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Rising Star was only a sparsely settled community when schoolteacher James Irby organized this congregation in 1879. The Rev. L.S. Chamberlain of Sipe Springs led the first service, which was attended by Irby, his wife Sallie, and Dennis Bond, in …
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First settlers—families of Andrew Agnew, Isaac Agnew, Fletcher Fields, David McKinley, Allis Smith and W.W. Smith—arrived in a wagon train from Gregg County, Jan. 6, 1876. Area was known for hardships: Indian raids, vigilante activitie…
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In Memory of
the Veterans who so
courageously
sacrificed to insure
freedom for all
Americans
Pillars of Stone
Pillars of our
community
We honor our
Veterans
Placed
in the Year of
our Lord
2004
Seven tablets list the names of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ING_scranton-cemetery_Cisco-TX.html
Settled in the 1870s, the Scranton community grew to include a post office, stores, a cotton gin, blacksmith, school and academy. In Oct. 1896, Joseph Jackson Ray and Sarah Frances (Morgan) Ray donated land for a Baptist church and graveyard. The …
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A private, co-educational school organized in 1903 to augment Scranton Public School (opened 1887).
Scranton, a small farming-ranching community, was only 13 years old when citizens founded the academy, by public subscription. The schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJR_pioneer-cemetery_Cross-Plains-TX.html
Tradition holds that Captain A.M. Curry suggested the name for the Pioneer community, established in 1883. Bill Smith became its first postmaster in 1885. The burial here of Mrs. S.A. Briggs (believed to be Catherine P. Owsley Briggs) in 1879, how…
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In Memory Of The Men Of
The Pioneer Community
Who Gave Their Lives
For God And Country
World War I
Sam Marshall · Noah Ross
World War II
Earl Botts · Foster Cash · Raymond Dillard · Buster Fleming &m…