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Pleasant Valley Cemetery

Cedar Hill, Dallas County

Marker Text

The families of James Holland, Jacob and Drusilla Boydstun, Isaac Lowe, and Robert Ground immigrated from Illinois to this area in 1848. When the Boydstun's son, Henry, died later that year, he was buried at this site on the family farm. In 1870 the Boydstuns deeded 3.5 acres surrounding their son's grave site for cemetery, school, and church purposes. The cemetery was enlarged in 1907 with the purchase of 1.5 acres from A. T. Baggett. The graveyard remains active and is maintained by a cemetery association. Interred here are numerous area pioneers and their descendants. Pleasant Valley CemeteryEstablished 1874Historic Texas Cemetery - 2000

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 0.6 mile west of US 67 on Mt. Lebanon Rd., then 1.6 miles west on Texas Plume Rd.
Marker # 6830
Dedicated 1994
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; pioneers
Latitude, Longitude 32.557499, -97.002874

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