Westworth Village in Tarrant County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Thompson Public Cemetery
Photographed by QuesterMark, July 19, 2021
1. Thompson Public Cemetery Marker
In 1870, Captain Henry J. Thompson, Chief Justice of Jack County, Texas Ranger and Fort Worth Mason, allowed his neighbor and Confederate veteran, William Terry Allen, to bury his first wife, Sarah Anne Fannie Grant Allen (1849-1870), on his property. This established Thompson Public Cemetery, one-third mile from the Allen log cabin home. Six months later, their son George E. Allen joined her, followed by another son, Willie Allen, in 1884. William T. Allen later was buried in the cemetery in 1893. His late wifes younger sister who became his second wife, Theodocia Docia Earnest Grant (1854-1931), is buried next to him. A third Grant sister buried in the cemetery, Martha Jane Grant (1842-1885), married Confederate veteran John Jay Ingram.
Thompson Public Cemetery has also been known by other names, such as Allen, Farmer, Thompson Community Cemetery, Thompson Neighbors Cemetery, and Thompson Cemetery. Many pioneer settler families of White Settlement, River Oaks and Westworth Village are buried in the cemetery, including James Ventioner, founder of River Oaks, and his wife, Millie Farmer. They were the first couple
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Historic Texas Cemetery 2010
Erected 2010 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 22600.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 32° 45.413′ N, 97° 25.527′ W. Marker is in Westworth Village, Texas, in Tarrant County. It can be reached from Fairway Drive north of Leonard Trail, on the left when traveling north. This marker is located in the 6500 block Westworth Blvd. (SH 183). It is south of shops at SW corner of Westworth Blvd and Fairway Dr. Touch for map.
Photographed by QuesterMark, July 19, 2021
2. Thompson Public Cemetery and Marker
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South. 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, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Worth Army Air Field (approx. half a mile away); Horace Seaver Carswell, Jr. (approx. half a mile away); Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Plant No. 4 (approx. 1.2 miles away); First Baptist Church of White Settlement (approx. 1.4 miles away); Westover Manor (approx. 1.6 miles away); Curzon Place (approx. 2 miles away); Fairfield Gates Apartments (approx. 2 miles away); The Baldridge House (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Westworth Village.
More about this marker. The marker stands inside the cemetery fence.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2021, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,816 times since then and 205 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 20, 2021, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
