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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MX_jonesboro-methodist-church_Jonesboro-TX.html
This congregation traces its history to the late 1860s, when early settlers of Jonesboro met together in a combination church-school Masonic Lodge building for worship services. W. L. Jones donated land for a Methodist church in 1871, and the cong…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOM_wood-cemetery_Jonesboro-TX.html
This cemetery, probably named for noted pioneer educator D.R. Wood, was established with the 1858 burial of Sarah E. Shipman, wife of prominent local rancher John K. Shipman. More than 20 additional burials were recorded before John Shipman deeded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D18_site-of-the-ireland-school_Jonesboro-TX.html
School classes were first conducted in a church tabernacle when Ireland was founded in 1911. The town was platted on the Coryell-Hamilton County line and named for Texas Governor John Ireland (1827-1896). A wooden frame school was erected in 1914,…