To Everything A Season: EDGAR Family Cemetery, DeWitt Co., TX

Visit: 1969, TRACY

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On 23 Apr 1969, John Leonard TRACY, Sr., (1928-2009) and his two eldest children, John Leonard “Johnny” TRACY, Jr.

(1951-2008) and Carol Jeanette TRACY OGLE, accompanied by TRACY Sr's wife's uncle Henry Edward “Ed” EDGAR Sr.

(1895-1977), visited the EDGAR Family Cemetery to clean and document the graves of our ancestors.

"I am pretty sure I went with Daddy, Uncle Ed and my older brother to the Edgar Family Cemetary.  I remember going through

quite a few gates that Daddy or Uncle Ed had to get out of the car to open then close again once we got passed. We were

driving on either a dirt road or no road.  I think Uncle Ed was driving.  It was way back on somebody's property.  The

headstones were hard to find as the weeds were badly overgrown.  I was probably 11 or 12 when we did this. I remember we

did not stay very long and at some point I was told to get back in the car while Uncle Ed and Daddy looked for head

stones.   About ten years ago I told my Dad about this event.  I really did not remember much about it but my Dad said it was

the Edgar Cemetary. I think this was around 1967.  Carol Jeanette " email from Carol Jeanette TRACY OGLE, 28 February,

2013

"Here is what I found out.  After talking to mother and Lee, it seems that we were probably in two cars with Uncle Ed and Aunt

Helen in the first car.  Uncle Ed would get out and open the gates.  Mother, Daddy, Lee and I were in the second car.  Daddy

was driving. The date is probably right although my mother can't believe that Lee can remember all of this.  Daddy was very

good at dates so I don't think it was a mistake.  Anyway, yes, everyone remembers the high weeds and all the gates while

driving to the back of someone's property.  Mother remembers the ruins of the house that you asked me about.  I guess that

was the Edgar house.  Mother says that she and Aunt Helen did not go into the cemetery.  Uncle Ed had warned them about

some of the graves sinking in and they were worried that the graves might just cave in.  Also they had been warned about

snakes.  I think I did get out of the car and I did go into the cemetery.  I remember thinking that looking for the headstones was

kind of like an Easter egg hunt.  I think at some point I was told to get back in the car though.  Probably they were worried I

would get hurt. I asked Mother if Daddy ever was at the cemetery before or after this event and she said she did not think so.

She said that Aunt Audrey pointed the location out to Daddy one time when they had driven past but did not go on the

property.  She does not remember when that was.  I am going to mother's in about a week during Spring break.  I will look for

pictures then.  Keep up the good work, Carol Jeanette" email from Carol Jeanette TRACY OGLE, 03 March 2013

SURVEY

1969 TRACY Survey of EDGAR Family Cemetery, in .pdf 1.1 MB

"Attached is a copy of one of the pages of information he gave me after my mother’s funeral in 1993.  I think this was

something he typed from notes he took on his visit (or one of his visits) to the cemetery." email from Robert Merritte WEBB, 28

February, 2013

[Transcript of 1969 TRACY Survey of EDGAR Family Cemetery]

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Tombstone Inscriptions

Edgar Cemetery

Edgar, Texas

April 24, 1969

J. L. Edgar, husband of Edith Edgar, 11 - 27 - 1871 to 8 - 28 - 1892

son of Henry and T. Jane Edgar

Tabitha Jane, wife of Henry Edgar b. 9 - 23 - 1835 d. 10 - 9 - 1889

Maggie May Brown b. 7 - 27 - 1880 d. 6 - 23 - 1889

Hadly, son of J. D. and M. J. Edgar  b. 5 - 6 - 1875 d. 9 - 10 - 1875

Selah, wife of James Edgar  b. 7 - 20 - 1791 [s/b 1794]  d. 4 - 23 - 1873

Mary Jane, wife of John Edgar b. Aug. 8, 1842

William Edgar b. 11 - 12 - 1821 [s/b 12 March 1824] d. 10 - 1 - 1882

Cybril Edgar b. 3 - 19 - 1892 d. 11 - 11 - 1896

William E. (Bill) Edgar b. 4 - 1 - 1853 d. 7 - 6 - 1938

John Edgar d. 9 - 12 - 1906  86 years old

Duke, Felex [s/b Felix] T. b. 10 - 29 - 1856  d. 3 - 28 - 1928 (Father)

Duke, Anna  b. 12 - 17 - 1868  d. 3 - 18 - 1933 (Mother)

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