The cemetery where the pioneers of Fort Worth, Texas lie at rest.
Pioneers Rest Cemetery contains a complete list of burials from Fort
Worth's oldest community cemetery dating back to 1849. It is a compilation
of burial information of the historical Pioneers Rest Cemetery in Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, Texas. The information has been taken from the headstones
and records of the Pioneers Rest Cemetery Association. Added obituaries from
Fort Worth papers and biographical information were gleaned from newspapers
and family members. This book has a complete full name index and will be
valuable to the researchers of early Fort Worth and Tarrant County.
A committee comprised of Fort Worth Genealogical Society members walked
the cemetery and copied every stone. They made notes of sites without stones.
The listing of the cemetery is by lot and block so that those persons searching
for a gravesite will have a guide.
Many years after the first burials in 1850, the Pioneers Rest Cemetery
Association was formally organized. In 1870, a lot and block map was drafted
and filed in the Tarrant County Court House. A copy of this map is
included.
Photographs of selected monuments can be found in the special picture
section. Descendants of some of the early families were contacted and have
been very helpful in allowing their cherished pictures to be copied. Photographs
of early citizens are included as a result of the cooperation of the staff
of the Genealogy Department of the Fort Worth Public Library -- Central
Library.
Historical background, biographical sketches, 53 photographs, maps, CSA
burials, and much more. Hard cover, Smythe sewn, deluxe library binding,
8 1/2" x 11", 60 lb. acid free paper, 260 pages. |
