Edward H. Tarrant
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Edward H. Tarrant was an American politician and general. He served in the Texas House of Representatives during both periods. Tarrant County, whose county seat is Fort Worth, was named after him.
Edward H. Tarrant
Pioneers Rest is the oldest public cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas and one of the oldest in Tarrant County. Its use as a burial ground began in the summer of 1850, shortly after the fort was established
Edward H. Tarrant
…remains were moved to a grave on his Chambers Creek family farm in Ellis County, Texas. Tarrant's final resting place, effective March 3, 1928, is Pioneers Rest Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas, the seat of his namesake county. Tarrant's widow later married James Emerson Hawkins, a settler of Midlothian, Texas…
Pioneer's Rest Cemetery