South Dallas in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Oakland Cemetery
Photographed by QuesterMark, May 31, 2025
1. Oakland Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Oakland Cemetery. . In 1891, O.S. Riggen (1852-1891) purchased 60 acres in rural Dallas County, outside the city limits, with the vision to establish a rural garden cemetery. Riggen succeeded in interesting others to join the venture, but died before his vision could materialize. That same year, Oakland Cemetery Company incorporated and, in 1892, purchased 60 acres each from Z.E. Coombes and W.B. Gano; W.H. Lewis; and Joe Weil and W.N. Coe. Landscape architect Benjamin Grove (1823-1915) designed and mapped 120 of the cemeterys 180 acres. John McCoy purchased the first lot for his wife, Mary Alice McCoy, on November 11, 1892. McCoy also had six family members reinterred here., Oakland Cemetery Company sold and acquired land, causing the borders to be redrawn several times. The company dissolved and Oakland Cemetery Lot Owners Association (OCLOA) was incorporated as a non-profit in 1924. Notable burials include those of Dallas Mayors Henry Ervay (1834-1911), Winship C. Connor (1849-1921), Franklin Pierce Holland (1852-1928), William Meredith Holland (1875-1966), and Louis Blaylock (1849-1932), Lieutenant Governor Barnett Barney Gibbs (1850-1904), U.S. Representatives Edwin Le Roy Antony (1852-1913) and James Andrew Beall (1866-1929). The site contains several impressive monuments and gravestones, including an obelisk measuring 42 feet 7 inches for J.F. Strickland, a Texas interurban builder, and a memorial of Georgian marble for Louis A. Pires, philanthropist and senior director of City National Bank of Dallas. Amongst the 27,000 interments are numerous gravestones with fraternal markings, such as Masons, Shriners, Knights of Pythias, and Woodmen of the World. Today, the cemetery serves as a reminder of early Dallas and the final resting place of generations of citizens.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2022 .
In 1891, O.S. Riggen (1852-1891) purchased 60 acres in rural Dallas County, outside the city limits, with the vision to establish a rural garden cemetery. Riggen succeeded in interesting others to join the venture, but died before his vision could materialize. That same year, Oakland Cemetery Company incorporated and, in 1892, purchased 60 acres each from Z.E. Coombes and W.B. Gano; W.H. Lewis; and Joe Weil and W.N. Coe. Landscape architect Benjamin Grove (1823-1915) designed and mapped 120 of the cemeterys 180 acres. John McCoy purchased the first lot for his wife, Mary Alice McCoy, on November 11, 1892. McCoy also had six family members reinterred here.
Oakland Cemetery Company sold and acquired land, causing the borders to be redrawn several times. The company dissolved and Oakland Cemetery Lot Owners Association (OCLOA) was incorporated as a non-profit in 1924. Notable burials include those of Dallas Mayors Henry Ervay (1834-1911), Winship C. Connor (1849-1921), Franklin Pierce Holland (1852-1928), William Meredith Holland (1875-1966), and Louis Blaylock (1849-1932), Lieutenant Governor Barnett Barney Gibbs (1850-1904), U.S. Representatives Edwin Le Roy Antony (1852-1913) and James Andrew Beall (1866-1929). The site contains several impressive monuments and gravestones, including an obelisk measuring 42 feet 7 inches
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for J.F. Strickland, a Texas interurban builder, and a memorial of Georgian marble for Louis A. Pires, philanthropist and senior director of City National Bank of Dallas. Amongst the 27,000 interments are numerous gravestones with fraternal markings, such as Masons, Shriners, Knights of Pythias, and Woodmen of the World. Today, the cemetery serves as a reminder of early Dallas and the final resting place of generations of citizens.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2022
Erected 2025 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 23911.)
Location. 32° 45.744′ N, 96° 45.455′ W. Marker is in Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in South Dallas. It is on Oakland Circle east of S. Malcom X Blvd. This post-mounted Historic Texas Cemetery marker stands within the circle at the end of the main entrance roadway inside the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3902 S Malcom X Blvd, Dallas TX 75215, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. 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: Richard M. Gano, CSA (within shouting distance of this marker); John C. McCoy (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dr. Edgar Ewell Ward
More about this marker. The dedication ceremony for this marker was held April 5, 2025.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2025, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 192 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 31, 2025, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
