I went to Dean Cemetery just off US 82 and a mile or 2 east of Detroit. It was my first time there. It is amazing that you can see if from 82 if you know where and what you are looking for. It is on a nice hill. It has not been kept up in recent times and does not look like it does in the pictures on the RRCo website. There are many Dean markers (nice ones) and a few Lennox markers. I even saw one for David Lennox. The reason I went to it was because I was told my wife's great grandmother Townes was buried there. Sue's dad went there recently for the first time. He found the marker and say it says, "Mattie Parks Townes Jan 20, 1864- Dec 22, 1903" Her husband is buried at Lone Star Cemetery were many Townes are. He had said that the Dean Cemetery was private and he did not want to break any rules. I do not know what connection Mattie has to the Deans (if any), but I plan to research it. Any input from anyone would be appreciated. Oh, I was in a hurry and did not find Mattie's marker. I guess it is one of the ones that was hard to read. My wife was in the car plus I did not have my camera, so I left to return another day. I will return soon. I am sure this neat old cemetery on a nice neat hill has some neat history. I did see one WW I bronze marker. It is not a very large cemetery and has 3 or 4 areas with fences around it. Maybe the Lennox Foundation would put some money out to fix it up. Now to go back and read today's e-mail. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx
Jim, sometimes if you go very far into the Dean Cemetery history, I will have to get with you for a cup of coffee, as I used to live right there by it. The best known group buried there are probably the Sharps. They were some of the early Red River County land owners that really owned lots of land. They owned land from Red River to Deport. Also, the Sharps here at Slate Shoals were part of the family. I remember one grave there that the person was born in 1799. There are also some empty graves there, they dug them up, and buried them somewhere else. I do not pretend to know all about the Dean Cemetery,but I can tell some pretty wild stories about the place. Sam Paris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 8:07 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Dean Cemetery > I went to Dean Cemetery just off US 82 and a mile or 2 east of Detroit. It was my first time there. It is amazing that you can see if from 82 if you know where and what you are looking for. > It is on a nice hill. It has not been kept up in recent times and does not look like it does in the pictures on the RRCo website. There are many Dean markers (nice ones) and a few Lennox markers. I even saw one for David Lennox. The reason I went to it was because I was told my wife's great grandmother Townes was buried there. Sue's dad went there recently for the first time. He found the marker and say it says, "Mattie Parks Townes Jan 20, 1864- Dec 22, 1903" > Her husband is buried at Lone Star Cemetery were many Townes are. He had said that the Dean Cemetery was private and he did not want to break any rules. I do not know what connection Mattie has to the Deans (if any), but I plan to research it. Any input from anyone would be appreciated. Oh, I was in a hurry and did not find Mattie's marker. I guess it is one of the ones that was hard to read. My wife was in the car plus I did not have my camera, so I left to return another day. I will return soon. I am sure this neat old cemetery on a nice neat hill has some neat history. I did see one WW I bronze marker. It is not a very large cemetery and has 3 or 4 areas with fences around it. Maybe the Lennox Foundation would put some money out to fix it up. > Now to go back and read today's e-mail. > > Jim Giddens > Paris, Tx > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >