STEPHENS FAMILY CEMETERY
Tarrant County, Texas

Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Margaret R. Bates 
(mrbates@swbell.net)

This small cemetery is a significant part of local history, because the 
Stephens family was among the first families to settle in Mansfield.  
L. H. Stephens' daughter, Sarah, was the second wife of R. S. Man. The 
Stephens, who owned a 320 acre farm here, were a prominent family in 
the area.  Their oldest son, John H. Stephens, was an attorney who 
served in the Texas Senate from 1886 to 1888, and as a Representative 
from Texas to the U. S. House of Representatives from 1897 to 1917.

A single small marble tombstone marks the graves of three of the 
children of Lemuel and Caroline Stephens who died as infants in 1866, 
1870, and 1871.  The original ornamental iron fence is gone, and the 
marker is broken.  However, efforts by the Mansfield Historical Society 
are being made (1986) to repair the marker and a chain link fence has 
been placed around the graves.

The cemetery is located east of Mansfield. East on Broad Street, cross 
over the new Highway 285 bridge, turn right on Mitchell-Mansfield Road.  
The graves are approximately 1/2 mile on the right. Inscriptions 
published by the Mansfield Historical Society, 1986. Used by 
permission.

A simple inscription reads, 
"In memory of the infant children of L. H. and Caroline Stephens.  
Erected August 1882."

STEPHENS Tennessee , 5 Jun 1865 - 26 Apr 1866
STEPHENS Lemuel H., 2 Nov 1868 - 15 Jun 1870
STEPHENS George H., 28 Nov 1870 - 25 Nov 1871, Our Babe
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