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Alfred Madison Hightower
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Located in Smithfield Cemetery, 6600 Smithfield Rd.,
North Richland Hills.
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Alfred M. Hightower came to Smithfield from Illinois
with his family in 1858 and became a rancher. When the
debate over secession arose, Hightower opposed it, but
when the Civil War began, he sided with the South. As
a mounted rifleman in the Confederate Army, Hightower
fought in many battles, including Elkhorn Tavern (Pea
Ridge) in Arkansas, one of the biggest battles west of
the Mississippi. After the War, he relocated to Kansas
during the 1870s, but returned here in 1880 and
continued ranching until his death. Nearby Hightower
Street is named in his honor. (1991)
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Amon G. Carter
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Located at 400 W. 7th, Fort Worth.
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Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon
Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a
variety of odd jobs around the country before his
arrival in Fort Worth in 1905. Carter became the
advertising manager of the "Fort Worth Star", which
published its first issue on February 1, 1906. Thus
began a career in journalism that by 1925 had taken
him to the position of president and publisher of the
"Fort Worth Star-Telegram," the newspaper with the
largest circulation in Texas for many years. Carter's
involvement in a wide variety of interests left its
mark on many Texas institutions. In 1921, he
authorized the purchase of equipment that resulted in
the establishment of WBAP Radio in Fort Worth. An
aviation enthusiast, Carter brought numerous early
aviators to Fort Worth to demonstrate their skills and
helped attract aviation industry to the area. His
promotion of Fort Worth and the entire West Texas
region attracted widespread attention. Much of the
fortune he earned in oil was sent on philanthropic
interests, including establishment of the Amon Carter
Museum as a gift to Fort Worth. Amon G. Carter died in
Fort Worth on June 23, 1955, and is buried in
Greenwood Cemetery. (1985)
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Billy Muth
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Located in Greenwood Cemetery, 3100 White Settlement
Rd., Fort Worth.
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William McKinley (Billy) Muth (1902-1949) made
significant contributions to Texas' cultural history.
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Muth was a church
organist at the age of nine. Nationally known as "the
master of the keyboard," Muth was organist at Casa
Manana during the 1936 Texas Centennial, the Worth
Theatre, multi-instrument Fort Worth symphony musician
and church organist. A Paramount/Publix Theatres' pipe
organist, Muth opened theatres across the United
States. Settling in Texas in 1926, Muth performed
concerts, benefits, and taught statewide organ and
music seminars. Recorded - 2001
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Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley
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Located at Colleyville City Hall, 5400 Bransford Road,
Colleyville.
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A veteran of the Union Army during the Civil War, Dr.
L. H. Colley (1843-1924) and his wife, Martha Sabrina
(Fowks) (1860-1914), migrated from Missouri to Texas
in 1880. They settled in Bransford Community in 1885,
where Dr. Colley became a respected physician and an
election official for the Pleasant Run School
District. In 1914, when Walter G. Couch opened a
grocery store in a two-room building near the Colleys'
home, Dr. Colley suggested naming the area
Colleyville. The community has grown to include
Bransford, Old Union, Pleasant Glade, Pleasant Run and
Spring Garden. (1983)
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Dr. Riley Andrew Ransom
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Located in New Trinity Cemetery, near Beach St.
entrance, 4001 NE 28th, Haltom City.
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A native of Kentucky, Riley Andrew Ransom studied
medicine at Louisville National Medical College. Upon
coming to Gainesville, Texas, during the early 1900s,
he opened the Booker T. Washington Sanitarium. In 1918
Dr. Ransom moved the hospital to Fort Worth, where he
served as Chief Surgeon until the facility closed in
1949. He is remembered for his community leadership
and for his significant contributions to the
development of health care in Fort Worth.
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Earle C. Driskell
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Located 1/4 mile south of FM 157 & SH 496
intersection on east side of road, Mansfield.
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Born in Indiana in 1883, Earle Claud Driskelll came to
Texas with his parents in 1888. Educated as a lawyer,
he started his journalism career in 1907 when he
joined the staff of the Fort Worth "Star". He soon
gained recognition for his work as an advocate of a
county bond program to improve the quality of local
roads and highways. Largely through his editorial
efforts, a major road bond package was passed in 1911
that set an example for other state and local highway
programs. Driskell died of smallpox at his Fort Worth
home the following year. Texas Sesquicentennial
1836-1986.
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Eli Smith
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Located in Smithfield Cemetery, 6600 Smithfield Road,
North Richland Hills.
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A native of Missouri, Eli Smith moved to Texas in 1859
with his parents. They settled in this part of Tarrant
County, and in 1868 Smith married Sarah J. Hightower.
About 1876 Smith donated part of his farmland to the
community, then known as Zion, for a Methodist church
and cemetery. Residents of the area honored Smith for
his generosity and community service by renaming the
settlement Smithfield. Smith remained an active Mason
and a successful farmer until his sudden death shortly
before his thirty-first birthday. He is buried at this
site.
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Elisha Adam Euless
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Located at 201 North Ector Drive, Euless.
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Elisha Adam Euless (1848-1911) migrated to Texas in
1867 from Bedford county, Tennessee and settled in
Tarrant county. In July 1870 Euless married Judy Ann
Trigg, also a Tennessee native. He began farming and
bought land in 1871. Euless was elected a Tarrant
county constable in 1876. In March 1879 Euless
purchased 170 acres in the area known as Woodlawn from
his mother-in-law, Mary Ann Trigg. The land included a
two-story grange hall built in 1877. The first floor
was used as a community school and by the local
Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The Grange used
the top floor. Euless prospered as a farmer and
produced considerable amounts of cotton and corn. In
1881 he bought 80 acres where a cotton gin stood. The
community that grew around the cotton gin and the
Grange Hall came to be called Euless. A post office,
mistakenly named Euless, opened there in 1886. Euless
was elected Tarrant county sheriff for two terms,
serving from 1892 to 1896. He was the first sheriff to
occupy the courthouse completed in 1895. He later
returned to the town of Euless, then moved back to
Fort Worth where he died in 1911 and was buried in the
Oakwood Cemetery. (1996)
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Ephraim Merrill Daggett
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Located at the corner of 9th & Houston, Fort
Worth.
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Canadian born Ephraim Merrill Daggett was reared on a
farm in Indiana. He traded with the Indians at Fort
Dearborn (Chicago) in the early 1830s then moved to
Shelby County, Republic of Texas, in 1838. There he
and his family became involved in the East Texas
Regulator-Moderator feud (1839-1844). He later served
as a Captain in the Mexican War of 1846. While serving
as State Legislator from Shelby County (1851-53), he
established a mercantile business and a hotel in the
frontier town of Fort Worth. In 1854 he moved his
family here and soon thereafter began purchasing large
tracts of Tarrant County real estate. Daggett used his
influence as a former legislator to help secure Fort
Worth's selection as County Seat in 1860. After
serving as Brigadier General during the Civil War, he
engaged in the mercantile and cattle business in Fort
Worth. In 1873 Daggett's likeness was chosen to adorn
the City's first seal. His role in bringing the Texas
& Pacific Railroad here in 1876, developing a
downtown district, and in helping transform Fort Worth
from an abandoned military post to a center of
commerce earned Daggett reknown as "The Father of Fort
Worth". He is buried in the City's Pioneer's Cemetery.
(1993)
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Euday Lewis Bowman
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Located in Oakwood Cemetery, 700 Grand Ave., Fort
Worth.
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Fort Worth native Euday Bowman was a ragtime composer.
His best-known song was the classic "12th Street Rag,"
which he wrote about his experiences in Kansas City,
Kansas. Copyrighted in 1914, it did not become popular
until 1948 when it was recorded by Walter "Pee Wee"
Hunt. Other songs written by Bowman, including "Fort
Worth Blues," were never published. He died of
pneumonia while on a business trip to New York City in
1949. (1988).
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General Edward H. Tarrant
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Located in Pioneer Rest Cemetery, 626 Samuels Avenue,
Fort Worth.
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South Carolina native Edward H. Tarrant enlisted in
the Kentucky Militia in 1814 and served under Gen.
Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans. Moving to
Tennessee after 1816, he was elected Colonel of the
Henry County Militia and served as County Sheriff.
Tarrant arrived in Texas in November 1835, settling in
Red River County. He served in the Republic of Texas
Congress and became a Brigadier General in the Texas
Militia in 1839. He commanded the Texas Rangers at the
Battle of Village Creek in present Tarrant County in
1841 and, with George W. Terrell, negotiated treaties
with many of the Texas Indian tribes at Bird's Fort in
1843. Tarrant represented Bowie County at the
Annexation Convention of 1845. By February 1846, he
had moved to Navarro County, where he became Chief
Justice and was elected to the 3rd and 4th Texas
Legislatures. In the 1850s, Tarrant commanded a force
of Texas Rangers defending the frontier at Fort
Belknap. He died in Parker County in 1858 and was
buried there. The next year, his remains were moved to
his farm in Ellis County. In 1928, his body was
reinterred here by the Daughters of the Republic of
Texas. Tarrant County, created in 1849, was named in
his honor.
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General Edward H. Tarrant
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Located on north side of Pioneer Pkwy., 1/10 mile west
of Green Oaks, Arlington.
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In this vicinity May 24, 1841 General Edward H.
Tarrant with 70 men attacked several indian villages
situated along a creek (now called Village Creek) and
recovered many horses and much stolen plunder. 12
Indians were killed and many wounded. Of the Texans
Captain John B. Denton was killed. Captains Henry
Stout and Griffin were wounded.
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General H.P. Mabry
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Located in Trinity Park, 2900 Crestline, Fort Worth.
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A Georgian. Came to Texas 1851. Admitted to bar. Texas
Legislator 1856-60. With Confederate expedition
capturing Forts Washita and Arbuckle, Indian
Territory, April-May 1861. June 1861 joined 3rd Tex.
Cav. Helped win Wilson's Creek battle, in campaign to
keep Missouri in Confederate fold. Late 1861 scouted
U.S. Gen. Fremont's Army, Springfield, Mo. Had arm
shattered in Bowie knife fray with 7 out to take him
as spy. Led regiment at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 1862.
At Luka, Miss., Sept. 1862, lost a third of unit, was
shot 3 times and was taken captive. Back of Marker:
Exchanged at Vicksburg late 1862, Mabry refused to
sign parole until slur on Confederacy was removed. In
command of Mississippi Cavalry, led patrols repulsing
Federals from rich Yazoo Valley breadbasket 1863-64.
Guarded food, forage for supplying Confederacy.
Commanded Calvary that took, dismantled, burned U.S.
Gunboat "Petrel" on Yazoo River. Attached to Gen.
Forrest's Division, helped bottle enemy in Memphis,
formed rear guard for offensives, destroyed Sherman
communications, fought pitched battles. Spies would
report Mabry's horsemen in 3 different spots hundreds
of miles apart on same day. Assigned to move Texas
cattle, men, supplies across tightly guarded
Mississippi River. 1866 was elected District Judge,
but removed by Radical Reconstruction authorities.
1879-1885 practiced law Fort Worth. Buried in Oakwood
Cemetery, Jefferson.
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General Thomas N. Waul, C.S.A.
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Located in Oakwood Cemetery, 700 Grand Ave., Fort
Worth.
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A native of South Carolina, Thomas Neville Waul
(1813?-1903) practiced law in Mississippi before
moving to Texas in 1850. After serving the Provisional
Confederate Congress and signing the 1861 Confederate
constitution, he organized Waul's Texas Legion, C.S.A.
Waul led the Texans in Mississippi during 1862 and
1863, participating in the defense of Vickburg. He led
a brigade in the Red River campaign of 1864 at
Mansfield, La., and Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. Waul returned
to Texas in 1865 and resumed the practice of law. He
died near Greenville and was buried at this site
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General William Jenkins Worth
(1794-1849)
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Located across from Hotel Texas/Radisson in the park,
800 Main St., Fort Worth.
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During the War of 1812, William Jenkins Worth, a
native of Hudson, New York, was aide-de-camp to
Generals Morgan Lewis and Winfield Scott. Severely
wounded at Lundy's Lane, Worth remained in the Army
after the war and later served as Commandant of Cadets
at West Point, 1820-28. In 1832 he fought in Illinois
against the Sac and Fox Indians, led by Black Hawk.
Involved in defenses along the Canadian border in the
1830s, Worth also participated in the removal of
Cherokee Indians from the Southeastern United States.
In 1842 Worth led an expedition against Florida
Seminole Indians, defeating the last hostile band at
Palaklakha Hammock. During the Mexican War, 1846-48,
he fought with Zachary Taylor's forces at the Battle
of Monterrey and received a Sword of Honor from
Congress and a promotion to Major General. He was also
a leader in the 1847 conquest of Mexico City. Worth
died of cholera at San Antonio while serving as
Commander of the Texas and New Mexico Military
Districts. Although he never visited this area, a
frontier post named in his honor, Fort Worth, was
established here after his death. His grave in New
York City is marked by a granite monument, fifty feet
tall, at Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
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Governor Charles A. Culberson
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Located in Oakwood Cemetery, 700 Grand Ave., Fort
Worth.
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A native of Alabama, Charles A. Culberson grew up in
Jefferson, Texas. He married Sallie Harrison
(1861-1926) in 1882 after earning his law degree at
the University of Virginia. During two terms as
Attorney General of Texas, Culberson enforced the
reform policies of Gov. James S. Hogg. He succeeded
Hogg as Governor, 1895-99. Culberson served four terms
in the United States Senate, winning the post of
Democratic Minority Leader in 1907. Renowned for his
knowledge of the law, he chaired the Senate Judiciary
Committee from 1913-1919. (1979)
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Hager Tucker (1842-1892)
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Located in Oakwood Cemetery, 700 Grand Ave., Fort
Worth.
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Hager Tucker was the first African American policeman
in Fort Worth, notible in 1870's Texas. Born into
slavery, he came here from Kentucky in 1857 and was
emancipated in 1865. One of the first African
Americans in the county registered to vote, he was
appointed a "Special Policeman" in 1873, partly
through influence of former Master Wm. B. Tucker, then
alderman. Hager was the only black on the force, one
of few until the 1950's. Paid separately from other
police, he could only patrol black neighborhoods. He
served a short time, later working other jobs and
eventually returning to the Wm. B. Tucker
householdwith his wife Amy and three daughters. (2007)
-- [Link
to off-site Photo]
Contributed by Dale Hinz - dale.hinz@fortworthgov.org
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J. E. Foust & Sons, Funeral
Directors
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Located at 523 Main, Grapevine.
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John E. Foust (1861-1926) moved to Grapevine in 1880
and started a general merchandise store which stocked
coffins. He gradually added other services and with
the help of his wife Daisy (Huitt) (1876-1963)
established a funeral company. A civic leader, Foust
also assisted in the development of other area
businesses. His son John E. Foust, II (1898-1978),
joined the firm in 1923. Following his father's death
he managed the Funeral Home and mercantile store until
the 1960s. For over 100 years Foust family members
have served in the business and civic activities of
Grapevine. (1981)
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James Azle Steward
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Located at 124 W. Main Street, Azle.
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Tennessee native James Azle Steward came to Texas
prior to 1860. He and his wife, Mary E. Fowler
Steward, were among the early settlers of this area.
Steward was a well-known, respected pioneer physician.
The settlement, which had been known by several
different names at various times, was renamed Azle
when Dr. Steward gave land for a townsite in 1883. He
was also instrumental in the establishment of Ash
Creek Cemetery. Azle Christian Church was built on
land donated by the Doctor. A Mason, he was buried in
Ash Creek Cemetery.
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James M. Benbrook
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Located in Benbrook Cemetery, 812 Mercedes St.,
Benbrook.
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In 1876 Indiana native James M. Benbrook brought his
family to this settlement, then known as Marinda. A
veteran of the Union Army during the Civil War, he
became a prominent area farmer and landowner. In 1880,
when rail lines were completed here and a depot was
constructed, the community was renamed Benbrook in his
honor by the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company. Twice
married, Benbrook was the father of six children.
Recorded - 1982.
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James Tracy Morehead
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Located
in Grapevine Cemetery, Wildwood at N. Dooley,
Grapevine.
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Virginia native James Tracy Morehead came to Texas
with his family in 1852, settling in newly organized
Tarrant County. Two years later, he was chosen to
serve as the County's third Chief Justice. He is
credited with naming the town of Grapevine, originally
known as Dunnville. His suggested name came from the
Grape Vine Springs, a pioneer landmark located east of
the settlement. Although he served only one term as
Chief Justice, Judge Morehead remained active in
government. In 1858 he presided over the elections
that organized neighboring Parker County. Texas
Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
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