WHITFIELD LAKE CEMETERY
This cemetery is located off State Highway 21 West, turn left on Strawther
Lane. The cemetery is located behind a house and just before the Kickapoo
Creek bridge. This is on private property, and the stones have been removed.
Name Born Died Misc
Thomas, J. July
Toby, G.
Toby, G.W. Feb. 1875 16 Aug. 1880
Vaughn, Clara 30 July 1844 9 Sept. 1882
Others were probably buried here, but no record of them has been retained.
From the Madisonville Meteor of May 26, 1994:
MEMORIAL PLACED AT CEMETERY
Houston Lighting & Power Company recently placed a memorial alongside Madison County
Road 413 at the entrance to the Campbell property to recognize the century-old
Whitfield Lake Cemetery. HL&P's northern transmission line has run through the
Campbell property since 1963.
The site of the Whitfield Lake Cemetery was of particular interest to Mr. Howard
Cooper of El Paso, who recently found a reference to it while researching his family
genealogy. Even though the exact location of the cemetery is unknown, Mr. Cooper
contacted HL&P seeking assistance in placing an appropriate marker for this site.
The cemetery was established in the early 1800s and is believed to be the resting
place of J. Thomas, G. Toby, G.W. Toby and Clara Vaughn. However, the identity of
all buried there is unknown.
The new memorial is a tribute to these early settlers of Madison County.
The marker that was erected by the side of the road after the cemetery was
leveled.
The power lines that replaced the cemetery.
