Guess you saw that Preston E. Bowdre is buried with his daughter and her husband.?? The picture of the headstone is on the web page at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~drycreek/aurora.htm There's a Historical Marker at the grave that reads: George Lawson Bledsoe Georgia native George Lawson Bledsoe (b. 1805), a carpenter and cotton gin builder, came to Texas in 1834. A veteran of the Texas Revolution and The Battle of San Jacinto, he received a pension for his military service and patented land grants in Brazoria, Cooke, Jack, Fannin, and Wise Counties. He was married to the former Ellen Bowdre (d. 1850) and had five children. Bledsoe is buried here along with his daughter Georgia and a brother-in-law, Preston E. Bowdre, Ellen Bledsoe and the couple's other four children are buried in Fannin County, probably in Bledsoe Cemetery near Dial. ----- Original Message ----- From: <LaDarlaK@aol.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 7:23 PM Subject: [TXWISE-L] (no subject) > Forwarded Message: > Subj:{not a subscriber} Wise Co. TX lookup > Date:6/6/2004 11:39:25 PM Central Daylight Time > From:pauleta@cctc.net > To:txwise-l@rootsweb.com > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > Hi...is anyone able to look for a record of probate in Wise Co TX? If so, > surname Bowdre, died 1889. First name is Preston or initials P.E. He's buried > at the Aurora cemetery so I feel sure he died in Wise Co. and hope he had a > will. > > Thanks, > Pauleta Hicks > pauleta@cctc.net > >