Anderson-Ellis Cemetery

From Groveton, Texas take U.S. Highway 287 north to Farm to Market Road 1280, turn left and go through Friday, Texas, and turn right on Anderson Cemetery Road at the cemetery sign. Another approach is from Lovelady on Texas Hwy 19, turn east on FM 1280 about 13 miles to Anderson Cemetery Road, turn left at cemetery sign.

Anderson-Ellis Cemetery has its roots in the community of Ellis Prairie, which was the Republic of Texas land grant #482 to Benjamin B. Ellis in 1839. Benjamin B. Ellis was one of the seven original commissioners appointed by the Texas State Legislature in 1850 to form Trinity County out of Houston County and to establish the county seat Sumpter. He and his wife Arrita Ellis, shares the same headstone in this cemetery. This headstone is under the same tree, where according to Anderson Family tradition, where several slaves are buried. The community of Ellis Prairie became Friday, Texas when the post office was established in 1902/3 by James F. Friday and his son.

The Association sent a handwritten list of believed buried in unmarked graves in the “Ellis area”, northeast part of the cemetery. You may contact the cemetery association through Trinity County Historical Commission, P.O. Box 123, Groveton, TX 75845

List compiled: 10 January 2002; Corrected 3 April 2002 By Trinity County Historical Commission.

Surname	Given Name	Birth date	Death date	Comments
AINSWORTH	Daisy Simmons	Jan 1 1881	Feb 7 1973	(Anderson)
ANDERSON	Alvin	1905	1960
ANDERSON	Benjamin	Sep 17 1878	Sep 21 1880	Age 2yrs 7da
ANDERSON	Billy Joe	Dec 8 1941	June 22 1962	Son/ Estelle & Jerome
ANDERSON	Carrie	May 22 1909	Aug 12 1998
ANDERSON	Carrol A.	Feb 1 1902	Feb 6 1985	Husband/ Carrie
ANDERSON	Daisy	Jan 1 1882	Feb 7 1973	Wife/ Omri Anderson; [Daisy Simmons Ainsworth]
ANDERSON	Dixie	Nov 23 1900	Feb 4 1985
ANDERSON	Ella Estelle	Mar 1 1890	Feb 1 1896	Dau/ D. & J.C.
ANDERSON	Ella T.	Oct 22 1878	Sep 6 1964
ANDERSON	Estelle	Oct 14 1909	Mar 31 1987	Dau/ Eddie Bagwell & Alice Stephenson.
ANDERSON	Gary	July 8 1902	May 5 1903
ANDERSON	Infant	Mar 8 1882	Mar 9 1882	Dau/ D. & J.C. Anderson
ANDERSON	J.B.	Feb 18 1830	Feb 12 1911
ANDERSON	Jack W.	Sep 4 1943	Oct 15 1998
ANDERSON	James Fred	Feb 26 1905	Sep 30 1983	Unmarked [listed earlier as Fred Anderson]
ANDERSON	Jane F.		Sep 23 1867	Unmarked Ellis area
ANDERSON	Janey	Dec 25 1844	Aug 31 1934	Wife/ J.B.
ANDERSON	Jerome	Mar 21 1901	Mar 7 1976	Husband/ Estelle Anderson
ANDERSON	Jim Edward	Jul 4 1912	Aug 11 1975	PFC U.S.Army WWII
ANDERSON	John	Jan 25 1923	Sep 24 1926	Son/ J.J. & NJ.
ANDERSON	John Byron	Mar 8 1904	Aug 28 1995
ANDERSON	John J.	Apr 12 1882	Apr 23 1948
ANDERSON	John S.	Apr 26 1872	Mar 2 1942
ANDERSON	Johnson	Feb 28 1906	Oct 29 1906	Son/ J.J. & N.J. Anderson
ANDERSON	Lonnie Louis	Nov 11 1915	Jun 27 1996
ANDERSON	Lovie J.	Feb 25 1904	Oct 19 1904	Dau/ D. & J.C. Anderson
ANDERSON	Nannte Jane Dove	Sep 28 1882	Jul 24 1976	Age 93 Yrs 9 Mo.
ANDERSON	Nittie Mae	Jul 28 1908	May 4 1985	Wife/ Dixie Anderson
ANDERSON	O. B. (Dee)	1910	1966	Husband/ Nellie Anderson
ANDERSON	Omri A.	Mar 28 1870	Oct 1 1931	Husband/ Daisy Anderson
ANDERSON	Thelma Sanders	Sep 25 1908	Aug 25 1997
ANDERSON	Velma Renia	Dec 19 1903	Nov 2 1904	Dau/ J.J. & N.J. Anderson
BARRON	Baby	Apr 16 1892	Oct 23 1892
BARRON	Herbert	Jan 31 1888	Sep 26 1888
BARTON	Irene	Feb 16 1889	Mar 15 1891
BARTON	Jessie	Jan 27 1891	Jan 18 1892
BOYD	John	Apr 18 1896	Sep 9 1949	Tex.PFC 319 Bakery Co. QMC World War I
BOYD	Lasuna	June 16 1903	Mar 29 1997
BOYD	Mattie	Sep 12 1909	Jun 20 2000
BOYD	Robert Lee	July14 1894	Oct 20 1967	Tex.Pvt.Co.B56 Inf. Div. W.W.I
BOYD	Roy	Dec 30 1930	Sep 21 1989	Korea, Wounded, 2nd Inf. Div. US Army
BOYD	Will L.	Jan 25 1888	May 29 1967
BOYD	Willie & baby	Mar 30 1899	Aug 18 1917	Dau & GrandDau/ J.S.& E.T.Anderson
BOYD	Willie Lee "Buck"	May 8 1919	Jul 5 1984	US Army WWII, Son/ W.L. Boyd
BUTLER	Vernon	Mar 25 1901	Oct 11 1993
BUTTLER	Cora	June15 1882	Oct 16 1932	Dau/ J.B. & Jane Anderson
BUTTLER	Leon	Sep 23 1906	Oct 28 1909	Son/ C.B. & Cora Buttler
DAILEY	Ethel A	Dec12 1897	May 29 1963
DULCENA	Mary	Jan 22 1840	May 22 1886	Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	Arritta Adams	Mar 22 1822	circa 1886	Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	Benjamin B.	Sep 10 1813	Sep 20 1867	Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	Dulcena Adams			Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	Frances			Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	M. O.	Nov 13 1882		Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	M. V.	Feb 4 1850		Unmarked Ellis area
ELLIS	S.A.V.			Unmarked Ellis area
FRIDAY	Walter	Aug 23 1883	Feb 3 1963
GENERVA	Frances	Feb 13 1852		Unmarked Ellis area
HAYES	Eula Grace	Mar 11 1911	July25 193
MONTRILLE		Jun 25 1847		Unmarked Ellis area; From the handwritten list it is not clear if this is a surname or given name.
PARKER	Edna Eloise	Feb 7 1931	Jun 7 2001
PARKER	Willie Heard	Nov 8 1929	Jun 8 1988	US Army WWII

You may contact the cemetery association through Trinity County Historical Commission, P.O. Box 123, Groveton, TX 75845, if you have any corrections, questions or information to add to this listing. For the compiled list, both Trinity County Cemeteries ©1980 and the second edition Trinity County Texas Cemeteries © 1992 both published by Trinity County Historical Commission (TCHC) were consulted, and compiled based on a list supplied by the Anderson-Ellis Cemetery Association from their Burial Records dated November 15, 2001. 

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