EAGLE COLONY CEMETERY



How To Get There: From US Highway 83-84 in Abilene, Texas, take Farm to Market Road 707 East 2.2 miles to the intersection with Farm to Market Road 1750. Turn left (North) on FM 1750 and go 1.5 miles to the cemetery which is on the right (East) side of the road.
GPS Location: N 32° 22.802', W 099° 42.479'



Located in Taylor County and very near the Abilene City Limits, Eagle Colony is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. The oldest marked burial is 1889 but there are at least 54 unmarked graves some of which are likely to be from the arrival of the first settlers in about 1867.Due to the harsh enviornment and a severe drought, most of the settlers were gone by 1878.
This cemetery listing has been updated through the year 2000.

Adams. Earl Q. - son of J.O.& Betty 	b. 27 Aug. 1900 	d.  8 Jan. 1901 
Allmand, Charles A..			b. 31 Jan. 1931		d.  2 Feb 1931
Allmand, James F.			b. 25 Mar. 1929		d. 18 Mar 1930
Baker, Margret - dau. A.B. & P.C. 	b. 13 Nov. 1894 	d. 11 Feb. 1911 
Baker, Arthur - son of A.B. & P.C.	b. 21 Jan. 1884 	d. 28 May 1911 
Beam, Thelma Milner			b. 13 Sep. 1900		d. 10 Jun. 1991
Beam, William Samuel Jr.		b.  7 Jul. 1906		d. 26 Sep. 1991
Biggers, Truett Dee - USAF		b. 1939			d. 1982
Boil, Martha Jane 			b. 27 Jun. 1863 	d. 16 Jul. 1932 
Brock James B.				b.  4 Feb. 1874 	d.  2 Apr. 1898
Creighton, Eugene - son of J.J.& Lizzie b. 13 Sep. 1893 	d. 10 Jun. 1904
Danley, W. J.				b. 13 Feb. 1864 	d. 26 Feb. 1939 
Dearmon, O. E.				b. 16 Jan. 1865 	d.  2 Jan. 1901 
Elliott, Wiliam Edgar- son, J.H.& V.E. 	b. 25 Jul. 1899 	d. 26 Feb. 1901 
England, R. T. 				b. 25 Jul. 1892 	d. 11 Sep. 1893 
England, William Ely 			b.  9 Oct. 1868 	d. 13 Feb. 1955 
England, infant of			b. 21 Jul. 1894 	d. 
England, Mollie Eunice 			b.  5 Jan. 1871 	d. 14 Mar. 1908 
England,William Ray			b. 16 Apr. 1900 	d. 24 Feb. 1950 
Griffin, Willie				b. 24 Feb. 1892 	d. 16 Aug. 1907
Grigg, James N.				b. 15 May 1862 		d. 27 May 1910 
Grigg, Virgie E. - dau. J.N.& E.A.	b. 28 Feb. 1901 	d. 30 Jun. 1902 
Grigg, Eliza Ellis			b. 13 Oct. 1866 	d.  5 Feb. 1956 
Hardison, infant son of N.A.& N.J.	b. 18 Jul. 1889 	d. 18 Jul. 1889 
Holley, Katie (infant) 			b. 			d. 
Holley, Fannie Kate 			b. 1883 		d. 1925 
Jackson, W. J. 				b. 1864 		d. 1923
Keys, L. G.				b. 25 Sep. 1857 	d. 24 Apr. 1928
Kirby, Mattie				b. 19 May 1908 		d. 30 May 1908 
Kirby. Lafayette J. 			b. 29 Jan. 1886 	d. 14 Oct. 1910 
McCain, Martha Belle 			b. 25 Feb. 1895 	d. 27 Nov. 1950
McDugald, Linnie - dau. Of A.& M.	b. 23 Jul. 1904 	d.  9 Oct. 1905
McDougald, A. - Pvt, NC Inf. CSA 	b. 			d. 24 Dec. 1914 
McDougald, Mattie 			b.  9 Oct. 1866 	d. 28 Oct. 1945 
Merone, Homer- son of Milam		b.  5 Dec. 189x 	d. 30 Jul. 1906
Nichols, Sarah - wife of G.W. 		b.  3 Jul. 1855 	d.  7 Oct. 1929 
Nichols, George W.			b.  5 Nov. 1844 	d. 18 Aug. 1914 
Orr, Fairy Beam				b. 19 Nov. 1920		d. 24 Oct. 1998
Osburn, James Buckner			b. 22 Dec. 1821 	d. 10 Jun. 1903 
Owens, J. E. 				b. 24 Feb. 1868 	d.  4 Jul. 1913 
Snodgrass, Luther H. 			b. 15 Dec. 1921 	d.  3 Dec. 1922 
Ward, Mary E.- dau of P.J. Watson 	b. 1867	d. 1895
Watson, Lydia T.			b. 1839 		d. 1904 
Watson, Martha E. - dau of P.J.Watson 	b. 1879 		d. 1892 
Watson, John F. - son of P.J.Watson 	b. 1872 		d. 1958
Watson, Pleasant J. 			b. 1845 		d. 1930 
Wilson, Hubert H. 			b. 10 Dec. 1895		d.  9 Jul. 1975
Wilson, Bessie W. 			b. 1899			d. 1942

Recompiled and updated through year 2000 by Hugh Swift on 10 Nov 2001.