Oakwood Cemetery - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Oakwood Cemetery
Address: Oakwood Cemetery at Grand and Gould Ave.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: GY;
Year Marker Erected: 1966
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: Grand at Gould Avenue, Oakwood Cemetery, at gate, Fort Worth
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Related Waymarks:
John Peter Smith, Founder of Oakwood Cemetery: WM3ET1
John Peter Smith: WM3G39

Marker Number: 3659 Marker Text: Founded 1879 by John Peter Smith, one of Fort Worth's first settlers, who became a civic leader, Mayor, philanthropist. He gave 20 acres to City; cemetery since enlarged to 100. The area contains three cemeteries: Oakwood, Calvary, Trinity. Many Fort Worth and Tarrant County men and women of destiny are buried here. Plots are owned by lodges, unions, Catholic, Protestant, Negro, and White. Tracts are dedicated to Union and Confederate soldiers. The Chapel was built in 1914. Oakwood, Calvary Associations, and City provide care. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966

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