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Name | Edna Bordeman | |
Birth | 24 Mar 1887 | Louisiana |
Gender | Female | |
Death | 06 Aug 1916 | Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas |
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Bordeman, Edna Courts - death certificate |
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Burial | 08 Aug 1916 | McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas |
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead Grave 1 COURTS, Edna Bordeman - m James Bradley Courts (s/o Elias (Matt) Courts (s/o James & Julia) BORDEMAN, E. Mrs. (unknown - no male Bordeman found with spouse E.) BORDEMAN, (child) (unknown) COURTS, Edna Bordeman - dup of Edna Bordeman Courts COURTS, Tilda (Matilda Grace Gibson m James Franklin Courts) she died 1925) COURTS, Homer (s/of James Franklin & Matilda Grace - died 1918) COURTS, Caudine (Claudie) - died 1916 COURTS, Estie Baby (Claudie's baby) COURTS, Carmel - unknown COURTS, Buff - unknown |
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McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead McFaddin Cemetery was located on property south of Beaumont, in Port Neches, Central Gardens at a location within the grounds of where DuPont is now. The cemetery was discovered in the Fifties, and due to the impending construction of the plant. (See attached newspaper coverage). There were about 30 people buried there whose remains were subsequently placed in four separate concrete boxes and relocated to Forest Lawn Cemetery where they were laid once again to rest in the Garden of Peace section. The headstones for the four graves are all identical, reading simply "TF Smith Homstead Tract Cemetery." The detailed list of occupants only exist on an index card in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park records (see copy attached). All of these people were either residents or descendants of the Sparks Settlement, also called Aurora, (what later became Port Arthur. The families were predominantly the Sparks, Courts and Gentz families and other family names who married into these families. Sparks Settlement was abandoned in late 1800s due to storms and disease; even the houses were moved. Most of them started another community in the Port Neches, Central Gardens area where they started a new cemetery - i.e. what was called the McFaddin Cemetery. Sparks Cemetery was also abandoned. The occupants of that cemetery, those who died while the community was active, were never moved; only recognized by a historical marker placed in a boulevard on DeQueen at Lakeshore (see photo). There is some false information on the Internet that the remains in Sparks Cemetery were removed to Forest Lawn. But what I have been able to discover is that is not the case. It is the later cemetery, McFaddin Cemetery, that was removed. There is also some belief that the cemetery was used even into the 1920s for burial needs; but that also seems to be mistaken information. The were fine and strong and brave pioneers who I am so proud to call my ancestors. They helped build our community here, and somehow, I hope to bring to mind the signifcance of those four plain little headstones marked simply "TF Smith Homestead Tract Cemetery." |
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McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead |
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McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Garden of Peace Section |
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McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Garden of Peace Section |
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Other-Begin | 30 Sep 1952 | Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas |
court case: Smith graves | ||
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
1952 Article Beaumont Enterprise; "Early Burials Found on Neches"; "One of Area Private Cemeteries Uncovered on DuPont Tract" |
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Court Cause No. 16187: "W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr., et al, vs. Unknown Heirs of Caroline Sparks, et al" 30 Sep 1952 named deceased persons to-wit: Caroline Sparks, Edward Sparks, John L. Sparks, William Sparks, Joseph Sparks, Susan Sparks Crawford, Phillip Crawford, James C. Sparks, Lura Sparks Spriggs, James M. Court, Julia A. Court, James F. Court, Lillian Court Smith, Irvin Smith, Francis Court Sparks, Viola Court Sparks, Madison Court, Sarah A. Court, Edna Court, Beulah Court, a Mrs. E. Bordeman and child... 45.7 acres on T.F. Smith homestead tract; included in league bought by J.S. Johnson in 1924, who later conveyed the property to E.I. DuPont in 1952, at which time private cemetery was discovered. Court proceedings to have the remains relocated. The following family members not named in the suit but were included in cemetery records: in Grave 1 were: Tilda Courts, Homer Courts, Caudine (Claudie) Courts, Estie baby Courts, Carmel Courts, (unknown), Buff Courts, (unknown), James C Sparks Sr, Fred Frugia (unknown), Genevia Frugia), Florence Frugia (unknown), Brad Courts Sr. |
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Other-Begin | 10 Aug 1961 | Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas |
court case: Smith graves | ||
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McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead Forest Lawn Index Card on occupants of graves. |
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Person ID | I16167 | Roots |
Last Modified | 10 Feb 2011 |
Father | John Frederick Boardman (Bordeman), b. 21 Aug 1856, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 4 Mar 1916, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 59 years) | |
Mother | Clara Cuniff, b. 5 Dec 1855, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 26 Feb 1916, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 60 years) | |
Marriage | 1876 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas |
Family ID | F15575 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | James Bradley "Brad" Courts, b. 20 Oct 1884 d. 24 Oct 1948, Saratoga, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 64 years) | |
Marriage | Abt 1910 | |
Family ID | F6004 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified | 3 Dec 2012 |
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