Sam, Yes, the Sharp marker were very dominate with the Dean marker. JimG ----- Original Message ----- From: "sam embrey" <sembrey@cox-internet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Dean Cemetery > 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 > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > 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 >