Hutchison & Saunders

Hutchison & Saunders Cemeteries

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These two small cemeteries are located south of Chico
near the rock crushers.

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To get to Hutchison Cemetery take CR 1536 west off Hwy 101 just north of TXI Crusher (about 2 miles south of Chico). The cemetery is in a chain link fence on the north side of the VERY dusty road.

There were only 4 headstones (September 2000).

Last Name

First Name

Born

Date Of Death

Information

1	Hutchison	Samuel Alexander	1844	1929	Headstone with Amanda Jane Pope - Children: John Knox (1877-1955), Mary Iva (1881-1970), Bettie (1885-1973), & Corneliz (1888-1980)
2	Hutchison	Amanda Jane Pope	1856	1933	Headstone with Samuel Alexander
3	Hutchison	Mary Iva	1881	1970
4	Hutchison	Bettie	1885	1973	(fell into crusher quarry-see obit below)

Saunders Cemetery

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Saunders Cemetery is one of those hard-to-find, lost-in-the-pasture type.
About half way between Chico and the Bridgeport Lake dam on Fm Rd 2952 (south of CR1536 and north of CR 1543) you turn northeast (a "Y") on to a gravel road with no sign on it. The road goes by Dynegy Hanna Compressorstation and then to an oil well on the left.

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Go through an oil field gate to the right of the oil well and then down in the pasture to the right. This is more or less a four wheeler trail. About a half mile down the hill you will have to look hard to see the chain link fence back in the woods to your left.

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The cemetery is close to one of the crushers. At one time it had a real nice rock fence around it but some of it is knocked down now. A chain link fence is around the rock fence now.

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I found 12 headstones at Saunders Cemetery in September of 2000.

Information follows:

Last Name

First Name

Born

Date Of Death

Information

1	Haley	Effie L. Saunders	Oct 11, 1880	June 15, 1942
2	Saunders	Venezuela	no dates
3	Saunders	T.J.	Jan 24, 1857	Oct 18, 1928	Wife of H.C.
4	Saunders	H.C.	Mar 24, 1843	Aug 2, 1916	Husband of T.J.
5	Saunders	John R.	1867	1940
6	Saunders	Oliver P.	1853	1924
7	Saunders	Nettie	Jan 30, 1872	Aug 21, 1889	Daughter of H.C. & L.E.
8	Saunders	Louisa E.	Oct 30, 1847	Feb 4, 1874	Wife of H.C.
9	Saunders	Henry C.	Aug 10, 1876	Feb 28, 1877	Son of H.C. & T.J.
10	Saunders	James	Apr 3, 1884	Aug 21, 1890	Son of H.C. & T.J.
11	Terrell	L.T.	June 11, 1885	Mar 21, 1909
12	Lowrie	Estie L. Saunders Terrell	Oct 11, 1880	May 10, 1948