From the intersection at California and Grand in Gainesville, it's 5 1/2 miles south of town.  Take FM 2071 to the cemetery which is east of the road and located on the property of Melvin Schumacher.  James R. Nall, his wife and her parents, William and Elizabeth Sellars moved to Cooke County, Texas in 1884 and James built a 9-room 2 story home on the old Denton road where they lived until their deaths.  The property was purchased from the Nall family at a later date by Mr. Schumacher's father.  Surveyed 9 July 2003.  My thanks to Ms. Elaine Bay for added notes 2008.

WHEELOCK, Fannie   24 Mar 1833 - 20 May 1904
WHEELOCK, Robert   20 May 1825 - 15 Nov 1897
note: see historical comment below Picture

BALLARD, J. E.   5 Jan 1867 - 8 Jan 1907
note: W.O.W.
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FOWLER, Ada C.   18 Dec 1878 - 16 Feb 1917
wife of S. L.
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FOWLER, infant   - no dates
Son of S. L. and A. C.
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SELLARS, William   22 Feb 1827 - 17 May 1901
src: Father of Dixie Texanna Sellars Nall
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SELLARS, Elizabeth MCCRORY   30 Oct 1838 - 3 May 1900
death date from old survey but could be May 31?
src: Mother of Dixie Texanna Sellars Nall
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SKINNER, Ellen M.   4 Oct 1867 - 25 Aug 1885
wife of T. A.
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SELLARS, Lillian M.   25 Feb 1887 - born and died
dau. of J. S. and H. J.
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DAVIS, Anna Bell   17 Nov 1895 - 11 Sept 1900
dau. of G. W. and E. D.
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ROBINSON, Emma   11 May 1875 - 22 July 1915
wife of J. D.

NALL, Aria Myrtle   18 Mar 1891 - 27 Sept 1895
dau. of J. R. and T. A.

NALL, J. R.   14 May 1852 - 3 May 1912
src: James Richard Nall m. Dixie Texanna Sellars
30 Dec 1875 at Mayfield, Graves Co, KY.
Picture  Picture

NALL, T. A.   25 Feb 1859 - 2 Nov 1937
src: Texanna Sellars Nall
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DAVIS, William H.   15 Dec 1847 - 25 Feb 1932
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DAVIS, George W.   19 Mar 1854 - 25 Aug 1933
Not on prior survey

SKINNER, Eudotia   8 Feb 1870 - 15 Mar 1910
wife of T. A.
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ROBINSON, J. D.   1869 - 1916
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ROBINSON, infant   6 May 1915 - born and died
child of J. D. and E.

DAVIS, Eudora   8 Feb 1870 - 23 May 1951
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SKINNER, Annie May   12 Jan 1893 - 8 Feb 1893
dau. of T. A. and E. D.

Historical note: One of the earliest schools was located at the home of Robert Wheelock, who lived some four miles southeast of Gainesville.  He was designated the first chief justice, or county judge, of Cooke County in 1848.   In his memoirs, W. R. Strong also credited Mr. Wheelock as the man who picked out the site of Gainesville, the county seat of Cooke County, on August 15, 1850.

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