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Floyd Pioneer Cemetery *THC MARKER

Floyd Pioneer Cemetery
Dallas County,
Texas

Floyd Pioneer Cemetery is located inside Restland Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
GPS 32deg 55min 32.88sec N & 96deg 44min 36.36sec W

TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
THE FLOYD PIONEER CEMETERY

In June 1855, John B. Floyd (1808 - 1879) of Kentucky bought 900 acres of land that included this tract. Later that year he settled here with his family. In the 1860s he set aside the acre for a family cemetery. Early burials included strangers’ children who died of diphtheria, and a bandit killed at Floyd’s Inn. Mrs. A. Broad (d. 1873) has the earliest marked grave. Floyd and his wife Julia Ann (d. 1894) are buried here. Their heirs sold the land in 1910, retaining control of the cemetery. Since 1924, Restland Memorial Park has adjoined the pioneer cemetery.
(1976)

Contributed on 6/20/15 by gasirek
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Submitted: 6/20/15 • Approved: 6/20/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R78574-G0-S3

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