Tyler, TX, United States
Shamburger Cemetery. Members of the Peter Shamburger family came to this area of Texas from Mississippi in 1847. Peter and his family lived near Starrville. His son, Mathew, married Julia Ann Shockley in 1849 and settled in the Fruit community (later renamed Pine Springs). Mathew and Julia's son, T.
J., along with other family members and neighbors, pioneered the growing of fruit trees and roses in Smith County. Mathew and T. J. were among the first to raise roses on a commercial basis in East T
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