W.W. Glover Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Early Dallas County settler George W. Glover acquired this land in 1844. The property was first used as a cemetery for the interment of five-year old Sarah Beeman who died on Mar. 22, 1857. In 1872 Glover deeded the property to his son William Wald Glover (1846 - 1928) for whom the cemetery was named. Among those buried here are the younger Glover and early Dallas settler and civic leader Richard Lagow. This community burial ground, which contains over 70 gravesites of pioneer settlers and their families, was last used in 1951. (1983)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
When George W. Glover acquired this Dallas County land in 1844, Texas was barely a decade past its revolution and still a sparsely settled frontier. The ground became a burial place in 1857 with the interment of five-year-old Sarah Beeman, and Glover later deeded it to his son William Wald Glover, for whom the cemetery is named. More than seventy pioneer families rest here, including early civic leader Richard Lagow, in a community graveyard used until 1951.
Why it matters
Pioneer cemeteries like this one preserve the names and lineages of the ordinary settlers who built early Dallas County, anchoring a booming modern city to its frontier roots.
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Related people
- · George W. Glover
- · William Wald Glover
- · Richard Lagow
- · Sarah Beeman
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