Harris Co., TX - Cemeteries - Whitcomb Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Mark & Monica Kolber" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Whitcomb Cemetery 3801 East FM 528 RD Friendswood, TX 77546 Harris County (Northeast side of Clear Creek) {This cemetery is on private land and is not currently accessible to the public.} This small family graveyard is a 29' 6" x 22' 3" rectangle with the long sides parallel to the North (magnetic)/South axis...the perimeter consists of a low concrete wall topped by a wire fence supported by 18 round metal posts, two of which are slightly larger in diameter and support a gate which is in the middle of the long easternmost wall of the graveyard. 9 headstones marking the graves of 11 persons are contained within the above enclosure...the first (oldest) stone sits in the rear center adjacent to and parallel with the westernmost interior wall of the graveyard, it marks the graves of three children under the age of three. >From the southwest corner in two rows; row one: MARY THOMPSON AUG. 11, 1834 JUNE 24, 1914 ("Citizen of the Republic of Texas" seal and Texas flag emblem added in last 1990's) JAMES THOMPSON JULY 26, 1822 JAN. 23, 1902 THOMPSON ELIZABETH 1858-1861 MARGARET 1866-1867 GEORGE 1863-1867 MARY JANE THOMPSON JAN. 20, 1854 OCT. 23, 1902 Row two: JOHN R. THOMPSON OCT 24 1860 APR 26 1935 JOSEPHINE ROWENA WHITCOMB MAY 13 1875 NOV. 25 1947 JAMES W. THOMPSON JUNE 29, 1855 DEC. 2, 1936 VIRGINA ANN WIFE OF J.W. THOMPSON JAN. 13, 1859 OCT. 15, 1938 ROSE E. THOMPSON JAN. 9, 1882 AUG. 4, 1909 Surveyors: Monica McClure Kolber & Markus Whitcomb Kolber