Jacob Routh Family Cemetery Burials, Richardson, Collin, Texas Submitted by Harold R. Huber harold.huber@sabre.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit  or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations  desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain  the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of  the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of  this consent. Gloria B. Mayfield, LadyTexian@tcainternet.com  TX Tombstone Project Manager ************************************************************************ Jacob Routh Family Cemetery Burials, Richardson, Collin, Texas Submitted by Harold R. Huber harold.huber@sabre.com Location: southern Collin County, Texas - east of highway US 75, south of Renner Road, west of Plano Road, and about 1/2 mile north of Glenville Drive on the south bank of Spring Creek. A second larger cemetery is located about 300 yards southwest of the Jacob Routh Family Cemetery. It is known as the Routh Cemetery and has a Texas Historical Marker. Texas Historical Marker obtained in 1998: ROUTH CEMETERY Brothers Jacob, George Washington, Joseph, and Thomas Jefferson Routh, and their sister Elizabeth Routh Thomas, were cousins of the Vance family which held the original land grant that encompassed this site. Jacob Routh (1818-1879), a Baptist minister, acquired the 640 acre J. U. Vance Survey in 1851, and brought his mother and other relatives from Tennessee to Texas. The Routh Family was instrumental in the establishment of the community surrounding their land. Routh Family members helped to organize a school, church, and store in addition to the family cemetery. Early Collin County settlers Nancy De Lozier Beverly (1806-1851) and seven-year-old William Klepper, along with an unknown child whose parents were camping nearby at the time of its death, were already buried on this site when Jacob Routh set aside one acre as a family burial ground. Jacob's mother, Elizabeth Mashman Routh (1788-1852), died soon after her arrival in Texas and was the first family member to be interred here. Jacob Routh, his wife Lodemia Ann Campbell, and two unmarried daughters, Rose and Clara Routh, are buried several hundred yards north of the cemetery in a private plot. Of the approximately two hundred graves here, fewer than 100 are marked. The last burial to occur here was that of Serepta Ellen Campbell Miller, who was born in 1836 and died in 1922. The Routh Cemetery continues to serve as a record of the pioneers of North Texas. (1998) Notes: 1) Where known, female listings are by maiden name. If the maiden name is not known, then females are listed by their married name, with "Mrs." after the given name. 2) Marriage, spouse, and parent information is from information compiled by Harold R. Huber, harold.huber@sabre.com. SURNAME, Given/Sex/Birth Date/Death Date/Mar Date/Spouse/Father/Mother CAMPBELL, Lodemia Ann/F/16 Nov 1833/8 Oct 1916/30 Oct 1853/Jacob ROUTH/Robert Fleming CAMPBELL/Jane DAVID ROUTH, Clara/F/7 Jun 1874/1 Jun 1962//never married/Jacob ROUTH/Lodemia Ann CAMPBELL ROUTH, Jacob/M/22 Dec 1818/30 Apr 1879/30 Oct 1853/Lodemia Ann CAMPBELL/John ROUTH/Elizabeth MASHMAN ROUTH, Rose/F/16 Sep 1871/24 Sep 1954//never married/Jacob ROUTH/Lodemia Ann CAMPBELL