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Polley Family Burial Sites

Polley Family Member Burial Sites

Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley are buried in the Polley Family Cemetery on FM 539 in Wilson Co., Texas.  They had 11 children,  two of whom (Emeline Elizabeth Polley James and Sarah Adel Polley) are buried in the Polley Family Cemetery. The burial locations for all of the Polley children are listed below.

Mary Augusta Polley Baylor

1827-1915

First-born daughter of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.

Wife of Joseph Egbert Polley (who died in Brazoria County in 1845).

Wife of Walker Keith Baylor (nephew of Co-Founder of Baylor University, Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, and cousin of Confederate officer and Indian fighter, John R. Baylor).

Buried with Walker Keith Baylor in Sutherland Springs Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas.

James Bailey Polley

1829-1834

First-born son of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Buried in Brazoria County (exact location unknown).

Emeline Elizabeth Polley James

1832-1848

Daughter of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Wife of John James.

Buried in Polley Family Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas.

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Susan Rebecca Polley Henderson Brooks

1835-1906

Daughter of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Wife of Connally Findlay Henderson (Died in Battle of Gaines Mill, Civil War, buried in Virginia).

Wife of Josiah Diggs Brooks.

Buried with J. D. Brooks in Sutherland Springs Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas.

Sarah Adel Polley

1837-1869

Daughter of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley

Buried in Polley Family Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas

Catherine Sayre Polley

1839-1919

Daughter of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Buried at Austin State Hospital Cemetery, Travis Co., Texas.

Joseph Benjamin Polley

1840-1918

Son of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Husband of Martha LeGette Polley.

Buried with Mattie LeGette in Floresville City Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas.

Harriet Roxanna Polley Houston

1842-1925

Daughter of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Wife of Dr. David Hannah Houston.

Buried with Dr. David Houston in Salem Sayers Cemetery, Bexar Co., Texas.

Abner Hubbard "Hub" Polley

1845-1932

Son of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.  

Husband of Francis Marian Brown Polley.

Buried with Fannie Brown Polley in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Texas.

Jonathan James Polley

1848-1925

Son of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.

Buried in Sutherland Springs Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas.

Walter Webster Polley

1851-1928

Son of Joseph Henry and Mary Bailey Polley.

Husband of Ada Amanda Wyatt Polley.

Buried with Ada Wyatt Polley in Floresville City Cemetery, Wilson Co., Texas.

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