Sulphur Springs, TX, United States
Greenview Community and Cemetery. In 1839 the Rev. Green Weaver (1795-1863), a prosperous merchant and slave holder from Illinois and Iowa, settled here with his four sons. A Christian church minister, the Rev. Weaver performed marriages and visited sick neighbors. He married Nancy McCorry and built
a two-room log cabin. An old wagon trail from Shreveport crossed their plantation. The first burial in 1848 was that of the Weavers' five-month-old daughter Martha. The plot was placed near the home
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