tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84702585654783940102024-03-13T12:31:07.724-05:00Graveyard Rabbit of Wichita County, TexasGraveyard Rabbits of Wichita County is a Member of The Graveyard Rabbit Association and our goal and hope is to rediscover and preserve the past for future generations.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-31683589845909241062010-11-17T20:39:00.001-06:002010-11-17T20:44:46.822-06:00Remembering Don Patton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/TOSNXRfxC3I/AAAAAAAABt4/zTempjRw0Uk/s1600/Don+Patton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/TOSNXRfxC3I/AAAAAAAABt4/zTempjRw0Uk/s320/Don+Patton.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Lee Patton</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> October 17, 1927 ~</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> November 18, 2009 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Electra, TX </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I first met Don in the summer of 2007 and at first meeting was hooked. He was just one of the "Ole' Cowboys" that you only hear about in stories. This folks was the "REAL DEAL". </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had the priveledge of spending my Friday afternoons most days having coffee with Don and the other "Ole Cowboys" at the local coffee shop in Electra.... "The Whistle Stop". I never got tired of hearing the stories they told. Each time they told their stories, the fish got bigger, the horses got wilder, the fall's got harder and the laughs more enjoyable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don Patton was a hard working man and was not afraid of a little dirt or a little challenge. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone you talked to that had the privledge of crossing paths with Don will tell you that he devoted his time to teaching boys to be men and men to be "Cowboys". He was at every football game, every basketball game and every event possible for his grandkids. He cheered them on to victory each time, regardless of the score.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You only hear about "Real Cowboy's" in the movies or in the story books, but this guys and gals was the "REAL DEAL"</div><div style="text-align: center;">He could out rope any man, and ride any horse. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Don believed in God and his family.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We miss you Don!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"COWBOY UP"</span><br />
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</div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-14992888663151342642010-03-02T23:55:00.000-06:002010-03-02T23:55:00.209-06:00WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Glasglow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S42-qCQl27I/AAAAAAAAA6E/51OUTD7GjFM/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S42-qCQl27I/AAAAAAAAA6E/51OUTD7GjFM/s320/Misc+Family+Pics+021.jpg" /></a></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-52701907914947636732010-02-25T20:00:00.002-06:002010-03-02T19:45:30.442-06:00FOLLOW FRIDAY: The Graveyard Rabbit Student!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4cgvS-YvKI/AAAAAAAAA5c/vQzteYuS-ko/s1600-h/Me.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4cgvS-YvKI/AAAAAAAAA5c/vQzteYuS-ko/s320/Me.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://elysesgyrb.blogspot.com/">"The Graveyard Rabbit Student"</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>Member of the <a href="http://www.thegraveyardrabbit.com/">Graveyard Rabbit Association</a></em></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Elyse Doerflinger</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Lomita, California</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I first ran across Elyse last year when I first started doing "Where I Come From". I was shocked to find someone so young doing their own genealogy blog and now she is a Graveyard Rabbit. Elyse does a fantastic job keeping us informed and up to date with information. She also does a wonderful job preserving the history of those before us for future generations.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lets face it, most college students do good to get to class on time with their homework. She in turn also is the writter of two blogs and is working on her genealogy tree to make sure it is sources and all information is correct. That's amazing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her most recent post is on <a href="http://elysesgyrb.blogspot.com/2010/02/tombstone-tuesday-edward-f-harney.html">"Edward F. Harney"</a> buried in King County, Washington. Hop on over and visit Elyse and say Hi!</div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-15330679420923598602010-02-23T23:55:00.002-06:002010-02-25T19:29:03.005-06:00WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Hall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4R0qT6yvFI/AAAAAAAAA40/vvmqSoQvXVY/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4R0qT6yvFI/AAAAAAAAA40/vvmqSoQvXVY/s320/Misc+Family+Pics+055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4R2a_QExuI/AAAAAAAAA48/xp9eZYLEDnE/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4R2a_QExuI/AAAAAAAAA48/xp9eZYLEDnE/s320/Misc+Family+Pics+054.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Old Electra Cemetary</span></strong></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-83834595003963506282010-02-23T01:01:00.000-06:002010-02-23T01:01:52.035-06:00Tombstone Tuesday: Rev. D.J. Powell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4Nv-Q_BX2I/AAAAAAAAA4s/DCunDAz_9Dk/s1600-h/Rev.+D.+J.+Powell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S4Nv-Q_BX2I/AAAAAAAAA4s/DCunDAz_9Dk/s320/Rev.+D.+J.+Powell.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Rev. D. J. Powell</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Born: 8 Dec., 1829 in Warren Co., Tennessee</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Died: 8 March 1903 in Wichita Co., Texas</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Buried: Beaver Creek Cemetary, Wichita Co., Texas</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Rev. D.J. Powell is important in the founding of our early frontier here in Wichita County as he is known for his services as one of the "Circuit Riders" in this area. </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>In early 1880, Rev. D.J Powell (Darius John Powell) and his wife Sarah Caroline Wooten loaded up their nine children in their covered wagon and left their home in Viola, Warren Co., Tennessee. Their trip ended in 1883 when they ended up in North Texas. They would homestead several hundred acers of land located in southwest Texas, also known as Beaver Creek.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>As the community of Beaver Creek and the surrounding area began to grow, Rev. D.J. Powell opened his home and created a Sunday School, which lead to the opening of the Methodist Church in the area. Often times he would ride by horseback to serve others when called upon as well. </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>On Rev. D.J. Powells grave there is a bronze marker which denotes his service as a "Circut Rider" for the Methodist Church.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>What is a "Circuit Rider" you might ask? </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>In the early settlement of the area, the religious ministry would travel by way of horseback to preform Sunday Worship, Marriages and Baptisms since the area was sparsley populated at the time and travel for many families often times proved to be difficult. While the "Circuit Riders" travelled, the often stayed with members of the congregation and occassionaly received a small stipend from the settlements they visited along the circuit, or regular path they travelled. In 1960 a monument was dedicated to the "Circuit Riders" who served the families of Beaver Creek. The momument is located at the front enterance of the cemetary and serves as a reminder of those who helped found the area and is also a historical marker.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>The children of Rev. D.J and Sarah Powell are:</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">Children of Darius Powell and Sarah Wooten are:</div><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. William Jefferson Powell, born 16 Jun 1855 in Manchester, Coffee Co., TN; died 17 Apr 1942 in </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kiowa Co., OK</span></em><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>2. Jesse Alexander Powell, born 20 Apr 1858 in Coffee Co., TN; died 10 Mar 1937 in Dundee, </em></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Archer Co., TX</em></span>.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>3. Josephine Martha Powell, born 13 May 1859 in Coffee Co., TN; died 23 Nov 1938 in Mission, </em></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Hidalgo Co., TX.</em></span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">4. Mary Frances Powell, born 1862 in Coffee Co., TN; died 19 Nov 1945 in Washita Co., </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oklahoma. </span></em><em><br />
</em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">5. Nancy E Powell, born 17 Aug 1864 in Coffee Co., TN; died 31 Aug 1899 in Wichita Co., TX.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">6. John Whitten Powell, born 31 Oct 1867 in Coffee Co., TN; died 21 Mar 1936 in Wayland, </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stephens Co., Texas.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">7. Sarah Caroline Powell, born 08 Feb 1869 in Coffee Co., TN; died 19 Feb 1958 in Iowa Park, </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wichita Co., TX.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">8. Ada Wooten Powell, born 01 Jan 1871 in Coffee Co., TN; died 01 Jun 1952 in Los Angeles Co., </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">CA.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">9. Rev. Edward Darius Powell, born 07 Sep 1874 in Manchester, Coffee Co., TN; died 29 Jun 1957 </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">in Borger, Hutchinson Co., TX.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">10. Ora Almeta Powell, born 16 Oct 1876 in Coffee Co., TN; died 24 Jan 1937 in Wichita Falls, </span></em><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wichita Co., TX.</span></em> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Honoring those who served to create that which we love and call home today"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you to:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Edward Powell for providing me with the information to this story"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sources for this story:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>a. Iowa Park Leader, Vol. 20, Thursday, October 20, 1988- Happy Birthday Iowa Park 1888-1988 pub 1995 by Genealogy and Historical Society page 175 and 222. </em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>b. Circuit Riding preachers Important to Pioneers, by Lita Huggins Watson</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(all rights reserved by Robin Inge aka <a href="mailto:Wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com">Wolfhuntress2002</a>)</em></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-33988933092977141842010-02-18T16:31:00.000-06:002010-02-18T16:31:30.666-06:00From the News Room at "NAMES IN STONE"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S32-Z_kDgDI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/3--6NTxjhqA/s1600-h/6a0115719977cd970b012877b5aa13970c-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S32-Z_kDgDI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/3--6NTxjhqA/s320/6a0115719977cd970b012877b5aa13970c-800wi.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Names in Stone has just released a new "toy" for all us Graveyard Seekers, Genealogist, Family History Searchers and anyone involved with the search for "our past ancestors". Stop by <a href="http://news.namesinstone.com/">Names in Stone</a> and visit their news room and check out what all the buzz is about.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-50041475653711285172010-02-16T23:59:00.005-06:002010-02-16T23:59:00.309-06:00WORDLESS WEDNESDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S3mGY8bPyTI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/qPIliOlGlfk/s1600-h/C.W.+Blanton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S3mGY8bPyTI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/qPIliOlGlfk/s320/C.W.+Blanton.jpg" /></a></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-89519282580415175522010-02-16T11:58:00.000-06:002010-02-16T11:58:00.035-06:00Tombstone Tuesday: Bula E. Cowden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S3l7Kb7sd2I/AAAAAAAAA2Q/xqUjEy_ABV4/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S3l7Kb7sd2I/AAAAAAAAA2Q/xqUjEy_ABV4/s320/Misc+Family+Pics+145.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">BULA E. COWDEN</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>daughter of: W.P & M. J Cowden</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Born: 5 June 1891</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Died 16 June 1891</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>He was born to be an angel;</em></div><em></em><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Secure in our Father's care;</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And his dear little feet now patter along;</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>The beautiful streets up there</em>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unknown Author</div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-59749437287109803472010-02-07T09:38:00.005-06:002010-02-15T11:49:31.397-06:00Beaver Creek Cemetary, Wichita County, TX<div align="center"><div align="left"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.thegraveyardrabbit.com/2010/02/call-for-submissions-gyr-carnival-march.html">FORGOTTEN CEMETERIES</a></span> </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Beaver Creek Cemetary</span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Established 1884</span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27a74gj9GI/AAAAAAAAAzo/qe1s_dVKX3w/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27a74gj9GI/AAAAAAAAAzo/qe1s_dVKX3w/s320/Misc+Family+Pics+182.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>GPS Coordinates for the cemetary are Latitude: 33.90360, and Longtitude -98.92190.</em> </div><br />
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Beaver Creek Cemetary is located off of HWY 25 and FM 2326 about 1.4 miles. The cemetary is on the left hand side and is in very poor condition. There are markers that have pieces missing and only partial names and information can be made out. As seen in the photos some markers are hidden under trees and the growth around them obstructs visitor views.</div><div align="center"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27cj4x00jI/AAAAAAAAA0A/x_tKjtH0W4o/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27cj4x00jI/AAAAAAAAA0A/x_tKjtH0W4o/s320/Misc+Family+Pics+078.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I explore deeper into the cemetary and locate markers like the one above, I began to wonder if this marker was placed here under a small tree and over the years it grew and this has become the outcome. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336829298848222370" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/ShA5-Li-zKI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/aOHQKX-YvYY/s320/Olen+and+parents+markers+condition+shot.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" />I don't know who the caretaker if any is of this cemetary. </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, I plan on doing some research to find out. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336829295872310130" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/ShA5-Add-3I/AAAAAAAAAiI/8DL2UdD4Aw8/s320/Side+view+of+Wife+of+J.+M.+Pinkerton.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" />There are two markers like this that the headstone is hidden in a tree where you cant see the information on the front. There are many that have brush grown up around them and you have to basically stumble over them to know they are there. The grass is knee high and some of the markers have tumbled over and broken. Many of the headstones that have fallen have been placed in a pile near the entrance of the cemetary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27a_hC2ZyI/AAAAAAAAAzw/rYio4RYosgo/s1600-h/Kiser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27a_hC2ZyI/AAAAAAAAAzw/rYio4RYosgo/s320/Kiser.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In order for me to take this photo, I had to climb through a Cedar Tree. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27dF5F2BrI/AAAAAAAAA0I/WYzsZAUHEzI/s1600-h/Beaver+Creek+Graveyard+Rabbit+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/S27dF5F2BrI/AAAAAAAAA0I/WYzsZAUHEzI/s320/Beaver+Creek+Graveyard+Rabbit+2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
The only reason I even found the marker was because I spotted a Graveyard caretaker hopping across in front of me and I followed him into the tree to get a picture. I'd like to believe he was helping us locate hidden markers that I otherwise wouldn't have found.</div><br />
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<div align="center">The cemtary was created in 1880 by a group of Pioneer Circuit Riders which settled here. There is a monument at the front of the cemetary on the left side as you come in that describes there exsistance and on the back side list there names.</div><div align="center"><br />
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<strong>All photos and the stories are the property of the Graveyard Rabbit of Wichita County Texas.</strong> </div><div style="text-align: center;">©Graveyard Rabbits of Wichita County Texas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:Wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com">Please write me for permission to reuse</a></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-64365274715701966592009-12-26T10:34:00.000-06:002009-12-26T10:34:06.026-06:00Christmas Morning.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ronnie and I were on our way back from feeding horses when we passed the Old Iowa Park Cemetary located on HWY 25 in Electra. He happened to look over and this is what we saw. WOW! Now this is not something you see every day, even in a little country town... but there they were.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">West Texas had a huge snow storm late Wednesday night early Thursday and into the latter part of Thursday. Since we got so much snow, the ground is covered in most parts and the animals are searching for food. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So these guys decided to get out somehow and go searching for Christmas Dinner.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So next time you happen to be driving around, dont be suprised if you see some visitors at your local cemetary. I would have never believed it if I had not seen it for my own eyes and I live here.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Merry Christmas Ya'll</span></strong><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em><strong>Graveyard Rabbit of Wichita County, Texas</strong></em><br />
</div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-46440896114337944802009-08-04T23:54:00.002-05:002009-08-05T00:01:00.527-05:00WORDLESS WEDNESDAY<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SnkRssvdFKI/AAAAAAAAAjw/-oZbUmvRGZA/s1600-h/W.+C.+and+Viola+Baker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366339890610771106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SnkRssvdFKI/AAAAAAAAAjw/-oZbUmvRGZA/s320/W.+C.+and+Viola+Baker.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:130%;"> <strong>W. C. and Viola Baker</strong></span></em> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SnkQ9vnvRfI/AAAAAAAAAjo/y_gq4T7xSDo/s1600-h/Misc+Family+Pics+078.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-62373471681930075732009-07-16T09:55:00.002-05:002009-07-16T09:59:36.746-05:00Summer Break....Hey All my Rabbit Friends....<br /><br />Sorry I have not been here in a few months. This summer has been really busy and <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>HOT. </strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;">Here in Wichita the temperature at 10pm at night is till 100+ most nights. By the time I get off work, it is the hottest part of the day and it is just horrible. On top of that, I started classes this summer and they have been divided into two sessions that are 4 1/2 week sessions. Hello, that is just ridiculous. They have required research papers of ridiculous lengthes during that short time also. Currently working on one that is suppose to be 20-25 pages on a topic I dont know anything about. HELP! Anyway, I will be back in AUGUST full force. See ya then....</span></span>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-88823546344926511832009-05-28T06:33:00.003-05:002009-05-28T06:40:04.368-05:00Sarah .......<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/Sh53O_lkpaI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/YOyUvjCZ_VA/s1600-h/Sarah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340837307578885538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/Sh53O_lkpaI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/YOyUvjCZ_VA/s320/Sarah.jpg" border="0" /></a> Inscription on this marker is hard to make out. When we went, I was not properly prepared for this sort of finding. I will be going back with some cleaning tools to see if I can save the information on this headstone. This particular stone moved me and made me realize just what we do and the reason why. The elements are destroying this marker and those persons after us who may want to locate Sarah wont find her if something is not done. I know nothing about Sarah at this time, but hope to locate a family memember that is unaware of this issue and maybe we can do something...<br /><div></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-31286492162333186802009-05-22T13:23:00.007-05:002009-05-22T19:33:21.732-05:00Circuit Riders of Beaver Creek, Wichita County, TX<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/Shbz_iBbW-I/AAAAAAAAAiw/l9OjlENaq6A/s1600-h/Pioneer+Memorial-back+side.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338722681084402658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/Shbz_iBbW-I/AAAAAAAAAiw/l9OjlENaq6A/s320/Pioneer+Memorial-back+side.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Front side of Memorial Monument</em></div><div align="center"><em>(Dedicated by: Vera F. Backus)</em></div><div align="center"><em>Vernon Marble and Granite Works</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><em>Inscription Reads:</em></div><div align="center"><em>In the memory of the early Circuit Riders and early settlers, who established the homes-the camp meeting grounds-the church-the school and the cemetary of Beaver Creek Community. This monument is affectionately and gratefully dedicated</em></div><div align="center"><em>Their Courage was reflected in the glow of their campfires, their faith and industy tamed an untamed land. Their love and devotion to almighty GOD pointed us Heavenward on that upward path, that leads to the Great Divide.</em><em><br /></div></em><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/Shbz_exLGjI/AAAAAAAAAio/9-VNES-jgKM/s1600-h/Pioneer+Memorial+Front-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338722680210922034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/Shbz_exLGjI/AAAAAAAAAio/9-VNES-jgKM/s320/Pioneer+Memorial+Front-2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Backside of the Monument list the Riders:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">J.W. Campbell S. O. Gafford F.N. Crutchfield</div><div align="center">D. J. Powell A.B. Trimble G.C. Davis</div><div align="center">J.T. Hosmer L.G. Rogers F.L McGeehee</div><div align="center">A.P Smith T.J. Minnis E.H Cannon</div><div align="left">Casey C.G. Williams G.R. Slagle<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><em>The following information was provided to me by Edward Powell in conjunction with the History of D.J. Powell.</em><br /></div><div align="center"><em><strong>Circuit Riding preachers Important to Pioneers, by Lita Huggins Watson</strong></em><br /><br /><br />"In the days when travel was difficult in this sparsely settled area, some of the religious ministry was conducted by circuit-rider preachers. Since congregations were very small, they could not afford a resident pastor and shared a travelling minister with many other fledgling churches.<br />As the preacher travelled, he would preach on Sundays and perform marriages and baptize converts. Traveling by horseback, he stayed in the homes of members of the congregation. Usually he received a small stipend from settlements along his circuit, or regular path.<br /><br />In 1960 a monument was dedicated to the circuit-riding ministers who served the Beaver Creek area in the southwest part of Wichita County.<br /><br />Source, Iowa Park Leader, Vol. 20, Thursday, October 20, 1988- Happy Birthday Iowa Park 1888-1988 pub<br />1995 by Genealogy and Historical Society page 175 and 222. </div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-63533197916605918842009-05-16T11:22:00.002-05:002009-05-16T11:24:45.786-05:00Graveyard HuntingGoing out hunting for stories and information today in the rain. I decided that since it wont stop, I would just join in. They say, "life is not about learning to weather the storm, but rather learning to dance in the rain." So I'm gonna go dance.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-56953037826606266292009-05-07T22:48:00.002-05:002009-05-07T22:58:00.145-05:00William Earl "Billy" Hall 1950-1972<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SgOtNP1_wQI/AAAAAAAAAhE/N72ff3s1c2U/s1600-h/William+Earl+Hall_1972.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333296826839712002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SgOtNP1_wQI/AAAAAAAAAhE/N72ff3s1c2U/s320/William+Earl+Hall_1972.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Death Certificate states that he died from a gunshot to the head.</strong><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SgOtM8eEPgI/AAAAAAAAAg8/qqlxnTqsttg/s1600-h/William+Earl+(Billy)+Hall+1950-1972.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333296821639069186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/SgOtM8eEPgI/AAAAAAAAAg8/qqlxnTqsttg/s320/William+Earl+(Billy)+Hall+1950-1972.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Memorial Cemetary in Electra, TX</strong><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-40790665324043557612009-04-16T22:24:00.002-05:002009-04-16T22:27:05.804-05:00UNDER CONSTRUCTIONWeather and work has kept me from doing much Graveyard Searches. However, I hope to get back into the grove of things this week. So check back Sunday for updates.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-9636416986445989902009-03-19T17:40:00.003-05:002009-03-19T22:53:32.137-05:00Cemetaries Located in Wichita County Texas<strong>Listed below are the cemetaries I have found located in Wichita County TX. These will be the cemetaries which will be covered in the weeks to come. </strong><br /><strong>Beaver Creek</strong>..............................................near Electra TX (<em>located On FM 2326, W of SH 25)</em><br /><strong>Burkburnett Cemetary</strong>...........................<em>Burkburnett, TX</em><br /><strong>Clara Cenetary</strong><em>.........................................Burkburnett, TX</em><br /><em><strong>Crestview Memorial Park................</strong>Wichita Falls, TX</em><br /><strong>Dick Sparks Cemetary..........</strong><em>Electra, TX (<span style="font-size:85%;">directly behind the Old Electra cemetery)</span></em><br /><strong>Evert Cemetery</strong>.................................(<em>Located on Bacon Switch Road near FM 369</em>)<br /><strong>Highland Cemetery</strong>...............................Iowa Park, TX<br /><strong>Highland Memorial Gardens</strong>............Iowa Park, TX <em>(across from Highland Cemetary)</em><br /><strong>Memorial Cemetary........................</strong>Electra, TX<em> (located just off of 287, corner of HWY 25)</em><br /><strong>Mount Carmel Cemetery</strong>....................Haynesville, "Punkin Center", TX<br /><strong>New Electra Cemetary</strong>........................Electra, TX<br /><strong>Old Electra Cemetary</strong>.........................Electra, TX<br /><strong>Riverside Cemetary</strong>.............................Wichita Falls, TX<br /><strong>Sacred Heart Cemetery</strong>.....................Wichita Falls, TX<br /><strong>Wichita County Cemetery</strong>................Wichita Falls, TX <em>(County Farm on Armory Road)</em><br /><strong>Wichita Falls State Hospital Cemetery</strong>..........Wichita Falls, TX <em>(FM 2380)</em>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-7139337447873524852009-03-19T17:33:00.002-05:002009-03-19T17:39:44.376-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/ScLIiuw-ZJI/AAAAAAAAAd8/3HhfMx6SIjE/s1600-h/war%2520memorial3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315031009245160594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/ScLIiuw-ZJI/AAAAAAAAAd8/3HhfMx6SIjE/s320/war%2520memorial3.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> <strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">Wichita County War Memorial</span></strong><br /></span><em>dedicated May 16, 1987 </em></div><div align="center"><em>Donated by: Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Watson</em></div><div align="center"><em><br /> </div></em><div align="center"><em>This memorial, erected by grateful citizens of Wichita County and elsewhere in the United States, is dedicated to the memory of those brave and patriotic free Americans who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the sacred cause of peace, freedom and democracy...</em></div><div align="center"> </div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-24873456291734404712009-03-19T17:05:00.005-05:002009-03-19T17:30:39.401-05:00History of Wichita County TexasOk! First we need to have a little history lesson on Wichita County, Texas before we can understand those who lived and died here.<br /><br />Wichita County is located in the extreme northwest portion on the state near the boarder of Oklahoma. We are 144 miles from Dallas, Texas and 141 miles from Oklahoma City and is home to Sheppard Airforce Base. Wichita Falls was named after the river that was named after the Indians. The original falls have been lost, but replica falls have been built in recent years. Conveniently located off I-44<br /><br />The area the we call Wichita County was home to the Caddoan Indians, principally the Wichitas and Taovayas. These natives migrated from present Kansas and Nebraska, in the middle of the eighteenth century. These groups were masters of the horse and introduced them into the region by Spanish explorers-and therefore the buffalo. However, they remained heavily dependent upon the agriculture. The location of their lands, in extreme north central Texas, placed them in conflict with the Lipan Apaches and the Comanches, both of which claimed the area as their own territory and continued to visit it long after their removal to Oklahoma. The presence of these often aggressive Native Americans caused difficulties for Anglo-American settlers in the region until after 1850, when the federal troops forced the Indians to relocate to reservations North of the Red River. A number of Europeans, beginning with the Spanish Indian trader Athanase de Mézières, visited the area that became Wichita County during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Among these were Pedro Vial and José Mares, who crossed the region in the course of developing trails from San Antonio, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1786 and 1787, and members of the Texan Santa Fe expedition in 1841. Although local lands had been granted to survivors and heirs of soldiers who fought in the Texas Revolution as early as the 1830s, the first surveys of the area that is now Wichita County took place in 1854 under the direction of the Texan Emigration and Land Company. Mabel Gilbert, a pioneer of the settlement that became Dallas, became Wichita County's first permanent Anglo-American settler when he built a house on a bluff above the Red River, ten miles north of the site of present Wichita Falls, in 1855. Although Native Americans twice drove him from his isolated farm, in 1855 and 1862, he returned in 1867 and died there three years later. Wichita County was established by act of the Texas legislature on February 1, 1858, from the Cooke Land District, and was attached to Clay County for judicial purposes. The new county was named for the Wichita Indians, and settlement was hindered by Indian attacks. Most of the area's Anglo-American pioneers arrived after 1870, when school lands were purchased to become cattle ranches, which have remained an important part of the economy. Wichita County remained unorganized and sparsely inhabited until after 1880, when its population reached 433 on June 7, 1882.<br /><br />Wichita County remained unorganized and sparsely inhabited until after 1880 when its population reached 433. On June 7, 1882, Robert E. Huff, a recently arrived attorney, presented a petition bearing 150 signatures-some of which allegedly were fraudulent-to the Clay County commissioners court seeking independence for Wichita County. Elections for county officers took place on June 21 of that year. Wichita County's population increased relatively rapidly during the decade after its organization, rising to 4,831 in 1890. The population was predominantly Anglo-American. In 1880 the county only had seventeen African Americansqv and in 1890 only 128. This pattern has remained constant throughout the county's history. Wichita County remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural during its first decade, with the number of farms increasing from sixty in 1880 to 326 in 1890. Cattle production dominated the economy, and between 1880 and 1890 the number of cattle increased 62 percent to 88,683. Corn and hay were the leading crops raised in the county. The extension of the tracks of a number of rail lines into the county greatly facilitated growth. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad reached the tiny settlement of Wichita Falls from Fort Worth in September 1882. This connection ensured the existence of Wichita Falls, which adopted the date of the arrival of the first train, September 26, 1882, as its birthday. Additional railroad-building activity resulted, in large measure, from the efforts of two Wichita Falls businessmen, Joseph A. Kemp and Frank Kell.qv Between 1884 and 1911 these men, acting independently and in concert, organized and promoted three rail lines out of Wichita Falls: the Wichita Falls and Northwestern, the Wichita Falls and Southern, and the Wichita Falls and Wellington. The construction of these roads, all of which were purchased by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line in 1911, established Wichita Falls as a regional transportation and distribution center. Its population increased from 2,480 at the turn of the century to 8,200 by 1910. Call Field,qv an Army Air Corps training facility, was built south of the city during World War I. Wichita Falls continued to grow; by 1920 it had a population of 40,079 and by 1930 of 60,000, or 80 percent of the county's total population.<br /><em><strong></strong></em><br /><em><strong>BIBLIOGRAPHY</strong>: Louise Kelly, Wichita County Beginnings (Burnet, Texas: Eakin Press, 1982). Wichita Falls Times, May 12, 1957</em>.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470258565478394010.post-72677781321748105452009-03-18T02:58:00.004-05:002009-05-16T11:04:07.133-05:00The Story Begins...<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/ScCp-AOQAtI/AAAAAAAAAc0/hJz7LGmF4VA/s1600-h/Carrie+and+Finest+Estell+Walker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314434442973938386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FYOG8VDt9NA/ScCp-AOQAtI/AAAAAAAAAc0/hJz7LGmF4VA/s320/Carrie+and+Finest+Estell+Walker.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34925519">Finest Estell Walker</a></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Born: 1 August 1880, (somewhere) in Tennessee</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Died: 22 April 1964, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas</strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Carrie Calline Hamilton</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Born: 1881, (somewhere) in Texas</strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Died: 19 January 1965, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas</strong> </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><strong><em>Married: 21 October 1900, Jack County, Texas</em></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </div><p></span></span>My search begins with my boyfriends father's family. Finest was born somewhere in Tennessee from what I have gotten from his death certificate and the US Census that I have located with he and Carrie. However, other than the information provided here, I can not locate any family past Finest. I think Finest has a sister name Molly, but I am not totally sure at this time. Carrie and Finest are both buried at Ringgold Cemetary in Ringgold Texas. </p><p><em><span style="font-size:85%;">*NOTE: Finest and Carrie are not buried in Wichita County. However, I am including them in this venture because they are the reason that I got started searching for graves. So I thought it fitting that they be here. They did live in Wichita County and also died in Wichita County.</span></em></p>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023929223545212603noreply@blogger.com2