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The Denny Cemetery

Bluff Dale, Erath County

Marker Text

(1 mile north) Alfred W. Denny (d. 1877) came to Texas in 1853, settling first in Clarksville, and then moving to Weatherford in 1860. During the Civil War (1861-65) Denny served in a Ranger unit stationed at Stephenville that guarded Texas' western frontier. In 1867 he bought 320 acres, which included the site where he was later interred. There are 17 known gravesites of family members in the Denny Cemetery, including Denny's wife Mary Elizabeth and infant grandson Walter Calloway Baldwin, who was killed by a horse in 1879. The burial ground was restored in 1982. (1983)

Marker Details

Address US 377
Location Description From Bluff Dale, 0.7 mi. E on US 377, S side opposite CR 148. Cemetery is about a mile north on private property. Marker reported damaged Jan. 2020.
Marker # 1205
Dedicated 1983
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.355727, -98.011285

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