Details for Oakwood Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5439003659

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Marker Number 3659
Atlas Number 5439003659
Marker Title Oakwood Cemetery
Index Entry Oakwood Cemetery
Address 701 Grand Ave.
City Fort Worth
County Tarrant
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 654562
UTM Northing 3627014
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1966
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Oakwood Cemetery, at Grand Ave. entrance (opposite Gould Ave.)
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
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 acres. 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. (1966)

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