Goforth Graves
Aledo, Parker County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Burial place of 4 people, on land settled in 1857 by J.L. and Elizabeth Goforth. A 2-year-old son, John L. Goforth, Jr., was buried here 1863, while Goforth was in 18th Tex. Cav., in Civil War. Chadwick family, neighbors, also used this cemetery. Recorded - 1966.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
On land the Goforth family settled in 1857, a small family burial ground holds four graves, among them a two-year-old boy laid to rest in 1863 while his father was away serving in the 18th Texas Cavalry. Neighbors from the Chadwick family shared the plot as well. It is a quiet record of how sparse frontier settlement and Civil War service shaped early Parker County life.
Why it matters
Family cemeteries like this one preserve the human cost of the Civil War on the Texas home front, where fathers marched off to war and children were buried by neighbors.
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Related people
- · J.L. Goforth
- · Elizabeth Goforth
- · John L. Goforth, Jr.
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