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Subject: Re: [TXCem] Gilbert McArthur gravesite
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 16:15:58 EDT


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At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris County, Texas, Cemeteries
(1822-2001) Including Burial Customs and Other Interesting Facts, With a Listing of
Past and Present Communities, Funeral Home and Monument Companies. 2nd Edition
enlarged from 307 to 509 cross-indexed listings. Compiled by Trevia Wooster
Beverly (Tejas Publications & Research, Houston, 2001).

299. McARTHUR, GILBERT. Single gravesite. Son of Donald McArthur. A
native of the Island of Isley, Scotland. Died 25 Jan 1876, at age 40. He is
buried just off the Southern Pacific railroad tracks along the Hempstead Hwy.
(290), three miles west of the Fairbanks [qv] community near Jersey Village [qv].
See "Rattlesnake Skin Lies On Forgotten, Lonely Grave", HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 09
Sep 1962; "By the Side of a Texas Road," The Tejas Gazette 4:1:1999. 409Q

Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Harris County, Texas

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