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A. A. and Susanna Head Homestead

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Alvarado, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 24' 57.64709999988", -97° 16' 2.32380000012"
 
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    Alanson Asbury (A. A.) Head (1843-1925) and his wife, Susanna Alabama Bethany (1843-1924) built a two-story residence here about 1877. Over the years A. A. and Susanna, known as Uncle Ben and Aunt Sukie, terraced about 300 acres here on which they cultivated various orchards, vineyards, and berry patches. Their farm prospered and in 1903 they donated two acres across the road from their home for the building of the Head Chapel Methodist Church. In 1908 the Heads donated an adjoining 2 acres to establish the Bethany Rest Cemetery, where they were later buried side by side. (1993)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

A. A. and Susanna Head Homestead Historical Marker Location Map, Alvarado, Texas