James and Margaret Loving
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 49.953 W 096° 33.676
14S E 728274 N 3635358
Texas Historical Marker commemorating James and Margaret Loving, very early Peters Colony settlers in what was to become Dallas County. Buried in Lyons Cemetery, Garland, TX, near the intersection of Bobtown and Barnes Bridge Roads.
Waymark Code: WMFTMT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 6776

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(1811 - 1869) (1820 - 1877)

The sixteenth family in Dallas County. Came by covered wagon and flatboat from Kentucky to Texas in 1843 as members of the Peters Colony. Arrived in Dallas County (then unorganized) in 1844.

On a 640-acre grant (2 mi. east) from Mercer's Colony, they built log cabin, raised corn, wove cloth, and boiled soil from salt lick to make own salt. Had 8 children.

Loving, a brother of pioneer trail driver Oliver Loving, was killed by a horse thief in 1869.

Recorded - 1970
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