This site was the home of John and Arabella C. Thompson who founded the city of Aledo. He bequeathed the house and property to his wife, Mary, and at her death he bequeathed the house and property to his daughter Adelaide. He bequeathed the property to Elizabeth Fulton, Hope McKinney and Margaret Bloomer.
The Sherrards continued to operate the funeral
Terry & Broderick Reynolds —
The Shaw family has used Fippinger's Funeral Home for all of the burials and memorial services in the Shaw-Bell family.