Tarrant County TXGenWeb - Gibbins Cemetery

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Gibbins Cemetery

The following inventory copied by Weldon Hudson, appeared in the February 1997 issue of Footprints, the quarterly publication of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society. It is reprinted here with permission.

The cemetery is located on the east side of the 2200 block of Davis Street in north Arlington. The site is enclosed with a brick and wrought iron fence and the entrance gate is locked. The entire area is covered with a concrete slab. The front of a large granite marker bears the words: "Pioneer Family of James H. Gibbons" and the back side lists the following names and dates:

GIBBINS, T. J.	1841 - 1891
GIBBINS, Amanda	1846 - 1877
GIBBINS, Martha	1856 - 1927
GIBBINS, William A.	1870 - 1886
GIBBINS, Lee	1875 - 1929
GIBBINS, Wade M.	1879 - 1890
GIBBINS, Beulah C.	1881 - 1882
GIBBINS, Olin W.	1882 - 1919
GIBBINS, Jim C.	1884 - 1886
GIBBINS, R. C.	1847 - 1923
BURROWS, Sam	(faithfull friend)

This cemetery was copied in 1954/55 by the Six Flags Chapther of the D.A.R. as follows:

BURROWS, Sam Aug. 20, 1834 - May 16, 1910

GIBBINS, Amanda April 2, 1846 - April 28, 1877 [1st wife of T.J.]

GIBBINS, Martha A. Oct. 10, 1856 - Apr. 7, 1924

GIBBINS, Olin June 15, 1882 - Dec. 17, 1919

GIBBINS, R. C. Aug. 20, 1847 - Oct. 2, 1923

GIBBINS, T. J. Jan. 3, 1841 - June 19, 1891

GIBBINS, William A. Mar. 10, 1870 - Feb. 20, 1886 [son of Amanda & T.J.]

MYERS, Tommie Dec. 25, 1878 - Sept. 25, 1882 [dau David R. & Lucy Jane Myers]

Texas Historical Marker

Gibbins Cemetery and Homestead Site

Located at 2200 N. Davis Dr., Arlington.

James Gibbins (1817-70) migrated to Texas from Arkansas in 1857. He bought land near present-day Arlington in 1863. Gibbins deeded part of this land to his son Thomas Jefferson Gibbins (1841-91), who enlarged the homestead. This family Cemetery was first used for the burial of Thomas' first wife, Amanda C. Gibbins (1846-77). His second wife, Martha H. Gibbins (1856-1924), maintained the land for three decades after the death of her husband. The Gibbins family has contributed much to this area including the donation of land for a public school and the Rose-Brown-May Park. (1982)

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