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Woolam Cemetery |
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San Augustine County, Texas |
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Indexed by Tim and Suzanne Sowell April 7, 2008. The cemetery is enclosed in a chain-link fence. It is grown up. There is one unmarked grave enclosed in a fence within the cemetery. There does not appear to be additional unmarked graves. Pictures are linked to the names. History provided by Frances E. Jones
This plot is on Absalom and Elizabeth Varner
Woolams homestead.
Absalom Columbus was born the youngest son to
Bartholomew Woolam 1785 - 1845, South Carolina and Martha "Patsy"
Culbreath 1790 - 1845. Both died prior to 1846. Absalom was put
into the apprentice program in TN. in 1846. The 1850 census shows
him living with one of these families. He then moved out to Texas
and lived with his brother and his wife, Rev. John Culbreath Woolam
and Missouri Lockwood-Porter-Fowler-Woolam, who had just married in
1849. Missouri was married to Rev Littleton Fowler prior, and John
was one of his students. You can find documents online about the
marriage of John and Missouri and the fact that no kids where
produced.
In 1860 Absalom is in Texas with John,
Missouri and his sister Elizabeth Jane Woolam Watkins.
Cecil Lula was the daughter of Washington
Bartholomew and Bessie Norwood Woolam. She would be AC and
Elizabeth's great grand daughter, Washington was born to their
son John Columbus Rufus.
Mrs. Jones has a list of the children of
AC and Elizabeth that can be found on
findagrave.com . The children are buried in another cemetery in
the Hockley, TX area.
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| Directions: The cemetery is located off CR 257 which branches off CR 256 approximately 7.7 miles from San Augustine. The cemetery sits a short distance off the dirt road to the left. There is a dim road leading to it. | ||
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Father | Mother |
| WOOLAM, Absolam Columbus | 7 Aug 1833 (TN) | 26-Feb-1905 | Woolam, J. C. | ?, Missouri |
| WOOLAM, Annie E. | 8-Jun-1898 | 5-May-1900 | Woolam, John Columbus Rufus | Horn, Eunice |
| WOOLAM, Cecil Lula | 18-Nov-1915 | 5-Dec-1915 | Woolam | |
| WOOLAM, E. J. Mrs. (Elizabeth Warner) | 12 May 1848 | 21-Oct-1904 | Varner, Rufus M. | Hamilton, Nancy M. |
| WOOLAM, Julie E. | 28 Jan 1896 | 23 Apr 1896 | Woolam, John Columbus Rufus | Horn, Eunice |
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