FELKER CEMETERY - PLANO
At one time there was a gate in the fence to provide access to the cemetery. Someone has nailed it shut. The creek bank is too steep to provide access to the cemetery. The shrubs are about 8-foot tall. It is not too difficult to get through the shrubbery.
John Anderson Felker married the widow, Margaret Stubblefield, in Arkansas. They moved to Texas in the late 1860's and eventually acquired an extensive farm west of Plano that they called Walnut Grove. Margaret Felker died April 13, 1891, and was buried on the family farm. In September of that year John Felker sold the farm to the Shepard family. He moved to Cooke County after that and died there in 1894. He is buried there in the Hood Cemetery. The large granite stone for Margaret Stubblefield is the only one in the cemetery. Her inscription reads:
Our Mother, Margaret Stubblefield, wife of John A. Felker, 1828 - 1890.
This cemetery covers about ¼ acre of land. It is fenced on 2 ¾ sides. The west side is a small creek. The setting is very peaceful with several large trees and birds singing. There is a family area on the north side of the cemetery marked by curbing. The area is large enough to contain 10 or 12 graves. There are no stones inside the curbing. Records say there are about 9 graves here. Someone is maintaining the cemetery.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough
John Anderson Felker married the widow, Margaret Stubblefield, in Arkansas. They moved to Texas in the late 1860's and eventually acquired an extensive farm west of Plano that they called Walnut Grove. Margaret Felker died April 13, 1891, and was buried on the family farm. In September of that year John Felker sold the farm to the Shepard family. He moved to Cooke County after that and died there in 1894. He is buried there in the Hood Cemetery. The large granite stone for Margaret Stubblefield is the only one in the cemetery. Her inscription reads:
Our Mother, Margaret Stubblefield, wife of John A. Felker, 1828 - 1890.
This cemetery covers about ¼ acre of land. It is fenced on 2 ¾ sides. The west side is a small creek. The setting is very peaceful with several large trees and birds singing. There is a family area on the north side of the cemetery marked by curbing. The area is large enough to contain 10 or 12 graves. There are no stones inside the curbing. Records say there are about 9 graves here. Someone is maintaining the cemetery.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough
|
|
