The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-15
Fl Illusions Oldest Cemeteries
N e The Dead of Past Generations Neglected and
OnS :" Some of Them Almost O6lHerated.

souares Of the business |
ID oo.sp almost hidden from
ho. .stted growth OF rank yegeta-
rah a ma asIs season is sere and dead,
eh = 49,, ,'.' Oldest cemetery.
~ ~ and forlorn and presents
uHAFDp' mai Is too often charac-
b q 0'u those who helped to hew
nia' " uonston's greatness. Their
Us o. - since changed to ashes
n'e !, we corrodcd the slabs that
ea' ,' ~ resting places until me
b inen on the perishable marble
saser legible. .,ors and later resi-
+ \ Houston, perhaps 40 a mU oid
b ne presence OF 1n u.s. NM Nae
dsnd But the Oh liner Nno tie 1as
Y ashton the destinies o. ! nv 't ~
,sf balf century is AVA, uWaI, dr Ui
w I'd not unlikely H"' u'SPFNU
oehin It's incloslre' .,+- nori, n,
W. w, he Sam houston ClIy Pa lnin,,' 0l5
WYNN w sie is narrow hlllP VI & '"iiV
|ndhs sJ .,,Sin 100 feet of Bagby stpet,
shes VIII ls obstructed by houses
% view ~ been built between It and
l,ve lg st,re A high board fence
ioienls p ,rnm the city park, Ike the
ana iioa between the realms OF NE
ain. reonIe as they have strolled
BIZ lr port hive paused and won.
~ W ,.y beyond the high fence. At
X Vnsl 20 stone structure, bereft Of roof,
fla1 asryed walls. like the ruins OF
Il y tist,re monastery, above the
Il llI hais century ago It was n vault
4 I nu,t we're coffned forms Now
WAN sbeu A later generation has
u Il No bodies and placed them In
Il E s.-si ground is known as the old
! pylls, ,seterv No records are OBJ
Nv a. when Il was laid out, but
iss q eoneent II is accredited the re-
l9 \. M most venerable cemetery In
20 tse city sought to condemn 1t,
.1sv stems have been taken at va
s ..ss s,nce The right of the city
vas always questioned and with
"a, sorce In prevent the action being
i ,7t Some two years ago the city
...,rntpd TO purchase the grounds, II
v, IA been consummated 1t was the
X rsmoye the bodies and add the
Il, d the city park
~
~. have practically ceased there and
\ Y, /, recorded during the past two
Il IN fact, from time to time bodies
b,ep removed and placed in more
81 cemeteries, until now the little
/ the dead has not half Of Its former
Ests number of family lots in
pvOsed all that was mortal Of whole
Ms q two generations ago have been
5xg depopulated.
slabs still lie scattered about and
N anple craven announcements give
\ it's 10 couture by With but few
1i;tcos the graves are entirely over
\ NJ md the matted mass of vegetation
4 dense that parts of the grounds can
X penetrated at ALL In many lots
b which are fragments of iron fences
NJ have grown from the seed and the
4 sJ reproduction Of weeds and briers
ioarlshed and withered, obHteratiug
ric9 Of graves.
4 I'M rambling notes gathered from old
~ and vault slabs may be OF interest
1iy recall faces that smiled genera
ago aud hands that performed their
! d the ceaseless struggle of human
/ tracing on many stones IS entirely
~ or illegible, but from others here
] Aae the following records are Oh
d.,
,lrtd to the memory OF R. wallace.
1 memory Of Dr. b & Dewey w. For.
NJ resident of Coldwgter. Mich. flrd
Houston, October III tS5S Acc g5
~
lhilham PAYNE. died January II 1890 i"
8lAsnn. Cartright Payne. Died 1871.
H. Hannah Payne. native Of England
November 10, 1870 "
rlnt bears tho foiloriao, Irv,-,-+,~-.
h Hss the remains Of Remi Aiivjlle De
iSs0r -'' ~ A''''
! B. Anderson. born New York oc-
I'M, B., W. Diea G SGP'G 1Ta}Gn / lSSs, -
4 October S, 1859. AGO K" In The
st Is a shaft on which is corred Ne
snd the compass. with the inscrip.