As always, the location is tentative until we can firm up details, but as of now we look forward to seeing everyone July 15-17, 2011, in Eufaula.

Please pray for one of the Henry line descendants, Mary Clyde McDaniel Johnson, who has cancer of the pancreas and liver. She is one of the great-granddaughters of Susan Francis Dingler Gregg. Her grandmother, Mary Jane Gregg McDaniel, and my grandmother, Elizabeth Amelia Ann Gregg Owens Cook, were sisters. Her brother, who wants to come [to the reunion], but probably will not because of Mary Clyde, is called Billy Mac. They are close in age and very close in their lives. They live close together. She is about the sweetest woman that I know. And the most giving. When her first cousin was dying of cancer, she took her into her home and cared for her until she died.

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Coordinates for the Dingler cemetery are N 33 35 36.3 and W 084 53 50.1 – it’s in landlot 184, district 3, section 5. When James Dingler settled here in the 1850s, it was part of Carroll County but subsequently became part of Douglas County in the 1870s. James moved here from Pike County, GA.

The Sticher cemetery and the Dingler cemetery are one and the same (though we found no Sticher markers). John’s sister Clarissa married Newton Sticher, and they’re both buried just up the road in Oak Grove cemetery — along with several other members of the Sticher family.

The photos I received were resized from the originals, so I’m checking to see if we can get the originals. I’ve posted them as is but will re-post if I can get the originals. Here are J.T. and Sarah’s markers. To see all of the photos and for more info about the cemeteries, see the links that follow.

Dingler Cemetery (Douglas Co., Georgia)

• Google Maps (Select Dingler Cemetery from list on left)
• RootsWeb
• Celebrate Douglas County

Oak Grove Cemetery (Douglas Co., Georgia)

• Google Maps (Select Oak Grove Cemetery from list on left)
• RootsWeb
• Celebrate Douglas County

I’m chairman of the Douglas County (Georgia) Cemetery Preservation Commission. We have undertaken a project to clean all the abandoned cemeteries in the county (there are 56 of them).

Yesterday we cleaned the Dingler family cemetery just off Kraft Drive in the southwestern area of Douglas County. We found inscribed markers for the following:

John T. Dingler — 3/4/1845 to 6/6/1897
Sarah Dingler — 9/7/1845 to 6/29/1907
Lela Dingler Dover — 5/21/1870 to 9/17/1912

We also found an inscribed footstone that matched those of the above three graves but bears the initials C.D. — despite probing the entire area, we did not find the corresponding grave marker. We don’t know if this 4th grave would be that of a Dingler or perhaps the husband of Lela. There are also five graves marked only with uninscribed fieldstones. These appear to be children’s graves and are likely the children of John and Sarah who disappear from census records while still very young.

John T. Dingler is 1-1-9-3 in the Dinglers of the South book on page 160. He is the grandson of Johannes and Nancy’s son William. I’ve asked Sandy if they have photos of the markers as well as coordinates for the cemetery.

Have any of our Georgia family visited this cemetery before? Add a comment if you have.

Sallye’s Easy Pie Crust

1 stick butter
1 cup flour
2 tbs. powdered sugar

1. Melt butter in microwave
2. Add flour and powdered sugar
3. Mix well
4. Plop into pie plate and form while dough is warm. Pierce for prebaked crusts.

William Dingler Paige
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Sarasota, FL 34241
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