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Here are the Milams buried in Van Alstyne Cemetery in Van Alstyne, Grayson
County, Texas.  They are listed in the book "Collin County Texas Cemetery
Inscriptions, Vol II" compiled by Alice Pitts.  This cemetery is included
even though it is in Grayson County because it is so close.

Archibald W. Milam     b. 6 Jan 1838        d. 28 Jan 1863
Bettie Milam Cannon    b. 13 Jun 1845       d. 6 Jun 1917
Collin Joseph Milam    b. 1922              d. 1925
Collin J. Milam        b. 10 Mar 1884       d. 29 Dec 1961
Eliza Milam            b. 20 Jul 1813       d. 6 Jul 1904
Eliza B. Milam         b. 22Jul 1865        d. 10 July 1920
Jeff Milam             b. 8 Jan 1869        d. 5 Nov 1959
Jefferson Milam        b. 5 Oct 1802        d. 26 Nov 1844
(This Jefferson is not buried here. There is only a tombstone. His grave
was on his homestead in Bowie County, Texas, but has been lost.

African-American Milams buried in the same cemetery. This may have been a
family.  I ony know that Shepherd was a very beloved slave and later worker
for the family.

Arthur Milam           b. 1875               d. 1973
Eliza Milam            b. 5 Sept 1836        d. 7 May 1908
Shepherd Milam         b. 17 Feb 1831        d. 29 July 1913

The following Milams are buried in Squaw Creek Cemetery, Somervell County,
Texas. I have photographs of these tombstones.

Dr. Scott Milam        b. 9 Jan 1840         d. 10 Jan 1904
Mary E. Knott Milam    b. 24 March 1852      d. 22 Feb. 1895
Laura L. Milam Matthews b. 24 Jan 1832       d. 1 April 1905
Ther is also a little girl, Catherine Milam, daughter of Jesse Rush and
Mary Cameron Milam who is buried there but I have not yet located the
grave. She was killed 28 April 1902 in a cyclone which struck Glen Rose,
Somervell County, TX. She was 2 years old.


Lubbock, Texas
Resthaven Cemetery

Roy Lee Milam  07 December 1911 - 22 June 1976 (son of Willoughby J. Milam)


SADLER CEMETERY, Sadler, Grayson County, TX

MILAM, Chesley Rush        b. 1878        d. 1936
                    wed- Martha Emmaline BARNES Sep. 14, 1844 [obvious typo]

MILAM, Emma Barnes        b. 1884        d. 1959
                    shared stone with Chesley Rush MILAM


CHERRY MOUND CEMETERY, Grayson County, Ambrose Road, Denison, TX

MILAM, Sarah Jane        b. June 5, 1857        d. May 20, 1908
                wife of E. H. MILAM


UNNAMED CEMETERY at Eldridge and Enclave, Harris County, TX

Milam BEELER            b. 1854        d. 1944        "Husband"