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Wilson County, Texas
Since 2005
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.
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.