Tombstone Tuesday

Prairie Springs Cemetery

Van Zandt County, Texas 

Raymond Prestidge

1 June 1911

20 October 1976

Son of Obediah Dee &

Lula Grace (Goolsby) Prestidge

 Sally E. Prestridge

1888 - 1889

 

John M. Prestridge

1890 - 1893

Son & Daughter of William A. &

Susan L. (Wright) Prestridge

Susie L. (Wright) Prestridge
1867 - 1895
1st Wife of William A. Prestridge

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Tombstone Tuesday

Prairie Springs Cemetery
Van Zandt County, Texas

 

Obediah Dee Prestidge
8 Feb 1875
9 July 1932

Lula Grace (Goolsby) Prestidge
10 Jan 1895
15 Aug 1972

Jerry Goolsby
1865 – 1931
Father of Lula Grace Goolsby

 

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Tombstone Tuesday

Prairie Springs Cemetery
Van Zandt County, Texas

John T. Prestidge
Born
Dec 1, 1862
Died
Mar 15, 1886

S. C. Prestidge
Born March 20, 1878
Died Jan 1, 1897
My Darling Boy Is
Gone But Not Forgotten
(Scott C. Prestidge)

Larkin C. Son of
R. K. & S. F. Prestidge
Born
Mar 13, 1883
Died
Oct 4, 1899

All three of the above were sons of Rufus & Sarah (Slaughter) Prestidge. Although John’s birth date on his tombstone is 1 Dec 1862, I believe he was actually born in 1860. His sister, Mary Jane, is always shown as being two years younger than John in every census in which they appeared together, and in the Hood County, Texas school records. According to census records and her tombstone, Mary Jane was born in Dec 1862.

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Tombstone Tuesday

Prairie Springs Cemetery
Van Zandt County, Texas

Jessie
Dau. of
R. K. & S. F.
Prestidge
Born
Nov 1 1888
Died
Nov 21 1888

Nancy A.
Dau. of
R. K. & S. F.
Prestidge
Born
Aug 4 1890
Died
Jan 12 1903

Sentha
Dau of
R. K. & S. F.
Prestidge
Born
4 Aug 1890
Died
8 Sep 1890

Tombstone is now missing.
Information taken from an old
Van Zandt Cemetery book.

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Tombstone Tuesday

Rufus K. & Sarah F. (Slaughter) Prestridge
share a tombstone in Prairie Springs Cemetery,
Van Zandt County, Texas.

Rufe K. Prestridge
Born
Mar 24 1842
Died
Aug 4 1918




Sarah F. Prestridge
Born
Dec 24 1844
Died
Dec 31 1915

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Tombstone Tuesday

Prairie Springs Cemetery
Van Zandt County, Texas

Prairie Springs Cemetery is located on Highway 64 just a few miles southeast of Canton, Texas. According to the historical marker in the cemetery, it dates back to 1866.

I have 29 family members buried in this cemetery, mostly from my Prestridge and Slaughter lines. Most of their tombstones can be found in two rows in the northeast corner of the cemetery.

When I lived in east Texas, I was only about an hour away from the cemetery and I visited it often. It is one of my favorite cemeteries and I stopped by there on a recent trip to Longview. I don’t know why I keep being drawn back there, but maybe one day it will lead to a discovery.

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Tombstone Tuesday

Nancy C. (Blanton) Oakes
Wife of
James W. Oakes
Born
May 27, 1807
Died
April 15, 1878

James W. Oakes
Born
June 12, 1800
Died
Feb 25, 1885

Key Cemetery
Morgan County, Alabama

This cemetery is located west of Falkville in Morgan County, Alabama, on private property off of Key Turney Road. The man who owns the house and the land where the cemetery is located was very friendly and was nice enough to open the gate so that we could drive down to the cemetery. It was a very beautiful and peaceful place. According to family records, Nancy C. Blanton was the daughter of Isaac Blanton, and is my 3rd great grand aunt.

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Tombstone Tuesday

John Wesley Blanton
16 Jan 1862
9 Apr 1956


Sirena C.
Wife of J. W. Blanton
2 Aug 1871
22 June 1909

Marystown Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas

John Wesley Blanton was the son of John Martin Blanton and Julia Ann McAnear. He married Sirena C. Kennedy on the 7 Nov 1899 in Johnson County, Texas. They had 3 children: Leonard A. Blanton, Robert Lee Blanton, and Flora Kyrene Blanton.

Sources provided upon request.

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E. J. [Elisha Jackson] Blanton
Husband of Anna E. Blanton
Born
Dec. 23, 1856
Died
May 22, 1891

[Anna E. Blanton was Elisha's second wife.
She is buried in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery.]

Mary Jane [Bockman]
Wife of
E. J. Blanton
Born in Cass Co. Tex
July 21, 1857
Died at Egan, Johnson Co.
Dec. 19, 1882

Little Infant Son
of
E. J. & Mollie Blanton
Born at Egan
Dec. 15 And
Died Dec. 24, 1882
Aged 9 Days

Marystown Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas

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Annie Bockman Blanton
May 20, 1856 Born Cass Co. Texas
Nov. 10, 1874 Married William A. Blanton
Sept. 29, 1884 Died Near Egan

Their Children

Lela Blanton Gober 1878 - 1924

Elmer A. Blanton 1880 - 1964

Blanton
Infant Son of
Wm. A. & Annie B. Blanton
Stillborn
Near Egan, Texas
Sept. 28, 1884

This was my great grandfather's first wife and son who died within one day of each other. Both are buried in Marystown Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas.

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Tombstone Tuesday

L. J. Wife of
D. H. Eddleman
Dec 6 1840
Aug 11 1911
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Hood County, Texas

This is Louisa J. Scarborough whom I wrote about yesterday.

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Tombstone Tuesday

Infant Sons of

William A. & Mirenda S. Blanton

Marystown Cemetery

Egan, Johnson County, Texas

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My Great Grandparents

William Alexander Blanton

17 Oct 1853 - 12 June 1936

Mirenda Samantha Mills Blanton

25 Apr 1863 - 25 Oct 1835

Marystown Cemetery

Egan, Johnson County, Texas

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Julia Ann [McAnear] Blanton

Dec. 4, 1831

Oct. 24, 1915

Our Darling

Mother sleepth here.

Marystown Cemetery

Egan, Johnson County, Texas

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