NAMED FOR EARLY SETTLER AND
CATTLE RANCHER S .R. WINDHAM. THIS
CEMETERY DATES TO 1879.  THE
EARLIEST DOCUMENTED GRAVE
THAT OF J. M. McPEETERS, WHO DIED
ON JULY 18,1879.  ALSO BURIED HERE
IN THAT YEAR WAS MARTIN SHELBY
BYRD, WHO OPERATED A STORE AND
POST OFFICE AND FOR WHOM THE
BYRDS COMMUNITY WAS NAMED.
OTHERS INTERRED IN THE WINDHAM
CEMETERY INCLUDE VICTIMS OF
THE EARLY 2OTH-CENTURY INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC AND VETERANS OF THE
CIVIL WAR, WORLD WAR I, AND
WORLD WAR II.  IN EXISTENCE FOR
OVER A CENTURY, THE CEMETERY
CONTINUES TO SERVE AREA CITIZENS.
(1990)