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Oakwood Look-Ups Archives
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Tuesday 01/01/2002 12:59:44am Name: Mike Thompson E-Mail: mike.thompson1@worldnet.att.net City/State: Dallas,Texas Look-Up Request: Buried at Oakwood Captain Waldo P Goff died Aug 2,1913 Rebecca Rhodes Goff died March 11,1927 REPLY: Mrs. Rebecca GOFF, d. 3-11-1927, interred 3-12-1927, buried Block 3 Lot 31 Space 3. In a column used for last residence or place of death is "Stop Oakwood." I beleive this refers to a stop on the Interurban railroad line. Waldo P. GOFF, d. 8-3-1913, buried Block 3 Lot 31 Space 4. -Rob

Friday 12/21/2001 5:03:32pm Name: Gene Majors E-Mail: gnkm@adelphia.net City/State: Placentia, CA Look-Up Request: Thank you for checking. Guess I should have ask you to check the other cemeteries too. I ask about Oakwood because my g-grandmother and two of my mother's younger siblings are buried there. In the other cemeteries that you have access to are there any GRABER burials?  Thank you. REPLY: I just have the one cemetery book to do look-ups from. Oakwood, Old Trinity and Calvary Cemeteries are all contained in this book. The three cemeteries are encompassed within a single fence and the name Oakwood has been used to represent them all. I have edited my 1st reply to reflect that GRABER was not found in the Oakwood complex. Who are the three people you mention? If I find them, I can see who is buried nearby. The burials are recorded in order of their locations. -Rob

Friday 12/21/2001 2:22:20am Name: Gene Majors E-Mail: gnkm@adelphia.net City/State: Placentia, CA Look-Up Request: Are there are GRABER burials in Oakwood Cemetery? In particular children? My grandmother's maiden name was GRABER . About 1905 her mother gave birth to twins who later died in infancy. They were buried together in the same coffin. There may have been other GRABER children too. Thank you. REPLY: There are no GRABER's recorded in the Oakwood Cemetery book. -Rob

Thursday 12/20/2001 8:06:53pm Name: Kathy Lambert E-Mail: JBrian3597@aol.com City/State: Joshua, Texas Look-Up Request: Just wanted to say "Thank You" Rob for looking up my ggggrandfather Samuel Harrison Brown. Happy Holidays.

Wednesday 12/19/2001 9:40:20am Name: Kathy Lambert E-Mail: JBrian3597@aol.com City/State: Joshua, Texas Look-Up Request: I am looking for the grave of our gggrandfather. His name was Samuel Harrison Brown, born 02/21/1841? and died 04/04/1911. He was a Captain in the 5th Alabama Regement and we were told he was buried in a Confederate plot in Ft. Worth. Any help would really be appreciated. Thank you. REPLY: Sam H. BROWN, Male, b. 2-21-1841, d. 4-26-1911, buried in Oakwood Cemetery's "Soldier's Row" row 14 space 3, stone inscribed "Capt. Co. C 5 Ala. Cav. C.S.A. - U.C.V." He was a member of the Robert E. Lee Camp #158. -Rob

Wednesday 12/05/2001 9:27:33am Name: R.Jack Stone E-Mail: oolt@aol.com City/State: Oviedo,Florida Look-Up Request: A.B. SMITH, native of Ft. Worth, buried city cemetery, after 1892, probably before 1900, was 33 yrs old at time of death. Address at time of death was 503 W. 1st St., Ft. Worth, Tx. REPLY: Oakwood was indeed known as City Cemetery at one time. The closest match I find is: SMITH, A.B., male age 39, b. 3-12-1855 d. 3-13-1894, interred 3-13-1894, buried Block 22 Lot 28-W1/2 Space 3, died of Gunshot wounds. -Rob

Monday 12/03/2001 9:10:48pm Name: Janet Gardner E-Mail: jgardner@tca.net City/State: Huntsville, TExas Look-Up Request: Looking for the burial site of Raleigh Roscoe Abel died about Summer of 1959. REPLY: There are no ABEL's in Oakwood. I suggest you contact the larger cemeteries that are still in operation; Laurel Land, Greenwood, Mt. Olivet and Rosehill. Contact info on Page 1 of our website. -Rob

Sunday 11/25/2001 7:36:06pm Name: Mary Carol Marino E-Mail: marmusic@swbell.net City/State: Fort Worth, TX Look-Up Request: Thank you very much for your help with my ggrandparents. I've been to that cemetery several times but cannot locate a marker, so apparently it has crumbled with time. But I'll look thru the book you recommended ASAP. Now, please, one more query, this time in Oakwood. My Uncle Isaac Warren Smith, Jr. married a young lady appx 1923 when he was sixteen years old. She died after one year of marriage of a brain tumor. Her name was Mary Hurt (or Hunt) Smith. Do you have a record of her burial and location?? Thank you for your help and your interest. --- Mary Marino REPLY: The DAR copied Oakgrove Cemetery in the 50's so there is a good chance that their inventory includes stones that no longer exist. I found one name for you that fits from Oakwood, but the dates don't work: SMITH, Mary L. Hunt, b. 1908, d. 1-26-1930, interred 1-27-1930, buried Block 54 Space 343, resided Fort Worth. -Rob FOLLOW UP RESPONSE: Just to let you know that the Mary Hunt Smith you told me about a few days ago is, in fact, my Uncle I. W's first wife. I found them listed together in the Fort Worth City Directory until 1929. Apparently the tale of their marriage being only for one year was wrong. It lasted for seven years. Thank you for your help. That laid to rest a very old and intriguing mystery. Mary Carol Marino

Tuesday 11/20/2001 10:32:52pm Name: Jana Barger E-Mail: janabarger@aol.com City/State: Waco, Texas Look-Up Request: I know that my 3rd gr. grandmother is buried at Oakwood Cemetery, but I don't know where her grave is located. I would like to visit but I need to know where to look. Her name was Julia Downey Turner. Thank you, Jana REPLY: Mrs. Julia A. TURNER 1846-1927 is buried in Block 41 Lot 19 Space 3. Is this the right person? It would be best to visit during office hours so that they can show you the grave on a map. They are open M-F 7:00-3:00pm (817) 624-3531. The gates are open daily until dusk. If you need to visit during the weekend, drop by the Central Library and look up the map in the Oakwood book. -Rob

Saturday 11/17/2001 10:54:29pm Name: Mary Carol Marino E-Mail: marmusic@swbell.net City/State: Fort Worth, TX Look-Up Request: Would you have any idea where I can find burial records for the old Oak Grove/Tye Cemetery on Oak Grove Rd. south of Loop 820?? Am searching for John F. Smith (dd 1898)and Fannie Jane Hatfield Smith (dd 1908). These are my gggrandparents. Thank you for any help you can give me. REPLY: Info is from our website: Fort Worth, Texas, east side of Oak Grove Road, 1.2 miles south of F.M. 1187. Recorded in "Texas Cemetery Records: Tarrant County" volume 3, pages 94-105, by DAR. Available at the Fort Worth Public Library. -Rob

Thursday 11/15/2001 9:24:05pm Name: Ann Hunter E-Mail: annh@erols.com City/State: Richmond, VA Look-Up Request: Would you please check for Dabney A. Whitlow, b.c. 1828, and his wife Olive, b.c. 1835. They were in Fort Worth for the 1880 census and weren't there in 1900. Their daughter Minnie Thomson was buried in Oakwood in 1900. Thanks again! REPLY: I found a family plot in Block 19 Lot 47: WHITLOW, Mrs. Lydia Ada, age 94, female, d. 1-21-1971, interred 1-23-1971, buried Space 1, resided Fort Worth, b. 10-11-1876 WHITLOW, Charles E., male, d. 3-8-1948, int. 1948, bur. Space 2, b. 4-8-1868 WHITLOW, Mrs. Olive L., d. 1906, int. 1-1-1906, bur. Space 3, "Mother", b. 1835 WHITLOW, D. A., male, d. 10-2-1911, bur. Space 4, "Father", b. 1828 WHITLOW, Lex T., age 54, male, d. 1892, int. 9-10-1892. bur. Space 5, b. 1870 WHITLOW, W. M., age 54, male, int. 12-9-1891, bur. Space 6 -Rob

Tuesday 11/13/2001 7:51:40pm Name: Ann Hunter E-Mail: annh@erols.com City/State: Richmond, VA Look-Up Request: I'm missing a Septimus O. Thomson, b.c. 1854, sometimes listed as S. O. Thomson/Thompson. He was in Fort Worth in 1882 and can't be found after that. Is there any sign of him in Oakwood? Thanks yet again! REPLY: I'm sorry, but there is no sign of him. -Rob

Saturday 11/10/2001 10:29:13am Name: Ann Hunter E-Mail: annh@erols.com City/State: Richmond, VA Look-Up Request: One more lookup please. The Mrs. H. O. Snow who was buried in Sept. 1887 had two known children: Samuel Conklin and Mack Conklin, both born in the late 1870's and alive in 1880. Neither appears in the 1900 census. Are they also in Oakwood, or any other Conklins born in the early 1880's? Thanks again. REPLY: I found only two by that surname: CONKLIN (given name not recorded), age 5, female, interred 4-8-1882, buried Block 1 Lot 40 Space 5, died of Typhoid Fever. Ella CONKLIN, interred 5-4-1902, buried Block 43 or 44 Space 127. Records conflict as to which block she is buried. -Rob

Friday 11/09/2001 10:41:33am Name: Ann Hunter E-Mail: annh@erols.com City/State: Richmond, VA Look-Up Request: Would you please check to see if burials are listed for Thomas H. Snow or his wife Henrietta Octavia Snow. Both were born in the 1850's. They were married in Tarrant Co. in 1887. Thanks. REPLY: I found a Mrs. H.O. SNOW, age 26, female, interred 9-13-1887, buried Block 9 Lot 3 Space 6, died of consumption. Six others found were: E.A., James, F.M., Infant of H.B., Henry and Curtis Isaac. -Rob

Saturday 11/03/2001 2:40:29pm Name: Adams E-Mail: indicateur@aol.com City/State: OR Look-Up Request: I am trying to find information for my paternal great-grandmother, who for a time lived in Fort Worth, Texas. I am told that she was born somewhere in the Caribbean. Her maiden name was BARNES. The only spouse that I know of was a Mr. ADAMS (I don't know his first name). I beleive that she changed her last name to Adams once they married (in Fort Worth, Texas--almost certain). She died somewhere in Los Angeles, California four weeks prior to 31 AUG 1953. I don't know where she is buried. Mr. Adams and Ms. Barnes had two children together (listed below): CHILD #1 (male) Name: Wilburn Adams (no middle name, may have been a JR.) DOB: 30 NOV 1912 Place of Birth: Texas (Fort Worth--almost certain) Mother's Maiden name: BARNES DOD: 05 FEB 1989 Place of Death: Los Angeles, California Child #2 (female) Pauline Adams (no middle name) DOB: unknown Place of Birth: Texas (Fort Worth--almost certain) DOD: still living Thank you for your attention to this request! It is greatly appreciated! REPLY: There is no Wilburn Adams recorded at Oakwood nor any female by the name of Adams or Barnes who died in 1953. -Rob

Wednesday 10/03/2001 5:57:18pm Name: Phyllis King E-Mail: pking@peppersnet.com City/State: Camp Wood , Texas 78833 Look-Up Request: Hi , I'm looking for C. Smith or Cornelius Smith b. 1842(?) May have died in 1917 and may be buried next to an M.M. Smith. Also looking for a William L. Bishop. Thank you REPLY: I found C. SMITH in Oakwood, a male who d. 16 Aug. 1917 and buried the next day in Block 63. The space number is not given. I have heard rumors that the caretaker may have been on a liquid diet in that era. There is no record of M.M. Smith or William L. Bishop. Out of 22,000 burials, there are 319 Smith's in Oakwood. -Rob

Sunday 09/30/2001 8:31:46pm Name: Margaret Aplin Highsmith E-Mail: Maganfarris@aol.com City/State: Cowarts, alabama Look-Up Request: Looking for Nettie Lee Husband and any Highsmiths in Oakwood. Thanks REPLY: I did not find Nettie. Two Highsmith's found: HIGHSMITH, J.B., male, d. 2/7/1910, bur. Block 46 Space 203, inscribed "Born in NC", b. 12/11/1848. HIGHSMITH, Mary O., female, d. 9/27/1946, interred 9/30/1946, bur. Block 46 Space 204, Also recorded as died 1934. -Rob

Wednesday 09/26/2001 10:10:58pm Name: Jillian Frank E-Mail: WishingStar@iwon.com City/State: Joshua, Texas Look-Up Request: Is there a Aubrey C. Mitchell listed? He died in March of 1967. Thank you. REPLY: I didn't find him. I suggest you contact the larger cemeteries that are still in use; Laurel Land, Greenwood/Mt. Olivet and Rosehill. Contact info can be found on our cemetery pages. -Rob

Wednesday 09/26/2001 8:31:49pm Name: Randy Murdock E-Mail: murdock@statesville.net City/State: Statesville,NC Look-Up Request: Does your cemetery survey list a Martha (Maude) SNEAD and/or her husband Lee SNEAD. REPLY: The only Snead listed is the Infant of T.L. SNEAD who died in 1902. There are a half dozen SNEED's but none matched those you seek. -Rob

Tuesday 09/25/2001 6:37:27pm Name: Jillian Frank E-Mail: WishingStar@iwon.com City/State: Joshua, Texas Look-Up Request: I'm looking for the burial site of my Great-Grandmother Ella Furman Huff. She passed away in November of 1920. I believe my Grandfather said she was buried in a cemetary that had "Oak" in its name, but no one is sure. Thank you for your time and services, they're greatly appreciated. REPLY: I didn't find Ella, but I found her son, Furman B. HUFF, b. 12/16/1904, d. 7/12/1908, buried Block 6 Lot 42 Space 6. His stone is inscribed with "Son of S.B. & Ella F. HUFF." Just because I did not find Ella does not mean that she is not buried there. There are many burials that were not recorded properly. Other HUFF's buried there are; Infant of A.J., C.S. age 4m, Jessie O. age 6m and Jessie age 3. These 5 HUFF burials are just scattered across Oakwood -Rob

Monday 09/24/2001 1:56:10pm Name: Jan Young E-Mail: j8an68@swbell.net City/State: Fort Worth, Texas Look-Up Request: I am looking for a death record or place of death (cemetery) for a James or Jim H. Bolles who died between 1880 and 1900 in Tarrant County. His wife was Mattie Sealy Bolles. Thank you so much. Jan REPLY: Sorry. They were not found in the Oakwood book.

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