Jan, Thanks for your help and information. I hope to visit the area sometime soon and will spend time researching the local library information. Kevin Johnston -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:35 AM Subject: [TXDALLAS] Re: Snyder Kennedy > ><Looking for information about Snyder Kennedy who moved to Carrollton, TX >from Pike Co., IL.> > >There is a marker in Carrollton where the cemetery used to exist for the >Snyder Kennedy family. I visited it at one time since I am researching the >family of James M. Kennedy who is buried at Webb Chapel Cemetery. I do not >believe there is a connection between the two families. At the moment I >cannot remember the street name where this marker is located. > >According to "Elm Fork Settlement: Farmers Branch and Carrollton" by Georgia >Myers Ogle: > > "Three family cemeteries that were used many years, then maintained by >descendants for a long time, but eventually succumbed undisturbed to an >ever-expanding community were those of the Elisha Fyke family, the Lillard >family, and the Snyder Kennedy family; though in the latter case, Mr. >Kennedy's own gravestone was moved to Perry Cemetery." (Chapter 3, pg 44) > > "In the County Directory compiled by C. B. Gillespie and Alpha K. Work >for 1881-82 and quoted by Cochran, 99 a complete picture is given for that >time. Trinity Millis is located sixteen miles northwest of Dallas on the >Dallas-Wichita Railroad. The remaining information is as follows: >[snipped] Farmers: [snipped] Snyder Kennedy..." (Chapter 4, pg 127 > >If any of this family was still in the area after 1900, you might also be >able to find information in the microfilms of the old Carrollton Chronicle >Newspaper which are archived at the Frankford Village Branch of the >Carrollton Public Library at the corner of Frankford and Josey Lane in >Carrollton. They have films from 1904 till the newspaper ceased to exist. > >The Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas will be meeting >at this library this evening, January 13, 2002 at 7p.m. Our speaker will be >Curtis Flatt. His topic will be "The Hanging of 7 in 1869". He will also >discuss some Peters Colony men/families and where they are buried and will >answer questions about the 121 cemeteries in Dallas County that he has >personally visited. Our meetings are open to the public and we invite you to >visit. > >Jan Jones >Webb Chapel Cemetery Association >Peters Colony Historical Society > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >