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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 .
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Fort Worth, Texas)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The teens died at the scene, Fort Worth police said, and Graves was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Graves was arrested in July 2022 on a manslaughter charge and indicted in November ...
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.