Witten Cemetery
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N 32° 52.696 W 097° 07.385
14S E 675587 N 3639353
Pioneer Cemetery in the middle of a very nice neighborhood on the Fort Worth-Colleyville border.
Waymark Code: WMN33
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2006
Views: 26
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Commission
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Witten Cemetery
Address: Colleyville Cr. at Jackson Court
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: GY;
Year Marker Erected: 1981
Designations: na
Marker Location: Jackson Court, cul-de-sac at end of, Colleyville; off 4700 block of Jackson St., Fort Worth
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Repairs Completed: N/A
Marker Number: 5883
Marker Text:
This cemetery was established for the family of Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten (1819-91), who came to Texas in 1854. A successful landowner, he also served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy County Surveyor. Witten first used this burial site in 1857 for the interment of his son, William. Also buried here is another son, George (1841-68), who drowned while on a cattle drive, and a son-in-law, Ryan Harrington (1829-84), a participant in the 1849 California Gold Rush. Samuel Witten and his wife moved to Corpus Christi in 1890 and the cemetery was later used by family descendants. (1981)
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