Tarrant County, Texas

McCown, Moorman and Wooldridge Relatives
Interred near Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas

Some of this information was provided by Richard and William McCown.

Benbrook Cemetery, Benbrook, Texas
(the photos included here were not taken by us, they are from the Internet and Google Earth)
812 Mercedes St., Benbrook, TX 76126
one entrance is at: 32 40.74 N  97 27.259 W

Jesse W. Moorman (1836-1896)
Born on 28 March 1836 in Mercer County, KY, died in Tarrant County on 3 Oct. 1896.
(I have no photos yet of Jesse.)

Husband of Margaret Delilah Dye Moorman. Margaret is buried 19 miles north at the
Dido Cemetery.  Jesse is Chris' Great-Great-Grandfather,
Grandfather of James Earl McCown, Chris' Grandfather


Grave marker for Jesse W. Moorman.  Photos from http://teafor2.com/Benbrook.htm 
and/or  http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/cemetery/benbrook.htm .


A closer view.


I used PhotoShop to remove the lichens and  
stone texture to emphasize the lettering.


Approximate location information for Jesse W. Moorman's grave (A-39) and for Lillian Naomi McCown's
grave. Lillian was a sister of James Earl McCown, my Grandfather.  According to information 
supplied by Richard McCown in January 2007, there is no marker at Lillian's gravesite (at E-79).

Section A lot 39 is about 250 ft north of Mercedes Street at 32 40.782 N  97 27.257 W.  
Section E lot 79 is about 125 ft north of Mercedes Street at 32 40.76 N  97 27.232 W.

Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/cemetery/benbrook.htm for more photos and information.

Dido Cemetery, near Newark, Texas
(the photos included here were not taken by us, they are from the Internet and Google Earth)
About 4.1 mi south of Hwy 718 on the Morris-Dido-Newark Rd.
GPS/Map coordinates of entrance: 32 57.097 N  97 29.125 W


Historical marker at the Dido Cemetery.


A scene at the Dido Cemetery.

Margaret Delilah Dye Moorman (1840-1917)
Born 19 July 1840 in Mercer Co., KY, died  31 July 1917, probably in Tarrant Co, TX.
(I have no photos yet of Margaret.)

Wife of Jesse W. Moorman.  Jesse is buried 19 miles north at the Benbrook
Cemetery, see details above.   Chris' Great-Great-Grandmother.

 


A closer view.


I used PhotoShop on this one to emphasize the lettering.


A Google Earth aerial view of the Dido Cemetery.  The entrance is at: 32 57.097 N  97 29.125 W .
The Morris-Dido-Newark Road is on the right (east) side of this view.

More Dido Cemetery photos may be found at http://pages.prodigy.net/teafor2/Dido.htm and/or
at http://teafor2.com/Dido.htm. 

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