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Luna Acton |
1880-1938 |
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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 |
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State vital statistics records show Vada Ruth Acton. |
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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 |
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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. |
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J. E. Purkerson |
Mar. 1, 1841-July 5, 1920 |
Father |
Z. A. Purkerson |
Feb. 3, 1849-July 28, 1935 |
wife - Mother |
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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. |
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Dorothy F. Clowers |
Dec. 9, 1944-Jan 8, 1945 |
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Lawrence Foy Moore |
Sept. 13, 1907- |
no death date on stone |
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Jesse Moore |
1877-1917 |
Father |
Ellen Moore |
1880-1929 |
wife - Mother |
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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. |
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Hulda Owens and child |
188_ |
standstone |
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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 |
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same stone |
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Bettie W. Bobo |
Nov. 10, 1866-Feb. 2, 1871 |
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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 |
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Oda Bobo |
Mar. 17-Apr. 21, 1896 |
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Vada Bobo |
Mar.17-Apr. 27, 1896 |
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J. E. Bobo, M. D. |
1869-1914 |
Woodman of the World |
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No record of J. E. Bobo's death appears in the Texas vital
statistics files. |
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adj. To S. S. Cannon |
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Fannie Cannon Felps |
Dec. 25, 1885-Apr. 30, 1974 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Cushman believed the death date was Oct. 13, 1878. |
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U. M. French |
Feb. 12, 1850-Oct. 24, 1895 |
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Cushman reported Infant French, child of U.M. and F.E. French,
born and died May 26, 1877 |
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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. |
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Cushman reported footstones with E.L.E. and M.A.B. in this
area in 1980. |
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B. J. Valentine Apr. 19, 1904 and daughters Vera, Josephine,
Lula, and Auran on separate stones. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Cushman reported a stone of a Baby Rhoton, child of S.
A. and W. I. Rhoton, June 15, ___ - Aug. 21, _____. |
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Mattie Reynolds |
Feb. 11, 1886-Sept. 13, 1911 |
wife of W. W. |
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Rebecca C. Zachary |
Sept. 25, 1852-Feb. 14, 1896 |
wife of R. B. |
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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 |
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W. L. Hurst |
June 1, 1834-June 27, 1922 |
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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 |
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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. |
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J. J. M. |
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marble footstone |
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Moore lot under trees: |
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I. B. |
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footstone |
Metal markers/slates with papers and glass gone |
Marble headstone for child too eroded to read. |
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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 |
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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. |
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William H. Moore |
July 8, 1855-May 26, 1876 |
son of M. and M. Moore |
Milton Moore |
Feb 18 1828-Feb. 21, 1914 |
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Margaret A. Moore |
March 24, 1834-June 16, 1911 |
wife |
Ernest L. Moore |
1879-1882 |
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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" |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Ella Black |
July 19, 1859-Dec. 30, 1928 |
wife |
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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. |
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Nancy Allmond |
1831-1913 |
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Texas Vital Statistics records show that Nancy Allmond died
in Tarrant County on August 11, 1913. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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 |
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all browns are adjacent in a line |
Ben M. Brown |
March 1, 1856-Jan. 5, 1916 |
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M. Frances Brown |
May 2, 1860-Sept. 4, 1913 |
wife |
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M. Frances Brown was the daughter of William Letchworth
Hurst, for whom the City of Hurst was named. |
Baby Brown |
Jan. 3, 1902 |
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M.J.M. |
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Marble footstone |
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in line , 12' north of the others |
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Mrs. E. A. Brown |
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Mar. 8, 1824-Feb. 4, 1907 |
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No indication of female or male for these two |
J. F. Brown |
Feb 4, 1852-Jan. 5, 1881 |
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W. H. Brown |
Aug. 9, 1854-July 13, 1902 |
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W. J. B. |
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marble footstone |
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Little Mannie E. Morris |
d. 1878 |
dau of A. H. and M. J. |
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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. |
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Adj. |
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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. |
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Maud May Mullins |
1884-1918 |
Woodman's Circle |
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adj. |
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Mattie V. Kennemer |
1869-1894 |
wife of P. D. Kennemer |
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Maggie Wright |
1868-1935 |
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Texas vital statistics records show this Tarrant County
death on March 21, 1935. |
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_____ G. Covey |
Feb. 9, 1851-Nov. 25, 1885 |
first name gone |
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W. T. "Tom" Rogers |
1853-1911 |
Father |
Mattie A. Rogers |
1861-1930 |
Mother |
Daughter |
1881-1884 |
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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. |
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W. May |
1824-1879 |
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E. C. May |
1827-1906 |
wife |
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No record of E. C. May's 1906 death appears in the Texas
vital statistics files. |
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Charley Hammond |
Feb. 8, 1887-Oct. 23, 1887 |
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Dora Hammond |
Feb. 16, 1878-Aug. 6, 1883 or 1888 |
dau. of J. K. P. and A. |
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last digit has been changed by the stonecarver |
Wright Hammond |
Apr 19, 1880-Sep 26, 1911 |
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Frank M. Hammond |
1914 |
infant of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. |
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next three all on the same stone |
Henry M. Prather |
Nov. 30, 1842-Aug. 24, 1884 |
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Sarah A. Prather |
Nov. 5, 1851-April 19, 1904 |
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Walter G. Prather |
Feb. 12, 1883-Dec 28, 1922 |
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John William Denny |
1857-1943 |
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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). |
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[Ferguson] |
1852-Jan. 7, 1885 |
most of stone gone |
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Cushman recorded this stone as William E. Ferguson, April
7, 1852-Jan. 7, 1885 |
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R. E. L. Farmer |
Nov. 8, 1879-Feb. 27, 1885 |
dau. of J. B. and M. A. |
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Ollie Kline |
Jan. 29, 1881-July 20, 1881 |
dau. of C. and S. J. Kline |
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marker made by Jno. A. Bergin and Son of Fort Worth |
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Mary E. Clowers |
Oct. 14, 1879-Jan. 22, 1919 |
wife of P. E. Clowers |
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James M. French |
July 23, 1843-Sept. 12, 1918 |
Co. I, 4th Alabama Cavalry CSA |
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adj. |
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Sarah F. French |
Jan 26, 1846-Jan 24, 1937 |
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adj. |
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Noah Manley French |
Feb. 17, 1880-Jan. 12, 1903 |
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adj. |
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Little Lamoine French |
Jan. 23, 1908-Jan. 13, 1909 |
dau. of J. H. and M. E. |
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adj. Next three people on the same stone |
Curtis French |
1910-1920 |
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Jeff French |
1913-1920 |
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Neal French |
Jan. 7, 1919-Dec. 1, 1939 |
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No records of the deaths of Curtis or Jeff French appear
in the Texas vital statistics files. |
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adj. |
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James Marshall French |
Nov. 15, 1903-Oct. 25, 1964 |
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adj. |
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Baby French |
DAR recorded Baby French, b. and d. August 14, 1920 |
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adj. |
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Jim French |
1877-1962 |
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adj. |
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Essie French |
1886-1975 |
wife |
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adj. |
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Hugh French |
1885-1920 |
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adj. |
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Homer H. French |
Oct 26, 1901-May 16, 1966 |
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adj. |
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Alice M. French |
Feb. 12, 1901-Aug. 9, 1988 |
wife |
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4 in lot |
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L. W. Martin |
Nov. 28, 1856-July 24, 1931 |
Father |
F. A. Martin |
Mar. 28, 1854-July 11, 1937 |
wife - Mother |
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adj. |
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Earnest Martin Moore |
Feb. 6, 1881-Nov. 17, 1954 |
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adj. |
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Annie Martin |
1886-1965 |
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A. R. Slater |
1874-1941 |
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adj. |
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Stella Alta Slater |
Dec. 13, 1885-July 4, 1966 |
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adj. |
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"Monk" Barnett Mitt Slater |
Sept. 30, 1877-July 11, 1955 |
Father |
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adj. |
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Grace Willingham |
Nov. 4, 1914-Jan. 31, 1966 |
Mother |
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Zenoba Ray |
Mar. 20, 1936 |
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No record of this death appears in the Texas vital statistics
files. |
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J. K. Bryant |
Jan. 19, 1904-May 12, 1984 |
US Army WWII |
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Clyde McMillian |
1921-1929 |
Our Darling |
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Texas vital statistics files show this Tarrant County death
as Clyde McMillan, Jr., on April 7, 1929. |
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William E. Bryant |
1866-1926 |
Father |
Mary F. Bryant |
1877-1950 |
Mother |
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adj. |
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Earl Bryant |
1892-1923 |
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Texas vital statistics files do no contain a death record
for this W. E. Bryant in 1926 or this Earl Bryant in 1923. |
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Eugene Slater |
1846-1920 |
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No record of this death is found in the Texas vital statistics
files. |
Mary Slater |
1851-1940 |
wife |
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Texas vital statistics files show the death of a Mrs. Mary
Slater in Dallas County on February 2, 1940. |
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adj. |
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Laura Slocum |
1885-1933 |
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Texas vital statistics files show this death on February
18, 1933. |
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adj. |
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Nora Slater |
1893-1918 |
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This death is not shown in the Texas vital statistics files.
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adj. |
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Henry A. Slater |
Oct. 28, 1910-June 26, 1924 |
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adj. |
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Nora Juanita Slater |
Dec. 25, 1924-Jan. 19, 1939 |
dau. of Monk and Stella |
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Lillian C. Hammond |
1888-1961 |
Mother |
Judd E. Hammond |
1884-1961 |
Father - Physician |
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Annie Hammond |
Apr. 1, 1853-Oct. 29, 1919 |
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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." |
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Edderson Ditzler Ward |
Mar 5, 1873-Mar 13, 1954 |
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Lou Ann Ward |
Sep 27, 1875-Sep 26, 1948 |
wife |
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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. |
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Delia Jameson |
Feb. 27, 1872-Dec. 5, 1961 |
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adj. |
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Jewel Jimeson |
Feb. 27, 1896-Dec. 10, 1918 |
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two in curb: |
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J.H. Buffington |
Nov. 8, 1882-Nov. 12, 1911 |
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Nettie Buffington Jordan |
Sept. 21, 1882-July 15, 1923 |
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Jack Morrow |
1854-1929 |
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Mary Ann Morrow |
1861-1931 |
wife |
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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. |
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Charles Truman Ward |
Dec. 22, 1912-Jan. 23, 1989 |
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John J. Martin |
Feb. 10, 1913-July 8, 1972 |
Texas Cpl. 2067 QM Truck Co. WWII |
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[Grandson of John W. Miller and Virginia (Stone) Miller] |
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Robert David Brisbon |
May 21, 1952-Aug. 15, 1977 |
Son Husband and Father |
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adj. |
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Glen Dale Brisbon |
July 16, 1917-Jan. 14, 1993 |
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Dorothy May Brisbon |
March 24, 1922 |
wife - no death date on stone |
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Charlotte Ann Lally |
March 7, 1886-July 16, 1964 |
"Lottie Ann Brown" |
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adj. |
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Benjamin F. Brown |
Nov. 19, 1890-June 26, 1970 |
TX Corp. Ord Dept WWI |
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Cushman found a temporary funeral home marker from Harveson
Funeral Home in this area for Josephene DeCamp, Mar 7, 1886-July 16, 1964
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Francis Bell Vaughn "Girlie" |
Nov 19, 1890-Sep 18, 1962 |
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next three in same lot: |
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Ray Brisbon |
Dec 25, 1923-Mar 11, 1997 |
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Dola Berta Brisbon |
Oct. 28, 1889-Oct. 10, 1978 |
Mother |
Eli Davis Brisbon |
May 6, 1883-April 18, 1951 |
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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. |
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J. M. Williams |
Apr 22, 1866-Oct. 12, 1954 |
Husband |
Fannie E. Williams |
Feb. 25, 1878-Jan. 23, 1930 |
Wife |
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G. W. Gordon |
Dec. 25, 1849-Dec. 29, 1929 |
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Marie Cook Wilson |
Dec. 15, 1902-Dec. 8, 1941 |
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Georgia Widemun |
Apr. 3, 1894-Jan. 4, 1933 |
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Infant Cook |
1934 |
son of Roy and Lillie |
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No record of this death is found in the Texas Vital statistics
files. |
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No given names on this stone |
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Woodruff |
1859-1934 |
Husband |
Woodruff |
1867-19__ |
Wife - no death date on stone |
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Will F. Smith |
Dec. 17, 1859- |
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Anna E. Smith |
Aug. 18, 1858- |
wife |
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Jo Anne Smith Bramblett |
Dec 8, 1932-Jun 17, 1996 |
Loving Wife and Mother |
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adj. |
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Laurie Anne Bramblett |
Nov 23, 1960-Apr 13, 1981 |
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James Thomas Snodgrass |
Mar 3, 1916- Mar 6, 1916 |
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double stone: |
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Colon E. (Jim) Brewer |
May 4, 1907-Sept. 26, 1974 |
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Gertrude P. Brewer |
July 7, 1919-Dec. 22, 1985 |
wife |
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double stone: |
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Guy E. Bird |
Oct 8, 1918-May 29, 1957 |
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Maerie Bird |
Mar 14, 1916- |
wife - no death date on stone |
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Michelle Brewer |
Nov 18, 1959-Mar 27, 1960 |
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adj. |
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Deborah Brewer |
Mar 14, 1961-Sep 14, 1963 |
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Luna H. Hackney |
Dec. 5, 1888-Sept. 30, 1959 |
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Sarah E. Hickman |
Mar 30, 1893-Mar 13, 1985 |
Mother |
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W. E. "Bud" Fowler |
Jun 3, 1874-Jul 20, 1949 |
Daddy |
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double: |
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Dorris C. Brown |
July 1, 1914-Jan.7 1979 |
md. Oct. 7, 1937 |
Eunice H. |
Apr 22, 1919-Dec 13, 1998 |
wife |
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Cushman in 1980 found a temporary funeral home marker near
this area for Caleb Stanley Luttrell, Died June 17, 1965, aged 85 years. |
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double: |
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James Walter Grammer |
1866-1958 |
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Corah Tex. Ann |
1872-1956 |
wife |
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Cherry Lynn Jordan |
Oct 21, 1942 |
Infant dau. of Marlow & Margie |
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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. |
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Reported Burials For Which No Markers May Now be Found: |
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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. |
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Markers Located by Mrs. Cushman Which are No Longer in
Evidence: |
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_____Clowers |
------ 2, 1878------1949 |
funeral home marker found lying beside the north fence in the late
1980's |
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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. |
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Rapley Homer Anderson |
Died July 30, 1955 |
age 69 yrs, 4 mos, 11 days |
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Charles Crowe Bearden |
May 4, 1854-Aug. 14, 1954 |
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Mrs. Ella Doris Bearden |
Sep 15, 1860-Jul 28, 1938 |
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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. |
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Preston E. Clowers |
June 7, 1878-Oct 24, 1949 |
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David F. Fitch |
Aug 20-Sep 18, 1951 |
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Daniel Clay Fitch |
Nov. 20-Dec. 5, 1949 |
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Gerald I. Gray |
Apr 12 1954-Apr 12, 1954 |
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Andrew Jack May |
died Feb 12, 1947 |
age 79-4-15 |
Winnie B. Russell |
Oct 15, 1915-Jan 14, 1916 |
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Walter W. Wilson |
May 12, 1892-Nov. 4, 1937 |
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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. |
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Burials Reported in Mrs. Cushman's Book
for which no markers have been found: |
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Mr. and Mrs. James Williams |
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