Gears Family Cemetery, Greens Bayou ,Harris County, TX
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Gears Family Cemetery, Greens Bayou ,Harris County, TX

The Gears Family Cemetery is on private property in Harris County, Texas. It is
located about 100 yards south of the south bank of Greens Bayou about 1/4th mile west
(upstream) of Northborough Blvd.  This is west of I-45 and north of the Sam Houston
Tollway, north of the city limits of Houston.  As of January 2000, the cemetery has not
been maintained in many years. It has been reclaimed by the woods. In fact, as I was
bird-watching in the woods I found the cemetery when I fell into it when I tripped 
over the barbed wire fence that once enclosed it. 
 Bill McClure  wmcclure@pdq.net

The primary stone marker has clasped hands on top and on the east face the text is 
"IN MEMORY OF THE GEARS FAMILY  GONE BEFORE US." On the west face the
inscription is "IN MEMORY OF THE SLACK FAMILY GONE BEFORE US." 
Another stone has been inscribed "HARMAN GEARS JULY 19, 1880   SEPT 1,
1921  AGE 41 YEARS  AT REST."
 Another stone is inscribed "LEONI MERLE GEARS  MAR 15, 1925  MAY
24, 1931."
     
There are several smaller shaped stones without inscriptions and several depressions 
in the soil indicating other interments.