Dikes Family Cemetery
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 26.361 W 097° 31.301
14R E 643382 N 3257573
Metal plaque on a metal marker along the edge of the road.
Waymark Code: WMWCVH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2017
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Plague gives history of the family that is buried there.
Marker Number: 1224
Marker Text:
(.6 miles north)
Established about 1850 by Miles G. Dikes (1804-1872). An original member of DeWitt Colony, Dikes emigrated from Georgia in 1829. In 1839 , married Eady Hodges (1810-1868). First known burial, in 1859, was Dikes' son, Lovic. Cemetery contains 20 marked graves; other are unmarked. Still in use by descendants.
(1971)
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