Pioneer Burial Cairn - Sophie and Willis Arnold - Fort Worth, TX, US
N 32° 45.913 W 097° 19.670
14S E 656628 N 3626496
Pioneer Burial Cairn in Pioneers Rest Cemetery 620 Samuels Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Waymark Code: WMTAYC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2016
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Pioneers Rest Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Fort Worth. Major Ripley Allen Arnold established it in 1849. The first known burials were Major Arnold’s children, Willis and Sophie, who died in 1850
Sophie and Willis died of cholera and were buried in a double grave.
Cairn Location: Hilltop Cemetery
Cairn Purpose: Grave Memorial
Type if different from above list: Burial Cairn
Types of rock: Sandstone
Cairn Condition:
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