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Winner, Journalistic Achievement Award, Texas Historical Foundation, 2004 From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing mausoleum, every marker in a Texas cemetery bears witness to a life that—in ways small or large—helped shape the history and culture of the state. Telling the stories of some of these significant lives is the purpose of this book. Within its pages, you'll meet not only the heroes of the Texas Revolution, for example, but also one of the great African American cowboys of the traildriving era (Bose Ikard) and the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office (Annie Webb Blanton). Visiting cemeteries from every era and all regions of the state, Bill Harvey recounts the histories of famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Texans who lie at rest in Texas cemeteries. The book is organized alphabetically by city for easy reference. For each city, Harvey lists one or more cemeteries, giving their location and history, if significant. At the heart of the book are his profiles of the noteworthy people buried in each cemetery. They include not only famous but also lesser-known and even unknown Texans who made important contributions to the state in the arts, sports, business, military service, politics—truly every area of communal life. For those who want to visit these resting places, Harvey also includes tips on finding cemeteries, locating gravesites, and taking good photographs. Spend time with him in the graveyards of Texas, and you'll soon appreciate what fascinating stories the silent stones can tell.
This book documents three generations of descendants of John Pegoda, Sr., an immigrant from Ruda, Prussia to Walker County, Texas in 1851.
Unearth the Mysteries of Those Who Lie Beneath the Oldest Graveyards in the Lone Star State Texas, the second largest state, both in land mass and population, has more than 50,000 cemeteries, graveyards, and burial grounds. As the final resting places of those whose earthly journey has ended, they are also repositories of valuable cultural history. The pioneer cemeteries—those from the 19th century—provide a wealth of information on the people who settled Texas during its years as a Republic (1836-1845), and after it became the 28th state in 1845. In What Lies Beneath: Texas Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards, author Cynthia Leal Massey exhumes the stories of these pioneers, revealing the intriguing truth behind the earliest graveyards in the Lone Star State, including some of its most ancient. This guide also provides descriptions of headstone features and symbols, and demystifies the burial traditions of early Texas pioneers and settlers.
Terry G. Jordan has traveled the back roads and hidden trails of rural Texas in search of small country graveyards.
David McWhirter was born in 1741 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or possibly in Ireland. He married Mary Poston (1750-1846) 31 Mar 1766 in Lancaster. They had nine children. David died in 1846 in Pickens District, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas and Texas. Includes Blackwell, Borden, Callaway, Cross, Deese, Denson, Featherstone, Hannon, Hood, King, Kirkes, Lesly, Looper, McAnally, McClure, Mock, Paine, Prickett, Richbourg, Shaw, Shields, Shuller, Watkins, Watson, Williams, Womack and related families.