Arthur-Hale Cemetery (on Private Property)

Arthur-Hale Family Cemetery

The cemetery plot, 28 by 25 feet, was conveyed by J.F. Mitchell and his wife to Thomas and Hugh Arthur in 1894. It sits on land that is now completely surrounded by the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex. Today, ExxonMobil employees maintain the cemetery and tend it's graves

The oldest of the graves is that of Mary E. Wise, who died in 1853. Others buried there are Elizabeth Hale, who died in 1895, Alexander Hale-1885 (CSA), William C. Arthur-1882 (CSA), Josephine Arthur-1909, Irine Arthur-1894.

Josephine was the first wife of Hugh Arthur and Irine was their daughter who died at the age of three.County records show the cemetery is still registered in the name of Hugh Arthur, who died in 1946. Hugh Arthur is not buried there. He remarried and moved to Morgans Point.

List of those buried there

Mary E. Wise, Died 1853

Elizabeth Hale, Died 1895

Alexander Hale, (born Oct. 1807, died Sept. 13,1885) CSA, Private under Capt. R. J. Carr, Fayette State Rights Guard, Mtd., Inf. TST, enlisted July 1,1861

William Arthur, (born Kentucky 1816, died 1882) age 66, CSA, Co. C, 20th Texas Cavalry, Bass Regt., Johnson's Battalion, 20th Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Co. F, Morgan's Regt., Co. C Texas Infantry

Josephine Arthur, Died 1909
Wife of Hugh Arthur.

Irine Arthur, Died 1894
Died at age three.

Most of this info came from a 1981 Baytown Sun newspaper article written by Wanda Orton.