The US Forest Service along with an army of "Passport In Time" volunteers have spent the last week clearing a cemetery and taking part in an archeological investigation. Some information and pictures may be seen at: http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/texas/PIT2002/daily_updates.html The cemetery, which the USFS first referred to as Ford-Anderson and now refers to as Eddins, was cleared and a new fence will be placed around it. Cemetery Location - From the northeast (more or less) corner of the square in Center - take TX 87 southeast for 13.8 miles to FM 139 (there is a sign for Ragtown Recreation Area). Turn left. Follow FM 139 for 6.9 miles, bear right onto FM 3184. Continue on FM 3184 for 3.8 miles. Turn left onto FR 126 (aka CR2 2700). Continue on FR126 for .7 miles. Turn right onto FR 147. Continue for .9 miles. The cemetery is located on a ridge to the left. I was fortunate to be able to take part in the first four days of this project. During that time the cemetery was cleared, location of stones recorded, and the area of the cemetery was checked with ground penetrating radar. No commercially prepared markers were found. There were several field stones which may have been used as markers. One of these stones had the letters I A scratched into it. At the time I had to leave, the stones had not been turned to check the back sides. I'm sure this has been done by now, but I don't know if other markings have been found. If you know anything about this cemetery or the early families of that area the USFS staff at Lufkin would like to hear from you. The crew should still be at the site today and tomorrow. Others will be at the Dreka Service Center which is on FM 3184, about .2 mile past its intersection with FM 139. John Ippolito, Forest Heritage Manager, may be contacted at jippolito@fs.fed.us 936-639-8528 and Velicia R. Bergstrom, Assistant Forest Heritage Manager, may be reached at vbergstrom@fs.fed.us 936-639-8531. I'd like to thank the USFS for allowing me to take part in this PIT project, and for the work they have done to restore and protect one of our lost cemeteries. Drop my web pages for: By row listing of Weaver Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX. By row listing of Dixon Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX. 1900 Shelby Co., TX census extract for the area around the Weaver community. Index to the above census extract. A list of the staff and students from The Bear 1958, Timpson, TX (the students are listed by class and are listed in the order in which their names appear.) A link to pictures of the Whiteside Cemetery. The link will take you to a set of thumbnail pictures of the markers in the Whiteside Cemetery. Click on the thumbnails for a larger picture. I hope this helps someone. http://www.flash.net/~parino/cem_links.htm . Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net