This past Saturday, September 3, 2022 volunteers and family members gathered at Big A Cemetery in Rowlett and proceeded to set a military gravestone for War of 1812 veteran Thomas Newman and also to reset the gravestone base for his granddaughter. Pictured below left to right, they are Daniel, Hunter, Susan, Larry, Paul and Drake. Paul…
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On Sunday, June 5, 2022 at the Beeman Memorial Cemetery the John Cavet Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 honored John Beeman (1799-1856) for his service in the War of 1812. Several members of the Beeman family were in attendance. (all photos courtesy of Paul Ridenour)
The Pioneer Picnic was a splendid success. The only thing missing was YOU if you didn’t make it. Thirty-one people were there with twelve first timers. The oldest was the matriarch of the cemetery, Helen J. Sullivan, while the youngest was her seven month old great-great granddaughter, Charlotte Hosler. (Charlotte is a ninth generation Dallas…
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Join us Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 11:00am at W.W. Glover Cemetery for our annual PIONEER PICNIC.This is the biggest pioneer, history and nature lovers reunion in Dallas and surrounding counties! You are encouraged to bring a food item to share. We’ll have a table under the awning for the food. There’s plenty of room on…
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Saturday, April 2, 2022 W. W. Glover Cemetery Work Day A great-great-grandson of William Wald Glover, M C Toyer, was the first to arrive and start working. Our main task was picking up the limbs that fell during the winter. We also cleaned several stones, planted flowers, and made plans for future work. Our pleasure…
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The organizers have advised us that the event that was to have been held on 11/21,/21 has been canceled.
Annual Pioneer Picnic at W. W. Glover CemeterySaturday, May 1, 2021Cemetery behind the church at 6670 Military Parkway, Dallas, Texas, 10:00 AM Dear Pioneer Descendants, You are invited to the Annual Pioneer Picnic to be held the first Saturday in May, being May,1, 2021. Step inside the wrought iron gate and into the relaxing atmosphere…
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The planned cemetery visit of 2/20/21 to the McKinney Cemetery is cancelled due to this week’s inclement weather (freezing precipitation and colder than normal temperatures). We hope to be able to plan another date sometime in the future.
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