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Warner Cemetery

The plaque begins: " In 1852, Robert and Sarah Dean Warner brought their family to Texas from Ireland. As members of the Peters Colony, they acquired land in this area and established a farm. This family graveyard was begun upon the death of Robert Warner, Jr., in 1873."
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Only 36 Years He died so young!<br /> Life was hard on the frontier in the late 1800s, and Robert Warner Jr. came as a teenager with his family from Ireland in 1852 to settle in Peter's Colony, now Carrollton, Texas. He was the first of the family to die, and this family cemetery was started for him.
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Only 36 Years He died so young!
Life was hard on the frontier in the late 1800s, and Robert Warner Jr. came as a teenager with his family from Ireland in 1852 to settle in Peter's Colony, now Carrollton, Texas. He was the first of the family to die, and this family cemetery was started for him.

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  • Only 36 Years He died so young!<br /> Life was hard on the frontier in the late 1800s, and Robert Warner Jr. came as a teenager with his family from Ireland in 1852 to settle in Peter's Colony, now Carrollton, Texas. He was the first of the family to die, and this family cemetery was started for him.
  • How Desolate Our Home, Bereft Of Theo<br /> In the 1800s, when this family plot was populated, quotes from those left alive were apparently more common than they are now.
  • September 26, 1882<br /> Eliza Larkin was a Larkin by marriage, and lived 67 years. Her husband, William L. Larkin, lived another ten years after her death, and is buried next to her body.
  • Born In 1795<br /> Robert Warner Sr. was the patriarch of the family, the man responsible for the move from Ireland to Texas. While his son died young, at 36, Robert himself lived to be 80, dying less than two years later. His body is buried between his son's on one side and his wife's on the other. His wife, Sarah, died just over a year after he did, and lived to be 75.
  • A Point Of Pride?<br /> The Un-civil Civil War Of Northern Aggression Between The States ended a long time ago, but this flag was freshly placed. Sigh.
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