Polk County Texas Archives Photo Place.....McCaghren Cemetery Wrought Iron Fence January 30, 2008
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William Dowden bdowden@livingston.net June 21, 2008, 2:29 am

Source:             Drew-Collins-McCaghren Cemetery
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This photograph shows the wrought iron fence erected by the McCaghren family 
and the "McCaghren Oak" marker tree.   Notice the brushy woodlands surrounding 
the cemeetery location.   If cemeteries such as this are not maintained by the 
family or others, then gradually the forest overtakes everything.   Storms 
bring down trees that fall, breaking headstones.   Perhaps that is what 
happened to the broken Collins' headstone.   Notice how the fence appears to 
have been crushed at one place, perhaps by a fallen tree limb.      

Additional Comments:
See these related webpages:   
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polkcountytxconnections/JamesM
CollinsCem.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polkcountytxconnections/McCagh
renCem.html


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