This cemetery is located in the southeast quadrant of the county and about 5 miles south of Cuthand Cemetery on CR 1412. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 23.795N, 95 Deg 03.191W, Elevation 331 ft., From the Cuthand cemetery, continue south aproximately 4.7 miles on CR 1412 until you reach the concrete bridge over the Sulphur River. Turn around, go back north past 2 bends in the road, about 3/10 miles, and turn right or east into a private drive. Proceed about 3/10 miles easterly to the second homesite and stop to visit with the landowners, Pete and Patricia McKelvy. The cemetery is in their pasture about another 3/10 miles to the east and is located on the bluff overlooking the Sulphur River.

While there is only one marker on the site, there are traditions of three burials there and with a little sleuthing we were able to possibly identify the other burials. Beginning with the Census of 1850 for Red River County, we find a remnant family there headed by one Lucy Butler and with 2 small children ages 4 and 3 in the household. Next we have a marriage of one Henry Cornelius to Lucy G. Butler on 9 Feb 1854, recorded in Book A page 37 in Red River County, Texas. This newly formed family does not appear in the 1860 census in Texas but in the 1870 census for Red River County, the family is there except for the mother, Lucy. The father, Henry is shown as being 40 years of age and a native of Arkansas. The children, William 16, Mary 14, W_____ 13, Martha 11 and John 8 are all born in Texas. The mother is either gone from the home or deceased before this time. From the marker on the grave we have the death of Mary Ellen Cornelius in Nov 1872 with her birth on 14 Feb 1856. In the 1880 census the remnants of this family consist only the brother, W. A. Cornelius age 26 and a sister age 18. We do not find the father Henry Cornelius in Texas for this census and presume that his death has occurred before the census. While we feel that this is good sleuthing on our part, we are not 100% certain of the burials of the mother and father on the site so we have not listed them as separate burials nor as unmarked in this cemetery.

As for the placement of the marker, local lore has it that the area was frequented by some of the Younger brothers of Missouri outlaw fame and that while there on a visit and hearing of the demise of the young lady, ordered the marker for her grave. We were on the site on 18 March 2006 gathering this information and took the GPS readings. There is only one documented burial in this cemetery.

All information for this cemetery is from the books ‘Burial, Cemetery and Death Records for Red River County, Texas' by Lawrence and Sue Dale, Copyright © 2014.