Directions from Elaine Bay;
From
FM 121 turn S onto Wolf Front Dr. The cemetery is located about 1/2
mile from the intersection. It is off the road on the east side.
To get to the cemetery, look for large field with a long row of trees.
In the grove of trees, a chain link fence and the top of one headstone
can be see.
GPS
33.43433 N - 96.47581
W
James P. Dumas came to Texas in 1845.
as a. surveyor. His services were much in demand and he became county surveyor
of Grayson County, Texas. His services were paid for in land and he became
richest man in county. Mr Dumas daughter Miss Texana Dumas born 1846 believed
herself to be first white child born in Grayson County, Texas. (she
was mistaken, it was Lucinda Jane Atchison born in Aug. of 1845, first
child in what was to become Grayson Co., it was part of Fannin Co. was
Mary E. Rice Kemble in 1836)
Miss Dumas married Reese M. Cannon
in 1861. Cannon Texas was named for her husband who settled there in 1852.
NAME
BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE
DUMAS
FLEMMON J
JUL 20,1842 JUL 24,1843
S/O- JAMES PINCKNEY & MARY A E THOMPSON
DUMAS.
MEMORIAL STONE ONLY. HE WAS BORN IN MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS AND
"BURIED ON LITTLE RIVER, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS."
DUMAS
INFANT DAU. OF JAMES & M.A.E. DUMAS DEC 15, 1858 DEC 16,
1858
DUMAS
JAMES PINCKNEY DUMAS SEP 12,1820
FEB 01,1875
BORN GREENVILLE DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
WED MARY A E THOMPSON, APRIL 13,1841 ALABAMA.
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Historical Marker
DUMAS
LESLIE L
DEC 05,1858 DEC 16,1858
S/O- JAMES PINCKNEY & MARY A E
THOMPSON DUMAS.
DUMAS
MARY A E THOMPSON DEC 26,1824
AUG 08,1901
BORN FAYETTE COUNTY, ALABAMA.
WED JAMES PINCKNEY DUMAS, APRIL 13,1841 ALABAMA.
DUMAS
WALTER M
MAY 16,1863 SEP 14,1888
S/O- JAMES PINCKNEY & MARY A E
THOMPSON DUMAS.
HERMAN
RODGER J
JUN 01,1873 JUN 23,1885
PIERCE
INFANT OF B F & M J PIERCE B & D MAR 3, 1886
WHEAT
LOSERO M DUMAS MAY 09,1860
NOV 27,1886
WED JOHN PINCKNEY WHEAT, 1876.
Note from Elaine Nall Bay:
I understand the Dumas slave cemetery
was part of this one, likely on the outside of the present fence. Size
unknown and markers unknown, supposed to have been mostly marked with native
rock and wood.
I found a death cert. for this man
and suppose he was buried there due to family ties:
JONES RAYMON NIMROD - UNMARKED
GRAVE
DEATH BOOK 5 PAGE 2 NO. 99.
BORN IN DENTON CO., TX 12 SEP 1900 - DIED IN SHERMAN 16 JUN 1927. TUBERCULOSIS.
MALE / COLORED/ SINGLE/
FATHER - WADE JONES B. ARKANSAS-
MOTHER BURBIE REID B. GRAYSON CO.,TX. HE WAS A LABORER. SAYS BURIED
IN THE DUMAS CEMETERY.
Grayson
County TXGenWeb
