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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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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Patrick-Pruitt Cemetery – 457 Nokes Road, Dallas County (far southeast corner). East of IH 45, Malloy Bridge Rd. to Parkinson Rd. Nokes Rd. is off Parkinson Rd. On private property in a pasture that is posted with no trespassing sign. The cemetery is fenced and visible on aerial maps. Not on Mapsco – Mapsco 89A.Q…
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Marsha Leach writes: The TENNESSEE/WOLF SPRINGS CEMETERY on Wolff Springs Road may no longer exist, but we do know its former location. Frances James wrote about the cemetery in “Dallas County History – From the Ground Up, Book II”. It is a very interesting story about the mistreatment of this cemetery. Fortunately, Frances included a…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) On the east side of the 4600 Block of Dolphin Road is the Orthodox Jewish Cemetery now known as Shearith Israel. The cemetery is a combination of three individual cemeteries, the Tefereth Israel, the Roumanian/Austrian Benevolent Association, and Congregation Shaareth Israel, all started at this site. This location was…
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