Port Arthur in Jefferson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Sparks Settlement Cemetery

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 22, 2020

1. Sparks Settlement Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial ground. The land was acquired by the Port Arthur Land Company in 1896. Although Melinda and John Sparks, along with family members and neighbors, were buried in the cemetery, all that remains to mark the site is a monument erected in 1948 in memory of a ten-day-old child, Arthur Stilwell Smith, who was born and died in May 1896.

Erected 1989 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10569.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 29° 53.173′ N, 93° 55.103′ W. Marker is in Port Arthur, Texas, in Jefferson County. It is on DeQueen Bolevard near Lakeshore Drive, in the median. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Arthur TX 77640, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Texas’ Golden Triangle.

It is also in the American

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South,

on the Gulf Coast,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Trinity Lutheran Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Warne Gates (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sabine-Neches Canal (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Woodworth House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of Old Aurora (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named The Woodworth House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ellwood - Craig House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pompeiian Villa (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Arthur.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 22, 2020

2. Sparks Settlement Cemetery Marker

Memorial to Arthur Stilwell Smith image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 22, 2020

3. Memorial to Arthur Stilwell Smith

In Memory
Arthur Stilwell Smith
First Birth
First Death
In Port Arhur
May 1896.
Sparks Settlement Cemetery
Erected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen
1948

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 839 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.