Felker Cemetery
Plano, Collin County, Texas, USA
The Felkers moved to Texas from Arkansas in the late 1860s and acquired a large farm west of Plano called Walnut Grove. Margaret Felker died April 13, 1891, and was buried on the family farm.
John Felker sold the farm to the Shepard family and it was subsequently re-sold many times. The cemetery served that area though for many years, and it is said that records indicate there are 9 graves, though there is only the one large memorial for Margaret. A family plot can still be seen marked by curbing. Perhaps this is the Shepard family plot.
Eventually developers came in and made the burial plots part of a residential housing development. They just decided to include it in one of the lots.
According to a City of Plano cemetery preservation study, the landowner now regards the cemetery as part of his backyard landscaping and has no complaints, apart from the occasional Halloween vandal. He maintains the cemetery beautifully.
Bio information by Paul Meyer, 2002, in "Cemeteries of Texas, Collin County" and Joy Gough in "Cemeteries of Collin County".
The Felkers moved to Texas from Arkansas in the late 1860s and acquired a large farm west of Plano called Walnut Grove. Margaret Felker died April 13, 1891, and was buried on the family farm.
John Felker sold the farm to the Shepard family and it was subsequently re-sold many times. The cemetery served that area though for many years, and it is said that records indicate there are 9 graves, though there is only the one large memorial for Margaret. A family plot can still be seen marked by curbing. Perhaps this is the Shepard family plot.
Eventually developers came in and made the burial plots part of a residential housing development. They just decided to include it in one of the lots.
According to a City of Plano cemetery preservation study, the landowner now regards the cemetery as part of his backyard landscaping and has no complaints, apart from the occasional Halloween vandal. He maintains the cemetery beautifully.
Bio information by Paul Meyer, 2002, in "Cemeteries of Texas, Collin County" and Joy Gough in "Cemeteries of Collin County".
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- Added: 3 May 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2259907
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