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The original 20 acres that form the City Cemetery were deeded to the City of Fort Worth by local civic leader John Peter Smith in 1879, after the city's oldest cemetery, Pioneers Rest, had rapidly filled. [2] In 1880, a section of the property was partitioned off and limited to Catholic burials at the request of Bishop C.W. Dubois of Galveston ...
Pioneers Rest is the oldest public cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas and one of the oldest in Tarrant County. Its use as a burial ground began in the summer of 1850 , shortly after the fort was established by the United States Army .
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Fort Worth, Texas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Mount Olivet Cemetery (Fort Worth, Texas) O.
Greenwood Memorial Park at White Settlement Road and Boland Street in Fort Worth, Texas, has been a perpetual care commercial cemetery since its dedication in 1909. The Mount Olivet Corporation, a non-profit organization was founded by the Bailey family of Fort Worth. The organization is overseen by a local elected board of trustees.
Nov. 25, 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald funeral, Fort Worth’s Rose Hill Cemetery; Oswald’s family at gravesite: wife, Marina with young daughter, brother R.L. Oswald of Denton, and mother Marguerite ...
The cemetery was advertised daily in the Fort Worth Telegram newspaper throughout 1907 and 1908. In 1908, a new road connecting Fort Worth and then-suburb Riverside was built, making the cemetery far more accessible to local residents. [10] In 1909, a receiving vault with 32 crypts was constructed to facilitate burials and prevent grave-robbing.
This list of cemeteries in Texas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Fort Worth’s 2021 mayor and council elections brought five new members to the nine-person Fort Worth city council. In 2023, there will be at least three new members with two coming through the ...