ESTES CEMETERY
Tarrant Co, Cemeteries of TX

1857 - 1981

Submitted by  Margaret Bates April 2001

When James Estes and his family moved to the Mansfield-Webb area in the mid-1850s, little did he know he would be burying his wife, Sarah.  She died 16 Apr 1857 and was the first to be buried in what is now known as Estes Cemetery.  James Estes set aside one acre of land as burial land for his
family.  A few days after his wife died, his granddaughter, Mary A. Estes, died and was buried 22 Apr 1857.  Another granddaughter, Texana T. Estes, was buried 23 Aug 1861.  James Estes was the next to be buried 23 Mar 1864, alongside his wife, Sarah.

Silas Estes, son of James and Sarah Estes, took the responsiblity of caring for the cemetery and decided to make it available to friends and neighbors in their hours of need. At this period of time, there were approximately a dozen families within a five-mile range of the cemetery. They were all
welcomed to used the cemetery as a resting place for their loved ones. As of March 1996, there were fifty known families with 151 known burials. Over the years, many headstones have been stolen, leaving many unmarked grave sites.

The last interment was Bennie Baker, 20 Jan 1992. Burials in the cemetery are now limited to direct descendants of the original families.

In August, 1990, a major restoration of the cemetery was begun by the descendants of those early pioneers, and the cemetery is now well-maintained and a place of beauty.

The cemetery is located approximately six miles east of Mansfield on the Arlington-Webb-Britton Road (County Rd. #2017). The earliest marked grave is of that of Mary A. Estes, (1855 - 1857).

Inscriptions copied by Beth Harrison Canright and Beryl Steele Gibson. A project of the Mansfield Historical Society, first published 1986 by Mansfield Historical Society, P.O. Box 304, Mansfield, TX 76063. Used with permission.

Beginning at the entrance gate on the southwest corner.

BOZARTH, S. Emmett, Mar.27, 1885 - Aug. 20, 1956
BOZARTH, Kate Palmer, Aug. 22, 1893 - Apr.25, 1973
ANNEN, Wilhelm - Father, Jan. 5, 1885 - Jan. 19, 1919
ANNEN, Emma - Mother, Sept. 7, 1883 - Nov. 5, 1934
ANNEN, Infant, son of Mr. & Mrs. Will Annen, Oct. 15, 1936, Only Date
FORTE, Addie Maude-Mother, 1894 - 1932
ANNEN, Elizabeth, dau of J. & L., Nov. 25, 1890 - Feb. 6, 1894
ANNEN, Charlie, son of J. & L., July 21, 1894 - Jul.14, 1903
ANNEN, Annie, dau of John & Louise, Apr.4, 1896 - Oct. 30, 1914
ANNEN, Christine Wilhilmena L., Mar.8, 1867 - May 7, 1910
BARKSDALE, Joseph Collier, Feb. 9, 1868 - Mar.3, 1931
WAITS, Joe W. - Dad, Apr.21, 1879 - Aug.2, 1930
WAITS, Alice L. - Mom, Dec. 31, 1882 - Jan. 20, 1949
WAITS, Flake - Daughter, born & died July 12, 1912
CURRY, Bertha A., dau of J. D. & M. E., Aged 2 mos. 23 days
HINTZE, Fredrick August, Aug. 28, 1851 - Dec. 15, 1917
HINTZE, Ernest L., Aug. 25, 1848 - Aug. 30, 1926
EMMONS, E. I., wife of L. E., Died Jan. 21, 1893, Aged 43 yrs
HINTZE, Hulda, wife of Earnest, Feb. 11, 1870 - May 11, 1901
HINTZE, Max M., son of E. L. & B. L., Died Aug. 7, 1891, Aged 6 mos.
HINTZE, Hennrietta, wife of E. L., Aug. 20, 1850 - April 5, 1894
HINTZE, Infant, dau of E. L. & H., Died April 6, 1894, Only Date
HINTZE, Bertha L., Jul.11, 1851 - Aug. 2, 1891
HINTZE, Ida May, dau of Frederick & Mathilde,, Mar.17, 1894 - Apr.7, 1894
HINTZE, Anna Wanda, dau of Frederick & Mathilde,, Apr.14, 1899 - Apr.18, 1899
HINTZE, Otto J., Nov. 8, 1885 - Sept. 17, 1914 - Woodmen of the World
CARLTON, Fannie, Jan. 1, 1884 - Nov. 25, 1926 - Broken Marker
SKINNER, Oscar H., May 27, 1903 - No Date; Married Oct. 14, 1923
SKINNER, Susie (Fry) Aug. 27, 1904 - No Date
MARRS, Azariah K., Aug. 8, 1833 - No Date
MARRS, Nancy E.(Ragland), March 21, 1838 - Jan. 2, 1893
UNKNOWN, Martha 1916 - 1918 - Broken Stone - Illegible
STINSON, John Wesley Nov. 3, 1933, Only Date - Texas Pvt. 124 Inf. Div.
STINSON, Giles T., 1869 - 1945
STINSON, Ida Alice, 1871 - 1962
BICKERSTAFF, Walter G., 1892 - 1931
REED, Jofine, wife of W. J., Mar. 1850 - July 18, 1897
REED, Su, inf dau of W. J. & J. H., June 18, l887 - Jan. 1, 1888
CAPP,-Dellie M., wife of A. E., Apr.6, 1874 - Oct. 4, 1906
BRACKENRIDGE,-Corbet No Dates - 602 3. St.
Fenced Family Plot
MYERS., L. Neal (Dock), May 20, 1903 - Jan. 3, 1950
HENRY, Lovena (Meyers), Nov. 6, 1879 - Aug. 30, 1920 - Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
COPLANA, Baby No Dates
MYERS, W. Baxter, Jul.20, 1877 - Aug. 15, 1944
MYERS, Deliah Fry, Sept. 19, 1881 - Aug. 7, 1968
FRY, Eva Rosier, wife of C. N., Jul. 11, 1879 - Sept. 14, 1919
FRY, Charles Newton, 1879 - 1962
FRY, Lola Dell, 1919 - No Date
REITZ, Joe A., 1881 - 1964
REITZ, Lillie B., 1889 - 1923
RUTLAND, Joe R. July 11, 1933, Only Date
MYERS, A. R., husb of Molly, May 17, 1848 - Jan. 25, 1908
MYERS, Molly, Sept. 17, 1857 - Nov. 27, 1906
FRY, W.B. - Father, Jan. 13, 1843 - Dec. 26, 1915
FRY, Sarah R. - Mother, Oct. 30, 1848 - Jan. 8, 1935
FRY, William, Sept. 10, 1911 - Dec. 20, 1974 - Pvt. US Army
HOPSON, Mrs.T. J. (Telithia Back), Jan. 14, 1853 - June 17, 1919
HOPSON, John T., Dec. 8, 1848. - Feb. 29, 1892
HOPSON, John Walter Nov. 8, 1871 - Oct. 2, 1875
HOPSON, Jacob M. Nov. 27, 1862 - June 13, 1871
BACK, Nancy P.(Murphy), Born in Ky., Wife of J. Back, Sept. 6, 1818 - May 9, 1879
BACK, Jacob B., Mar.9, 1819 - Aug. 6, 1881 - Darnell 's Co., 4th Sgt. - CSA
STINSON, Thelma Alice, 1921 - 1926
Fenced Family Plot
BOWLIN, J. W. - Father, Feb. 28, 1867 - Mar.24, 1938
BOWLIN, Martha L.(Curry), Jan. 2, 1876 - Jan-24, 1966
BOWLIN, Joseph Henry - Father, 1842 - 1922
BOWLIN, Juley Ann (Medor), dau of J. P. Medor & (?) Booth, 1839 - 1923
BOWLIN, Henry J., June 25, 1862 - July 23, 1933
BOWLIN, Mrs.H. J.(Corn), Jan. 27, 1863 - July 23, 1943
CURRY, Jewel, son of Asa & Bettie, 1915 - 1934
CURRY, Asa - Father, 1872 - 1941
CURRY, Bettie (Bowlin), 1874 - 1958
HOPSON, Thomas Bussell, Aug. 5, 1889 - Dec. 15, 1893
HOPSON, Johnnie Telithia, Jan. 8, 1892 - June 20, 1893
LIVELY, William, Aug. 15, 1928 - Only Date - Texas Pvt I CL 165 Depot Brig.
McKINLEY, Mary C., Nov. 6, 1854 - Apr.5, 1895
BOWMAN, Isaac G. - Father, Oct. 15, 1820 - 1907
BOWMAN, Mary Cath. Armstrong, Feb. 17, 1822 - May 3, 1899
Wife of Isaac G.Bowman - Married Sept. 15, 1840 Aged 77 yrs. 2 mos. 16 da.
BOWMAN, Chas. W., son of Isaac, No Dates
BOWMAN, Bertha J., Dec. 14, 1889 - May 11, 1914
BOWMAN, Geo. A., father of E. Bowman, No Dates
EMMONS, Elias I., Jan. 2, 1809 - J

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