S.C.S. ELLIS CEMETERY
STEPHENS COUNTY, TEXAS
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| Location: From Breckenridge, south on Hwy. 183 for 6.4 miles, then left (east) on
FM 576 for 3.8 miles to right (south) on FM 1852 for 5.3 miles to a locked gate
at right (east) on private property. The cemetery is about a half mile beyond the
gate, and about 30 yards off to the right of the ranch road in the mesquites.
A flag pole is evident. The cemetery is grown up in weeds, grass, and prickly
pear cactus. Several of the stones have been knocked over. Alternately, the gate is about 1.3 miles south of the Wayland Community Building and Cemetery. |
| The Swenson Memorial Museum in Breckenridge, Texas has a listing for the cemetery
recorded by Rayma Lou Edgar that shows 26 graves. She writes, "Land for the cemetery was donated
by Mr. S.C.S. Ellis and wife Z.E. Ellis. The oldest grave is that of Luther Ellis,
born July 20, 1880, and died January 5, 1882."
The following pictures, taken September 26, 2002, were the only visible stones in the cemetery. |
29_140 - Ranch gate and road that leads to the cemetery.
29_124 - The cemetery, to the right of the ranch road.
29_139 - Looking west - the scattering of stones.
| George H. and Susannah Lambkin Brantner arrived in Texas about 1851 and are the ascendants of
the Texas Brantners. Of their nine children, only two sons had boys to perpetuate the
Brantner name. John Mathious Brantner is responsible for the East Texas
descendants. Ambrose Lee Brantner migrated to West Texas and is my grandfather.
The grave of George H. Brantner has never been located, but he is presumed buried in Montgomery County, Texas. John Mathious and a number of his descendants are buried in the Heards Prairie/Petteway Cemetery in Robertson County. Ambrose Brantner is buried in the Red Mud Cemetery in Dickens County. |
29_128 - Susanna wife of George H. Brantner, Born Feb 24, 1828, Died Oct. 10, 1909
"Thy will be done."
(Susannah Lambkin Brantner is the mother of Emily Sue (Emma) Brantner Brown who is buried
in the Wayland Cemetery. Susannah is the author's great-grandmother.)
29_129 - Ruby Dallam "wife of J. F. Wilson" - Born Jan. 29, 1885, Died Aug. 20 1909
"Father, in to thy hands I commend my spirit."
(Daughter of Mary Brantner Johnson Dallam, grandaughter of Susannah Brantner, above.)
29_125 - Rue E Brown "dau. of C.R. & E.S. Brown"
Born Sept. 21, 1895, Died Mar. 8, 1910
"Sleep on darling, thy work is done; Jesus has come and borne thee home."
(Calvin and Emily Sue "Emma" Brantner Brown are buried in the Wayland Cemetery.)
| April 2009: I just discovered that the following Hodges pictures, taken in 2002, are related to the Brown family, as indicated in the captions. |
29_131 - Valson B. Hodges, Dec. 7, 1863 - Dec. 26, 1935 "Father"
Sarah Ellen [Ellis] Hodges, Apr. 18, 1869 - Oct. 5, 1928 "Mother"
(Parents of Lettie Hodges, wife of Edgar "Buck" Brown, the son of
Calvin Robert Brown and Emily Sue Brantner. Sarah Ellen is the
daughter of S.C.S. Ellis, whose name the cemetery bears.)
29_133 - Delma J. Hodges, Mar. 21, 1900 - Nov. 13, 1902
"In heaven there is one angel more."
(Daughter of Valson Hodges & Sarah Ellis)
29_132 - Howard W. Hodges, Oct. 5, 1915 - Feb. 28, 1916
"In heaven there is one angel more."
(Presumed infant of Valson Hodges & Sarah Ellis)
| The following pictures on page 2 are not related to me, but were the only other visible stones in the cemetery. |
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| Family Groups: | George H. Brantner | Calvin R. Brown | Mary Brantner |
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