Tarrant County, TXGenWeb

Bedford Cemetery

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Luna Acton 1880-1938
State vital statistics records show Mrs. Luna Acton, died in Tarrant County on July 9, 1938. Census records show Luna Acton to have been the wife of R. B. Acton, who was also born in 1880.
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Vada R. Acton Dec. 22, 1905-Apr. 27, 1930
State vital statistics records show Vada Ruth Acton.

These two graves are at the foot of the other Mumford plot.
Thomas J. Mumford 1857-no death date Father Mason
Lula Harris 1870-1939 wife - Mother
Texas vital statistics file record shows Lula Mumford's death in Tarrant County on March 23, 1939.

Thomas Jefferson Mumford was born February 23, 1857 in Virginia... Mecklenburg Co/Amelia County/Buckingham Co.? He was the son of Richard Bland Mumford and Ann Jane (Meadow) Mumford. The parents were married in 1856 in Buckingham Co.,VA.
For a while during the 1860's, Richard B. lived in Marshall County, Mississippi.

In 1870, Thomas J. Mumford was living with his family in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Thomas J. Mumford's mother died in 1872 in Memphis, Tennessee. RB remarried, and a family traidtion says the children went to live with an family in another state, possibly Arkansas.

He married Lula Harris in Tarrant County, Texas on August 30, 1890. She was born in August of 1872 in Lafayette County, Missouri. She was the daughter of William G. Harris and Louisa (Bivins) Harris.

Lula (Harris) Mumford was the daughter of Louise Johnson, who died at Hurst on September 27, 1918 at the home of her other daughter, Mrs. Mahlon Hurst. She was buried at Arwine Cemetery on September 28. An obituary for Mrs. Johnson appeared in the Arlington Journal on Friday, October 4, 1918.

T. J. Mumford joined the Smithfield Masonic Lodge #455 in 1903.

In 1910, Thomas J. Mumford and his family appear in the federal census. AT the time, he is shown as a 53-year-old native of Virginia, the son of two native Virginians. He and his wife, Lula, had been married 19 years (c1891). Lula was 37 years old and born in Missouri to two native Missourians. To that time she had given birth to seven children, all of whom were still alive. They were all born in Texas: Myrtle Mumford (b.c1892), Richard Mumford (b. c1894), Olin Mumford (b. c1895), Lila Mumford (b.c1898), Thomas Mumford (b.c1901), Elihu Newton Mumford (b. c1906), and Burnett Mumford (b.c1898). In 1910, the census taker noted that they lived on the Fort Worth-Dallas Road west of Bedford.

Thomas Jefferson Mumford's children were: Myrtle Lee Mumford (b.Feb. 17, 1892, married Ira Willburn, d. Apr. 5, 1972, bur. Mt. Olivet); Richard Parker Bland Mumford (b. March 19, 1894-July 5, 1963, married Eva Hutson?, bur Mt. Olivet); Olin Welborn Mumford (b. July 23, 1895-Nov. 18, 1961, unmarried); Lila Mumford (b. Feb. 22, 1898-Feb. 26, 1981, married William Titus Dafft, bur. Keenan Cemetery, Farmer's Branch, Texas); Thomas Wyatt Mumford (b.Oct. 31, 1900-Nov. 14, 1970, bur Arwine); Elihu Newton Mumford (b. Aug. 26, 1905-Sept. 13, 1983, Jessie Pauline Jones, bur. Bluebonnet); David Burnett Mumford (Nov. 4, 1907-27 Feb 1990, m. ....., wife alive bur. Mt. Olivet); Infant Mumford (Oct. 13, 1910-Oc.t. 20, 1910).

Thomas Jefferson Mumford died on March 12, 1944 at the corner of Brown Trail and Bedford Road, southwest corner, where the apartments are.
A Mumford descendant is Paul R. Dafft, 1605 Cottonwood Road,Carrollton, Texas 75006, 1-972-466-0336.


J. E. Purkerson Mar. 1, 1841-July 5, 1920 Father
Z. A. Purkerson Feb. 3, 1849-July 28, 1935 wife - Mother
James A. Purkerson was born in March 1841 in South Carolina to two native South Carolinians. He was married twice. His second wife was named Zaney A., and she was born in Alabama in February 1850 to an Alabamian father and a Georgian mother.

James and Zaney Purkerson were married about 1887, probably in Alabama. They had only two children, both of whom were born in Alabama and both of whom came to live with them near Bedford. The children were Lawrence P. Purkerson (b. March 1881) and Mamie F. Purkerson (b. Oct. 1891). Both were still alive in 1900.


Dorothy F. Clowers Dec. 9, 1944-Jan 8, 1945

Lawrence Foy Moore Sept. 13, 1907- no death date on stone

Jesse Moore 1877-1917 Father
Ellen Moore 1880-1929 wife - Mother
A search of the Texas vital statistics records did not produce any obvious records of either of these deaths. "Jesse S. Moore, age 40, died at his home near Smithfield, to which place he had moved three weeks ago from the Bedford community, where he was born and raised. He was ill only a few days with double pneumonia. He was a brother of J.M. Moore of Arlington, M. H. Moore of Ft. Worth, Mrs. W. H. McKinley of Fort Worth, and Mrs. John Barr of Bedford. He leaves a wife and two children, Gladys and Fay, age 11 and 9 years respectively. Funeral services were held at New Hope Christian church at 3 o'clock on New Year's day, conducted by Rev. N. L. Clark of Fort Worth and Rev. Patrick Henry of Arlington." Arlington Journal, Friday, January 4, 1918.

Hulda Owens and child 188_ standstone

J. F. Evins Jan. 26, 1854-Feb. 2, 1881 Mason
Mary A. Bobo Jan. 8, 1833-Apr. 29, 1917 (two stones for her...also on old big stone for W. W. Bobo)
W. W. Bobo July 8, 1813-Sept. 20, 1884 husband - Mason
same stone
Bettie W. Bobo Nov. 10, 1866-Feb. 2, 1871
An obituary for him appeared in The Grapevine Telephone on Friday, September 26, 1884:
"Your correspondent regretted very much to hear of the death of W. W. Bobo, one of our oldest citizens; he died at his home two miles west of Bedford on the 20th inst. Bedford community has lost one of its most useful neighbors and Tarrant county one of her best citizens. He was buried at Bedford Sunday morning with masonic honors by Grand Prairie Lodge, No. 455, of which he was a member."

Another more extensive obituary appeared in the Gospel Advocate (Nashville, Tennessee) soon after W. W. Bobo's death: "Bro. W. W. Bobo was born in Spartanburg, S. C., in 1813. Removed with his parents, in early life, to Middle Tennessee. In 1833, under the work of such men as Tolbert Fanning and Jesse Wilkes, he was led out of the confusion of predestinarianism into the simplicity of the gospel of Christ. Some time before the war he went to Mount Vernon, Mo., and lived there until the war closed. He then returned to Flat Creek, Tenn., where he stayed until about the year 1870. He came thence to Texas, and settled at this place, which he called Bedford, in view of the fact that the colony was made up mostly of citizens from Bedford county, Tennessee. Bro. Bobo has been a reader of the ADVOCATE from its initial number. He has been "steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord." From the time of his baptism he learned rapidly and became and earnest and successful advocate for Jesus and the word of his power. In his early Christian career he was assailed on every hand as a heretic, a schismatic, and a Campbellite. Under such dishonoring names he realized that the gospel and the name of Christ must be honored above all else, and so applied himself closely to the study of the Bible and the practice of its precepts. His teachings and examples were such that many were constrained to acknowledge Christ. Those who opposed the Bible could not stand before him, and sectarian assumption was put to flight. He was a tower of strength among Christians where he lived. He did not often appear before audiences as a public teacher; but when he did, he never failed to make himself understood. He dared to speak on occasions where other men were timorous and fearful. The tattler, the busy-body in other men's matters, and strifemakers, met such severe rebukes at his hands that such evils did not long pregail in communities where he lived. He sought to criticise his friends rather than others, and he reproved face to face. He was liberal in support of the gospel, quick to help the needy, and ready unto every good work. The church of Christ was before all else with him. He was foremost in the work of building up the church at this place; and other churches have been started by his effort. For about twelve years his place in the congregation here was not vacant, except in sickness. I have been in public life in Texas fifteen years, and I have not at any time before seen so large an audience gathered to show their regard for the dead. As the people lamented his death, they were heard to say, "He was a friend to the poor, " "He was a Christian, " "His hospitality was without grudging." His watchword and motto, both in business and religion, was, "Be ye ready." He leaves a faithful, Christian wife, three sons and one daughter. The sons are grown to manhood, and in many respects have the traits of their father. It is my heart's desire and prayer to God for them, that they may keep their father's Christian character before the world by living out the doctrines of Christ. W. H. WRIGHT"

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Carrie Bobo died Sept. 6, 1873 dau. of E. B. and M. J.
1 yr, 4 mo, 11 days old
Elisha B. Bobo Apr 28, 1838-Nov. 21, 1875
Oda Bobo Mar. 17-Apr. 21, 1896
Vada Bobo Mar.17-Apr. 27, 1896
J. E. Bobo, M. D. 1869-1914 Woodman of the World
No record of J. E. Bobo's death appears in the Texas vital statistics files.

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Fannie Cannon Felps Dec. 25, 1885-Apr. 30, 1974

Infant French b. and d. July 30, 1875 child of U. M. and F. E.
Infant French b. and d. May 12, 1876 child of U. M. and F. E.

Martha E. French Jan. 7, 1833-Feb. 25, 1875 wife of J. T.
Josiah T. French Nov 20, 1820-Sep 12, 1877? This marble stone is quite eroded.
Cushman believed the death date was Oct. 13, 1878.
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U. M. French Feb. 12, 1850-Oct. 24, 1895
Cushman reported Infant French, child of U.M. and F.E. French, born and died May 26, 1877
Josiah T. French was born in New York on Nov. 20, 1820. His wife, Martha E. (Valentine) French, was born in Missouri on January 7, 1833. They were married in Franklin Co., Missouri on Feb. 28, 1849. Josiah had been previously married to Dolly Adams on Apr. 20, 1838 in Greene Co., Illinois.

In 1850 Josiah T. French and his family were living in Richards Township in Miller County, Missouri. They owned $750 in real estate and $225 in personal property. At the time they had three children living with them, all born in Missouri: Uriah M. (b.c1848), Sarah L. (b.c1852), and Alice (b.c1855). Also living with the family were Josephine Redman (b.c1836 in Missouri) and two Redman children who were apparently hers: Imogene (b.c1858) and Francis, a son born in early 1860. Josephine Redman may be the Nancy J. Redman buried at Bedford near Josiah French and his family; her gravestone records her birth as September 10?, 1836.

In 1870, Josiah's family was living in the Bedford area and are shown in the federal census of that year. J. T. French is shown as a fifty-year-old farmer, who owned no real estate but had $125 in personal property. He was a native of New York. His wife, M. E. French, was born about 1833 in Missouri. The rest of the family included U. M. French (male, b. c1850 in Missouri), S. L. French (female, b. c1851 in Missouri), J. French (female, b. c1859 in Missouri), J. French (male, b. c1864 in Illlinois), and William French (b. 1870 in Texas).

In 1870 Josiah's next-farm neighbors were the families of C. Page and Margaret Moody, the widow of Levin Moody.

Josiah T. French died October 13, 1878. Martha E. French died February 25, 1875.


Cushman reported footstones with E.L.E. and M.A.B. in this area in 1980.

B. J. Valentine Apr. 19, 1904 and daughters Vera, Josephine, Lula, and Auran on separate stones.

Children of R. T. and M. A. Valentine, two unreadable eroded marble stones. Cushman found a J.M.V. footstone here. The DAR in 1956 found and reported both these stones as Jessie M., Valentine, daughter of R. T. and M. A. Valentine, Dec. 17, 1876-Aug. 26, 1878; and James R. Valentine, dau. of R. T. and M. A. Valentine, Jan. 26, 1880-Sept. 21, 1882. Cushman also found a stone with A.J.V. in this area.

Mary S. Valentine Oct. 9, 1808-Feb. 26, 1895
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Mary A. Valentine Mar 10, 1839-Aug. 11, 1901 wife of R. T.
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R. T. Valentine May 22, 1837-Aug. 28, 1906
By 1870, Richard Valentine and his family had moved to Bedford. He lis listed in the census for that year as a farmer who owned $300 in personal property and no real estate. His wife, M. A. Valentine, was 33 and born in Missouri. They had two children at the time. The older a daughter whose initials were E.D., was born about 1861 before they left Missouri. The younger was a boy whose initials were I.L., born about 1869 in Texas. Also living with them were Richard's aunt, Mary S. Valentine (b.1808), and two of her children: a 14-year-old daughter and a twelve-year-old son, all born in Missouri. Their next-farm neighbors in the census were the families of E. B. Crowley and David Trimble.

On March 10, 1884, R. T. Valentine bought three tracts of land from S. D. and Sarah A. Sansom...20.5 acres Sansom had purchased from Tilford Scott, 23.5 acres he had purchased from J. W. Haynes, and 20 acres sold to him by William R. Allen. (32-352)

An obituary for Mary A. Valentine appeared in the Gospel Advocate (Nashville, Tennessee) of September 26, 1901, p. 622: "Sister Mary Ann Valentine, the subject of this sketch, fell asleep in Christ at Bedford, Texas, on August 11, 1901. She was born in Missouri in 1839. At the age of seventeen years she obeyed the gospel and ever afterwards lived a consistent, Christian life. She had been married forty-three years, and leaves her husband, Brother R.T.

Valentine, one son, Ira T. Valentine, of Austin, Texas; and two daughters, Sister Dora Bearden and Sister Mamie Euliss; together with all who knew her, to mourn her departure. Sister Valentine had suffered almost continuously since last October; but she bore her suffering with Christian fortitude, and always maintained an unfailing faith in the promises of God. Her heart and hands were always ready to minister to the wants and needs of the sick and suffering. As the end of her pilgrimage drew near she appeared to catch glimpses of the glory land, and after she had fallen asleep a sweet smile rested on her face, inviting us to follow on toward the rest that remains to the people of God. CHARLES C. BEARDEN


Cushman reported a stone of a Baby Rhoton, child of S. A. and W. I. Rhoton, June 15, ___ - Aug. 21, _____.

Mattie Reynolds Feb. 11, 1886-Sept. 13, 1911 wife of W. W.

Rebecca C. Zachary Sept. 25, 1852-Feb. 14, 1896 wife of R. B.
Riley Bell Zachary was born in January 1836 in Tennessee to two native Tennesseeans.

Riley Bell Zachary enlisted in the Confederate army as a private in Carter's Company, Douglass's Battallion of Partisan Rangers. The regiment was organized in September 1862 by Nathan W. Carter at LaVergne, Tennessee. It subsequently became Capt. Carter's Compaby of Independent Scouts, and later still became Co. A of the 21st Tennessee Cavalry.

In 1893 Dr. Zachary made an affidavit in support of one of his old Bedford patients, Campbell Poynor, when Poynor was trying to get a pension for his Mexican War service. Zachary stated that he had known Poynor for 15 years. This would suggest that Zachary moved his family to Bedford about 1878.

R. B. Zachary of Bedford attended the Confederate soldiers' reunion at Dallas on April 23-25, 1902. When he signed the register, he stated that he had been a member of Company E, 8th Tennessee Cavalry.

About 1898 Dr. Zachary was married a third time. His wife's name was Eliza J., and she was born in Tennessee in May 1853 to two native Tennesseeans. She had given birth to two children by one or more previous marriages, and only one of the two was still alive in 1900. Dr. and Mrs. Zachary had no children living with them in 1900.Riley Bell Zachary was born in January 1836 in Tennessee to two native Tennesseeans. In the 1900 census his wife was Eliza J., born May 1853, and they had been married two years. She had given birth to two children, one of whom was alive. No kids were with them, so she must have had the child from another marriage.

Riley Bell Zachary was a soldier in Douglas's Battallion of Partisan Rangers, Carter's Company in the Confederate army. When he attended the 1902 CSA Reunion in Dallas, he told them he was a member of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry.

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William Ferguson no dates Sandstone

W. L. Hurst June 1, 1834-June 27, 1922
W. L. Hurst's military stone says Pvt. Co. H, 61st Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, June 1, 1833-June 26, 1922
Mary L. Hurst Oct. 15, 1835 Feb. 21, 1908 wife
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Four granite stones with only H on them

John M. Cannon Sept. 17, 1867-Nov.8, 1920 Father - Woodman of the World
Mary E. Cannon Sept. 10, 1867-Aug. 11, 1935 Mother
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Mary, M., Cannon Oct. 6., 1867-Mar 23, 1881 dau. of W. G. and S. S.
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W. G. Cannon Nov. 16, 1842-Jan. 1, 1903 Co. A, 37th Tenn Inf CSA
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S. S. Cannon Nov 19, 1844-Mar 17, 1922 Wife
T. Rado Hurst Apr. 7, 1937 TX Pvt. 1 CL 138 Infantry 35 Div.

J. J. M. marble footstone

Moore lot under trees:
I. B. footstone
Metal markers/slates with papers and glass gone
Marble headstone for child too eroded to read.
The DAR in 1956 found this stone and reported it as Infant child of J. and N. J. Barr, August 14-August 21, 1884.
Nolen Barr died Apr. 1876 son of William and M.
age about 18 years
Mary Barr d. Dec. 1875 wife of William Barr
age about 53 years
Milton Harvey Moore July 27, 1871-Oct. 25, 1938
Anna Pearl Moore Aug. 17, 1872-Nov. 15, 1966 wife
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Harry Milton Moore Mar 22, 1893-Dec. 11, 1896 son of M. H. and A. P.

William H. Moore July 8, 1855-May 26, 1876 son of M. and M. Moore 
Milton Moore Feb 18 1828-Feb. 21, 1914
Margaret A. Moore March 24, 1834-June 16, 1911 wife
Ernest L. Moore 1879-1882
An obituary for Milton Moore appeared in the Gospel Advocate (Nashville, Tennessee) of April 9, 1914: "Milton Moore was born in Rockingham County, N. C., on February 18, 1828, and died at Bedford, Texas on February 21, 1914, aged eighty-six years and three days. He was reared in Cole County, Mo., whither his father had moved in 1838. After returning from California, where he went to dig for gold in 1850, he married Margaret Ann Helney, with whom he lived for fifty-nine years, and who preceded him to the better land in 1911. He moved to Texas in 1861, and spent three years in the Confederate Army, where he heard the simple gospel of Christ preached by Carroll Kendrick, and where he responded to the second invitation he had ever had. Coming home from the war, he and others established the old Spring Garden Church, two miles north of the town of Bedford. In 1874 the congregation built the present meetinghouse at Bedford and have met there continuously since. His wife, who had joined the Baptist Church during his absence in the army, soon learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and was baptized. To this union were born six children: John M. Moore of Arlington; William H. Moore, who died in 1876; Mrs. John Barr, of Bedford; Mrs. M. H. McKinley, of Fort Worth; J. S. Moore, of Bedford, and the writer. These all obeyed the gospel in youth and are still trying to be faithful. He was buried in the old burying ground near the meetinghouse where he worshipped so long. He had been a great reader, and the Gospel Advocate, which he had taken every year but one since the Civil War, was his favorite paper. Though we are sad at the parting, we are encouraged at the remembrance of the good live that he lived and the hope of the reunion on the other side. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they mar rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." Fort Worth, Texas. M. H. MOORE"

Jeremiah D. Prather May 10, 1886-Jan. 2, 1892 son of J. T. & S. E. Prather
William C. Prather May 29, 1877-Feb. 2, 1880 son of J. T. & S. E. Prather
Jonathan Taylor Prather was born May 17, 1847 in Adair County, Missouri. He arrived in northeast Tarrant County with his parents and siblings on November 7, 1857. He was the son of a church of Christ evangelist, Jeremiah Prather, who died on October 23, 1859 in nearby Birdville and lies buried there.

Jonathan enlisted in the Confederate Army in Tarrant County in May 1862 and served until his company was discharged in 1865. He told pension application officials he served in Company F, Waller's Battallion, Walker's Division, Lane and Tom Green's Brigade of Texas Cavalry. His captain was Jo. Terrell. He stated that he served his entire enlistment in the same command. He remembered that his discharge came at Bryan Station in Brazos County, Texas, on the Houston Central Railway in May, 1865, at which time his company disbanded. This was the company in which Frank Elliston was a Lieutenant.

Jonathan Prather and his wife, S. Ellen, were married in Tarrant County on July 4, 1875.
At the time she applied for her pension on Sept. 12, 1923, she stated she was 72 years, a native of Missouri, and had lived in Texas for sixty-four years. She said she had lived in Tarrant County for the last sixty years; hence she came to Tarrant county about 1863.

Jonathan and his wife, S. Ellen Prather, appear in the 19000 Census of Tarrant County.
He told the census taker that both his parents were born in Illinois. Ellen said she was born in August 1851 in Missouri, to a Kentuckian father and a Missourian mother. She also told the census taker she and Jonathan had been married twenty four years, and that she had given both to two children, both of whom were no longer alive in 1900.

There are readable tombstones for the two children in Bedford Cemetery. One is William C. Prather, who was born May 29, 1877 and died February 2, 1880. The other is Jeremiah D. Prather, who was born May 10, 1886 and died January 2, 1892. If the information Ellen Prather gave the census taker in 1900 is correct, Jonathan and Ellen Prather obviously have no living descendants.

On September 1, 1909, Jonathan applied to the State of Texas for a pension based upon his service in the Confederate Army. At the time, his post office address was Smithfield. He filed the necessary paperwork, but had no further word from the state. On November 23, 1912, he reapplied. At the time, he was living in Fort Worth at 2141 Main Street.

Jonathan T. Prather died at his home at Smithfield on August 20, 1923. His doctor, Henry Clay Gilbert, certified that his death was caused by a "full..........." His body was prepared for burial the same day by R. L. Lucas, , an undertaker in Fort Worth. Jonathan was buried in Bedford Cemetery.

After his death, Ellen Prather applied for and was granted a Confederate widow's pension from the State of Texas. She died of a brain hemorrhage while living at the Tarrant County Poor Farm, near Fort Worth, Texas, on February 5, 1928. Undertaker W. C. Lucas of Grapevine
was in charge of her funeral arrangements, and she was buried in Bedford Cemetery. Since she had no living descendants, her Confederate widow's burial benefit was paid to her friend, R. L. Lucas of Fort Worth.


Ira Wayne Black Sept. 2, 1894-Jan. 1, 1943 Texas Pvt 97th Balloon Co Air Service
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Willie J. Black Dec. 13, 1882-Oct. 23, 1886 son of R. and M. E. Black
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Robert Black Nov. 13, 1855-Apr. 14, 1921
Ella Black July 19, 1859-Dec. 30, 1928 wife
Robert Black and his family were living at Bedford when the 1900 census was taken. He was born in Pennsylvania to an Irish father and a Pennsylvanian mother. He ahd his wife, Martha E., had been married 21 years (c1879); she was the mother of five children, four of whom were still living. The fifth child was Willie J. Black, who is buried beside them at Bedford. Martha Ella Black was born in Tennessee to a North Carolinian father and a Tennesseean mother.

They had three children still living with them in 1900, all born in Texas: Minnie Lee (b. Dec. 1885), E. Pearl (b. Sept. 1889), and Ira W. (B. Sept. 1893). In the same year, an unrelated farm laborer named William R. Foster (b. March 1874 in Arkansas) was living with them. Also in the family was Robert Black's sister-in-law, Nancy Allmon (b. Feb. 1841 in Tennessee to a North Carolinian father and a Tennesseean mother). Nancy Allmond is buried beside them at Bedford; she was apparently Martha Ella Black's sister.

same lot:
Nancy Allmond 1831-1913
Texas Vital Statistics records show that Nancy Allmond died in Tarrant County on August 11, 1913.

Cushman reported a footstone near this location with D.M. and no dates.
Harris Edwin Valentine 1855-1932 Father
Fronia Isabell Valentine 1857-1935 wife - Mother
other stones Paul, Lou, Eunice, Jessie which appear to be H. E. Valentine children.
Texas vital statistics records for Tarrant County show H. E. Valentine's death on September 30, 1932 and Saphronia Isabell Valentine's death on Feb. 7, 1935.

In 1910, Harris E. Valentine and his family are listed in the 1910 census of persons living "in and near Bedford along the Bedford and Euless Road." At the time, he was shown as a truck farmer.

Valentine was 56 years old, born in Missouri to an Illinoisan father and a Kentuckian mother. His wife, Saphronia, was 53, born in Illinois, and the daughter of two Tennesseeans.
They had been married 34 years, hence they were married about 1876.

In 1910, they had three daughters living with them, all born in Texas: Jessie (age 30), Eunice (age 16), and Irene (age 11).


Merkey Lee Brown Jan 15, 1921-Jan. 25, 1977 Son
Gladys Brown Fisk Dec. 3, 1897-Apr. 5, 1974 Mother
Paul Lee Brown Mar 27, 1889-Aug. 27, 1952 Pvt. 141st Inf 36 Div WWI
William Loyde Brown Sept. 16, 1895-July 6, 1914
all browns are adjacent in a line
Ben M. Brown March 1, 1856-Jan. 5, 1916
M. Frances Brown May 2, 1860-Sept. 4, 1913 wife
M. Frances Brown was the daughter of William Letchworth Hurst, for whom the City of Hurst was named.
Baby Brown Jan. 3, 1902
M.J.M. Marble footstone
in line , 12' north of the others
Mrs. E. A. Brown Mar. 8, 1824-Feb. 4, 1907
No indication of female or male for these two
J. F. Brown Feb 4, 1852-Jan. 5, 1881
W. H. Brown Aug. 9, 1854-July 13, 1902
W. J. B. marble footstone

Little Mannie E. Morris d. 1878 dau of A. H. and M. J.
day of month has two digits, rest of stone is unreadable, broken across birth date which is completely obliterated. Cushman reported birth date as April [20?], 1873.
Adj.
Mary J. Morris Mar 21, 1853-Nov. 30, 1888 wife of A. H. Morris
Cushman found a stone with initials J.A.M. in this area.

Maud May Mullins 1884-1918 Woodman's Circle
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Mattie V. Kennemer 1869-1894 wife of P. D. Kennemer

Maggie Wright 1868-1935
Texas vital statistics records show this Tarrant County death on March 21, 1935.

_____ G. Covey Feb. 9, 1851-Nov. 25, 1885 first name gone

W. T. "Tom" Rogers 1853-1911 Father
Mattie A. Rogers 1861-1930 Mother
Daughter 1881-1884
Texas vital statistics records show no obvious candidate for Mr. Rogers's 1911 death. A Mattie A. Rogers died in McLennan County on August 31, 1930.

W. May 1824-1879
E. C. May 1827-1906 wife
No record of E. C. May's 1906 death appears in the Texas vital statistics files.

Charley Hammond Feb. 8, 1887-Oct. 23, 1887
Dora Hammond Feb. 16, 1878-Aug. 6, 1883 or 1888 dau. of J. K. P. and A.
last digit has been changed by the stonecarver
Wright Hammond Apr 19, 1880-Sep 26, 1911

Frank M. Hammond 1914 infant of Dr. and Mrs. J. E.

next three all on the same stone
Henry M. Prather Nov. 30, 1842-Aug. 24, 1884
Sarah A. Prather Nov. 5, 1851-April 19, 1904
Walter G. Prather Feb. 12, 1883-Dec 28, 1922

John William Denny 1857-1943
John W. Denny lived at Bedford when the 1900 census was taken. He was born in March, 1857 in Kentucky, to a Kentuckian father and a North Carolinian mother. His wife was Mary T. Denny, born in March 1855 in Tennessee; her father's birthplace was unknown and her mother was born in Tennessee. They had four children living with them in 1900, the oldest born in Kentucky and the rest born in Texas: Daisy M. (b. Feb. 1880), Mattie A. (b. Jan. or June 1882), John S. (b. Dec. 1884), and W. Floyd (b. Sept. 1889).

[Ferguson] 1852-Jan. 7, 1885 most of stone gone
Cushman recorded this stone as William E. Ferguson, April 7, 1852-Jan. 7, 1885

R. E. L. Farmer Nov. 8, 1879-Feb. 27, 1885 dau. of J. B. and M. A.

Ollie Kline Jan. 29, 1881-July 20, 1881 dau. of C. and S. J. Kline
marker made by Jno. A. Bergin and Son of Fort Worth

Mary E. Clowers Oct. 14, 1879-Jan. 22, 1919 wife of P. E. Clowers

James M. French July 23, 1843-Sept. 12, 1918 Co. I, 4th Alabama Cavalry CSA
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Sarah F. French Jan 26, 1846-Jan 24, 1937
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Noah Manley French Feb. 17, 1880-Jan. 12, 1903
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Little Lamoine French Jan. 23, 1908-Jan. 13, 1909 dau. of J. H. and M. E.
adj. Next three people on the same stone
Curtis French 1910-1920
Jeff French 1913-1920
Neal French Jan. 7, 1919-Dec. 1, 1939
No records of the deaths of Curtis or Jeff French appear in the Texas vital statistics files.
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James Marshall French Nov. 15, 1903-Oct. 25, 1964
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Baby French DAR recorded Baby French, b. and d. August 14, 1920
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Jim French 1877-1962
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Essie French 1886-1975 wife
adj.
Hugh French 1885-1920
adj.
Homer H. French Oct 26, 1901-May 16, 1966
adj.
Alice M. French Feb. 12, 1901-Aug. 9, 1988 wife

4 in lot
L. W. Martin Nov. 28, 1856-July 24, 1931 Father
F. A. Martin Mar. 28, 1854-July 11, 1937 wife - Mother
adj.
Earnest Martin Moore Feb. 6, 1881-Nov. 17, 1954
adj.
Annie Martin 1886-1965

A. R. Slater 1874-1941
adj.
Stella Alta Slater Dec. 13, 1885-July 4, 1966
adj.
"Monk" Barnett Mitt Slater Sept. 30, 1877-July 11, 1955 Father
adj.
Grace Willingham Nov. 4, 1914-Jan. 31, 1966 Mother

Zenoba Ray Mar. 20, 1936
No record of this death appears in the Texas vital statistics files.

J. K. Bryant Jan. 19, 1904-May 12, 1984 US Army WWII

Clyde McMillian 1921-1929 Our Darling
Texas vital statistics files show this Tarrant County death as Clyde McMillan, Jr., on April 7, 1929.

William E. Bryant 1866-1926 Father
Mary F. Bryant 1877-1950 Mother
adj.
Earl Bryant 1892-1923
Texas vital statistics files do no contain a death record for this W. E. Bryant in 1926 or this Earl Bryant in 1923.

Eugene Slater 1846-1920
No record of this death is found in the Texas vital statistics files.
Mary Slater 1851-1940 wife
Texas vital statistics files show the death of a Mrs. Mary Slater in Dallas County on February 2, 1940.
adj.
Laura Slocum 1885-1933
Texas vital statistics files show this death on February 18, 1933.
adj.
Nora Slater 1893-1918
This death is not shown in the Texas vital statistics files.
adj.
Henry A. Slater Oct. 28, 1910-June 26, 1924
adj.
Nora Juanita Slater Dec. 25, 1924-Jan. 19, 1939 dau. of Monk and Stella

Lillian C. Hammond 1888-1961 Mother
Judd E. Hammond 1884-1961 Father - Physician

Annie Hammond Apr. 1, 1853-Oct. 29, 1919
This is the wife of James K. P. Hammond, and it seems likely that he would be buried here in an unmarked grave as well. J. K. P. Hammond also had a first wife, who may also be buried here.

Melanie Bennett has brought the following information to our attention:

"James K. Polk Hammond is actually buried in Davidson Cemetery, Boone County, AR. He had moved there and again married, living in Zinc, AR. My father's family visited him there. J.K.P. Hammond was the father of Wright Hammond, who was the father of Jessie Mae Hammond Bennett (buried Rose Hill Cemetery), who was mother to Charles E. Bennett (buried White Rose Cemetery, Van Zandt Co, TX), who was my father."


Edderson Ditzler Ward Mar 5, 1873-Mar 13, 1954
Lou Ann Ward Sep 27, 1875-Sep 26, 1948 wife
Moore Funeral Home of Arlington conducted Lou Ann Ward's funeral at the Bedford Church on September 28. Her address was Rt. 1, Box 250A, Arlington. She was born in Texas. She died at home of heart problems. Her father was a Mr. French, a native of Alabama.

Delia Jameson Feb. 27, 1872-Dec. 5, 1961
adj.
Jewel Jimeson Feb. 27, 1896-Dec. 10, 1918

two in curb:
J.H. Buffington Nov. 8, 1882-Nov. 12, 1911
Nettie Buffington Jordan Sept. 21, 1882-July 15, 1923

Jack Morrow 1854-1929
Mary Ann Morrow 1861-1931 wife
Texas vital statistics files show that Andrew Jackson Morrow died in Tarrant County on November 7, 1929. Mary Ann Morrow died on the 25th day of a month in 1931. The microfilm is blurred; the month may be August. A. J. Morrow was married to Mary Ann May in Tarrant County on August 25, 1878.

Andrew Jackson Morrow was born in Missouri in December 1853, according to the 1900 census.. He married Mary Ann May. They are buried at Bedford Cemetery. He was known as "Jack" Morrow. He told the 1900 census taker that his father was a North Carolinian and his mother was a Virginian. Jack Morrow's father was Robert Morrow (1820-1906), a veteran of both the Mexican War and the Civil War (CSA); he and his wife are buried at Smithfield.

Jack Morrow married Mary Ann May in 1878 in Tarrant County. She was born in February 1861 in Illinois to two native Kentuckians. By 1900, Mary Ann had given birth to seven children, six of whom were still alive. They were all born in Texas: Annie (b.Aug. 1880), Myrtle (b.Sept. 1883), Ruth (b.July 1887), Grace (b.May 1890), Woodson (b.June 1893), and Pearl (b.November 1895). Pearl Morrow married Clarence Talmage Sparger, Sr.

In 1900 the family lived at Bedford. Their next-farm neighbors were the families of _____ H. Peters, James C. Simmons, and William Leander Miller, a bachelor.


Charles Truman Ward Dec. 22, 1912-Jan. 23, 1989

John J. Martin Feb. 10, 1913-July 8, 1972 Texas Cpl. 2067 QM Truck Co. WWII
[Grandson of John W. Miller and Virginia (Stone) Miller]

Robert David Brisbon May 21, 1952-Aug. 15, 1977 Son Husband and Father
adj.
Glen Dale Brisbon July 16, 1917-Jan. 14, 1993
Dorothy May Brisbon March 24, 1922 wife - no death date on stone

Charlotte Ann Lally March 7, 1886-July 16, 1964 "Lottie Ann Brown"
adj.
Benjamin F. Brown Nov. 19, 1890-June 26, 1970 TX Corp. Ord Dept WWI

Cushman found a temporary funeral home marker from Harveson Funeral Home in this area for Josephene DeCamp, Mar 7, 1886-July 16, 1964
Francis Bell Vaughn "Girlie" Nov 19, 1890-Sep 18, 1962

next three in same lot:
Ray Brisbon Dec 25, 1923-Mar 11, 1997
Dola Berta Brisbon Oct. 28, 1889-Oct. 10, 1978 Mother
Eli Davis Brisbon May 6, 1883-April 18, 1951
Moore Funeral Home of Arlington held Eli Brisbon's funeral service at Bedford Church of Christ on April 19. His address was Smithfield, Texas. And he was a farmer. He was born in Texas, and was the son of a Mr. Brisbon who was also a native of Texas. The mother's maiden name is unclear in Moore's records, and appears to be Shinley. She was also a Texas native. Eli Brisbon died at home.

J. M. Williams Apr 22, 1866-Oct. 12, 1954 Husband
Fannie E. Williams Feb. 25, 1878-Jan. 23, 1930 Wife

G. W. Gordon Dec. 25, 1849-Dec. 29, 1929

Marie Cook Wilson Dec. 15, 1902-Dec. 8, 1941

Georgia Widemun Apr. 3, 1894-Jan. 4, 1933

Infant Cook 1934 son of Roy and Lillie
No record of this death is found in the Texas Vital statistics files.

No given names on this stone
Woodruff 1859-1934 Husband
Woodruff 1867-19__ Wife - no death date on stone

Will F. Smith Dec. 17, 1859-
Anna E. Smith Aug. 18, 1858- wife

Jo Anne Smith Bramblett Dec 8, 1932-Jun 17, 1996 Loving Wife and Mother
adj.
Laurie Anne Bramblett Nov 23, 1960-Apr 13, 1981

James Thomas Snodgrass Mar 3, 1916- Mar 6, 1916

double stone:
Colon E. (Jim) Brewer May 4, 1907-Sept. 26, 1974
Gertrude P. Brewer July 7, 1919-Dec. 22, 1985 wife

double stone:
Guy E. Bird Oct 8, 1918-May 29, 1957
Maerie Bird Mar 14, 1916- wife - no death date on stone

Michelle Brewer Nov 18, 1959-Mar 27, 1960
adj.
Deborah Brewer Mar 14, 1961-Sep 14, 1963

Luna H. Hackney Dec. 5, 1888-Sept. 30, 1959

Sarah E. Hickman Mar 30, 1893-Mar 13, 1985 Mother

W. E. "Bud" Fowler Jun 3, 1874-Jul 20, 1949 Daddy

double:
Dorris C. Brown July 1, 1914-Jan.7 1979 md. Oct. 7, 1937
Eunice H. Apr 22, 1919-Dec 13, 1998 wife

Cushman in 1980 found a temporary funeral home marker near this area for Caleb Stanley Luttrell, Died June 17, 1965, aged 85 years.

double:
James Walter Grammer 1866-1958
Corah Tex. Ann 1872-1956 wife

Cherry Lynn Jordan Oct 21, 1942 Infant dau. of Marlow & Margie
Records of Moore Funeral Home in Arlington reflect that this child was stillborn on October 22, 1942. The residence of the parents was 2625 6th Avenue. The funeral was held on October 22 at 3 p.m. The father was M. E. Jordan, and the mother was Margie Cannon.

Reported Burials For Which No Markers May Now be Found:

 
Will May died October 31, 1905 - "John Moore yesterday morning received a phone message from his brother, Prof. M. H. Moore, announcing the death of Will May, son of F. M. May of Bedford, which occurred at Altus, O.T., Tuesday night. It was expected that the remains would reach Ft. Worth yesterday and be interred at Bedford today. The family is well known, and have much sympathy to this their time of great trouble." Arlington Journal, Thursday, November 2, 1905.

William McKinley Bearden was buried at Bedford by Moore Funeral Home of Arlington. The records of the account are very incomplete. The account was set up on June 16, 1953 and was settled on July 3, 1953. The body was shipped to Moore's from Amarillo, Texas. The 1956 DAR cemetery survey found a marker for this man and recorded his surname as Bradley and his death date as June 13, 1953.

Annie Elias Martin was buried at Bedford by Moore Funeral Home of Arlington. She was the daughter of Bedford settlers John W. Miller and his wife, Virginia B. (Stone) Miller. Her address was Box 14, Bedford. She died at 2:30 (a.m. or p.m. is not clearly written in the records) on January 6, 1952. She was born April 17, 1878. The records state that her funeral was held at the Bedford Baptist Church on January 7, 1952, but some family sources remember that it was held on January 8. Moore's records also state that she had lived in Bedford for 73 years, hence her family would have arrived about 1879. She died of chronic myocarditis, with hypertension as a contributary cause. The 1956 DAR canvassing of the cemetery also found a marker (probably a temporary funeral home plate) for her husband, Oscar Martin, Apr. 7, 1885-July 27, 1956.

John Howard Henry, an eleven-year-old schoolboy, was buried at Bedford by Moore Funeral Home of Arlington. His residence was shown as Fort Worth, and he died of pneumonia at his home on July 1, 1942. He was born in Texas. The funeral was held on July 2. His father's birthplace is unreadable in the records...it looks like "alat." The mother was a Miss Williams who was born in Texas.

Mrs. Ruth Ann Harris was buried at Bedford by Moore Funeral Home in Arlington. She died in Fort Worth on August 20, 1943. She was a housewife and a resident of Bedford. She was born in Tennessee on January 22, 1880. Her funeral was held August 21 at Bedford by R. E. Edwards. Both her parents were native Tennesseeans. The handwriting in the original records is very difficult to decipher...the father's surname looks like Duluant and the mother's looks like Ashlost.

Wanda Bernice Golden, a resident of Rt. 1, Smithfield, was buried at Bedford by Moore Funeral Home of Arlington. She was born at Smithfield on August 27, 1950 and died at home on January 16, 1950 or 1951??????? Her funeral was held at Bedford on January 18. Her father was H. E. Golden, a native Texan; her mother was William Holloway, also a native of Texas. A partially-readable funeral home temporary marker for her was found in the north fence of the cemetery in 1980 but is now lost.

Benjamin Franklin May, who according to a Fort Worth newspaper obituary died March 22, 1946, was buried at Bedford. His wife, Mattie Jane (Poynor) Gray May, predeceased him and is also buried at Bedford in an unmarked grave. There is no readable headstone in northeast Tarrant County for Mattie's first husband, D. S. Gray, who died in the early 1890's. Since they lived in the Bedford community when he died, he may also be buried at Bedford.

D. S. Gray married Mattie Jane Poynor, the daughter of Bedford pioneer Campbell Poynor, in Tarrant County on December 13, 1885. After Gray's death, Mattie was remarried in 1894 to Benjamin Franklin May.

The seventh Poynor child, Mattie Jane Poynor, was born in Tarrant County, Texas on December 27, 1867. She married D. S. Gray in Tarrant County on December 13, 1885. After Mr. Gray's death, she was remarried to Benjamin Franklin May in Tarrant County on October 7, 1894. She had children in both marriages. Mattie died before husband, and probably lies buried beside him in an unmarked grave in Bedford Cemetery. Ben F. May died at his home at 1903 Gould Avenue in Fort Worth on March 22, 1946. His grave is also unmarked.


 

Markers Located by Mrs. Cushman Which are No Longer in Evidence:

 
_____Clowers ------ 2, 1878------1949 funeral home marker found lying beside the north fence in the late 1980's

 

Markers reported by the DAR in 1956 which were not located by
Mrs. Cushman in August 1980.   Many of these may have
been temporary metal funeral home markers.

 
Rapley Homer Anderson Died July 30, 1955 age 69 yrs, 4 mos, 11 days

Charles Crowe Bearden May 4, 1854-Aug. 14, 1954
Mrs. Ella Doris Bearden Sep 15, 1860-Jul 28, 1938
C. C. Bearden married Ella D. Valentine in Tarrant County on September 5, 1878. She was the daughter of Richard T. Valentine and his wife, Mary A. Valentine, who are also buried at Bedford.

Preston E. Clowers June 7, 1878-Oct 24, 1949
David F. Fitch Aug 20-Sep 18, 1951
Daniel Clay Fitch Nov. 20-Dec. 5, 1949
Gerald I. Gray Apr 12 1954-Apr 12, 1954
Andrew Jack May died Feb 12, 1947 age 79-4-15
Winnie B. Russell Oct 15, 1915-Jan 14, 1916
Walter W. Wilson May 12, 1892-Nov. 4, 1937
Walter William Wilson appears in the records of Foust Funeral Home. His address at the time of his death was RFD#2, Grapevine. Foust's records show him to be a native of Missouri, married, and a farmer. His funeral was held on November 5. He was the son of Albert Taylor Wilson and Bennie E. Wilson.

 

Burials Reported in Mrs. Cushman's Book
for which no markers have been found:

 
Mr. and Mrs. James Williams


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