South Fairview Cemetery
When the old Wellington Cemetery
(now Memorial Gardens) was closed during the typhoid epidemic of 1912, the Wellington
Cemetery Association purchased from the estate of Mrs. Mattie Mooney and her
late husband, Dr. James Henry Mooney, an eight-acre tract on the NE1/2 of Section
3, Block 15. The transaction was recorded May 9, 1912, by George Lee, County
Clerk. The purchase price was $750. As the cemetery was filled, additional space
was needed, and this was bought from Thomas and Cook. The first person to be
buried in Fairview was Mrs. Margaret J. Camp, wife of John T. Camp, who died
April 4, 1912. (Section 7, row 1). It is interesting to note that Dr. James
Henry Mooney, who died December 4, 1910, was buried in the old Wellington Cemetery,
and was then transferred to Fairview Cemetery soon after its purchase in 1912.
Caretakers are employed the year around for all three of the Wellington cemeteries
by the Wellington Cemetery Association. This is a well kept burial ground. Fairview
Cemetery (Thomas and Cook) is located near the city of Wellington, Texas on
Farm Road 338. It is 0.3 of a mile west of the southwest corner of the city.
To simplify the identification of the graves, the cemetery is sketched in eleven
sections. Each section was recorded in north-south rows, beginning at the northwest
corner. However, the section and row is alphabetized due to the computer program.
Index of Names
List of Names