OAKWOOD CEMETERY

COMANCHE, COMANCHE,TEXAS

Location: From Hwy. 36, at the courthouse square, go north on Hwy. 16 (Austin Street) 0.6 mile to right (east) on East Cedar (cemetery sign) for one block to the cemetery on left.



606_029 - Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche, Comanche County Texas
View from East Cedar Avenue (2 Jun 2006)


From East Cedar, left on the first lane (which is actually N. Bryan St.) to right (east) on the second lane "C" just before the Historic Marker. Sarah Jane's marker is about half way on the left near the "first grave in Oakwood" marker. Andrew Larkin's marker is further up on the left. Note the maintenance shed as a reference.


Andrew Larkin Stone
606_032 - A. L. Stone, Born Dec. 25th 1841 Died Feb. 3d, 1874
(Andrew Larkin, youngest of James Stone and Elizabeth Guest, and
father of Andrew Suttal Stone)(2 Jun 2006)


Sarah Jane Russell
606_031 - Sarah, wife of J. L. Stone, Born July 2, 1839, Died Jan. 12, 1867
(Sarah Jane Russell, daughter of Jesse Russell & Jane (unk). First wife of
John Lock Stone, son of James Stone & Elizabeth Guest) (2 Jun 2006)


Enlarged inscription
606_031b - Enlarged inscription - Sarah Jane Russell Stone


Oakwood Cemetery Marker
606_030 - Historical Marker: Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche, Comanche County Texas
On North Bryan street, which is one of the north/south cemetery lanes (2 Jun 2006)


OAKWOOD CEMETERY

Reconfiguration of Comanche County by the State in 1858 led to a relocation of its county seat in 1859. Local land developer Captain John Duncan donated 200 acres here for a townsite to serve as Comanche County seat. Duncan's deed specified that sufficient portions of the donated acreage be set aside for a graveyard, churches, and schools. A cemetery consisting of about 5.5 acres was established and named Oakwood for the impressive oak trees which graced the site.

The earliest marked grave is that of one-year-old John Neely, who died in January 1861. Since its establishment the cemetery has been the property of the City of Comanche and has served as a community graveyard. Parcels of land originally owned by John Duncan and conveyed to William and Sue (Shortridge) Martin in 1895 were added to the cemetery over the years and respresent a majority of the acreage.

The cemtery contains the interments of numerous veterans of conflicts ranging from the Republic of Texas era to the present, including both Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War. Also buried here are pioneers of this area and their descendants, state and national politicians, local civic leaders, and members of verious fraternal organizations. (1994)
Family Groups: Andrew Larkin Stone James Stone
Father of A. L.
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