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TIVY FAMILY PLOT

Go North on Tivy Street which will become Cypress Creek Road after you pass the golf course. To get to Tivy Mountain, take a steep right on a dirt road, pass through a gate and follow this road to the top. These graves are enclosed in a fence.

From "Cemeteries of Kerr County, Texas, 1859-1976" published by Kerrville Genealogical Society in 1980. Field notes were done by Arlene and Fred Tolman who copied the stones in the cemetery and provided that data to the Kerrville Genealogical Society for publication.

         Tivy, Ella C.                            b. 1 Feb 1840 NY            d. 3 Apr 1888 Kerr Co.

         Tivy, Joseph A., Capt C.S.A. b. 25 Feb 1818 Canada    d. 5 Jul 1892 Kerr Co.

         Tivy, Susan B.                         b. 26 Nov 1815 Canada    d. 29 Jul 1901 Kerr Co.

Note: There is also a stone for "Feline Tivy", the Tivy family's pet cat, buried there by Admiral Chester Nimitz when he was a youngster.

Submitted by Shirley D. Webb October 2000

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