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Historical Marker
Marsh Cemetery
Farmers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas
Carrollton &
Farmers Branch
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Marsh Cemetery
In 1844, Harrison C. Marsh (1805-1889) and his wife, Mary
"Polly" (Raymond) (1810-1888), natives of Harrison County,
Kentucky, came from Independence, Missouri to Texas with their
five children. They settled in Peters Colony on Farmers Branch
Creek. Here they had two more children, and Harrison raised
stock and farmed the land. Polly was a charter member of the
Union Baptist Church, which later became First Baptist Church of
Farmers Branch.
The Marsh family grew, and many members became successful in
farming, ranching, business, education and civic activities.
Sons Thomas Corbin (1831-1899) and John David (1835-1900) both
served as soldiers in the Confederate Army. Reflecting the
Marshes' prominence in the community, the family name appears on
a street, Marsh Lane, as well as on a school, The Thomas C.
Marsh Junior High School. In the 1880s, John David donated one
acre of land here for a family graveyard. Among the earliest
burials were those of two children of a family passing through
the area. The marker for Elizabeth McAllister, who died in 1874,
represents the earliest recorded death. The resting place for
generations of Marshes and other area residents, the cemetery is
still open to Marsh family descendants. |
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