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OAKWOOD CEMETERY Oakwood Cemetery has been called the |
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"As The Ship Bounds
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"Gone From Our Home But Not From Our Hearts" "Her Suffering Is Past She Rests In The Home Of Her Choice At Last" "Beloved One Farewell" "See You In The Morning" |
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Old wood board marker - reveals only the weathering of many years. |
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"Soldiers' Row" Established in 1903 for the burial of Confederate Veterans. |
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Guardian Angel On Watch |
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 Angel watches over the grave of Mabele, Born July 27, 1882, Died May 16, 1883. |
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"Sleep On - In Peace With Jesus" |
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 "Mother Our Home Is Broken" "Loved In Life, Cherished In Death" "The Most Wonderful Mother" |
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"Weep Not Papa And Mama For Me For I Am Waiting In Heaven For Thee" "Tho' Lost To Sight To Memory Dear" "Goodbye, I Am Going To Sleep" "At Rest" |
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Luke Short, known as King of the Gamblers in Fort Worth. He introduced the new game Keno at the White Elephant
Saloon. Short died Sept. 8, 1893 at the age of thirty-nine. His cause of death was described as "Dropsy"
(a deterioration of the body). He paid $20 in advance for his burial plot. He died in bed. Click Here for story of the famous shooting between Luke Short and Longhaired Jim Courtright. |
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 On Tombstone - Jim "Longhaired" Courtright 1845 - 1887. U S Army Scout, U S Marshall, Frontiersman, Pioneer, Representative of a Class of Man now passing from Texas who whatever their faults were type of that brave courageous manhood which commands respect and admiration. Erected 1953 - In Memory Of Him By His Descendants. |
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| "Bartender's Row" In Early Fort Worth bartending was a respected and honorable profession. | |||||||||
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United States Senator Charles A. Culberson also Governor of Texas. "Mama, I'm Dying, Goodby, Goodby" From the grave of a nine year boy) |
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Consort (1) A Husband or Wife, especially the Spouse of a Monarch. (2) A Companion or Partner To coexist, cohort, live with, walk with, keep company with, hang out with, attend, protect, escort. "Resting In Hope Of A Glorious Resurrection" |
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 Trinity Cemetery - "Black Section" - The tall Obelisk in the background is a monument to "Gooseneck Bill" McDonald, a Negro banker and politician. Some of his family are buried here, but he is not. |
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 W. T. Waggoner - Texas Rancher and Oilman By 1900 over 50 million barrels of oil had been pumped from his land making him one of the richest men in Texas. W. T. built Arlington Downs, a one and a quarter mile racetrack in Arlington. |
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Euday Louis Bowman 1886-1949 Fort Worth native Euday Bowman was a ragtime composer. His best known song was "12th Street Rag" which he wrote about his experiences in Kansas City. Another song written by Bowman was "Fort Worth Blues". It was never published. He died in NewYork City in 1949 "No Pain Nor Grief No Anxious Fear Can Reach The Peaceful Sleeper There" "There Are No Partings In Heaven" |
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Calvary Section - A Burial Plot For Catholics There were no bridges across the Trinity River in early Fort Worth. All the Catholic funerals were held downtown at the St. Patrick's Cathedral. The funeral procession had to cross the river at shallow fords. Sometimes the water was high and the horses and mourners could or would not cross. There was a saying among the early day Catholics - "He is a good friend, he will follow you all the way across the river." |
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Lots of old iron fences. |
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Now as you pull out onto Grand Avenue from the cemetery, turn right. At 609 Grand, on your left, you will find George Hilton's Bicycle Tree. If it's winter and there are no leaves on the tree, you can see the bicycles nestled in among the limbs. It's a little harder to see during the summer.
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