THE ROBERSON FAMILY REUNION - 1997
This is only a portion of the Roberson descendants who attended the Roberson Reunion, which took place in Stephenville, Texas, September, 1997.
This is an annual event held the same time and place each year in Stephenville, Texas.
DUFFAU CEMETERY - DUFFAU, TEXAS
This is the plaque at the entrance to the cemetery. The following is the inscription on the marker.
DUFFAU CEMETERY
FRANCIS T. DUFFAU WAS AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS WHO ARRIVED IN THE LATE 1850s TO FARM IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THE DUFFAU POST OFFICE WAS AUTHORIZED IN 1860. DUFFAU BECAME A THRIVING TRADE CENTER BUT LATER DECLINED
AFTER SUFFERING SEVERAL DISASTROUS FIRES AND BEING BYPASSED BY THE RAILORAD. THE NEARBY DUFFAU MINERAL
WELLS BECAME A HEALTH RESORT, ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO THE AREA. A SEPARATE POST OFFICE WAS IN OPERATION AT
DUFFAU WELLS IN 1884. H.B. AND ELIZA HOLLIS SOLD LAND TO THE DUFFAU SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1884; THE DUFFAU
SCHOOL MERGED WITH HICO SCHOOLS IN 1960. CHURCH OF CHRIST, BAPTIST, METHODIST, AND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.
THE OLDEST RECORDED GRAVE IN THE DUFFAU CEMETERY IS THAT OF NANCY SHIPMAN IN 1865. JACOB AND N.E.
McCARTY DEEDED FIVE ACRES OF LAND FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES IN 1874. AMONG THE MORE THAN 950 MARKED GRAVES
ARE THOSE OF VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, AND THE KOREAN WAR, AS WELL AS
MEMBERS OF A NUMBER OF FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THE DUFFAU CEMETERY ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED IN 1958, AND A TRUST FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964 TO HELP
MAINTAIN THE GRAVEYARD. THE CEMETERY CONTINUES TO SERVE DUFFAU AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. -
(1997)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE THIS SITE IS BEING DEVELOPED.
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