Erastus Dart Dupree moved from GA to Marion County, FL with his parents Gee Dupree & Ann Marie Dart. He and his 3 brothers all served in CSA/Marion Light Artillary. Erastus was also a Sergeant in the Seminole Indian War.
His first wife Nancy (maiden name unknown) was murdered on 22 July 1869. In 1873, he remarried Mary Grantham. He was a cattleman & he and Mary farmed (& grew) thier own food. He also made headstones from sand from his own property, including those of Nancy & Mary which are both buried in Ft. McCoy Cemetery.
His brother, Lucian Dix, married his wife's (Mary) sister, Delilah Grantham Dupree.
His first wife Nancy (maiden name unknown) was murdered on 22 July 1869. In 1873, he remarried Mary Grantham. He was a cattleman & he and Mary farmed (& grew) thier own food. He also made headstones from sand from his own property, including those of Nancy & Mary which are both buried in Ft. McCoy Cemetery.
His brother, Lucian Dix, married his wife's (Mary) sister, Delilah Grantham Dupree.
Erastus Dart Dupree moved from GA to Marion County, FL with his parents Gee Dupree & Ann Marie Dart. He and his 3 brothers all served in CSA/Marion Light Artillary. Erastus was also a Sergeant in the Seminole Indian War.
His first wife Nancy (maiden name unknown) was murdered on 22 July 1869. In 1873, he remarried Mary Grantham. He was a cattleman & he and Mary farmed (& grew) thier own food. He also made headstones from sand from his own property, including those of Nancy & Mary which are both buried in Ft. McCoy Cemetery.
His brother, Lucian Dix, married his wife's (Mary) sister, Delilah Grantham Dupree.
His first wife Nancy (maiden name unknown) was murdered on 22 July 1869. In 1873, he remarried Mary Grantham. He was a cattleman & he and Mary farmed (& grew) thier own food. He also made headstones from sand from his own property, including those of Nancy & Mary which are both buried in Ft. McCoy Cemetery.
His brother, Lucian Dix, married his wife's (Mary) sister, Delilah Grantham Dupree.
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