A. A. and Susanna Head Homestead
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txoilgas
N 32° 24.970 W 097° 16.080
14S E 662864 N 3587886
A well maintained home on the homestead. Gate was locked at this old house. Could not get any closer.
Waymark Code: WMA7XR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2010
Views: 11
Marker Number: 47
Marker Text:
Alanson Asbury (A. A.) Head (1843-1925) and his wife, Susanna Alabama Bethany (1843-1924) built a two-story residence here about 1877. Over the years A. A. and Susanna, known as Uncle Ben and Aunt Sukie, terraced about 300 acres here on which they cultivated various orchards, vineyards, and berry patches. Their farm prospered and in 1903 they donated two acres across the road from their home for the building of the Head Chapel Methodist Church. In 1908 the Heads donated an adjoining 2 acres to establish the Bethany Rest Cemetery, where they were later buried side by side. (1993)
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