History and Information on the people at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery
Provided by Holli Boone Kees, Cemetery Researcher for Henderson County Historical Commission.

Note from Holli Boone Kees
Although I have no family ties to this cemetery, the Benge family married into my husband’s line in Oklahoma and the name of Jacob Thomas’s wife was Arminta Benge, so she caught my attention when I visited this cemetery and I thought I would find out what I could on the families buried here. My sister, Kristi Boone Willard and I surveyed the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery in April 2002 and we took photos of all the headstones and the cemetery while we were there.

1880 Henderson County Texas Census
Page 127B
418/492 
Thomas, Jacob W M 71   Farmer AL AL AL   (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)
Thomas, Arminta W F 44 D kp house TX TN TN   (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)
Thomas, S. E. W F 23 Ni   TX AL TX   (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)
Thomas, A. R. W F 21 Ni   TX AL TX  (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)
Thomas, L. J. W F 18 Ni   TX AL TX 
Thomas, M. O. W F 16 Ni   TX AL TX  (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)
Huio, Ellen W F 4 Gd   TX AL TX 
Huio, Nora W F 3 Gd   TX AL TX 

Abbreviations:
D - Daughter
Ni - Neice
Gd- Granddaughter

According to Census information:
Jacob Thomas was born in 1809 in Alabama
Arminta Thomas was born 1836 in Texas
Sarah E. (Thomas) Freeman was born 1857 in Texas
Adeline Rebecca (Thomas) Edwards was born 1859 in Texas
L. J. Thomas was born 1862 in Texas
M. O. (which could be Mary or Martha Thomas) was born 1864 in Texas

Note from Holli Boone Kees:
I'm not sure which daughter was married to a Huio for these to be their granddaughters. There had to have been another daughter somewhere and I'm not sure what happened to her or her husband. They are not listed on the 1880/1900 or 1910 census of Henderson County Texas. According to the LDS Library Ancestral File # AFN:VC4Z-QT, Jacob was buried in the Cox's Chapel Cemetery (another name for the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)

1867 Henderson County Tax Records
890 Thomas, Jacob NC

Note from Holli Boone Kees:
Jacob Thomas is suppose to be on the 1860 Erath County Texas Census.

1860 Erath County Texas
Thomas, Jacob
De Farr Township
Page 119

1880 Henderson County Texas Census
Page 129A
(Abel Matthew Edwards and his brothers)
Dw # 457 Fm # 531 
Edwards, Mat W M 32   Farmer LA LA MS (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery)
Edwards, John S. W M 15 B La LA LA MS 
Edwards, A. N. W M 12 B La LA LA MS  (buried at the Arbuckle Thomas Cemetery) 
Edwards, D. C. W M 8 B La LA LA MS 

Note:
Able was called Matthew on this census. He was killed 28 Jan. 1911 when the team he was driving ran away going down a hill at Mill Run outside Athens, Tx. Mill Run is located off the Hwy # 59 (Cayuga Hwy).

Note: 
Andrew according to the 1880 census was 12 years old and on his headstone it reads died age 17, which would put his death date at 1885.

1900 Henderson County Texas Census
page 15A
Dw # 238  Fm # 244  Line 30
Edwards, A. M. head white male Mar 1848 age 52 b. LA  fbp SC  mbp GA
Edwards, Addie wife white female  Feb 1859 age 41 b. TX  fbp AL  mbp AL
Edwards, Sylvester son white male  Oct 1883 age 16 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Rosa daughter white female Jan 1885 age 15 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Matthew son white male May 1886 age 14 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Mary E. daughter white female Mar 1889 age 11 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Bush son white male Aug 1892 age 8 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Ella daughter white female Apr 1894 age 6 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Ann E. daughter white female May 1896 age 4 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX
Edwards, Washington son white male Feb 1898 age 2 b. TX fbp LA  mbp TX

1910 Henderson County Texas Census
page 57a Precinct # 1
Line # 34 Dw # 263 Fm # 263
Edwards, Able M. head 61 male married 28 yrs LA LA LA
Edwards, Addie P wife 51 female married 28 yrs 9 children born 6 alive TX AL TX
Edwards, Jasper M. son 24 male single TX LA TX
Edwards, Bush W. son 18 male single TX LA TX
Edwards, Anna E. daughter 14 female single TX LA TX
Moffit, Joe M. uncle 71 male widowed married 46 yrs TN TN TN

Note:
According to the 1910 census record of Henderson County Texas Able and Addie had 9 children, 6 of whom are living, but according to all records
(1880/1900/1910 and burial records)..they had 10 children:

Sylvester
Matthew
General Washington (killed by lightning according to headstone)
Bush W.
Jasper M.
Rosa
Anna E.
Ella Victoria (killed by lightning according to headstone)
Mary E.
Charley Dewey (died in infancy according to headstone)