Isham Cemetery

Tarrant Co, Cemeteries of TX

HM photo submitted by Linda Bowden

Isham Cemetery
The Rev. W. Marion Isham (1831-1904) and his Family came to Tarrant County 
from Georgia about 1870. Soon after arriving in the Area Isham donated a 
one-Acre plot of land to be used for a community cemetery. The oldest 
remaining Legible Grave Marker here is that of N.L. Sweet (1824-1870). 
Although earlier burials are documented by Plain sandstone Markers. Approximately five acres were added to the Graveyard in 1941. Still in Operation as a community burial Ground. The Historic Graveyard is Maintained by the Isham Cemetery Association.1836-1036

Sometimes called Isham's Chapel Cemetery, located at 7100 block John T. White Road, east of Ft. Worth. Also known on some maps as White Cemetery. Named for Rev. Wm. Marion Isham (Sept. 4,1831-June 15, 1924), who helped establish a Methodist Church north of the Trinity in that community. Contains several hundred graves and is maintained by an active cemetery association. Earliest marked grave is that of N.L. Sweet (1824-18790)

Note:  My great grandmother, Lela Ida Perry Reeves'  had a sister, Margaret Ann Perry.  Margaret married Thomas Franklin Isham, son of Rev. Marion Isham who founded Isham Chapel.  Laura Perkins( LP)(Photos)