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Month: May 2025

Pleasant Ridge Cemetery

By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located high on a hill north of Barnes Bridge at the intersection with Belt Line Road in Sunnyvale. The cemetery also known as the New Hope Cemetery is a small parcel of the Peters Colony six hundred and forty acre Survey Number 696 that…
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WPA Listing of Dallas Street Names

List of street names, from “The WPA Dallas Guide And History” (1) [Note: Some of these items are at variance with more current opinions regarding the origin of the named street.] Adolph –  For Adolph Frick, one of the Swiss Colony. Adair – For Dr. W. W. Adair, early physician and landowner. Akard – For…
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Recent Cemetery Visits

All photos below by Dustin Durrett El Campo Santo de Cemento de la Compania Trinity Portland: Horton Family Cemetery: Mooneyham Sparkman Cemetery: Robinson Family Cemetery: Get future posts by email.

The John Vest Folsom Family

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. John Vest Folsom was born in Coryell County on November 11, 1898 to Agnes Ann Traller and Samuel Christopher Folsom. Samuel, the son of Nancy Cobb and Elias Folsom, was born in Georgia in 1857. Agnes, the daughter of Sara Stevenson and…
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