Fairview Community Cemeter
1890 -1930
Borden County Texas

Location:   Ranch Road 1205 and RR 1785 intersection on east side of road 1205 North from Vincent, Howard County to Gail, Borden County Texas.
Picture taken March 1988, Hull family dedicating a new monument to their ancsetor, Sarah E. Crouch Hull. donated by Dave Boatman.
Cemetery index gleamed  from the pages of  "Borden Citizen" newsletter , Published by the Borden County Historical Survey Committee - March 1972 , Vol. VII - No. 3 . Permission to print given by Kenneth Bennett, County Treasurer and Historical Survey Committee  member .
 

According to LETA GRAY LLOYD's " FAIRVIEW SCHOOL " (pg. 3)  there were only four marked graves at the time of her visit sometime in 1970.

First burials during  the  Spotted Fever and Spinal Meningitis Epidemic   were an unknown father and daughter  who were friends of the Glasscock, Borden County Pioneers. (gleamed from FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY, SCHOOL AND CEMETERY by Mrs. Josie GLASSCOCK DILLANHUNTY, pg 1., "Borden Citizen" newsletter , Published by the Borden County Historical Survey Committee - March 1972 , Vol. VII - No. 3 .
She states, "I recall several others died from the Spotted Fever and Spinal Meningitis.
She remembered  a child, ORA LEE PARR from a rattle snake bite also, a Mr. BROWN ( LETA GRAY LLOYD   remembered 2 BROWN BOYS were buried here).

Ms. LETA GRAY LLYOD stated that a MCKEE marker had been placed there since her 1970 visit. It is inscribed "In Memory of  her son, H. H. MCKEE of  Knoxville , Tenn.
 Ms. LETA GRAY LLOYD and ANDY  GRAY remembered  little LUCY PALMYRA HULL  who was buried there in 1899 at age of three months.
Dave Boatman a descendant of the HULLs informed me that SARAH CROUCH HULL, Lucy's great grandmother was buried to the left of her in 1906, a new memorial stone was placed on Sarah's grave on March 5 1988.
Mr. BOATMAN also stated  that Mrs. LUCY CAROLINE  KIRKWOOD HULL , second wife of SARAH ELIZABETH CROUCH HULL's son,  REV. SAMUEL (SAMMIE) SMITH HULL was buried to the left of  SARAH E. CROUCH HULL in an unmarked grave.

Ms Lloyd also remembers a child of a migrating family became ill and died after eating watermelon  at  their camp site near Fair View Cemetery, and is buried in the cemetery in an unmarked grave.
She also remembered two boys were bitten by rattle snakes , one was an EDMONDSON boy and the two BROWN boys mention previously.
CARL GRAY remembered the ENGLE family whose father was murdered and is buried at FAIRVIEW cemetery along with his oldest son, TOMMY ENGLE who died from the flu in 1917.
To sum up.
1 unknown father (during spotted fever and spinal meningitis epidemic )
2. his unknown daughter (during spotted fever and spinal meningitis epidemic )
3. ORA LEE PARR ( rattle snake bite) ( unmarked grave)
4. BROWN BOY  (unmarked grave)
5. BROWN BOY (unmarked grave)
6. H. H. MCKEE of  Knoxville , Tenn. (memorial stone) placed by his mother, Mrs. McKee,  between 1970 and 1972.
7. LUCY PALMYRA HULL , age 3 months, 1899
8. SARAH ELIZABETH CROUCH ,
Mar. 5, 1813 - Feb. 16, 1906
WIFE OF
DAVID HULL
Oct. 11, 1811 - DIED ABOUT 1890
IN WEST TEXAS
BURIAL KNOWN ONLY TO GOD.
(stone placed March 5, 1988 by gggranddaughter ,  Nina Rice West)
9. LUCY CAROLINE  KIRKWOOD HULL  unmarked grave
10. Unknown child who  died from watermelon poisoning.
11. EDMONDSON boy , rattle snake bite. (unmarked)
12. Dewey ENGLE  (father of Tommy, Howard, Willie, Charlie, Dewey, Jr., Mamie Engle Hollar, Pearl Engle Bailey, Gladys Engle Shoemaker) murdered.
13. Tommy, son of Dewey  Sr. and Mrs. Engle died 1917 flu epidemic.

These are the ones that I was able to gleam from reading this issue of the BORDEN CITIZEN.
If you have records of these and  others buried here in unmarked graves , please, email me.