Dumas Cemetery is located near Cannon Texas -FM 121 Then
go South one half mile on Wolf Front Road.
James P. Dumas came to Texas in 1845. as a. surveyor. His services
were much in demand and he became county surveyor of Grayson County, Texas.
His services were paid for in land and he became richest man in county.Mr
Dumas daughter Miss Texana Dumas born 1846 believed
herself
to be first white child born in Grayson County, Texas. Miss
Dumas married Reese M. Cannon in 1861. Cannon Texas was named for her husband
who settled there in 1852.
NAME
BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE
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DUMAS FILMORE J
JUL 20,1842 JUL 24,1843
S/O- JAMES PINCKNEY & MARY A
E THOMPSON DUMAS.
"BURIED ON LITTLE RIVER,
MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS."
DUMAS JAMES PINCKNEY DUMAS SEP 12,1820
FEB 01,1875
BORN GREENVILLE DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
WED MARY A E THOMPSON, APRIL 13,1841
ALABAMA.
DUMAS LESLIE L
DEC 05,1858 DEC 16,1858
D/O- JAMES PINCKNEY & MARY
A E THOMPSON DUMAS.
DUMAS MARY A E THOMPSON DEC 26,1824
AUG 08,1901
BORN FAYETTE COUNTY, ALABAMA.
WED JAMES PINCKNEY DUMAS, APRIL 13,1841
ALABAMA.
DUMAS WALTER M
MAY 16,1863 SEP 14,1888
S/O- JAMES PINCKNEY & MARY
A E THOMPSON DUMAS.
JONES RAYMON NIMROD - UNMARKED GRAVE
DEATH BOOK 5 PAGE 2 NO. 99. BORN IN DENTON CO., TX 12 SEP
1900 - DIED IN SHERMAN 16 JUN 1927. TUBERCULOSIS. MALE / COLORED/ SINGLE/
FATHER - WADE JONES B. ARKANSAS- MOTHER BURBIE REID B. GRAYSON
CO.,TX. HE WAS A LABORER. SAYS BURIED IN THE DUMAS CEMETERY.
HERMAN RODGER J
JUN 01,1873 JUN 23,1885
PIERCE INFANT OF B F & M J PIERCE B & D MAR 3,
1886
WHEAT LOSERA M DUMAS
MAY 09,1860 NOV 27,1886
WED JOHN PINCKNEY WHEAT, 1876.
