Heavenly
Branch Cemetery
Dublin, Erath County Texas 76023
Heavenly Branch Cemetery is located near Dublin, TX. in Erath county. From Dublin take state highway 6 east 6 miles. Turn right on 521, left on 522 then right on 302. Right on 303, left on 284. Cemetery is located on the left or west side of 284.
Inside a 12’ double gate is an 8’ metal sign identifying the cemetery. The sign was designed and made by Sam Perkins a welder. It was made in loving memory of James F. (Jimmie) Johnson in 1992.
Restoration of this cemetery was began in 1984 and took almost eight weeks of hard dedicated work by three natives of Dublin, TX. The cemetery was overgrown with briars and grass. Many of the markers could not be see. Some had fallen or were broken. (There is an article in the Stephenville Empire-Tribune newspaper dated Aug. 20, 1984 with pictures and details about the restoration.
In 1986 Homer Green had a barbered wire fence & gate installed across the front. Later that same year Dortha Stracener and Roy Echols put in a fence fully inclosing the cemetery.
The oldest marked grave in this cemetery is that of John S. Evans buried in 1884. There are many (20 plus) graves marked by fieldstones without a name or date. It is likely there are more graves no longer identified or marked.
So far it has not been determined who gave or sold the land for the cemetery, but it is believed that G.A. Mullican owned the land in the early 1880’s
Transcribed by Dorothy Perkins 10-2003 and submitted on November 25, 2003.
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NAMES |
DOB | DOD | TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION | NOTES |
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Brown, B.F. |
Mar. 24, 1854 | June 14, 1929 | FATHER AT REST | |
| Brown, Mary Lee | Feb. 3, 1857 | Jan. 19, 1895 | WIFE OF B.F. BROWN | |
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Brumlow |
plot with 4 graves each grave has a metal/stone marker with Brumlow engraved on each marker without given name or date | |||
| Davis, Martha A. | July 25, 1852 | Apr. 17, 1911 |
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS |
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Davis, Infant son of B.M. & Maggie |
Nov. 9, 1903 |
BUDDED ON EARTH BLOOMED IN HEAVEN |
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| Duncan, | *Note 1 | |||
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Evans, John S. |
Sept.21, 1869 | Dec.28, 1884 |
SON OF L. J.& E. E. EVANS |
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| F | An antique iron fence surrounds two small oblong stones with the initials R.E.F. (May be footstones) A tombstone is unreadable. There is a large stump inside the fence along with the markers. A tombstone stands just outside the fence for Frank B. and Rachel E. Faulkner a pioneer family in the area. | |||
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Faulkner, Frank B. |
1839 | 1925 |
CIVIL WAR VET. FATHER, GOD CALLS AWAY WHEN HE THINK BEST |
(Frank & Rachel share a tombstone) |
| Faulkner, Rachel E. | 1848 | 1886 | MOTHER | |
| Faulkner, H. P. | Apr. 26, 1872 | Mar. 15, 1925 | AT REST | |
| Faulkner, W.N. | Oct. 09, 1873 | June 4, 1918 | ||
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Green, Benjamin |
1833 | 1922 |
CIVIL WAR VET., TEXAS Pvt. Co. E 13 Regt. TEXAS VOLUNTEERS CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY |
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Green, Lorene |
Nov. 5, 1894 | Sept. 19,1906 |
DAU. OF B.W. & FANNIE GREEN, HOW MANY HOPES HE BURIED HERE |
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Green, Ralph Irwin |
Oct. 22, 1896 | Jan. 30, 1912 |
RESTING IN HOPE OF A HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION |
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| Green, S. | Dec. 1843 | Feb. 1913 | (Sally?), wife of Benjamin | |
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Huchingson, E.B. |
There is no evidence of a marker or grave E.B. and H.A. are buried on either side of their daughter Linnie H. (this information came from a relative of people buried in the cemetery) |
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Huchingson, H.A. |
There is no evidence of a marker or grave | |||
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Huchingson, Linnie |
no dates | DAU. OF E.B. & H.A. |
(Linnie is not buried here) She married late in life (N. Adams) and was buried by her husband at Fairy cemetery (location unknown) |
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Johnson, Alec |
Nov. 9, 1903 | June 29, 1904 | IN MEMORY OF | |
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Johnson, Allen F. |
Feb. 14, 1902 | July 7, 1981 |
HE LOVED AND WAS LOVED |
son of John A. |
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Johnson, Mr. F.A. |
May 20, 1855 | June 28, 1931 | ||
| Johnson, John A. | May 20, 1853 | July 24, 1941 | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN | father of Lois N. Johnson Perkinis |
| Johnson, John Newton | Oct. 20, 1896 | May 22, 1984 | WW1, PVT. US ARMY WW1 | son of John A. |
| Johnson, Lee | 1888 | 1923 | the grave is marked by a funeral home marker | |
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Johnson, Lueallen |
Oct. 16, 1866 | Jan. 11, 1908 |
WIFE OF J.A. JOHNSON, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |
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Johnson, Newton F. |
1848 | 1903 |
funeral home marker with dates & a rock mark the grave |
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Johnson, Nina |
the grave is marked with a funeral home marker/dates are faded |
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| Johnson, Mrs. S.A. & INFANT SON | Dec. 28, 1865 | Dec. 31, 1908 | ||
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Johnson, Vicki |
1886 | 1908 |
grave is marked with a rock & funeral home marker |
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| Love, Bertha | Feb. 21, 1881 | Aug. 5, 1902 | ||
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Martin, Daniel |
Apr. 7, 1810 | Dec. 21, 1897 | ||
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Martin, E.H. |
Apr. 11, 1889 | Dec.8, 1917 |
JESUS HAS COME AND BORNE THEE HOME |
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| Martin, Rebecca S. | Mar. 12, 1822 | Mar. 10, 1904 | WIFE OF D. MARTIN | |
| Moss, F.M. | Mar. 8, 1849 | July 26, 1928 | ||
| Moss, George A. | Jan. 29, 1880 | Jan. 17, 1910 | HE WAS A KIND & AFFECINATE HUSBAND | |
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Moss, J.T. |
Mar. 14, 1882 | Oct. 4, 1901 | SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS | |
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Moss, Minerva |
Aug. 25, 1851 | Jan. 28, 1910 | WEEP NOT THEY ARE AT REST | |
| Moss O.D. | Aug. 1, 1871 | Aug. 16, 1907 | ||
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Pevehouse, N. |
May 20, 1846 | Feb. 16, 1887 |
JESUS LOVES THE PURE & HOLY |
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Pevehouse, Nelson |
Sept. 25, 1885 | Oct. 25, 1885 |
SON OF N. & S.F., SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS |
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Pevehouse, Sarah F. |
Nov. 19, 1848 | Oct. 6, 1885 |
WIFE A FOND MOTHER & FRIEND TO ALL |
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Pevehouse, Infant son of W.A. & Sallie |
Aug. 29, 1894 |
BUDDED ON EARTH BLOOMING IN HEAVEN |
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Perkins, Agnes Lorraine |
July 12, 1923 | May 31, 1936 |
daughter of Lois & S.O. Perkins |
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Perkins, John L. |
Feb. 22, 1930 | Sept. 10, 1999 |
son of Lois & S.O. Perkins |
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Perkins, Lois Johnson |
Nov. 02, 1904 | Feb, 22, 1930 |
first wife of S.O. Perkins |
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Perkins, Samuel Ocie |
April 25, 1902 | May 12, 1982 |
NEVER SPOKE AN UNKIND WORD |
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Pittman, H.F. |
Mar. 6, 1859 | Oct. 14, 1898 |
SON OF WILLIAM & MARY PITTMAN |
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Pittman, Infant daughter of H.G. and Amanda |
Nov. 29, 1891 |
BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN |
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Pittman, Infant son of H.G. and Amanda |
Sept. 17, 1903 |
IN MEMORY OF BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN |
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| Roberts, Nellie Lou | May 6, 1903 | Jan 26, 1981 | daughter of John A. Johnson | |
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Stragener, Marshel |
Sept. 21, 1896 | Jan 27, 1920 | The incorrect spelling Marchel is on the tombstone | |
| Walker, Nora Agnes | July 8, 1906 | Feb. 18, 1967 | daughter of John A. Johnson | |
| Welch, Wiley Winston | April 1, 1917 | June 1, 1999 | WWII | |
*Note 1 on the outside of the boundary fence on private land a father and son are buried. I. C. Duncan (father) Charlie Duncan (son)