Tarrant County, Texas --Indian Creek Cemetery
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Directions to Indian Creek Cemetery

Located off of FM 718, approximately 2.5 miles from Highway 287/FM 718
intersection in Northwest Tarrant County.  The cemetery is on private
property and permission must be obtained prior to entering the cemetery.

It is marked by a Texas Historical Commission Marker erected in 1985
which reads: 

"INDIAN CREEK CEMETERY
IN THE 1850s, PIONEER FAMILIES SETTLED HERE ALONG THE TARRANT-WISE COUNTY
LINE AND STARTED THE ODESSA COMMUNITY, NOW KNOWN AS NEWARK. THE OLDEST 
MARKED GRAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY CEMETERY IS THAT OF JOHN HUDSON, INFANT SON
OF JAMES J. (1824)-1914) AND NANCY HUDSON (1830-1911), WHO DIED SEPT. 19,
1856.  THE HIGH CHILDHOOD MORTALITY RATE OF THE 19TH CENTURY IS REFLECTED 
BY THE W.D. HUDSON FAMILY, WHO BURIED THREE CHILDREN HERE FROM SEPT. TO 
DEC. 1862.  INDIAN CREEK CEMETERY CONTAINS OVER 150 KNOWN GRAVES, BUT ONLY
TWO BURIALS OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST 50 YEARS."

The inventory of Indian Creek Cemetery was carried out by the genealogy 
club of First Baptist Church of Saginaw, Texas, led by Dennis W. McDonald
(dwm_nlm@msn.com).  Our inventory netted sixty readable tombstones, while
simple stones bearing no inscription or worn unreadable inscriptions mark
many other graves.  Great care has been taken to give as much detail of 
the stone's inscription as possible, complete with engraving mistakes and
unique divisions of words.  

Margret E.
Wife of D. A.
ALLEN
Born
Jan 22, 
1858
Oct 22,
1895
Her happy soul has winged its way.
To one pure bright eternal day.

MARGARET E. APPLEWHITE
JAN 3, 1824
SEPT 9, 1871


WILLIAM A. APPLEWHITE
NOV 21, 1821
1876


(rose)
BENNIE E.
son of
W.B. & I.S.
CRITES
Born
Sept. 3, 1897
Died
Dec. 4, 1897
(curtain w/tassels)
Dear Mother,
I die but a as the spring
bud dies in summer's
golden glow to rise.
These be my days of
April bloom:  my summer
is beyond the tomb.


J.I.
SON OF
J & L.J. CRITES
BORN
MAY 22, 1882
DIED
FEB. 8, 1897
Weep not, papa and
Mama, for me,
For I am waiting in
Heaven for thee.


FLORENCE DEWEES
BORN
OCT 6, 1880
DIED JUNE 11, 1903
None knew thee but to love thee

FD (footstone)


DEWEES
D

Father
Joseph W.
Dewees
Sept. 11, 1838
Dec. 23, 1924

Mother
Sarah E.
Dewees
Feb. 17, 1848
Feb. 24, 1890

Blessed are the dead
that die in the Lord.

SED (footstone)

GONE TO REST
LEWIS C DEWEES
BORN 
Oct 31, 1885
DIED
Apr. 30, 1913
Tho lost to sight to
memory dear

LCD (footstone)


Margret J.
dau. of
J.W. & S.E.
Dewees
Born
Feb. 11, 1878
Died
Aug. 3, 1880
Budded on earth
to bloom in heaven.

MJD (footstone)


Thomas D.
Son of
J.W. & S.E.
Dewees
Born
Apr. 17, 1870
Died
Oct. 21, 1871
Budded on earth
to bloom in heaven.

TDD (footstone)


ZEMMIE E. DEWEES
BORN
Oct 7, 1882
DIED
Nov 7, 1906

ZED (footstone)


CLARENCE HOMER
HARVEY
AUG 28, 1910
JUNE 5, 1994


Iva Ann Harvey
1880   Mamma   1948

LUTHER
SON OF
J.W. - M.A. HARVEY
1880 AGE 1 YR


OPAL
Dau of T.D. & B.E. HARVEY
1912 AGE 2


A.M.
WIFE OF
C.D.
HENDERSON
BORN
MAR. 30, 1876
DIED
NOV. 26, 1893


(lamb)
INFANT
SON OF
C.D. & A.M.
HENDERSON
Born & Died
Nov. 21, 1893
Weep not papa and mama
 					for me
For I am waiting in heaven
for thee.


B.D. HENLEY
BORN
AUG 11 1848
DIED
APR 20 1908

BHD (footstone)



(lamb under tree)
DEVOTIE H.
SON OF
N.G. & S.R. HOLT
DIED
NOV. 24, 1874
AGED 8M. 18D.
VOTIE IS SWEETLY SLEEPING
DVH (footstone)


(in McCanne plot)
Luther I.
Son of L.G. & A.C. Holt
(remainder of stone is unreadable)


(partial stone - no first name)
Hudson
Died Dec. 18, 1871
Aged 
8 ms 16 ds


COLUMBUS
son of
W.D. & M.F.
HUDSON
died
Dec. 18, 1871
Age 8 mo. &
16 days



DARLING 
(small picture of bird)
INFANT
son of
W.D. & M.F.
HUDSON
BORN & DIED
Mar. 6, 1860



John Hudson
Born
Sept. 15, 1856
Died
Sept. 18, 1856




JOHN B.
son of
W.D. & M.F.
HUDSON
died
Sept. 7, 1862
Aged
(unable to read)



(grave in Hudson plot - unable to read name)
Sep 21, 1862
Aged
3 Ys. 7 Ms. & 29Ds.


(double side large stone)

FATHER
JAMES J. HUDSON
NOV. 4, 1824
NOV. 4, 1914


MOTHER
NANCY A. HUDSON
DEC. 29, 1839
FEB. 13, 1911


SON
JOHN HUDON
SEPT. 15, 1856
SEPT. 19, 1856


SON
WILLIAM HUDSON
MAY 30, 1858
JAN 31, 1873



DAUGHTER
MOLLIE F. WHITTINGTON
AUG 2, 1860
DEC. 11, 1879


DAUGHTER
JOSEPHINE L. HUDSON
BURIED AURORA, TX
MAY 26, 1863
DEC 26, 1888



Darling
(small picture of bird)
Nancy dau of
W.D. & M.F.
HUDSON
died
Dec. 9, 1863
Age 1 year 8 mo
& 24 days


Nancy E. Dau. of
W.D. & M.F.Hudson
Died Dec. 9, 1862
Aged
1 yr 8 ms & 24 ds.




(stone has a star and a bird at top)
Terrel H.
Son of W.D. & M.G. Hudson
Born July 27, 1872
Died Feb. 13, 1895


PEACE PERFECT PEACE
W.D. HUDSON
Born Feb. 23, 1832
______Died Aug. 17, 1875______
MARY F. WIFE OF W.D. HUDSON
Born Jan. 3, 1835
Died Feb. 6, 1909

HUDSON


(crown w/cross through it at top of stone)
William H.
Hudson
May 30, 1858
Jan. 31, 1873




GONE HOME
(hand pointing skyward)
WILLIAM LYTLE
DIED
Mar 21, 1870
AGED 56 Ys. 2 Ms. 1 D.
"As for man, his days are
as grass, as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth"


McCANNE


A.C.
Sept. 9, 1831
June 26, 1888

M.C.
His wife
Oct. 13, 1839
Nov. 24, 1920

At Rest.

ACM (footstone)

MCM (footstone)


H.J. McCANNE
BORN
OCT. 30, 1864
MAR. 8, 1866


M.K. McCANNE
BORN
SEPT. 6, 1869
DIED
AUG. 8, 1879



Thomas G.
Son of
A.G. & F.B.
McGowan
Born Jan. 28, 1875
Died Mar. 16, 1878
Suffer little children to come unto
Me for such is the Kingdom of heaven.


Caroline Copeland McLain
Feb. 10, 1848 - Mar. 27, 1928


(wheat bundle at top of stone)
DAVID McLAIN
BORN
DEC. 25, 1814
DIED
AUG. 21, 1883
D.McL. (footstone)


(wheat bundle)
MANERYA McLAIN
Born
Dec. 11, 1816
Oct. 14, 1875
MMcL (footstone)


Sid A. McLain
b. 1820
d. 18, 1904


Wiley McLain
Feb. 14, 1843
Feb. 16, 1925


PVT
JESSE WRIGHT POPE
CO G
12 TEXAS CAV
CSA
JUL 22 1838
SEP 6 1895


(leafy branch at top of stone)
ALICE
Dau. of D.0. &
J.H. SR PORTWOOD
Born
May 15, 1865
Died
Dec. 21, 1869


EULA ROBERTS
1900 - 1978


(modern marker by old unmarked stone)
(wreath at top of metal sign)
CHARLES T. STOKES
1832 - 1913
Christian Funeral Home


(four sided stone, and on one side)
(at top of stone, w/holding hands)
WE'LL MEET AGAIN
ELIZA J.
Daughter of
C.T. & M.J.
STOKES
BORN
Oct. 18, 1871
DIED
Dec. 21, 1890
(on other side of stone)
(stem w/buds and leaves)
CHILDREN
OF
C.T. & M.J.
STOKES
INFANTS
BORN
FEB. 24, 1890
(block underneath)
O weep not for the loved
Ones fled,
To realms more pure a home
more fair,
And call not the departed dead.
They live, They love, They want
us there.


M.J. WASHBURN
BORN
NOV. 13, 1852
DIED
APR. 17, 1927
Gone but not forgot
ten.
MJH (footstone)

(picture of leaves)
DESSIE EDGAR
dau. of
G.W. & MOLLIE P.
WHITTINGTON
BORN DEC 7, 1879
DIED FEB 17, 1880
Her soul has gone to rest
Her troubles all are o'er
She has gone with Mama to feast
Upon the riches of yonder shore



Ida M.
dau. of
G.W. & M.A.
Whittington
Died
Feb. 28, 1894
Aged 
16 ys. 10 ms. 2 ds.
Dear is the spot where christians sleep
And sweet the strains that angels pour
O why should we in anguish weep
They are not lost, but gone before.


(banner with "FAREWELL" above hands held at top of stone)
MOLLIE F.
WIFE OF
G.W. WHITTINGTON
BORN
AUG. 2, 1860
DIED
DEC. 11, 1879
A light from our household has gone
A voice that we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our hearts,
That never can be filled.


TIBITHIA A.
WIFE OF
G.W. WITTINGTON
BORN
MAR. 28, 1857
DIED
NOV. 8, 1883