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The following inventory copied by Weldon Hudson, appeared in the February
1997 issue of Footprints, the quarterly publication of the Fort Worth
Genealogical Society. It is reprinted here with permission.
The cemetery is located on the east side of the 2200 block of Davis Street
in north Arlington. The site is enclosed with a brick and wrought iron fence
and the entrance gate is locked. The entire area is covered with a concrete
slab. The front of a large granite marker bears the words: "Pioneer Family
of James H. Gibbons" and the back side lists the following names and dates:
GIBBINS, T. J. |
1841 - 1891 |
GIBBINS, Amanda |
1846 - 1877 |
GIBBINS, Martha |
1856 - 1927 |
GIBBINS, William A. |
1870 - 1886 |
GIBBINS, Lee |
1875 - 1929 |
GIBBINS, Wade M. |
1879 - 1890 |
GIBBINS, Beulah C. |
1881 - 1882 |
GIBBINS, Olin W. |
1882 - 1919 |
GIBBINS, Jim C. |
1884 - 1886 |
GIBBINS, R. C. |
1847 - 1923 |
BURROWS, Sam |
(faithfull friend) |
This cemetery was copied in 1954/55 by the Six Flags Chapther of the D.A.R.
as follows:
BURROWS, Sam |
Aug. 20, 1834 - May 16, 1910 |
GIBBINS, Amanda |
April 2, 1846 - April 28, 1877 [1st wife of T.J.] |
GIBBINS, Martha A. |
Oct. 10, 1856 - Apr. 7, 1924 |
GIBBINS, Olin |
June 15, 1882 - Dec. 17, 1919 |
GIBBINS, R. C. |
Aug. 20, 1847 - Oct. 2, 1923 |
GIBBINS, T. J. |
Jan. 3, 1841 - June 19, 1891 |
GIBBINS, William A. |
Mar. 10, 1870 - Feb. 20, 1886 [son of Amanda & T.J.] |
MYERS, Tommie |
Dec. 25, 1878 - Sept. 25, 1882 [dau David R. & Lucy Jane Myers] |
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Texas Historical Marker
Gibbins Cemetery and Homestead Site |
Located at 2200 N. Davis Dr., Arlington. |
James Gibbins (1817-70) migrated to Texas from Arkansas in 1857. He bought
land near present-day Arlington in 1863. Gibbins deeded part of this land
to his son Thomas Jefferson Gibbins (1841-91), who enlarged the homestead.
This family Cemetery was first used for the burial of Thomas' first wife,
Amanda C. Gibbins (1846-77). His second wife, Martha H. Gibbins (1856-1924),
maintained the land for three decades after the death of her husband. The
Gibbins family has contributed much to this area including the donation of
land for a public school and the Rose-Brown-May Park. (1982) |
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