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LOCATION: This family cemetery is located on
property now owned by Lone Star Steel and the site of their ore beneficiation
operations. This was located east of Highway 250 between Hughes Springs and
Lone Star. Since the cemetery was in danger of flooding, the Dalby Family
petitioned Lone Star Steel in 1950 to build a wall around the three graves known
to be in the cemetery. The wall or curb was to be 12’ by 20’ and 12” above any
probable water level. After the ore operations were closed and the site leveled
there is the possibility all has been lost or is now under water. The site is
inaccessible. For further information on the Dalby Family refer to THE DALBYS
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS by Norman Leonard Dalby. Copies are available from Billy and
Betty Dalby Martin of Daingerfield. Following are the three marked graves that
were in the cemetery.
Cemetery is known to be predominantly white.
NAME
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BIRTH
DATE
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DEATH DATE
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INFORMATION
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DALBY, James Bullock
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Ca 1802 |
Before 1880 |
S/o Knight and Ann; born in NC; moved to Titus
(Morris) Co about 1849 and bought 320 acres 9 miles south of
Daingerfield |
DALBY, Sarah HUFFMAN
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Ca 1813 |
After 1880 |
W/o James Bullock; m in Bedford Co, TN; ch Hayden,
Thomas, Crawford, Hollis, R Whitt, Archibald and Gordentia E “Buster”;
Sarah was listed on the Morris Co census for 1880 living at the old
homeplace with sons, Archibald and Gordentia |
DALBY, Virgil
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No Dates |
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Listed on the petition to Lone Star Steel as a
grandson of James and Sarah Dalby. The grandson of which son isn’t
known. |
This information was copied from the MORRIS COUNTY
CEMETERY BOOK – SOUTHERN SECTION of 1999 which was Compiled by the Cass County
Genealogical Society in cooperation with the Morris County Historical
Commission.
Janette Tigert Cook
janettecook@yahoo.com
January 20, 2007 |
