveline Bratton, b. 22 Jan 1816, d. 18 Apr 1850, Married Forest Phifer 29 May 1834 in State of Tennessee, Madison County. Wife of Forest Phifer, Mother of all Forest's children. A lovely pioneer lady
Phifer, Sarah Eveline, b. 13 May 1849, d. 18 Jun 1849, Born in State of Texas Limestone County, 27 days old, First grave in Phifer Cemetery
Seale, Benjie, b. 13 Sep 1879, d. 6 May 1880, Son of A.L. and E.M. Seale

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