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Forest Hill Cemetery

Copied May 1996 by Weldon Hudson

 

This inventory appeared in the August 1997 issue of Footprints, the quarterly publication of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society. It is reprinted here with permission.

The cemetery is located in Forest Hill, a suburb of southeast Fort Worth, Texas. It is located on the east side of the 5700 block of Forest Hill Drive behind the Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. The well kept grounds are enclosed with a six foot chain link fence with a barbed wire barrier on top.

Historical Marker

One of the oldest burial grounds in Tarrant County; named for its location and used for many years before record-keeping began. In 1883 landowner J. W. Chapman deeded the property to Forest Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. ("Cumberland" was later dropped from the name.) Among the many interments of pioneers were Press and Jane Farmer, who lived at the site of Fort Worth before the U.S. Army established the Fort in 1849. The cemetery is full although few headstones are visible, as most graves were unmarked or marked with field stones that have since disappeared. [Marker dedicated in 1974 by the Texas Historical Commission].
 
KELLER, Virginia W.
Wife of W. S. Keller
Apr. 1, 1860 - Apr. 17, 1883

KELLER, W. S.
1855 - 1932

KELLER, Lois
Dau of Elizabeth & M. S. Keller
Aug. 30, 1897 - Mar. 8, 1899

KELLER, Elizabeth
Wife of M. S. Keller
Apr. 13, 1866 - Mar. 30, 1908

KELLER, Fredy W.
Son of W. S. & V. W. Keller
Apr. 12, 1883 - July 2, 1883

KELLER,
Inf. son of W. S. & V. W. Keller
1879

DUNN, Linnie
1841 - 1901

McKINNEY, Mrs. N. H.
Mar. 18, 1876 - Dec. 25, 1932

KELLER, Eula Whitten
Wife of Arthur F. Fuller
Nov. 1, 1885 - Oct. 21, 1911

ANDERSON, Rose K.
1891 - 1925

ROBISON, Joe
1890 - 1954

ROBISON, Edith
1889 - 1961

BUCKINGHAM, Ruth K.
1887 - 1944

ELLIOTT, C. Elizabeth K.
Feb. 26, 1908 - Jan. 4, 1974

McQUOWN, H. C.    Father
1828 - 1912

McQUOWN, S. A.    Mother
1832 - 1914

ARMSTRONG, Jack Belmont
Nov. 4, 1919 - Nov. 12, 1944

ARMSTRONG, Richard H.
1855 - 1925?

ARMSTRONG, Monta J.
1904 - 1927

KILLIAM, G. E.    Father
1845 - 1903

KILLIAM, M. E.    Mother
1851 - 1915

KILLIAM, J. Henry
1876 - 1929

REDD, Claud
Inf son of B. & E. Redd
Apr. 23, 1894 - May 9, 1894

BARCLAY, Robert J. Sr.
Tec 5 U.S. Army WW II
Sept. 12, 1912 - Nov. 13, 1976

BARCLAY, W. W.
1880 - 1940

YOUNG, Fred
Son of W. L. & B. B. Young
Nov. 10, 1892 - Mar. 18, 1895

BRATCHER, Martha E.
Dau of W. T. & M. L. Bratcher
Feb. 16, 1888 - Jan. 15, 1895

CROWL, Sherman
Aug. 26, 1896 - June 8, 1905

McDANIEL, Caswell W.
Nov. 2, 1837 - July 8, 1914

McDANIEL, Emma L.
July 3, 1871 - June 10, 1912

RUSSELL, Inf son
of M. P. & L. A. Russell
Jan. 5, 1913 - Feb. 6, 1913

RUSSELL, Lillian Loretta
Sept. 26, 1908 - Jan. 27, 1910

RUSSELL, Allan
Nov. 2, 1910 - Dec. 1, 1909 [sic]

RUSSELL, Charles LeRoy
Aug. 31, 1900 - Sept. 4, 1900

RUSSELL, Joseph Ray
June 20, 1904 - Nov. 23, 1909

RUSSELL, Newton
June 10, 1906 - Dec. 12, 1906

CANDY, Carrie C.
Wife of Theodore Candy
1889 - 1909

SMALL, Alfred Q.
June 4, 1850 - Feb. 1, 1940

SMALL, Ida Bell Chapman
Sept. 5, 1874 - Mar. 12, 1928

SMALL, Frances Isabel
Apr. 1, 1848 - Mar. 4, 1910

SMALL, G. L.
Dec. 31, 1854 - Oct. 3, 1894

BOWERS, William T.
Nov. 10, 1868 - June 18, 1922

BOWERS, Eula N.
Oct. 2, 1871 - Mar. 22, 1909

BOWERS, William O.
Nov. 21, 1908 - Nov. 21, 1908

BOWERS, Lila N.
Dec. 27, 1905 - Feb. 22, 1906

MOTLEY, Alice
Wife of W. L. Motley
Apr. 6, 1882 - Mar. 12, 1913

VICE, Mary A.
Mar. 14, 1854 - Dec. 16, 1914

CORBIN, Ella Ann
Oct. 28, 1832 - Sept. 4, 1912

DODSON, Nathaniel
1868 - 1884

DODSON, Luvinia
Dec. 13, 1842 - Feb. 20, 19328
[typo appeared in Footprints article]

DODSON, Thomas
Apr. 27, 1871 - Apr. 23, 1883

DODSON, Ray O.
Oct. 1, 1893 - Apr. 14, 1918

DODSON, Maggie P.
Wife of J. C. Dodson
Feb. 16, 1862 - Jan. 15, 1887

SMALL, R. C.
Oct. 12, 1821 - May 17, 1908

SMALL, Mary A.
Jan. 28, 1828 - Oct. 5, 1876

OZEE, Mary Elizabeth
Wife of M. F. Ozee
1857 - 1889

ALLRED, Robert L.
Son of J. L. & C. L. Allred
Feb. 8, 1875 - June 5, 1879

SHANNON, Nancy E.
Wife of H. B. Shannon
Feb. 18, 1851 - Feb. 8, 1892

HENDRICKS, J. H.
Dec. 18, 1822 - Mar. 31, 1881

CORSE, Arthur
Died Jan. 8, 1905
Age 33 yrs 6 mo 15 days

MESAMORE, N. S.
died July 11, 1889 age 62 yrs

PURVIS, J. L.

1818 - 1899

PURVIS, Sarah    Wife
1835 - 1910

PURVIS, L. F.
Dec. 7, 1852 - Nov. 29, 1878

PURVIS, Addie Louise
Dec. 24, 1883 - Dec. 7, 1950

PURVIS, Charles
Nov. 2, 1867 - Apr. 9, 1932

LOUTHIAN, W. D.
1882 - 1940

CLARK, Joe Hilary
Tex. Eng. 2 C1 U.S. Navy
Nov. 30, 1889 - Apr. 9, 1934

CRAWFORD, Sandy & Eva
[no dates]

CRAWFORD, Henry A.
[no dates]

CRAWFORD, Brineta & John H.
[no dates]

GREEN, M. S.
Dec. 18, 1851 - Dec. 27, 1914

BUSSEY, Joseph N.
Feb. 24, 1857 - Dec. 20, 1935

BUSSEY, Paulina Ann
Nov. 21, 1861 - Nov. 25, 1940

ALLEN, Maggie E.
1867 - 1954

CHAPMAN, John W.
[Masonic Emblem]
Aug. 23, 1813 - Dec. 23, 1885

CHAPMAN, Martha D.
wife of John Wiley Chapman
1837 - 1894

MARTIN, Nannie F.
June 30, 1855 - June 1, 1893

MARTIN, Inf. David
1889

DECORA, S. N.
July 10, 1883 - Apr. 9, 1908

DECORA, Mattie J.    Wife
Feb. 13, 1855 - Sept. 10, 1884
Dau. of J. W. & M. A. Chapman

GAINER, W. H.
May 7, 1819 - Dec. 26, 1876

CHAPMAN, Maida
Dau. of G. W. & Annie L.
June 9, 1881 - Sept. 24, 1883

McDONALD, Ollie C.
Dau of J. T. & J. McDonald
Apr. 22, 1880 - Dec. 27, 1884

McDONALD, J. T.
Oct. 2, 1848 - Oct. 6, 1884

HANGER, Robert N.
Jan. 24, 1827 - Dec. 14, 1890

HANGER, Hannah E.
Feb. 17, 1836 - Apr. 4, 1925
Married Dec. 1, 1857
Settled in this community Nov. 12, 1867

HANGER, Anna Bell    Dau
Died Oct. 6, 1868 age 6 yrs 10 mos

HANGER, Fred H.    Son
age 2 mos 20 days

FITZHUGH, Julia V. Hanger
Mar. 16, 1873 - Apr. 20, 1928

ROGERS, W. W.
Nov. 1, 1856 - Apr. 11, 1925

CHAPMAN, Sam H.
1845  [only date]

CHAPMAN, Nancy P.    Wife
1851 - 1925

CHAPMAN, Richard
1894 - 1902

McMAHAN, Thomason Harden Jr.
Mar. 8, 1885 - May 7, 1931

McMAHAN, Mattie Virginia
Nov. 22, 1885 - May 31, 1931
[above in Chapman plot]

OZEE, Nancy C.
Wife of James N. Ozee
died Sept. 20, 1867 age 17 yrs 19 days

OZEE, Etnad [sic]
Dau of James N. & M. E. Ozee
died Dec. 10, 1875
age 1 yr 5 mos 26 days

GEORGE, John H.
July 25, 1820 - Sept. 16, 1871

FARMER, Press
1825 - 1892

FARMER, Jane
1827 - 1895
First white woman to live in Fort Worth

FARMER, William
Aug. 28, 1855 - Aug. 14, 1890

SUDRATH, Hannah
Wife of James Sudrath
Mar. 8, 1853 - Nov. 15, 1882

GRUMLEY, A. A.
Feb. 24, 1870 - Aug. 31, 1895

HARTMAN, Charley F.
June 22, 1853 - Feb. 20, 1896

HARTMAN, Susan E.
Wife of F. L. Hartman
May 21, 1824 - Jan. 21, 1898

HARTMAN, W. L.
Wife of T. M. Hartman
Mar. 28, 1859 - Apr. 4, 1883
WHITE, Chilcie
Dau of E. L. & G. E. White
Aug. 29, 1877 - Sept. 3, 1883

WIGGINS, Cora Ada
Dau of T. N. & M. A. Wiggins
Sept. 29, 1889 - Jan. 25, 1896

McKINNEY, William M.
Oct. 28, 1835 - Dec. 30, 1912

McKINNEY, Mary C.    Wife
June 16, 1844 - Dec. 26, 1912

McKINNEY, Richard Coke
Feb. 25, 1876 - Aug. 7, 1900

HARRIS, Julia H.
1877 - 1894

HENDERSON, William B.
Dec. 8, 1854 - Mar. 28, 1904

HENDERSON, George R.
Son of W. B. & M. F. Henderson
Dec. 25, 1889 - Feb. 22, 1904

ROACH, Nancy E.
Mar. 17, 1847 - June 22, 1921

ROACH, E. C.
Son of J. D. & N. E. Roach
June 18, 1887 - July 20, 1909

KIRKLEN, Walter
1880 - 1905

GLOVER, William E.
July 1, 1885 - Aug. 30, 1940

GLOVER, Tommie L.
Dec. 25, 1880 - Dec. 1, 1959

SHAW, Ila Mae
Feb. 24, 1914 - Apr. 8, 1980

JACKSON, F. L. Frank [sic]
May 14, 1874 - Jan. 10, 1918

JACKSON, Ida    Wife
Sept. 23, 1879 - Oct. 28, 1912

JACKSON, M. L.
June 13, 1920 - June 20, 1920

JACKSON, Frank
Jan. 5, 187? - Aug. 5, 1926

OVERBY, O. C.
Son of Mr. & Mrs. O. R. Overby
Aug. 12, 1920 - Dec. 31, 1920

MAXEY, Robert T.
1849 - 1922

MAXEY, Eliza M.    Wife
1852 - 1920

MAXEY, Nellie
May 21, 1878 - Mar. 14, 1957

MAXEY, Howard T.
July 3, 1888 - Oct. 9, 1949
Pvt. 163rd Inf. AEF WWI

CAVANAUGH, Rebecca J.
1864 - 1939

PROCTOR, Baby Ruth
Nov. 6, 1930

OVERTON, B. F.
May 23, 1833 - June 20, 1881

HARRIS, Raymond L.
1873 - 1959

HARRIS, Jack B.
1910 - 1940

HARRIS, Beulah
1910 - 1913

HARRIS, J. H.    Father
Apr. 21, 1850 - Sept. 7, 1889

HARRIS, A. R.    Mother
May 28, 1855 - Nov. 11, 1911

HARRIS, F. G.    Brother
May 7, 1877 - Dec. 22, 1901

HORTON, J. F.    Father
Dec. 22, 1867 - May 6, 1944

HORTON, O. O.    Mother
Jan. 17, 1870? - Nov. 29, 1922?

DUNN, Charley W.
June 6, 1876 - Mar. 14, 1913
W.O.W. Camp No. 607

SIFFORD, Charlmer C.
son of J. A. & S. I. Sifford
June 23, 1904 - July 14, 1905

MARTIN, Duke L.
May 31, 1865 - Feb. 20, 1912

MARTIN, Lillian L.
Dec. 31, 1865 - Feb. 24, 1923

MARTIN, Ralph
1924  [only date]

McCARTY, Elizabeth White
1863 - 1938

McCARTY, Alexander H.
Sept. 18, 1859 - Apr. 20, 1942

MARTIN, Ray Lipscomb
Feb. 22, 1892 - Oct. 26, 1937

MARTIN, Gertrude Fair
July 9, 1893 - Jan. 31, 1878

MARTIN, James B.
Sept. 8, 1875 - Oct. 8, 1961

MARTIN, Sarah Iva
Sept. 9, 1876 - June 2, 1945

MARTIN, Inez
June 7, 1907 - July 5, 1912

MARTIN, James B. Jr.
Oct. 19, 1908 - Nov. 5, 1973

HERBERT, Mr. J. T.
June 21, 1841 - Dec. 17, 1921

HERBERT, Mrs. J. T.
June 12, 1841 - Oct. 29, 1908

WHITMAN, Thomas M.
Sept. 28, 1850 - May 2, 1925

WHITMAN, Mary A.
Aug. 8, 1869 - May 16, 1964

McKINNEY, N. H.
June 4, 1871 - Mar. 17, 1941

McKINNEY, Lucy Herbert
Mar. 8, 1876 - Dec. 25, 1932

McKINNEY, Jack    Son
Mar. 26, 1919

HARTMAN, William Sells
1849 - 1924

HARTMAN, Emily L. W.
1853 - 1941

HARTMAN, Samuel D.
1880 - 1942

HARTMAN, Clinton C.
1885 - 1918

LESLIE, Virginia Hartman
1925 - 1970

CRIM, Annie
1856 - 1931

OVERTON, Thomas O.
1880 - 1920

OVERTON, Nannie
1890 - 1926

OVERTON, W. A.
1851 - 1939

OVERTON, Mattie J.
1857 - 1934

OVERTON, Thad B.
Oct. 27, 1875 - June 18, 1962

OVERTON, Annie
Mar. 24, 1887 - Dec. 17, 1963

CAMPBELL, Andrew R.
Aug. 10, 1861 - Dec. 11, 1935

CAMPBELL, Mary Leonia
Mar. 1, 1869 - Dec. 22, 1936

ARMSTRONG, Frank C.
Oct. 10, 1863 - Nov. 15, 1940

ARMSTRONG, Jennie
May 31, 1873 - Mar. 24, 1927

MILLER, Edward
Jan. 19, 1912 - July 23, 1977

MILLER, Bernice
Feb. 23, 1911 - [no date]

VICE, James F.
died Aug. 8, 1940 age 52
Pvt 53 AM TN [sic]

VICE, Elva
Jan. 7, 1892 - July 14, 1972

CAIN, Robert
Nov. 24, 1867 - Oct. 15, 1934

CAIN, Emma
May 9, 1868 - Apr. 14, 1949

POGUE, Lucy
1878 - 1959

KERR, Adyth
1904 - 1940

YOUNG, Hattie Beth
Mar. 30, 1878 - Aug. 28, 1944

WRIGHT, Lou Ella
Dec. 24. 1899 - Sept. 3, 1959

YOUNG, Doris Geneil
Sept. 20, 1928  [only one date]

HUNNICUTT, Inf. Son
of Mr. & Mrs. H. Hunnicutt
Aug. 2, 1922

HALLMARK, James T.
1873 - 1946

HALLMARK, Sarah C.    Wife
1873 - 1927

HALLMARK, Mrs. Beulah
Oct. 8, 1901 - Jan. 17, 1922

KERR, Vesta Barker
Wife of S. E. Kerr
Sept. 23, 1906 - Nov. 17, 1944

KERR, Inf. son
of B. E. & Vesta Kerr
Nov. 10, 1944

OLINGER, J. B.    Father
Oct. 18, 1861 - Jan. 13, 1943

OLINGER, S. A.    Mother
Nov. 22, 1857 - May 18, 1946

OLINGER, Ernest C.
1884 - 1961

HEITMAN, Phillip E.
1896 - 1960

HEITMAN, Martha L.
1898 - 1972

NAUERT, O.
Sept. 6, 1858 - Oct. 17, 1928

NAUERT, Anna
Mar. 5, 1868 - May 13, 1932

NAUERT, Gus Henry
May 3, 1893 - June 28, 1944
Tex. Pvt. 165 Depot Brig.

OLINGER, O. A.
June 12, 1887 - Oct. 5, 1951

OLINGER, Lillian C.
1893 - 1987

McQUERRY, William Godfrey
[Masonic Emblem]
June 4, 1862 - June 9, 1925

McQUERRY, Sarah Emma
Mar. 1, 1861 - Mar. 15, 1953

McQUERRY, W. V.
[Masonic Emblem]
July 17, 1892 - Apr. 18, 1922

McQUERRY, Add Jane
Apr. 26, 1903 - Mar. 7, 1987

OVERTON, Georgia May
1896 - 1932

SWINNET, Edward R.
Feb. 28, 1870 - Feb. 3, 1939

SWINNEY, Mattie F.
Nov. 14, 1893 - June 20, 1927

SWINNEY, Luther Wilson
Aug. 12, 1903 - Apr. 14, 1960

SWINNEY, Albert Dean
Sept. 14, 1906 - Sept. 1, 1921

RUNYON, Myrtle Swinney
Feb. 1, 1896 - Dec. 5, 1970

RUNYON, Gilford Houston
Dec. 2, 1898 - June 25, 1978

TRAVIS, Unbane Ewin
Nov. 22, 1901 - June 26, 1987
[Death year correction sent to us by Faye Swinney. We had 1967.]

TRAVIS, Ila Seville
Feb. 7, 1905 - Mar. 30, 1989

SWINNEY, Arthur Lee
July 5, 1881 - Nov. 14, 1970

SWINNEY, Minnie Elizabeth
Mar. 28, 1880 - Apr. 4, 1979

SWINNEY, Herchel Wilson
Dec. 13, 1906 - June 15, 1967

SWINNEY, Lila Ceclie
Apr. 27, 1909 - Apr. 13, 1928


 
Mrs. Sue wade McDonald copied this cemetery in 1955. The following are entries in her listing which cannot be found today.  Weldon Hudson
 
CHAPMAN, Willie G.
Apr. 24, 1875 - July 16, 1954

CHAPMAN, T. B.
Apr. 6, 1851 - Feb. 9, 1967

CHAPMAN, Joseph W.
Feb. 14, 1857 - Dec. 20, 1885

CHAPMAN, J. W.
May 10, 1847 - Dec. 27, 1869

SCOTT, O. G.
Son of Mr. & Mrs. O. R. Scott
b. & d. 1920

HORTON, Inf. son
of J. R. & O. O. Horton
b. & d. 1904

MILLER, Hattie
Feb. 9, 1884 - Apr. 15, 1933

WHITMAN, T. M.
1850 - 1925

HARTMAN, F. L.
Jan. 16, 1927 - Nov. 26, 1882

CRAWFORD, A. A.
Apr. 7, 1871 - Jan. 21, 1854

CHAPMAN, Miss C. R.
Feb. 22, 1866 - July 21, 1882

McGARVER, Fern
(dau. of Rev. G. S. & Annie McGarver)
1904 - 1905


BROWN, Lillie M.?
(dau. of B. F. & C. L. Brown)
b. & d. 1890
ROBISON, Jos. E.
June 17, 1888 - July 15, 1954

TURNER, Joseph A.
Aug. 22, 1842 - Mar. 17, 1878

MARTIN, Clyde
(son of D. L. & L. L. Martin)
d. Mar. 2, 1892, 2 yrs

BLUE, Elizabeth E.
(dau. of J. W. & M. M. Blue)
Dec. 12, 1879 - Oct. 1, 1881

DAVIS, Thomas W.
Aug. 15, 1839 - July 19, 1894

DAVIS, (twins)
1927 - 1929

DEVORE, Mary Jacqueline
Apr. 14, 1932 - July 14, 1933

OVERTON, W. A. M.    Father
d. Apr. 28, 1939, 87 yrs 5 mo 15 day

STEWART, ? T.
Jan. 27, 1867 - May 15, 1933

ARMSTRONG, Homer Dayton
Feb. 6, 1908 - Mar. 1, 1934

COPELAND, Truett
June 21, 1922 - May 29, 1926

HEARNE, James H.
July 19, 1901 - May 31, 1929


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