COLLEGEPORT GRAVES MARKED
WITH
ROMAN NUMERALS
Photos courtesy of Mary Beth
Newland Ross unless otherwise specified.
The earliest existing list of Collegeport burials was
compiled by L. E. Liggett in the late 1920s. Of the 24 names on the
list, 13 are numbered.
Those 13 names are believed to correspond with
stones in the cemetery that have only a Roman numeral as an inscription.
The following list includes all of the 13 names as well as a number 14
which was not on the original list.
(Included on Mr. Liggett's list, but was
later marked with a stone with his name and birth and death years. Click
link for more information.)
II
Axel Robert Drott
Jul 25, 1891 Askeryd, Ostergotland - Died after his
arrival in the US on April 19, 1911
Came in his casket, sad story of a young immigrant
who died en route to Collegeport. Here follows the account of the death
of Axel Robert Drott, who left Sweden to join his brothers, Alban and
Gustave Drott of this city. He was picked up on the Houston streets a
very sick boy and died there. The remains were brought to Collegeport on
Monday where a large number citizens accompanied the sorrowing brothers
to the cemetery for interment.--Collegeport Chronicle
III
Matt Doyle Pierce
Jun 17, 1914
Collegeport, Texas -
MATT PIERCE JR.
Collegeport , Texas , Mar. 6.--The heart of Collegeport is filled with sorrow Saturday night at 11 o'clock little Matt Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Pierce, passed away. He attended school Friday but Saturday morning complained of a cold and it was thought he had a slight attack of influenza. At 5 p.m. he had an attack of acute indigestion and lived only five hours.
Little Matt was loved by every man, woman and child in Collegeport. A bright, handsome lad full of spirit and promise, and his sudden death brings sorrow not only to his parents but to all who knew him.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, Rev. A. B. Buchannan officiating and he was laid to rest in the local cemetery.
Overhead! look overhead!
'Mong the blossoms white and red,--
Look up, look up! I flutter now
On this fresh pomegranate bough.
See me! 'Tis this silvery bill
Ever cures the good man's ill,
Shed no tear! O, shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Adieu, adieu--I fly--adieu!
I vanish in the heaven's blue,--
Adieu, adieu!
--Keats.
Died in Texas.
Word was received by relatives that Matt Pierce, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Pierce, of Collegeport, Tex., died Saturday and was buried Sunday. No particulars as to the cause of death are known. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce formerly lived here, but have made their home in Texas for a number of years. Matt, Jr. who was eight years old, was born there. The family came here last fall and expected to remain, but the climate did not agree with Matt, Jr., and they returned to Texas late in the fall.--Red Oak Sun, Mar 9, 1923
NOTES: Matt was the son of Matt and Frances Smaha Pierce [death certificate indicates mother is Margaret Allender, but it appears that Margaret was the mother of Matt Sr.]
Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales
Schedules
Matt Pierce,
Matt Pierce, Red Oak,
IV
Frances Margaret Pierce
Mar 26, 1916 Matagorda
County, Texas -
Fred Smaha received word recently of the death of his niece, Frances Pierce, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Pierce of Collegeport, Texas. The little one died from the effects of measles and fever. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce are former residents of Red Oak. The mother will be remembered as Miss Frances Smaha.--Red Oak Express, November 29, 1920
NOTES: Frances Margaret Pierce was the
daughter of Matt and Frances Smaha Pierce.
1910
Justice Precinct #7
Enumeration District 142
Sheet: 1B
Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales
Schedules
Matt Pierce of Red Oak, IA purchased 65 acres from the J. E. Pierce, 2nd
sub-division
Matt Pierce,
Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales Schedules for J. E. Pierce, Second
property,
Matt Pierce, Red Oak,
V
Thomas Warren Hendrix
NOTES:
VI
Clarence Duckworth
September 6, 1918 - September 6, 1918
Clarence Duckworth was born in
Collegeport to George Albert and Della
Margaret Hallett Duckworth. George Duckworth was the railroad agent in
Collegeport.
VII
William B. "Willie" Pfeiffer
Palacios
Mr. Willie Pfeifer, aged 22 years,
died this morning at
NOTES: Willie Pfeiffer was born in
1910
Justice Precinct 9
Enumeration District 145
Sheet 3A
Household 53/53
Pfeiffer, William, 53, b
Pfeiffer, Tabitha, 47, b
Pfeiffer, William
B., 21, b
Pfeiffer, Bertha M.,
20, b
Pfeiffer, Howard V.,
b 11, b
Pfeiffer, Mary A.,
7, b
Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales
Schedules for Collegeport Townsite
Wm. Pfeiffer,
VIII
Daniel "Dan" Jackson
Mr. Jackson was born in Illinois and
died in Collegeport from injuries sustained in an accident. His father
was Jacob Jackson born in
IX
Blanche Mae Victoria Pfeiffer
NOTES:
Blanche was the daughter of A. D. Pfeiffer b
Amandus D. Pfeiffer and Edna S. T.
Anderson married
Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales
Schedules for Collegeport Townsite
Wm. Pfeiffer,
William Pfeiffer was the grandfather of
Blanche Mae Victoria Pfeiffer
X
Theodore Odis
"Teddy" Hunt
September 19, 1911 Citrus Grove -
NOTES: Teddy Hunt was the son of A. G.
and Iona Corporon Hunt.
XI
Tabitha Williams Reeves
(Mr. Liggett listed a Mrs. Reeves on
his list with the name Jack Reeves,
Tabitha Williams Reeves Bell was
born in
Bell.--Palacios, Texas, December 25,--Mrs.
Myrtle Bell, aged 83 years, died yesterday. Mrs. Bell had been a
resident of Collegeport since the town was organized.--Houston
Post, December 27, 1910
XII
Alina Klein
JACOB
KLEIN HOME AT COLLEGEPORT DESTROYED BY FIRE THIS MORNING.
Father and Child Suffer Severe Burns.
The home of Mr. Jacob Klein at
Collegeport and contents were totally destroyed by fire early this
morning. Mr. Klein was starting a fire in the kitchen stove with
kerosene oil when it exploded, causing the blaze.
In trying to save what he could Mr.
Klein was severely burned about the hands, arms and face. A small child
was also rescued from the building after having been severely burned.
The two were brought to the hospital in
[The child, Alina, died
NOTES: Alina's mother was Lyda Doering
Klein.
XIII
Unknown
Kline
(Mr. Liggett's list
indicated that two Klein children were buried at Collegeport.)
XIV
Unknown