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(contributed by A. C. Morgan)
Mapsco location - 60A-W, Lawson Road exit of
I20, just North in triangle of Lumley & Old Lawson Road,
5841 Lumley Road, Mesquite, Dallas County, TX
First to
be buried at this site was William L. POTTER (d. Jul 1861) who
was the son of John P. (1827-1899) & Martha (ODEN) POTTER
(1835-1872). Most of the POTTER's nine children are buried
here. The last recorded burial was in 1947. There
are 16 possible graves in the cemetery.
This cemetery census & pictures
were taken
20 Mar 2002 by Cecil Morgan.
Lost graves are in red.
Texas Historical Commision Marker placed
in 1998 reads:
POTTER CEMETERY
John P.
(1827-1899) and Martha (Oden)
(1835-1872) Potter, pioneer citizens of the Republic of Texas,
bought a farm near the Haught's Store Community in 1860. When
their son William L. Potter died in July 1861 he was the first
to be buried on this site; John Potter enlisted in the Confederate
Army in the same month. After the war he served as Justice of
the Peace; his landholdings included almost 1,000 acres. Most
of the Potters' nine children are interred here. The last recorded
burial was in 1947. A 1997 count revealed 16 possible graves.
The Potter Cemetery remains a record of the settlers who shaped
eastern Dallas County.
(1998)
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First to be buried here:
"In Memory of"
William L. POTTER
8 Apr 1855
14 Jul 1867
"Aged 12 yr's, 3 mo's, 6 days"
"Go home dear friends
and dry those tears,
I must lie here
Until Christ appears"
Unknown
"Sacred to the Memory of
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
(Large Memorial stone to)
John P. POTTER
27 Feb 1827
8 Jan 1899
Plaque: Citizen of the Republic
Of Texas
Martha A. (Ann) (ODOM) POTTER
"Wife of J. P. POTTER"
11 Jul 1835
24 Apr 1872 |
Elizabeth T.
POTTER
26 May 1853
16 Jul 1956
Robert D. POTTER
10 Dec 1869
2 Dec 1941
Martha Elizabeth
POTTER
24 Apr 1872
30 Oct 1880
Mary Bell McKENZIE
"Daughter of J. M. & M. B."
31 Jan 1889
25 Nov 1906
"Gone into the bright home
Where grief cannot come"
There is a curbed area on
The north side of Mary Bell's
Fenced in lot with UNKNOWN
Buried there.
W. H. LUMLEY (William H. "Babe")
25 Sep 1862
29 Mar 1947
"Daddy" (footstone)
(Married 1887)
Sarah Francis (POTTER) LUMLEY
29 Mar 1862
13 Apr 1935
"Mother" (footstone) |
Nannie Odeymie LUMLEY
Daughter of W. H. & S. F.
12 May 1889
14 Nov 1892
"God bless our little one"
Henry Arvil LUMLEY
16 Oct 1891
11 Mar 1915
"Gone but not Forgotten"
"Woodman of the World"
H. A. L. (footstone)
E. E. Tate LUMLEY
6 Mar 1900
1 Nov 1925
"Brother" (footstone)
Vernon U. LANDESS
11 Mar 1894
8 Mar 1901
UNKNOWN
d. 3 Jan 1895
"He is at rest"
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