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Index to Locations
Arlington Johnson Plantation
Cemetery
Arlington Moore Memorial Gardens
Fort Worth Unknown location
Fort Worth East Oakwood Cemetery
Fort Worth Greenwood Memorial Park
Fort Worth Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Fort Worth Oakwood Cemetery
Fort Worth Pioneer Rest Cemetery
Fort Worth Rose Hill Cemetery
Grapevine Unknown location
Grapevine City Hall Grounds
Mansfield Mansfield Cemetery
Johnson
Plantation Cemetery
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
| Politicians buried
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Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866) —
Born in 1810.
Member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1832; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1844; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1849; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died May 15,
1866 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; reinterment at Johnson Plantation
Cemetery.
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Moore Memorial
Gardens
1219 North Davis Drive
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Tommy Joe Vandergriff (1926-2010) —
also known as Tom Joe Vandergriff —
of Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Carrollton, Dallas
County, Tex., January
29, 1926.
Automobile
dealer; insurance
business; mayor
of Arlington, Tex., 1951-77; U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 1983-85; defeated
(Democratic), 1984; Tarrant
County Judge, 1990-2007.
Died in Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
30, 2010 (age 84 years, 335
days).
Interment at Moore Memorial Gardens.
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John Samuel Anderson (1893-1972) —
also known as J. S. Anderson —
of University Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, September
6, 1893.
Mayor
of Euless, Tex., 1961-63.
Baptist.
Died in Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex., April 3,
1972 (age 78 years, 210
days).
Interment at Moore Memorial Gardens.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Barksdale Anderson and Amanda Louisa (Crane) Anderson;
married, June 15,
1923, to Mary Antoinette Daniel. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Euless |
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Unknown
Location
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
East Oakwood
Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
| Politicians buried
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Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925) —
also known as Charles A. Culberson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 10,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1890-94; Governor of
Texas, 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1896,
1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1899-1923.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1925 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at East Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Keith Bell (1853-1913) —
also known as Charles K. Bell —
of Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., April
18, 1853.
Republican. Hamilton
County Attorney, 1876; member of Texas
state senate, 1884-88; district judge in Texas, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1893-97 (27th District 1893-95, 8th
District 1895-97); Texas
state attorney general, 1901-04; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1906.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., April
23, 1913 (age 60 years, 5
days).
Interment at East Oakwood Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Memorial Park
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Founded 1909; approximate acreage: 196
| Politicians buried
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Egbert Railey Cockrell (1872-1934) —
also known as E. R. Cockrell —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Weston, Platte
County, Mo., 1872.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1921-24.
Died in Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo., September
13, 1934 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Henry Clay Meacham (1869-1929) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born October
10, 1869.
Mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1925.
Died December
7, 1929 (age 60 years, 58
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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John S. Justin Jr. (1917-2001) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Nocona, Montague
County, Tex., January
17, 1917.
Business
executive; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1961-63.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
26, 2001 (age 84 years, 40
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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James Clifton Wilson (1874-1951) —
also known as James C. Wilson —
of Texas.
Born in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., June 21,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1919-47.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., August
3, 1951 (age 77 years, 43
days).
Original interment at Rose Hill Cemetery;
reinterment in 1957 at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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William J. Bailey (1860-1949) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in 1860.
Member of Texas
state senate 30th District, 1895-98.
Founder of Greenwood Memorial Park in 1909.
Died in 1949
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Baylor Lewis Agerton (1886-1960) —
also known as Baylor L. Agerton —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Jonesboro, Coryell
County, Tex., December
29, 1886.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1917-19.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., October
21, 1960 (age 73 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of William David Agerton and Melissa Jane (Montgomery)
Agerton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1917) |
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Ambrose Brazier Culbertson (1894-1968) —
also known as Ambrose B. Culbertson; A. B.
Culbertson —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Athens, Henderson
County, Tex., April
16, 1894.
Democrat. Postmaster at Athens,
Tex., 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940,
1944.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 4,
1968 (age 74 years, 18
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Raymond Elliot Buck (1894-1971) —
also known as Raymond E. Buck —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., July 13,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; insurance
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March
27, 1971 (age 76 years, 257
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Katie R. Ozbirn (1895-1974) —
also known as Katie Rhoda Freeman; Mrs. E. Lee
Ozbirn —
of Sentinel, Washita
County, Okla.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Cooke
County, Tex., November
24, 1895.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Female.
Died, from leukemia,
in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
24, 1974 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Dr. Wiley Howell Freeman and Laura Susan (Seagraves)
Freeman; married to Egbert Lee Ozbirn. |
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memorial |
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
| Politicians buried
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William Pinkney McLean (1836-1925) —
also known as William P. McLean —
of Mt. Pleasant, Titus
County, Tex.
Born in Mississippi, 1836.
Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1873-75.
Died March
14, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Clarence Edwin Farmer (1874-1963) —
also known as Clarence E. Farmer; "The Old Warhorse of
Politics" —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, October
19, 1874.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1931-32, 1935-38, 1939-40 (101st
District 1931-32, 1935-38, 102nd District 1939-40).
Died, in a meeting of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, Fort
Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1963 (age 88 years, 125
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Founded 1879; approximate acreage: 100
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John Peter Smith (1831-1901) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., September
16, 1831.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1882-86, 1890-92.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
11, 1901 (age 69 years, 207
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Neville Waul (1813-1903) —
also known as Thomas N. Waul —
of Texas.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., January
5, 1813.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.
Died near Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., July 28,
1903 (age 90 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Augustus McKinney Carter (1848-1906) —
also known as A. M. Carter —
Born in Panola
County, Tex., 1848.
Member of Texas
state senate, 1877.
Died in 1906
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt (1836-1930) —
of Texas.
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., November
7, 1836.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state legislature, 1873-74; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March
19, 1930 (age 93 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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George Gilmour (1872-1948) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Denver,
Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1872.
Democrat. Minister,
First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian
Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church
(Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club.
He and his wife were killed when their car
was hit
by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk
County, Fla., March
12, 1948 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Pioneer Rest
Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
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Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, 1799.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1847; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., August
2, 1858 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Parker County, Tex.; subsequent
interment in 1859 at a
private or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Pioneer Rest Cemetery.
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Rose Hill
Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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James Clifton Wilson (1874-1951) —
also known as James C. Wilson —
of Texas.
Born in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., June 21,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1919-47.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., August
3, 1951 (age 77 years, 43
days).
Original interment at Rose Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1957 at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Unknown
Location
Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
City Hall
Grounds
Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Benjamin Richard Wall (1876-1955) —
also known as B. R. Wall —
of Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 7,
1876.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher and columnist;
mayor
of Grapevine, Tex., 1912-14, 1916-17, 1919-20, 1933-46.
Died in 1955
(age about
79 years).
Statue erected 2004 at City Hall Grounds.
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Mansfield
Cemetery
Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas
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