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Dallas is a city in Texas and the most populous in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and th...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Kaufman County, Texas. Official Website The county was established in 1848 and was named for David S. Kaufman, a U.S. Representative and diplomat from Texas. Adjacent Counties Hunt County Rockwall County Van Zandt County Henderson County Ellis County Dallas County Cities Combine (part) Cottonwood Crandall ...
College Mound Cemetery has its official established date as 1840, based on the year emblazoned on its entrance sign. However, the cemetery and the church it belonged was actually built until 1845. The town of College Mound was originally settled by people from Indiana and Tennessee, arriving in the 1840s. It was named for a college that never materialized. The church building itself was not er...
After the community of Brooklyn was relocated and renamed Forney when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through here in 1873, its early burial ground was no longer convenient to the town. In 1878, a committee of civic leaders organized the Forney Graveyard Company and purchased a 5-acre tract of land. The earliest documented burials are those of Blanch Ivey and Isaac Sorey, both of whom ...
This project is for those who are buried in Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. Terrell (Oakland) Memorial Park contains a plot of 20 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, all airmen who died while training in Texas at the Basic Flying Training School (1 BFTS). The cemetery has gone by several other names, those being: Oakland Cemetery , Terrell Cemetery and Terrell...
This project is for those buried in Weaver Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Hiram, Kaufman County, Texas. Find a Grave Cemeteries of TX
Wild roses covered this hillside when settlers from Tennessee camped here in 1866. The land was first used as a burial site after a son of W. R. Dickey died on Aug. 14, 1866. Dr. James R. Stovall, leader of the pioneers, later donated the property. The farming community of Rose Hill grew up around the cemetery and combination store, school, and church building that stood nearby. Rose Hill Cemet...
Campground Cemetery is located on 14846 FM 986, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. Find a Grave Cemeteries of Texas