IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!!

We received the paperwork ... now to go file it in Brenham, Washington County!!! We plan to do that over the holidays.

United States Map

A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the looked like.
Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the map of the country. Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to and said, 'Go into the other room and see if you can put this together. This will show you our whole country today.'
After a few minutes, returned and handed him the map, correctly fitted and taped together. The father was surprised and asked how she had finished so quickly. 'Oh,' she said, 'on the other side of the paper is a picture of Jesus . When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged, then our country just came together.'

THANKS RALPH AND JOANN HENRY

for the wonderful donation just received for the Cemetery plaque. That is a big help. Still waiting to hear from Austin - hopefully it won't be long now!

Also, found out we can purchase bricks with names on them for $100 to be placed in front of the new fire truck museum there in Brenham. If you are interested let me know and I will give you the details.

Would love to hear from some of you out there.

Funds for the fence and marker are still needed!

We are still in great need of funds for putting a permanent fence around the one acre site as well as if we want to put marker(s) up designating it as historical, once approved of course, and then in recognition of Arabella and William - similar to the one for John Walton Harrington. If you want copy of the wordage of J.W.H.'s I can email it to you. Please feel free to leave your comments here or email me. You can mail donations to me at 10122 CR 534, Whitewright, TX 75491. Receipts are given. If you wish to deposit funds directly to the Chase account you can contact me and I will give you the information you would need. If you wish to be on the mailing list for mail-outs including a financial report on the bank account set up for the fence, upkeep etc of the cemetery please email or write me to be sure you are on the list.

Just a note - Brenham was spared from the direct hit of hurricane Ike therefore no damage is believed to have been done at the cemetery - however, I have not been there since nor had contact with anyone who has.

We would love to hear from you ... and if you would like to serve on a cemetery committee in any position please let us know. Everyone is greatly encouraged to be involved - it is our heritage --- and one to be very proud of.

Anxiously Awaiting New ...

I rush to the mailbox each day hoping - hoping - but not today it seems :( I long so much to get the news that our cemetery in Brenham has been deemed historical. But then rises another situation - the marker - put one up or not? What are your thoughts on it and if we do put one up - we will have to decide on the wordage as well as how to raise donations to pay for it. Give me your thoughts please. If you do not want to post on the blog for everyone to read then email me at lindawoods@mac.com THANKS

Welcome to my Ancestor Blog!

Hopefully this will be a great way to share events and/or findings - and allow you to comment on them so that we can keep in touch. This will also allow us to follow the Walker Cemetery updates. I hope you find this blog useful and enjoy reading and posting on it.

Regarding the cemetery - we (Ralph & Joann Henry along with daughter, Terri Henry and his mother, Dixie Ameach - who is 84 years young - all from N.C. near where the Deavers lived joined Jim, my husband, and I in Brenham this past summer to clean up the Walker Cemetery. We were joined also by Joe Deaver. I will post some pictures so you can see the drastic difference it made.