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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.

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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John Herndon Daniel

John Herndon Daniel (1826 – 1911) John Herndon Daniel was a pioneer farmer and stock raiser born in Garrard County, Kentucky on February 18, 1826, the second of twelve children of Edmond and Frances Herndon Daniel. The family was of Scots-Irish descent and his grandfather Edmond Daniel fought in the Revolutionary War and succumbed to…
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John Herndon Daniel

John Herndon Daniel (1826 – 1911) John Herndon Daniel was a pioneer farmer and stock raiser born in Garrard County, Kentucky on February 18, 1826, the second of twelve children of Edmond and Frances Herndon Daniel. The family was of Scots-Irish descent and his grandfather Edmond Daniel fought in the Revolutionary War and succumbed to…
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Horton Cemetery

By Susannah Clark The Horton Cemetery was started as early as 1848 on the property of James Horton, my great great grandfather. It is believed it was started when his sister, Martha Horton Horton died. She was the wife of a cousin, William Horton. So, if family cemeteries of that era were issued an original…
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Dr. Daniel Webster Gilbert, Early Irving Physician

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Dr. Daniel Webster Gilbert (1854-1930) was born in Okibbeha, Mississippi, one of eleven children of Georgia native John (1800-1881) and Sarah Broughton (1810-1877) Gilbert. Of these eight sons and three daughters, four of the boys became physicians. When Daniel Webster was twenty…
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Dr. Daniel Webster Gilbert

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Dr. Daniel Webster Gilbert (1854-1930) was born in Okibbeha, Mississippi, one of eleven children of Georgia native John (1800-1881) and Sarah Broughton (1810-1877) Gilbert. Of these eight sons and three daughters, four of the boys became physicians. When Daniel Webster was twenty…
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Greenwood Cemetery Visits

Originally chartered as Trinity Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery has been in continuous use since 1874. One of our members took the photos below over a period of several days. All photos by Dustin Durrett: Brief history of Greenwood Cemetery Get future posts by email.

Jacob Boll, Pioneer Naturalist

Jacob Boll was born May 28, 1828 in Würenlos, Bezierk Baden, Aargau, Switzerland to Henry Boll and Magdalena Peter Boll, one of several children born to the couple. Jacob was educated in Germany and his native Switzerland and was a naturalist. Around 1860, he accompanied his brother Henry Boll (1830 – 1904), and sisters Dorothea…
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White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories

WHITE ROCK CEMETERY GARDEN OF MEMORIES Historical Narrative Written and Researched by Sheniqua Cummings for the Texas Historical Commission 2019 Undertold Marker Application, Dallas County I. BACKGROUND For over 170 years, the land that the White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories now occupies has retained the history of the Upper White Rock community. Aptly named…
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