[Dorchester family members at graves of C.B. Dorchester and Mariel Wells]
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Photograph of three members of the Dorchester family standing behind the graves of Mariel Wells and C.B. Dorchester at a grave marking ceremony in Sherman, Texas on May 18, 2019. John Greer (2nd right) and another member of the TXSSAR Color Guard (right) are standing with them. They are all looking at the camera and smiling. The headstone on the left reads, "Mariel Wells[,] wife of C.B. Dorchester[,] 1857-1905." The headstone on the right reads, "C.B. Dorchester 1856-1932." Flags and a musket have been placed around the graves.
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Photograph of three members of the Dorchester family standing behind the graves of Mariel Wells and C.B. Dorchester at a grave marking ceremony in Sherman, Texas on May 18, 2019. John Greer (2nd right) and another member of the TXSSAR Color Guard (right) are standing with them. They are all looking at the camera and smiling. The headstone on the left reads, "Mariel Wells[,] wife of C.B. Dorchester[,] 1857-1905." The headstone on the right reads, "C.B. Dorchester 1856-1932." Flags and a musket have been placed around the graves.
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Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7.[Dorchester family members at graves of C.B. Dorchester and Mariel Wells],
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May 18, 2019;
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