Thomas Family Cemetery
Riverside, TexasGPS Coords: 30.86205, -95.349117
Follow FM 980 east to Thomas Lake Road. Go through the Caroline Cove Community and onto the Newman property. Graves are located on the bank of the Trinity River behind the house facing the street.
There are at least 30 graves but only seven have tombstones.
Transcribed by Charlotte Sandel Beck
Historical Marker
This cemetery marks the site of Thomas Plantation and Steamboat Landing. John R. Thomas, a native of Alabama, settled here in 1854. A Confederate soldier during the Civil War, he was captured at the Battle of Arkansas in 1863 and transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio. He died there one month later. Graves include those of his mother Lucy Day Thomas (1794-1869) and brothers Budd Fry Thomas (1838-1862), also a veteran of the Confederate army, and Leroy Thomas (d. 1871), who owned land across the river. A nephew, Jack Thomas, sold this property by 1883 and moved to Polk County. (1980)Waymarking.com (great fun!)
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas, Lee | 20 Feb 1823 | 12 Jul 1871 | |
| Thomas, Mary | no dates | d/o Lee and Caroline Thomas | |
| Thomas, Morgan | no dates | s/o Lee and Caroline Thomas | |
| Thomas, Bat | no dates | s/o Lee and Caroline Thomas | |
| Thomas, Bud | no dates | s/o Lee and Caroline Thomas | |
| Thomas, Lucy Day | 28 May 1794 | 3 Dec 1869 | |
| Thomas, Bud Fry | 2 Apr 1838 | 20 Jan 1862 | |
| Thomas, John R | 5 Jul 1829 | 6 Feb 1863 |