ROUTH CEMETERY - RICHARDSON
Glenville
32.993N
96.704W
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy
Gough
There is a road
that runs from the gate to the east side of the cemetery and on into the woods.
Another road circles the cemetery. A double gate is on the north side of the
cemetery and a single gate in on the south side. The gates are kept locked. The
proposed bike trail along Spring Creek should not affect this cemetery.
This cemetery is one of the oldest ones in Collin County. Some claim it is the
oldest cemetery, because of graves that were here before the cemetery was
founded. Jacob Routh bought the land in 1852. At that time there were 2 graves
here. His mother, Elizabeth, and his only son, John, are buried here. The rest
of his family are buried in the Routh Family Cemetery about ¼ mile northwest.
Jacob Routh was an early Baptist preacher in the area. He was pastor of Spring
Creek Baptist church, which was on the same property but further east near Plano
Road. Spring Creek Baptist Church became First Baptist Church of Plano. Plano
Road was once a stagecoach run, as was Renner Road. The creek that runs through
the property is Spring Creek. Many area pioneers are buried here. One of the
relatives is trying to get a historical marker for the cemetery.
An unknown soldier was very rude to the ladies of McKinney. His commanding
officer apologized for him. That night the man was killed between Richardson and
Dallas. He is buried in a corner of this cemetery. No one is buried near him.
The cemetery is .9 acres and has approximately 200 graves, about 100 unmarked.
The deed for this cemetery is listed in Vol 658, p 114. There are provisions for
ingress and egress for cleaning purposes. The cemetery is very overgrown with
numerous trees. The ground is covered with periwinkle vine. Most of the stones
have been knocked over, and some stones that are listed in previous surveys are
missing. Hunt Petroleum owns the land around the cemetery. Because of constant
vandalism and trespassing, they have increased security for the area. Once the
area is developed, vandalism should not be as big a problem. The directions to
the cemetery might change with development of the area. The cemetery was cleaned
by Boy Scouts in 1989 and 1994.
The cemetery has a historical marker.
Historical
marker, 1998.
ROUTH CEMETERY
BROTHERS
JACOB, GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOSEPH, AND
THOMAS
JEFFERSON ROUTH, AND THEIR SISTER ELIZABETH ROUTH
THOMAS, WERE
COUSINS OF THE VANCE FAMILY WHICH HELD
THE ORIGINAL
LAND GRANT THAT ENCOMPASSED THIS SITE.
JACOB ROUTH
(1818-1879), A BAPTIST MINISTER, ACQUIRED THE
640 ACRE J. W.
VANCE SURVEY IN 1851, AND BROUGHT HIS
MOTHER AND
OTHER RELATIVES FROM TENNESSEE TO TEXAS. THE
ROUTH FAMILY
WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE COMMJNITY
SURROUNDING THEIR LAND. ROUTH FAMILY
MEMBERS HELPED
TO ORGANIZE A SCHOOL, CHURCH, AND
STORE IN
ADDITION TO THE FAMILY CEMETERY.
EARLY COLLIN
COUNTY SETTLERS NANCY DE LOSIER BEVERLY
(1806-1851)
AND SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM KLEPPER, ALONG
WITH AN
UNKNOWN CHILD WHOSE PARENTS WERE CAMPING
NEARBY AT THE
TIME OF ITS DEATH, WERE ALREADY BURIED ON
THIS SITE WHEN
JACOB ROUTH SET ASIDE ONE ACRE AS A FAMILY
BURIAL GROUND.
JACOB'S MOTHER, ELIZABETH MASHMAN
ROUTH
(1788-1852), DIED SOON AFTER HER ARRIVAL IN TEXAS
AND WAS THE
FIRST FAMILY MEMBER TO BE INTERRED HERE.
JACOB ROUTH,
HIS WIFE LODEMIA ANN CAMPBELL, AND TWO
UNMARRIED
DAUGHTERS, ROSE AND CLARA ROUTH, ARE BURIED
SEVERAL
HUNDRED YARDS NORTH OF THE CEMETERY IN A PRIVATE
PLOT. OF THE
APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED GRAVES HERE,
FEWER THAN ONE
HUNDRED ARE MARKED. THE LAST BURIAL TO
OCCUR HERE WAS
THAT OF SEREPTA ELLEN CAMPBELL MILLER,
WHO WAS BORN
IN 1836 AND DIED IN 1922. THE ROUTH
CEMETERY
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A RECORD OF THE PIONEERS
OF NORTH
TEXAS.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Routh Cemetery - Richardson,
"CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin
County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano
Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ]. | 