Collinsworth Cemetery, Collins Co. Cemeteries of Tx

Collinsworth Cemetery, located on private property South of Parker Road on Ohio Drive in Plano, Texas (This is a old cemetery, not previously listed.) It began after an epidemic of smallpox in 1895, after a salesman spent the night at the Milt Collinsworth home. Changing of the bed linen spread the
illness to others. The illnesses resulted in West Plano being quarantined, but it was mostly the Collinsworth family who died. "Respectful mourners crowded the contagious houses of the dead, and more sickness spread. The doctor of the time, did not know how to treat the disease and wrongly prescribed medicine to keep people from breaking out. The Collinsworth bodies had to be interred at night to prevent spread of contamination." -Plano Texas, the Early Years. by Frances Wells. Info by Gary Webb

C Carpenter Johnson, HOA of Preston Lakes and Collin County Master Gardeners are working on this cemetery to add color through wildflowers (planted), bulbs (to be installed soon) and other landscaping through the HOA of the surrounding neighborhood.

{text added by Charlotte Carpenter Johnson}

Mother

Lucy Ann {Rowlett}
wife of F. M. Collinsworth
born August 5, 1830
died May 12, 1896
They Followed Virtue As Their Truest Guide,
Lived As A Christian, As A Christian Died.

Father

F. M. Collinsworth {Farwick M.}
born February 21, 1831
died February 14, 1907

Infant son of
D. M. and L. Collinsworth
born and died January 3, 1900
SUFFER LITTLE ONE
TO COME (UNTO ME)

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS
L. U. Collinsworth {Levi U.}

born May 30, 1857
died May 12, 1895
A LOVING HUSBAND
A FATHER DEAR
A FAITHFUL FRIEND
LIES BURIED HERE.

J. J. Collinsworth
born October 24, 1849
died February 1, 1909

Francis A., {Corbin} wife of J. J.
born February 18, 1851
died September 17, 1910
Blessed Are The Pure In Heart
For They Shall See God.

---Worth {probably Ishmel B.}
born August 4, 1869
died May 19, 1895
Age 25 yr, 9 mo, 15 da.
Our Darling One
Hast Gone Before
To Greet Us On
The Blissful Shore

COME YE BLESSED
Annie O'Dell Collinsworth {daughter of Levi U}
born April 20, 1886
died August 24, 1903
Her Happy Soul
Has Winged Its Way
To One Pure Bright
Eternal Day.

(Little)... le
Albert H.
Collins
-Worth

Rachel
wife of T. H. Collinsworth
died August 27, 1902
aged 71 years

Mary E. Collinsworth
daughter of I. B. & J. T.
Born