J.A. Mulkey - Myrtle Cemetery - Ennis, TX
N 32° 19.335 W 096° 38.605
14S E 721837 N 3578594
Woodmen of the World monument for James A. Mulkey, in Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, TX.
Waymark Code: WMKFYR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2014
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Inscription:
J.A. Mulkey
Born
July 5, 1859
Died
Feb. 12, 1903
One less to love
on earth, one more
to meet in heaven.
There is a reference to him on the Texas Historical Marker at the nearby Mulkey-Loggins House: (
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This property was part of a tract settled in 1854 by pioneer Philip A. Mulkey (d. 1862). Ennis was founded in 1871, when the Houston & Texas Central Railroad reached this point. Mulkey's son James (1859-1903), a prosperous cattleman, included this site in the Highland Addition, a neighborhood that he developed after Ennis became the railroad's divisional headquarters in 1891. Dr. James C. Loggins (1845-1921), mayor and city alderman, erected this Victorian residence in 1898. It was purchased in 1944 by Keith Mulkey, James Mulkey's grandson, and his wife Tina Beth (Wheeler). (1978)