GATSON CEMETERY

GATSON CEMETERY
aka Edison Cemetery

Gatson Cemetery is an African-American Cemetery in the Berean Community of Matagorda County, Texas that is still in use. The cemetery was surveyed in the spring of 2003.

NAME	PIC	BIRTH	DEATH	INSCRIPTION	VET
Brown, Odessa Gatson		17 May 1917	16 Feb 2002	[d/o Moses Gatson and Narcis Edison Gatson]
Claiborne, Mary Lou Gatson		26 Jun 1948	11 Feb 1995	Mother Loving Daughter: Catina Claiborne [d/o Enoch Gatson, Sr. and Hartense Gatson]
Davis, Merlin		17 Feb 1907	27 Feb 1907	Son of M. & L. Davis
Edison, Louise		15 Sep 1860	10 Nov 1956	[d/o Odo Van & Fatoma Van]
Gatson, Enoch		24 Nov 1912	Aug 1988	[s/o Moses and Narcis Gatson]
Gatson, Harry		25 Apr 1911	31 Jul 1980	[Moses and Narcis Gatson]
Gatson, Hortense		16 Aug 1922	27 Sep 1982
Gatson, Loretta		31 Jul 1955	29 Sep 1976	[d/o Enoch Gatson & Hortense Robbins Gatson]
Gatson, Lottie		12 Aug 1953	26 May 2017	[d/o Hortense and Enoch Gatson Sr.]
Gatson, Moze		28 Nov 1888	30 Jun 1940	[dc information: first name, Moses; DOB 12 Mar 1893] [s/o Charles Gatson & Charlotte Boone Gatson]
Gatson, Narcis Edison		14 Oct 1892	15 Nov 1987	[d/o Watkin and Louisa Van Edison]
Green, Brother of Nemi
Rutherford, Mozelle		20 Oct 1941	02 Mar 1995	Mother [Earlie and Odessa Gatson Brown]
Washington, Lizzie		[1900 census has Aug 1852]	24 Nov 1924	Wife of George Washington, Age 71 yrs. Gone But Not Forgotten [d/o Odo Vann & Fatima Vann]

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Created Dec. 2, 2004	Updated Jun. 29, 2021

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