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Howard Cemetery

Inventoried July 1996 by Penny Brewer Blankinship and Neva Bowles
Updated and annotated February 2003 by Rob G. Yoder
Additional information provided by Clifford Smith

See The James Howard Sr. Family for related information.
  

 

Howard Cemetery is located in the City of Benbrook on Mercedes Street just west of Winscott Road. It adjoins and appears to be part of Benbrook Cemetery, although they are two separate and distinct cemeteries. To make way for residential development, Howard Cemetery (aka Howard Family Graveyard) was relocated in 1955 from an area in southwest Fort Worth now known as Tanglewood.

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Howard Cemetery contains only one veteran of the War Between the States. The grave of Confederate soldier Frederick S. Beat is located in Section E, Lot 151. 

Click here for a detailed map of Howard and Benbrook Cemeteries.

 
Notes
1. Unless otherwise noted, all data that is not enclosed within [brackets] was taken directly from the headstones.
2. Highlighting is used where two or more names appear on a common stone.
 
Abbreviations Used
CB References to CB indicates additional information found in the Cemetery Book at Benbrook City Hall.
[nbd] No birth date on headstone.
[ndd] No death date on headstone.
HCR References to HCR indicates additional information found in the Howard Cemetery records provided by Clifford Smith.
ROC Refers to notes on Records of Consent at the bottom of this page.

Section E
LOT 115
 
 
HARRIS Vernon Mar. 29 1929 - June 1 1987
 
EDWARDS Daisy Mae March 20 1924 - July 16 1982
 
HARRIS Dora May 1879 - 1912 - [see ROC #6]
 
BUFFINGTON Randolph "Jack" Jan. 28 1912 - May 10 1992,   Dad
BUFFINGTON Sarah Loraine Jan. 2 1918 - [ndd]  Mom
    Married Dec. 1 1934
     
PEARSON Gayle Wilson July 4 1918 - Aug. 16 1988
    T Sgt. US Army Air Corps
 
PEARSON Pauline Jun. 12 1921 - Mar. 25 2000
    Mother [photo on headstone]
 
BRYANT Susie Oct. 6 1897 - Oct. 26 1984
    Mother [photo on headstone]
 
LOT 116
 
   
KAHLER Grace Oct. 16 1906 - Feb. 24 1986
[HCR has d. 2/26/89]
KAHLER Fred Oct. 3 1901 - Apr. 27 1984
     
KAHLER Madeline Dec. 4 1898 - Dec. 21 1983
KAHLER Robert J. "Bob" Dec. 10 1898 - July 14 1981
     
STILES Linda S. July 20 1937 - [ndd]
STILES Harold L. Dec. 4 1934 - Feb. 10 1988
    Married Mar. 20 1953
     
VANDERVOORT Larey L. Jan. 2 1946 - Jan. 7 1996
    Husband & Father
 
LOT 119
 
   
LONG Daisy Nell June 30 1927 - Apr. 13 1984
 
LOT 143
 
   
SMITH Christine W. Aug. 13 1914 - Dec. 13 1998
SMITH Earl Sept. 4 1906 - Aug. 7 1983
    Wed. Dec 24 1943
     
LOT 147
 
   
HARRIS Beverly A. (Rutledge) Nov. 23 1932 - May 20 2002
 
FARQUHAR Norma Rozella "Rose" Jul. 23 1930 - [ndd]
FARQUHAR Johnny Franklin "J.F." Jun. 6 1929 - [ndd]
    Our Children: Terry & Timothy
     
RUTLEDGE W.T. Apr. 18 1896 - June 2 1972
    [HCR has Tom Rutledge]
 
LOT 148
 
   
WOODBURY Jean Vinnedge Feb. 18 1921 - [ndd]
WOODBURY R.C. (Pete) Jul. 26 1920 - Nov. 5 1996
     
VINNEDGE Dolly Smith 1896 - 1973
 
VINNEDGE Clarence Oakes 1887 - 1970
 
LOT 149
 
   
PEMBROOKE Lewis H. Jan. 1 1908 - Aug. 24 1989,  Masonic emblem
PEMBROOKE Dollie M. July 21 1914 - May 14 1989,  Eastern Star
     
SMITH Edith J. Oct. 13 1906 - Aug. 20 1989
SMITH Walter E. Feb. 28 1906 - Nov. 10 1986
     
BICKHAM Frances Smith Dec. 4 1910 - July 24 1994
    Wife - Eastern Star emblem [emblem is missing]
 
BICKHAM Rudolph W. Mar. 10 1904 - Feb. 8 1980
    Husband - Masonic emblem
 
LOT 150
 
   
G. W. S. [footstone read in 1996 but not found in 2003]
 
G. P. N. [footstone read in 1996 but not found in 2003]
 
LEONARD Roberta Jean "Bob" Aug. 16 1918 - Apr. 20 1985
    Wife, Born & Died Fort Worth TX; Father Harvey
SMITH, Mother Pearl SMITH, Husband Gayle
 
WADDELL Mary Louise Smith Feb. 8 1909 - Oct. 30 1968
 
WADDELL Derrell Wayne Jan. 17 1959 - Aug. 21 1966
 
WADDELL Herman Clarence Sept. 10 1905 - Mar. 6 1973
 
LOT 151
 
   
KAHLER Infant Son 1901 - 1901 - [see ROC #19]
 
BEAT James 1872 - 1902,   [HCR has James (Jim)]
[see ROC #20]
 
BEAT Nancy J. 1836 - 1925 - [see ROC #13]
 
BEAT Frederick S. Oct. 2 1841 - Jan. 12 1884 - [see ROC #14]
    Co. K Bglr. 5 Texas Cav. C.S.A.
 
KAHLER Inf. Son 1914 - 1914 - [see ROC #18]
 
KAHLER Nolan H. 1906 - 1908 - [see ROC #17]
 
KAHLER Bettie Oct. 29 1872 - Dec. 23 1940,  Mother
[see ROC #15]
 
KAHLER David J. Jan. 1 1874 - July 29 1951 - [see ROC #16]
    Father [HCR has David James]
 
LOT 152
 
   
HOWARD Alex [no dates]
 
HOWARD Elizabeth 1810 - AFT 1880 - [HCR has d. 1874]
 
[concrete base - no headstone]   [HCR has Infant BURNETT]
 
HOWARD James Sr. [nbd] - 1884 - [see ROC #1]
 
HOWARD Sarah 1847 - 1891 - [see ROC #3]
 
HOWARD James II 1848 - 1891 - [see ROC #2]
 
HOWARD Alice 1882 - 1884 - [see ROC #5]
 
HOWARD James III 1882 - 1882 - [see ROC #4]

 

Section F
LOT 18
 
   
LUDWICK L.N. Jr. 1918 - 1918,  [HCR has Luther N. Jr.]
[see ROC #9]
 
LUDWICK Alice 1913 - 1913 - [see ROC #8]
 
LUDWICK W.H. 1916 - 1916,  [HCR has William H.]
[see ROC #10]
 
LUDWICK W.T 1861 - 1943,  [HCR has William T.]
[see ROC #7]
 
LOT 19
 
   
LUDWICK Harry D. Sept. 23 1890 - Nov. 30 1958
    Texas Pvt. Btry E 345 FA World War I
[HCR has Harry Delmar]
 
LUDWICK Claradell 1922 - 1922,   [HCR has Clara Dell]
[see ROC #11]
 
LUDWICK Edith Dec. 21 1899 - Jul. 17 1975
    [CB has Edith Clairene]
[HCR has Clarine Ludwick]


Records of Consent

The names below are taken from the Records of Consent that allowed for removal of the graves to the new location adjacent to Benbrook Cemetery in 1955.
 
1. James Howard I grandchildren: William H. Howard & Mattie Boutwell
2. James Howard II children: William H. Howard & Mattie Boutwell
3. Sally Howard children: William H. Howard & Mattie Boutwell
4. James Howard III brother & sister: William H. Howard & Mattie Boutwell
5. Alice Howard brother & sister: William H. Howard & Mattie Boutwell
6. Dora Harris daughter: Susie Bryant and
brother & sister: William H. Howard & Mattie Boutwell
7. William Thomas Ludwick children: H.D. & Luther Ludwick & Myrtle Adkins (Dallas)
8. Alice May Ludwick father: Luther Ludwick
9. Luther Ludwick Jr. father: Luther Ludwick
10. William Howell Ludwick father: Luther Ludwick
11. Clara Dell Ludwick parents: H.D. and Clariene Ludwick
12. Ida Smith
[not on inventory]
brothers: Earl, Louis, Roy and Charles R. Smith
sisters: Cora Harum and Dolly Vinnedge
13. Nancy J. Beat grandchildren: Kahlers, Wilson, Ludwick, Adkins, Smiths,
Haram and Vinnedge
14. Fred Beat Nancy's husband - grandchildren same as #13
15. Frances E. Kahler
[not on inventory]
children: J.E., R.J. & F.W. Kahler and Margaret Kay Wilson
16. David James Kahler Husband of Frances Elizabeth - children same as #15
17. Nolan Kahler brothers and sisters same as #15
18. Infant Kahler brothers and sisters same as #15
19. Infant Kahler brothers and sisters same as #15
20. James Beat consent of nieces & nephews, names not given


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