Potter Cemetery
Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas
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32.7038994 324214N |
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-96.5563965 0963324W |
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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.
20 Mar 2002 by Cecil Morgan.
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https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jwheat/history/pottercem/pottercem.html
Lost graves are in red.
Texas Historical Commission Marker placed in 1998 reads:
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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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" |
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Unknown "Sacred to the Memory of XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" |
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(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 |
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Elizabeth T. POTTER 26 May 1853 16 Jul 1956 |
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Robert D. POTTER 10 Dec 1869 2 Dec 1941 |
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Martha Elizabeth POTTER 24 Apr 1872 30 Oct 1880 |
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Mary Bell McKENZIE "Daughter of J. M. & M. B." 31 Jan 1889 25 Nov 1906 "Gone into the bright home Where grief cannot come" |
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There is a curbed area on The north side of Mary Bell's Fenced in lot with UNKNOWN Buried there. |
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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) |
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Nannie Odeymie LUMLEY Daughter of W. H. & S. F. 12 May 1889 14 Nov 1892 "God bless our little one" |
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Henry Arvil LUMLEY 16 Oct 1891 11 Mar 1915 "Gone but not Forgotten" "Woodman of the World" H. A. L. (footstone) |
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E. E. Tate LUMLEY 6 Mar 1900 1 Nov 1925 "Brother" (footstone) |
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Vernon U. LANDESS 11 Mar 1894 8 Mar 1901 |
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UNKNOWN d. 3 Jan 1895 "He is at rest" |
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https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jwheat/history/pottercem/pottercem.html
