GARVIN MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas =========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, material may be freely used by not-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of this 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. =========================================================================== Recorded by R. Steven Rainwater & Susan Chance-Rainwater 27 Dec 1997 Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Susan Chance-Rainwater Directions: This small cemetery is located between Marsh and Midway Roads on Northwest Highway in Dallas, Texas, and is situated on the south side of the road next to an old apartment complex called Sherwood Forest. Though the cemetery sits back about 100 feet from the road and is not immediately visible, it is marked by two metal signs indicating the presence of a state historical marker and a metal sign which reads: Garvin Memorial Cemetery Established 1868 Rededicated in 1897 Cemetery restored in 1977 by Jesse & Ruth Swor in memory of William T. Swor, Sr., buried 1888 and John Wesley Swor, buried 1912. The Texas Historical Commission marker was placed in 1980, and reads: Garvin Memorial Cemetery This burial ground served the pioneer families who settled in the area. Graves here date from the 1870s. The land for the cemetery was donated to the community by James G. Garvin (1838-1897), a former Dallas merchant, his wife Eliza and brothers, Col. William L. Crawford (1839-1920) and Judge M. L. Crawford (1841-1910), prominent attorneys of the county. Several veterans of the Civil War are interred here, including Col. Pleasant G. Swor (1834-1878), who led an assualt against Union forces at the Battle of Corinth. This cemetery is badly overgrown and nearly a dozen of the headstones have been broken off at the base and are missing. Quite a number of gravesites are marked with metal tags set in concrete which give only the family name. Two groups of graves are contained within concrete-edged rectangles and the remainder surround them. RECTANGLE 1: GARVIN, Joseph S., 10 Jan 1869 - 22 Sept 1912, Woodman of the World GARVIN, James G., 13 Sept 1830 - 16 Jul 1897, Sgt., Co. B, Perkins Battery, MO Inf, CSA Louisa, no dates, "Mother" Mollie, no dates Catherine A., no dates, "Mother" GARVIN (4 sided obelisk) J. G., 13 Sept 1830 - 16 Jul 1897 Catherine A., 14 Sep 1832 - 13 Oct 1875, wife of J. G. Garvin Louisa, 26 Feb 1858 - 11 Dec 1879, wife of J. G. Garvin Mollie, no dates, wife of J. G. Garvin RECTANGLE 2: MATHIS, William H., 26 Feb 1812 - 28 Jun 1878, "Father" MATHIS, Martha J., 2 Jul 1802 - 22 Apr 1876, "Mother" STONES OUTSIDE THE RECTANGLES: MAYES, Eliza, 6 Oct 1866 - 31 Aug 1891, wife of S. M. Mayes TRAVIS, Daniel M., 10 Jun 1830 - 2 Aug 1916 TRAVIS, Jane C., 25 Apr 1829 - Jan 8 1903 SWOR, Pleasant G., 22 Feb 1834 - 3 Jun 1878 (replacement stone) Captain, Co. C, 5 Tenn Inf, CSA SWOR, P. G., died 3 June 1878, "Father" (original stone) SWOR, Martha, 11 Jun 1846 - 11 Jul 1888 SWOR, Jessie, died 1876, "infant" GRAVES MARKED WITH METAL TAGS: Sparkman Family Mackey Family Lively Family Quillen Family WEST, Theo Belle Ferree, 1859 - 1888 FERREE, Elizabeth, 1880 - 1883 W. Eder_______ (tag is broken in half)