Squire J and Arch Franklin
Umsted
(Squire J not to be confused with Squire Jerry whose
gravestone can be seen elsewhere on this site)
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Squire J (Equire) Umsted 1845 -1917 |
Catherine (Mary) "Katy" Adams 1852
-1916 |
Buried at Walling Cemetery, Valley View, Cooke Co,
Texas with shelters over their graves. See below.
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Arch Franklin Umsted 1872 - 1945 |
Minerva Susan Reasor 1875 -1936 |
Buried Mt Zion Cem, near Collinsville, Cooke Co,
Texas
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Squire J and Katy's graves. |
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Wagon at grave of Noah Umsted (ca 1876 -
ca 1855), son of Squire J |
All photos courtesy of Betty Butler, who writes: "There
is also a shelter over the grave of their 9 year old son (Noah)
that died. He doesn’t have a tombstone but there was a little
wagon and a whip inside the shelter until a few years ago. Some
one has taken them. They have been taken before but someone always
brought them back. I am hoping they will eventually come back
this time. I remember Daddy talking about them disappearing before
Squire J died, but he 'put out word' that they had better come
back, and they did. I have been told that another time, a friend
of the family found the wagon in a pawn shop and brought it back.
The wagon had Noah Umsted punched in the side with a nail, or
at least it looked like it had been punched with a nail."
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