Day 25 ~ The Dewalt Cemetary Gates by LynnH

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19-JAN-2011	LynnH

Day 25 ~ The Dewalt Cemetary Gates

Missouri City TX

In 1845 Thomas Walters Dewalt (1822-1874) traveled from South Carolina and settled on nearby Oyster Creek.
He soon established a plantation, and in 1850 set aside 1.2 acres of land for the burial of two sisters of Charlotte E. Brown,
whom he married in 1858. However, the earliest marked burial here is that of Smyly Dewalt in 1869.
The cemetery was formally set aside by deed in 1931. About 3.5 acres were added to the graveyard in 1983.
Still in use, the Dewalt Cemetery is reserved for the Dewalt, Martin, Robinson, Roane, Bledsoe, and Cessna families.

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Sony DSLR-A700 ,Sigma 18-250 F3.5-6.3 DS OS HSM
1/250s f/7.1 at 18.0mm iso200 hide exif

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Jola Dziubinska		28-Jan-2011 14:14
Nice gate to this last resting place. Good angle.

Marielou Dhumez		27-Jan-2011 16:19
The gate I just don't want to go through when will be my time...! ☺☺☺

Doug Cruden		26-Jan-2011 21:24
Cool bit of history there Lynn - and a lovely half-frame of the gate too...I like the echo of the greens in the grass and wall too

Mieke WA Minkjan		26-Jan-2011 07:32
with this sign of the historic society it sounds to me very public think you need to find someone with a key to the gate

Cindi Smith		25-Jan-2011 21:38
Wow, what a great gate. I'd like to see beyond it. Nice work with the historic emblem.

Janice Dunn		25-Jan-2011 19:37
What an eye-catching iron gate

J. Scott Coile		25-Jan-2011 17:41
...and I thought it was where you buried old power tools ;-) Nice bit of history.

Kerry Tingley		25-Jan-2011 14:26
I love these old cemeteries. They have many stories to tell of the families that lay their members here in rest.

Mairéad		25-Jan-2011 12:21
Nice composition and very interesting background about the history of the cemetery.

Margaret Lew		25-Jan-2011 07:34
A well-kept cemetery! This is a beautiful iron gate!

j>a>e>17 :):):)		25-Jan-2011 07:16
just climb the gooofy gate LOL!!!! tooo funnny!!!! :):):):)

larose forest photos		25-Jan-2011 03:40
A truly lovely photo... like the pov here, and the info is fascinating. So, this is essentially a private cemetery! V

Coleen Perilloux Landry		25-Jan-2011 03:39
Wonderful history and no one was buried there until after the Civil War. Could have been the reason--no one had time to bury people. Love the pattern on the iron gates.