Oakwood Cemetery - Gainesville, Texas |
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| Cluster of old tombstones |
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| Monochrome overview of cemetery |
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| Various plots |
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| Oak Wood Cemetery |
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| We stumbled across this large cemetery while exploring Gainesville one afternoon. That's another story altogether. Very interesting necropolis here in Gainesville. |
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| Oak Wood Cemetery entrance |
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| Ixie Bennett - 5 yrs old |
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| James H. Hewell 1915 |
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| Westbrook monument |
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| Ollie Foster McMahan 1937 |
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| Tombstones - Salena Hammond 1943 + Bennett 1909 |
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| Thomas D. Stewart 1965 - Rosa E. 1969 |
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| Edgar L. Richardson 1886 |
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| Cross monument to Marjorie Wade age 2 |
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| Old tombstones |
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| Children of George & Jennie Wade |
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| Ornate cross top piece |
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| 7 Mo old baby tombstone |
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| Father |
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Eldred Hindrix Acree 1944
Sallie O. Acree 1902 - R.R. Acree 1900 |
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| Old monuments |
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| Alex Abney - 1900 - 7 years old |
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| T. Webster tombstone |
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| Leaning tombstones |
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| Frank K. Brown 1938 |
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| Overview |
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| Hand- scribed Poffenbach stone |
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| Settler's stone |
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| George Poffenbach - 1896 |
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| Row of tombstones |
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| McMenamy family plot |
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| Rock hand-carved VEY |
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| Fenced plot |
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| Row of tombstones |
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| Child's grave with baby booties on top |
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| Tall monument |
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| Fenced family plot |
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| Deteriorating heavy stone coffin |
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| Stone box-type grave |
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| Harvey & Dora Stanfield -- infants |
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| Deteriorating heavy stone coffin |
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| Miller tombstone - 1879 |
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| Harvey and Dora Stanfield tombstone |
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| Louisa M - 1876 |
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| Interesting gate handle assembly |
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| White PVC crosses and American flag |
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| Overview of cemetery |
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| William Berry tombstone - Late 1800s |
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| All images © Copyright Warren Paul Harris |
| All Rights Reserved |
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| Malinda and Angeline Newton headstone |
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