COLLEGEPORT CEMETERY

COLLEGEPORT CEMETERY

Historic Texas Cemetery

Photo courtesy
of G. W. Franzen

Collegeport Cemetery

The town of Collegeport was founded in 1908, and this site was used as a cemetery for area residents. Early burials include those of Elizabeth Palmer and Harry Sundstrom. Several burials are marked by Roman numerals set into shell concrete. The King's Daughters organization maintained the cemetery from 1921 to 1958, when the Collegeport Cemetery Association was formed. In 1961, Hurricane Carla destroyed most of the cemetery records. Members of the community have always tended the burial ground, from men in the early days digging the graves to those funding operation and maintenance projects today.

Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002

Directions: Turn on FM 1095 at El Maton (Tidehaven School) and continue to the Collegeport area. Turn right on Old River Road and proceed about a mile to a gate. The cemetery is located in the area near the bay. Be sure to close the gate going in and leaving unless you want to round up cows before you leave!

Marked Graves

Ackerman, Carl James, 1900 – 1983

Ackerman, Emilie W., 1913 - 1985

Bagley, Elizabeth E., 1889 - 1958

Bonnett, Lewis, Co K 43 Ohio Inf Nov 29, 1839 - Feb 11, 1932 , His life an ideal, his memory an inspiration

Burnett, Dorothy M., 1908 - 1984

Christmas, Ida, Jan 23, 1912 - Mar 16, 1979

Christmas, Luby, Sep 12, 1906 - Aug 30, 1989

Christmas, Nellie, 9- 27, 1934

Franzen, Alexander, May 14, 1923 - Aug. 9, 2002

Franzen, Carl O., 1918 - 1921

Franzen, Charles Ray, Died Jul 23, 1956

Franzen, Christine Elizabeth Shelby, Aug 21, 1973 - Feb 6, 2012

Franzen, Clifford A., Dec 23, 1910 - Sep 16, 1997

Franzen, Ellen B., 1886 - 1970

Franzen, Gust A., 1881 - 1945

Franzen, Gustave Albert "Goose", Mar 21, 1917 - May 10, 1997 , Married Nov. 22, 1952 to Ida Mae Margaret Wilson

Franzen, Gustave Albert III, Died Aug 13, 1955

Gardner, Ellen, Mother Aug 13, 1941

Halfen, Jack Harold, Dec 11, 1913 - May 11, 1955

Halfen, Mary Magdalene, Mar 10, 1915 - Feb 26, 2007

Heemer, Charles A., 1905 - 1914

Heemer, Evelyn, 1903 - 1914

Hendrix, George Rupert, 1893 - 1937

Hernandez, Jose M., 1875 - 1928

Hill, Jack F., Sep 9, 1876 - Dec 2, 1934

Hill, Thomas J., Sep 7, 1837 - Nov 23, 1921

Hill-Primm, (marks family plot)

Hurd, Burton D., Father Dec 18, 1868 - Nov 03, 1936

Hurd, Dena D., Mother May 07, 1871 - May 02, 1939

Jenkins, Annie B., Mother 1880 - 1953

Jenkins, Fannie E., Born Mar 22, 1908 - Died Jul 7, 1924

Jenkins, Freeland L., Father 1879 - 1955

Jenkins, Mrs. S. E., Born Feb 18, 1850 - Died Aug 13, 1922 , God is Eternal Life

Kopecky, Martin W., 1874 - 1939

Kopecky, Mary M., 1877 - 1965

Kopecky, Rozina C., 1850 - 1936

Liggett, Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. E., Born Dec 15 - Died Dec 25, 1918

Palmer, A. J., At rest

Palmer, Elizabeth , At rest

Primm, Lizzie, Sep 3, 1882 - Jan 26, 1959

Primm, Samuel G., Feb 21, 1877 - Mar 3, 1939

Sundstrom, Harry, 1905 - 1914

Wright, J. S., Wright Oct 27, 1889 - Oct 20, 1968

Wright, Rena B., Wright Apr 14, 1867 - Oct 09, 1958

Wright, Shannon, Wright, 1862 - 1923 At Rest

Graves Marked With
Roman Numerals

The earliest existing list of Collegeport burials was compiled by L. E. Liggett in the late 1920s. Of the 24 names on the list, 13 are numbered. Those 13 names are believed to correspond with stones in the cemetery that have only a Roman numeral as an inscription. The following list includes all of the 13 names as well as a number 14 which was not on the original list.

I Sundstrom, Harry

II Draught, Gust

III        Pierce, Matt Doyle

IV       Pierce, Francis Margaret

V        Hendrix, Infant of George R.