From Muenster, drive north on FM 373. There is a sign directing you to Scanland, which sits atop a hill. This is a small, overgrown cemetery, sitting in the midst of cattle pasture but fenced. Surveyed on January 3, 2003

SCANLAND, John   10 July 1839 - 19 July 1916
note: Masonic emblem

SCANLAND, Nancy Jane   17 May 1849 - 14 Oct 1931

HUGHES, M.T.   1827 - 1895
husband of Elizabeth
family src:  This is Martin Tillman Hughes
father of Nancy Jane Scanland by first wife.

GOSDEN, Charles M.   9 Nov 1894 - 6 Feb 1895
son of J.J. and Tennie

SCANLAND, Benjamin F.   18 Jan 1886 - 6 Feb 1886
son of John and N.J.
note: unmarked grave next to Benjamin?

MONROE, Asa   1875 - 1908
husband of Rosa

MONROE, Johnie Burton   12 Aug 1898 - 11 Feb 1899
son of W.A. and R.B.

SHORT, K.F.   31 May 1881 - 5 Sept 1934

MONROE, S.M.   20 Sept 1851 - 30 Nov 1901
wife of A.B.

GOSDEN, Pearle   7 Feb 1896 - 20 July 1900
dau. of J.J. and Tennie

GOSDEN, infant   18 Aug 1900 - born and died
son of J.J. and Tennie

SHORT, Rosa Scanland Monroe   20 July 1881 - 31 May 1972

ALDRIDGE, Jane Monroe   7 Aug 1907 - 11 June 1977
ALDRIDGE, Cyrus L.   2 July 1904 - 28 Jan 1996

BARRICK, Elizabeth Ann Aldridge   15 Feb 1930 - 7 Mar 1993

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