The name of the funeral home is Byrum. Edgewood Cemetery was established in 1845. It is located about 1/4 mile south of Beltline Road, south of the city of Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas on both side of Nokomis Road. MAPSCO 86M The other 'unnamed' cemetery is Rawlins Cemetery, established 1848; it is on Old Beltline Road, 2 and 1/2 miles west of the city of Lancaster, Dallas Co., TX and east of Houston School Road. MAPSCO 85L. This cemetery and others of the south Dallas County area have been published by the Dallas Genealogical Society in a book named DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS: GENEALOGICAL DATA FROM EARLY CEMETERIES -VOLUME II 1989. After the information on the deceased person in the Rawlins Cemetery you will find, when at all possible, a SURVIVOR referred to by number. This does not necessarily mean a descendant, but an INFORMANT who is familiar with this particular family. This was one for a benefit to those person doing genealogy or in case of the cemetery needs to get in touch with someone concerning broken stones, etc. The names and addresses of the "survivors" are found at the end of the list of those interred. For the information below and other Volumes go to: http://www.dallasgenealogy.org/sales/catalog.htm Dallas County, Texas: Genealogical Data from Early Cemeteries, Volume 2 Cemeteries included are: Edgewood, Floyd-Taylor, Hutchins, Patrick-Pruitt, Porter, Rawlins, and Stadden. Directions and Dallas Mapsco numbers are included for locating the sites. About 6,000 surnames are listed. Indexed. 1989. (Also available in microfiche). Softbound, 5.5" x 8.5", 205 pp. Item #102: $15.00 > -----Original Message----- > From: Assistant to The President [mailto:president@monolithic.com] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 8:42 AM > To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Lancaster cemeteries > > > Edgewood Cemetery just south of Lancaster is old. It is the oldest > cemetery in Lancastcer, dating back to the 1850's. It has the graves of > those who settled there -- Roderick Rawlins, James Lemmon, and more. One > can find out more about who is buried there by contacting the Lancaster > Cemetery Association, 1412 Wilson Rd. Lancaster, TX 75146. I spoke with > one of the leaders last year. She was located at the Byron Funeral home > - 972-227-2121. She sent me a photocopy of the records of my relatives > buried there. It was wonderful. Some of the oldest headstones (1852, > etc) were almost illegible, but their records were complete. > > Have a great day. > > Sincerely, > > Melinda South > > Ellis1992@aol.com wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > Sorry, but I did not keep a copy of the post that discussed > the ancestor > > who was buried "2 miles from Lancaster". I got out my Mapsco > of Dallas and I > > have found 2 cemeteries in Lancaster which might meet your needs? > > > > The one that I said I remembered is named Edgewood > cemetery. It has been > > a very long time since I have been by there, but I remember it > seemed old. > > The other cemetery is not named, but it is located off of Main > street, so I > > am not sure how old it is. > > This is not necessarily a complete list. I thought the Mapscos were > > pretty complete on cemeteries, but I just noticed that there is > one between > > Duncanville and DeSoto that is not listed, and it is fairly old as well. > > > > Hope this helps, please let me know if you need anything else, > or if I can > > find something on the Mapsco for you. > > > > Kathleen > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > Support RootsWeb: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > If you share, others will share with you. > >