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Some Notable Persons in First Street Cemetery of Waco, Texas
This text contains a list of selected persons buried in the First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. Each person listed has a full name, birth and death dates, and a short biographical statement. Maps on pages vi and vii show the location of the cemetery within the city.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Margaret McDowell]
Photograph of Margaret Stribling Sleeper, née McDowell. She is an elderly woman clad in austere clothing and is wearing a lace bonnet in her hair. On the back of the photo is a sticker with the text, "Margaret McDowell 1793-1864." The portrait hung in a descendant's home in Waco, Texas for many years.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Willis, John Todd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Isadore Sleeper]
Photograph of Isadore Elizabeth Sleeper, née Causey. She is wearing austere clothing and has her hair pulled back. According to a handwritten note on the back, she was born in 1838 and died in 1914, and was the wife of Gardner S. Sleeper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of the Gardner Southworth Sleeper Home near Hewitt, Texas]
Photograph of a house, a mostly wooden structure, that belonged to the Gardner Southworth Sleeper family. Part of the structure is missing. Handwritten notes on the front and back of the photo provide various pieces of information: "my grandfather Sleeper home on Old Hewitt Road. Part of it still standing 1970. Built in 1879."
Date:
July 1972
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Emma Shaw Broiles]
Photograph of Emma Shaw Broiles, a young woman clad in high-collared clothing with a floral boutonniere pinned to the chest. Her hair is pulled back with a pompadour at the front. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo provide information about the Shaw family and the Sleeper family. One of the notes reveals that the photo was "purchased at Frank M. Quinius' estate sale in Waco, 2007."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Julia Sleeper Stribling]
Photograph of Julia Sleeper Stribling, a young woman wearing a high-collared, button-up ensemble with a floral boutonniere pinned to the chest. Her hair is pulled back with a pompadour at the front.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Man and Woman]
Photograph of a young man and young woman, Henry Frank Smith and Monetta Stribling, locking arms and posing for a picture. Behind them an automobile is partially visible. They are dressed in semi-formal attire; the young woman has a corsage attached to her clothing.
Date:
December 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Nannie Sleeper Evans]
Photograph of Nannie Caroline Sleeper Evans, a young woman wearing a high-collared ensemble with a lace bib in the style of 19th century American West clothing. Her hair is swept back with a crown set atop her head.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stained Glass Window at a Church]
Copy photograph of a stained glass window at First Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas. It features an image of Jesus Christ with the text "I am the vine; ye are the branches." The window is a memorial for Fabius Hoyt Sleeper and Pattie Markham Sleeper.
Date:
1984
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stained Glass Window at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Waco]
Copy photograph of a stained glass window at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Waco, Texas. It features the image of Jesus, indicated by a nimbus with a cross, speaking in the Temple. The window is in memorial of Elizabeth Day Sleeper.
Date:
1984
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Charles Evans, Sr.]
Photograph of Charles Evans, Sr., a middle-aged mustached man wearing a three-piece suit and tie. He is only visible from the chest up.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Nannie Sleeper Evans]
Photograph of Nannie Caroline Sleeper Evans, a woman with curly upswept hair, wearing austere, high-collared clothing. She is only visible from the chest up. Handwritten notes on the back read, "My mother Nannie C. Sleeper Evans married Charles Evans Feb. 14, 1880."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Lucile Elizabeth Evans]
Photograph of Lucile Elizabeth Evans, a young woman posed for a portrait in a professional setting. She is wearing a wispy, white dress with her hair styled in a short bob. Her hands are clasped together and resting on a pillow that is balancing on the back of a chair set before her. A handwritten note on the back reveals that she later married into the Kendrick family and then the Powell family.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lucile Evans as a Maid of Honor]
Photograph of Lucile Elizabeth Evans, standing outside the Evans family home at 2100 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas. As the maid of honor to an unidentified bride, she is clad in a long-sleeved dress and a wide-brimmed hat. She is clutching a bouquet of flowers in her arm. The photo is attached to a piece of black paper upon which this note has been written underneath the photo: "the maid of honor Miss Lucile Evans, April 29, '17."
Date:
April 29, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Baby Portrait of Nannie Clara Evans]
Photograph of Nannie Clara Evans as an infant. She is wearing a white-lace dress and is sitting upright in a tapestry-covered chair.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage License of Charles Evans and Nannie C. Sleeper]
Marriage license of Charles Evans and Nannie C. Sleeper, McLennan County, Feb. 4, 1880, signed by Rev. Dr. Samuel A. King, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Waco.
Date:
February 4, 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage License of John T. Willis and Nannie Clara Evans]
Marriage license of John T. Willis and Nannie Clara Evans, McLennan County, Texas, April 25, 1917, signed by the Rev. F. S. Groner.
Date:
April 25, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Hester M. Beck]
Portrait of Hester M. Beck as a child. Hester is seated on a bench and plays with a small toy dog. She wears a white dress with lace detailing and boots. Her eyes are closed. Handwritten on the back of the photograph is: Hester Beck Willis, daughter of Roy Elmer and Bessie Beck.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Thompson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hester Beck at North Waco Elementary]
Photograph of a young Hester M. Beck, sitting near the steps in front of North Waco Elementary. Just behind her, the door to the building is open.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding invitation of Clara Evans and John T. Willis]
Wedding invitation of Clara Evans and John Todd Willis, Columbus Street Baptist Church, Waco, Apr. 25, 1917.
Date:
April 25, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jemima Moore and Jim Welch]
Photograph of Jemima Moore Welch and James "Jim" Daniel Welch. They sit side by side in front of a painted backdrop.
Date:
[1885..1890]
Creator:
Smith, E. R.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow]
Photograph of W. V. Fort, Frank Bridges, and Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow. They stand in front of a set of bleacher, Crow and Bridges with their hands behind their backs, while Fort has his in his suit pockets. All three wear suits, and Fort has a bow tie while the other two have ties.
Date:
November 22, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Ellen White Chapman]
Photograph of Ellen White Chapman (1843-1920), wife of Daniel L. Chapman. She wears a button up dress, and her bangs have been curled against her forehead.
Date:
[1860..1880]
Creator:
Deane
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Ira Chapman]
Photograph of Ira Chapman (1872-1894). He wears a suit and tie.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
Cassaday, W. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History