Charles Alexander Nethery, Sr.

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The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 2014
Pages 1 and 2

"Milam Cemetery receives marker"

The Texas Historic Cemetery Dedication Ceremony for Milam Cemetery took place on Saturday, October 11, following the annual Nethery reunion...local historian Weldon McDaniel....gave a presentation outlining some of the significant historical events that took place in Milam and the importance of preserving the history of Milam Cemetery. He said as many as 85 percent of all early settlers coming into Texas put their boots in red dirt. Although San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties have a friendly battle over which is older, Milam is just as old as either of them....

Dorothy Nethery Spain had the honor of reading the script engraved on the marker:

"Milam, the first County Seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish exploreres, soldiers and missionaries passed through and often camped on Las Boregas Creek. Texian settlers encountering the natural abundance echoed the words of Stephen F. Austin, who recorded in his diary entry of July 16, 1821: "We then suddenly came to an open rolling country thinly timbered soil about the color of Spanish browne, and in some places redder. This Red Land is very productive and is covered with the most luxuriant growth of grass I ever beheld in any country." The settlment first called Red Mound (Red Mount) was the seat of Government for the Sabine District since 1822, and was surveyed as a town site in 1828.

Milam Cemetery is on a high hill overlooking the historic community. The exact dated of the first burial will never be known Spanish Explorers were passing through present-day Milam as early as 1539 and camped on Las Boregas Creek a few hundred yards west of the cemetery. Local hisorians believed Anglo burials occurred here probably as early as 1775, since travelers used the campsite down the hill on the Las Boregas. The land on which the cemetery is located was granted to JOHN SMITH on Feb. 26, 1835. The first marked burial is dated 1864, although more than 100 unmarked graves are suspected. The numerous military Veterans dating back to the Creek War are interred here, as well as prominent early citizens from the CAUSEY, WEATHERRED. McGREW, and NETHERY families. Milam Cemetery may be the oldest organized cemetery in Sabine County, and cherished chronicle of generations of visitors and residents."

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Census Listings:

Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr 4
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A
Stamped 129
5-5
Nethery, Charles Head W M Apr 1860 40 M 15 Tx Tx Tx Merchant & Farmer
Nethery, Amanda Wf W F Oct 1867 32 M 15 7/6 Tx Miss Tx
Nethery, Clyde S Son W M Mch 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Drayton I Son M S Dec 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Carrie A Dtr W F Jany 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Eva A Dtr W F Jun 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Charles I Son W M Mar 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, William O Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Arnold, Frank Boarder W M Sept 1875 24 S Tx Tx

Charles married Amanda Fitzellen Speights on 14 Nov 1884 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Amanda (daughter of Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights and Rebecca Frances Halbert) was born on 18 Oct 1866 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1931 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The June 13, 2006 issue of the Sabine County Reporter featured the "All Things Historical" column by Bob Bowman titled "Nethery's Store." The oldest continually operated business in Sabine County, Nethery's was begun by C. A. Nethery, who came to Milam from Patroon as a young man. He and is wife, Amanda built a home on Main street and later opened a general store and saloon. The first store was burned during a snowstorm in 1913, but a new store was quickly built. The "new" store is still standing. After his father's death in 1942, C.A. "Buddy" Nethery, Jr. operated the store until his death. His nephew's, Gene and Doule Nethery kept the store open until 2000, selling hardware and providing a place for local dominoe players to meet. It is currently operated by Ellen Melton, Laura Tichnell, and Susan Nethery as an antique store.

1. Clyde Swann Nethery was born on 22 Mar 1886 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; and died.
2. Drayton Clarence Nethery was born in Dec 1887 in Texas; and died.
3. Dollie Helena Nethery was born on 2 Feb 1890 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died before 1900 in Sabine County, Texas.
4. Carrie A. Nethery was born in Jan 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
5. Era Amanda Nethery was born on 22 Jun 1893 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Oct 1974 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
6. Charles O'Neil Nethery was born on 1 Mar 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Sep 1990 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
7. William Oliver Nethery was born on 19 Jan 1899 in Texas; and died.
8. Addie Oryl Nethery was born on 21 Aug 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jul 1973 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
9. Loy Speights Nethery was born on 16 Nov 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Mar 1997 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
10. Marguerite Syble Nethery was born on 25 Oct 1907 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Apr 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
11. Charles Alexander "C. A." "Buddy" Nethery, Jr. was born on 14 Dec 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jun 1996 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
12. Wendell Edward Nethery was born on 19 May 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Apr 2007 in Sabine County, Texas.