Marietta Elizabeth Dunn was the seventh child and second daughter born to Franklin Dunn and Sarah Ann "Saryan" Elizabeth Harkins Dunn. She was born on the 17th of September 1857 as confirmed by the Dunn Bible. Franklin and Saryan had married on the 16th of December 1844 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama; and their young and growing family is documented in Tallapoosa County for the US Census of 1850 and the Alabama Census of 1855 in the historical community of Hackneyville .
Marietta married Robert Absolum Collins on the 1st of Nov 1883 in Tallapoosa County. They had their only child, George Robert Franklin Collins, on the 14th of Aug 1884. Robert died on the 15th of Aug 1884, and Marietta Elizabeth died shortly thereafter on the 13th of Mar 1885. Both parents were only in their twenties at their times of death.
George would migrate to Texas along with his two uncles, William Martin Dunn and Joseph Tarpley Dunn; where he was adopted by Joseph Tarpley as documented on the US Census of 1900 for Hunt County, Texas. George died of tuberculosis on the 1st of January 1906. George's Texas death certificate states he died of consumption, the late 19th century term for tuberculosis; and the document also says the illness was hereditary, indicating that his parents probably also died of TB.
Since the Franklin Dunn Family were relatively early settlers in Hackneyville , and Marietta and Robert died before their parents; the assumption has been made that both Marietta and Robert were early burials at the Hillabee Campground Cemetery.
If any researcher or relative of any definitive burial at this cemetery has any information confirming or contradicting this assumption, or any part of my research, their input would be welcomed and appreciated.
Linda Harwell (member # 47129105) has confirmed much of the above bio with the submission of the following article from the January 12, 1906 edition of The Commerce Journal which was published in Commerce, Texas:
As the eastbound train pulled in on the 2nd of January, in the baggage care ahead was the body of a young man en route for Sonora Cemetery, there to be laid by the side of his friends, Robert Collins. __ been bereft of both parents to __ infancy, and though cared for by kind relatives, he missed all the truly enters into the inner life of a child - mother's love. He was born in Alabama and emigrated to Texas with his uncle J. T. Dunn, in 1890. He was then a bright little boy, industrious and greatly beloved by his mates. As he grew up to manhood, still feeling that "mother-want" as Mrs. Browning expressed it, he left his friends to try the far west, and for several years all went well with him. Then that insiduous disease, consumption, which had carried off his young mother and father, laid it withering hand on his manly frame and he went into a swift decline. His last letter to friends at home reached them the 25th of December. It was written at Toyah, Texas, several hundred miles west of Fort Worth. Mrs. Mary Wolfe, his aunt, who was visiting friends in Fairlie, where his relatives live, sent him money and a letter begging him to come home to them. On the reception of this he made an effort to get home, but as the conductor passed through the coach shouting "Fort Worth!" he could only hold up his hands speechless. They rolled him into the station in a reclining chair and as they stopped the chair the light of that eye was gone and the quick pulse had stopped. Dead among strangers and away from home, the poor lad, we hope, had found mother and was no longer a homeless orphan. There was nothing on his person to identify him, but two of his old friends, who had been prospecting out west, happened to arrive in Fort Worth that day, and hearing that an unknown young man had died of consumption at the station, they pushed their way through the excited crowd and recognized him. Messrs. Tucker and Yarbrough then took possession of the remains and as quickly as possible shipped all that was left of poor Bob Collins to his sorrow-friends. He was tenderly laid to rest beside his aunt who had reared him, Mrs. J. T. Dunn, in the old historic cemetery of Sonora.
Contributor: Linda Harwell (47129105).
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
Marietta married Robert Absolum Collins on the 1st of Nov 1883 in Tallapoosa County. They had their only child, George Robert Franklin Collins, on the 14th of Aug 1884. Robert died on the 15th of Aug 1884, and Marietta Elizabeth died shortly thereafter on the 13th of Mar 1885. Both parents were only in their twenties at their times of death.
George would migrate to Texas along with his two uncles, William Martin Dunn and Joseph Tarpley Dunn; where he was adopted by Joseph Tarpley as documented on the US Census of 1900 for Hunt County, Texas. George died of tuberculosis on the 1st of January 1906. George's Texas death certificate states he died of consumption, the late 19th century term for tuberculosis; and the document also says the illness was hereditary, indicating that his parents probably also died of TB.
Since the Franklin Dunn Family were relatively early settlers in Hackneyville , and Marietta and Robert died before their parents; the assumption has been made that both Marietta and Robert were early burials at the Hillabee Campground Cemetery.
If any researcher or relative of any definitive burial at this cemetery has any information confirming or contradicting this assumption, or any part of my research, their input would be welcomed and appreciated.
Linda Harwell (member # 47129105) has confirmed much of the above bio with the submission of the following article from the January 12, 1906 edition of The Commerce Journal which was published in Commerce, Texas:
As the eastbound train pulled in on the 2nd of January, in the baggage care ahead was the body of a young man en route for Sonora Cemetery, there to be laid by the side of his friends, Robert Collins. __ been bereft of both parents to __ infancy, and though cared for by kind relatives, he missed all the truly enters into the inner life of a child - mother's love. He was born in Alabama and emigrated to Texas with his uncle J. T. Dunn, in 1890. He was then a bright little boy, industrious and greatly beloved by his mates. As he grew up to manhood, still feeling that "mother-want" as Mrs. Browning expressed it, he left his friends to try the far west, and for several years all went well with him. Then that insiduous disease, consumption, which had carried off his young mother and father, laid it withering hand on his manly frame and he went into a swift decline. His last letter to friends at home reached them the 25th of December. It was written at Toyah, Texas, several hundred miles west of Fort Worth. Mrs. Mary Wolfe, his aunt, who was visiting friends in Fairlie, where his relatives live, sent him money and a letter begging him to come home to them. On the reception of this he made an effort to get home, but as the conductor passed through the coach shouting "Fort Worth!" he could only hold up his hands speechless. They rolled him into the station in a reclining chair and as they stopped the chair the light of that eye was gone and the quick pulse had stopped. Dead among strangers and away from home, the poor lad, we hope, had found mother and was no longer a homeless orphan. There was nothing on his person to identify him, but two of his old friends, who had been prospecting out west, happened to arrive in Fort Worth that day, and hearing that an unknown young man had died of consumption at the station, they pushed their way through the excited crowd and recognized him. Messrs. Tucker and Yarbrough then took possession of the remains and as quickly as possible shipped all that was left of poor Bob Collins to his sorrow-friends. He was tenderly laid to rest beside his aunt who had reared him, Mrs. J. T. Dunn, in the old historic cemetery of Sonora.
Contributor: Linda Harwell (47129105).
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
Marietta Elizabeth Dunn was the seventh child and second daughter born to Franklin Dunn and Sarah Ann "Saryan" Elizabeth Harkins Dunn. She was born on the 17th of September 1857 as confirmed by the Dunn Bible. Franklin and Saryan had married on the 16th of December 1844 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama; and their young and growing family is documented in Tallapoosa County for the US Census of 1850 and the Alabama Census of 1855 in the historical community of Hackneyville .
Marietta married Robert Absolum Collins on the 1st of Nov 1883 in Tallapoosa County. They had their only child, George Robert Franklin Collins, on the 14th of Aug 1884. Robert died on the 15th of Aug 1884, and Marietta Elizabeth died shortly thereafter on the 13th of Mar 1885. Both parents were only in their twenties at their times of death.
George would migrate to Texas along with his two uncles, William Martin Dunn and Joseph Tarpley Dunn; where he was adopted by Joseph Tarpley as documented on the US Census of 1900 for Hunt County, Texas. George died of tuberculosis on the 1st of January 1906. George's Texas death certificate states he died of consumption, the late 19th century term for tuberculosis; and the document also says the illness was hereditary, indicating that his parents probably also died of TB.
Since the Franklin Dunn Family were relatively early settlers in Hackneyville , and Marietta and Robert died before their parents; the assumption has been made that both Marietta and Robert were early burials at the Hillabee Campground Cemetery.
If any researcher or relative of any definitive burial at this cemetery has any information confirming or contradicting this assumption, or any part of my research, their input would be welcomed and appreciated.
Linda Harwell (member # 47129105) has confirmed much of the above bio with the submission of the following article from the January 12, 1906 edition of The Commerce Journal which was published in Commerce, Texas:
As the eastbound train pulled in on the 2nd of January, in the baggage care ahead was the body of a young man en route for Sonora Cemetery, there to be laid by the side of his friends, Robert Collins. __ been bereft of both parents to __ infancy, and though cared for by kind relatives, he missed all the truly enters into the inner life of a child - mother's love. He was born in Alabama and emigrated to Texas with his uncle J. T. Dunn, in 1890. He was then a bright little boy, industrious and greatly beloved by his mates. As he grew up to manhood, still feeling that "mother-want" as Mrs. Browning expressed it, he left his friends to try the far west, and for several years all went well with him. Then that insiduous disease, consumption, which had carried off his young mother and father, laid it withering hand on his manly frame and he went into a swift decline. His last letter to friends at home reached them the 25th of December. It was written at Toyah, Texas, several hundred miles west of Fort Worth. Mrs. Mary Wolfe, his aunt, who was visiting friends in Fairlie, where his relatives live, sent him money and a letter begging him to come home to them. On the reception of this he made an effort to get home, but as the conductor passed through the coach shouting "Fort Worth!" he could only hold up his hands speechless. They rolled him into the station in a reclining chair and as they stopped the chair the light of that eye was gone and the quick pulse had stopped. Dead among strangers and away from home, the poor lad, we hope, had found mother and was no longer a homeless orphan. There was nothing on his person to identify him, but two of his old friends, who had been prospecting out west, happened to arrive in Fort Worth that day, and hearing that an unknown young man had died of consumption at the station, they pushed their way through the excited crowd and recognized him. Messrs. Tucker and Yarbrough then took possession of the remains and as quickly as possible shipped all that was left of poor Bob Collins to his sorrow-friends. He was tenderly laid to rest beside his aunt who had reared him, Mrs. J. T. Dunn, in the old historic cemetery of Sonora.
Contributor: Linda Harwell (47129105).
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
Marietta married Robert Absolum Collins on the 1st of Nov 1883 in Tallapoosa County. They had their only child, George Robert Franklin Collins, on the 14th of Aug 1884. Robert died on the 15th of Aug 1884, and Marietta Elizabeth died shortly thereafter on the 13th of Mar 1885. Both parents were only in their twenties at their times of death.
George would migrate to Texas along with his two uncles, William Martin Dunn and Joseph Tarpley Dunn; where he was adopted by Joseph Tarpley as documented on the US Census of 1900 for Hunt County, Texas. George died of tuberculosis on the 1st of January 1906. George's Texas death certificate states he died of consumption, the late 19th century term for tuberculosis; and the document also says the illness was hereditary, indicating that his parents probably also died of TB.
Since the Franklin Dunn Family were relatively early settlers in Hackneyville , and Marietta and Robert died before their parents; the assumption has been made that both Marietta and Robert were early burials at the Hillabee Campground Cemetery.
If any researcher or relative of any definitive burial at this cemetery has any information confirming or contradicting this assumption, or any part of my research, their input would be welcomed and appreciated.
Linda Harwell (member # 47129105) has confirmed much of the above bio with the submission of the following article from the January 12, 1906 edition of The Commerce Journal which was published in Commerce, Texas:
As the eastbound train pulled in on the 2nd of January, in the baggage care ahead was the body of a young man en route for Sonora Cemetery, there to be laid by the side of his friends, Robert Collins. __ been bereft of both parents to __ infancy, and though cared for by kind relatives, he missed all the truly enters into the inner life of a child - mother's love. He was born in Alabama and emigrated to Texas with his uncle J. T. Dunn, in 1890. He was then a bright little boy, industrious and greatly beloved by his mates. As he grew up to manhood, still feeling that "mother-want" as Mrs. Browning expressed it, he left his friends to try the far west, and for several years all went well with him. Then that insiduous disease, consumption, which had carried off his young mother and father, laid it withering hand on his manly frame and he went into a swift decline. His last letter to friends at home reached them the 25th of December. It was written at Toyah, Texas, several hundred miles west of Fort Worth. Mrs. Mary Wolfe, his aunt, who was visiting friends in Fairlie, where his relatives live, sent him money and a letter begging him to come home to them. On the reception of this he made an effort to get home, but as the conductor passed through the coach shouting "Fort Worth!" he could only hold up his hands speechless. They rolled him into the station in a reclining chair and as they stopped the chair the light of that eye was gone and the quick pulse had stopped. Dead among strangers and away from home, the poor lad, we hope, had found mother and was no longer a homeless orphan. There was nothing on his person to identify him, but two of his old friends, who had been prospecting out west, happened to arrive in Fort Worth that day, and hearing that an unknown young man had died of consumption at the station, they pushed their way through the excited crowd and recognized him. Messrs. Tucker and Yarbrough then took possession of the remains and as quickly as possible shipped all that was left of poor Bob Collins to his sorrow-friends. He was tenderly laid to rest beside his aunt who had reared him, Mrs. J. T. Dunn, in the old historic cemetery of Sonora.
Contributor: Linda Harwell (47129105).
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
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