By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Mills Cemetery at 1925 Commerce in Garland is near the intersection of Bankhead Highway and Centerville Road. To the east is the Rowlett Creek Preserve and Mill Creek, just south of the cemetery, empties into this greenbelt area. The over two acre Mills Cemetery and the expansion across…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Trees Cemetery is located in Duncanville at 1800 Santa Fe. The original site for this family cemetery is a small portion of the 320 acre Thomas Anderson Survey. Crawford Trees’ Survey is east of the Anderson Survey and the now two and one half acre Trees Cemetery began…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Trees Cemetery is located in Duncanville at 1800 Santa Fe. The original site for this family cemetery is a small portion of the 320 acre Thomas Anderson Survey. Crawford Trees’ Survey is east of the Anderson Survey and the now two and one half acre Trees Cemetery began…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Perry Cemetery is in Carrollton with an address of 1800 Perry Road. The cemetery was started as a family cemetery in 1896 near the Alexander W. Perry’s home. When Alexander came to Texas in 1844 he was a thirty year old Illinois native with five children. He had…
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It is not unheard of, but from time to time when there is an amputation, the limb may be buried by itself. There happen to be two such burials at Motley Cemetery in Mesquite, Texas, as noted below: John Motley was born in Dallas County on September 29, 1877, the son of Robert Page Motley…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) [Edited] Pleasant Mound Cemetery is located in Dallas, Texas at the intersection of Buckner Boulevard and Scyene Road. This cemetery on the northwest corner was associated with the Methodist Church that was once at the intersection of the two wagon roads. There are three other cemeteries adjacent to each…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) [Edited] Pleasant Mound Cemetery is located in Dallas, Texas at the intersection of Buckner Boulevard and Scyene Road. This cemetery on the northwest corner was associated with the Methodist Church that was once at the intersection of the two wagon roads. There are three other cemeteries adjacent to each…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) Calvary Hill Cemetery at 3235 Lombardy Lane is the second cemetery within the city limits of Dallas owned by the Catholic Diocese. The first cemetery was a four to seven acre site, (before the streets were widened) purchased in 1874, near the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and Hall…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) Calvary Hill Cemetery at 3235 Lombardy Lane is the second cemetery within the city limits of Dallas owned by the Catholic Diocese. The first cemetery was a four to seven acre site, (before the streets were widened) purchased in 1874, near the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and Hall…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) After the railroads came to Dallas in 1872-73, the population rapidly expanded and by 1887, the four separate downtown cemeteries, the Masonic, the Odd Fellows, the Jewish and the City Cemetery, now known as Pioneer Cemetery were running out of space. George Loudermilk, an entrepreneur, along with other citizens…
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