Founding Fathers LbNA #31252 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 24, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Arlington |
| County: | Tarrant |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Wag Time  |
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| Found by: | Elwood Fan |
| Last found: | Aug 12, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | May 24, 2007 |
Encompassing more than ten acres of land, Arlington Cemetery includes within its borders several small historic graveyards, including the old original cemetery of Arlington, the W. W. McNatt Cemetery addition, the Masonic Cemetery, and the Old City Cemetery. William W. McNatt, who brought his family here from Arkansas in 1872, was a retail merchant and large scale farmer in this area. He sold the cemetery property to the Arlington Cemetery Society in 1899. Another group, the Arlington Cemetery Association, was chartered in 1923 and maintained the graveyard for many years until the city of Arlington assumed ownership and maintenance. The oldest documented burial here is that of one-year-old Mattie Luna Cooper (1874-75), daughter of pioneer Arlington settlers J. D. and Luna Copper. Numerous other early settlers also are buried here, as are veterans of conflicts from the Civil War to World War II. Local officials interred in the graveyard include seven former postmasters and the following former mayors: M. J. Brinson, George M. Finger, Emmett E. Rankin, Williams C. Weeks, Thomas B. Collins, T. G. Bailey, W. H. Davis, Preston F. McKee, William H. Rose, and Will G. Hiett. (1994).
Enter the cemetery from Mary Street at the second entrance to the cemetery, which is past the historical marker sign and across from E. Fourth Street. Drive to the end of that cemetery road and turn left at the cable fence bordering the older section of the cemetery. Turn right at the cable fence corner and park on this short gravel drive. On your right will be four graves marked with concrete domes or cairns.
Begin walking to the right, across the cemetery, taking note of the graves of the founding families of the city of Arlington, including John W. Ditto and the Randol, Collins, and Cooper families. Continue on to two rows of flat markers set into a large concrete slab right next to a magnolia hugging a pine tree (this may be the only pine in the cemetery). Behind the pine is a large square monument for the Cooper family plot. To the right of that is a section bordered by a short wrought-iron fence; inside is a marker for Lewis W. Thomas. At the front right corner of the fenced area is a gate, and nearby is a marker for Thomas J. Chowning. There is a very large bush at the back right corner of this fenced area. The box is in the middle of this bush at its base near the back corner under leaves.
Enter the cemetery from Mary Street at the second entrance to the cemetery, which is past the historical marker sign and across from E. Fourth Street. Drive to the end of that cemetery road and turn left at the cable fence bordering the older section of the cemetery. Turn right at the cable fence corner and park on this short gravel drive. On your right will be four graves marked with concrete domes or cairns.
Begin walking to the right, across the cemetery, taking note of the graves of the founding families of the city of Arlington, including John W. Ditto and the Randol, Collins, and Cooper families. Continue on to two rows of flat markers set into a large concrete slab right next to a magnolia hugging a pine tree (this may be the only pine in the cemetery). Behind the pine is a large square monument for the Cooper family plot. To the right of that is a section bordered by a short wrought-iron fence; inside is a marker for Lewis W. Thomas. At the front right corner of the fenced area is a gate, and nearby is a marker for Thomas J. Chowning. There is a very large bush at the back right corner of this fenced area. The box is in the middle of this bush at its base near the back corner under leaves.