Terry Rangers Buried at the Westcott Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas

This old cemetery is located in North Houston off Jenson Drive. McDaniel Street, east off Jenson Drive curves to Schuler Street and runs parallel with Jenson. Just north of Crosstimbers, this cemetery is located in the curve of McDaniel & Schuler.

While walking this cemetery, it was quite obvious that vandalism has taken it's toll. Very few of the headstones were standing. Only those that could not be pushed forward or knocked over were barely legible. Decay and fungus was apparent everywhere. The cemetery was filthy and full of sunken graves with no markers visible.

The central section was encased in a red brick wall with an entry arch that read "Wescott Cemetery 1930". The oldest grave we found in this cemetery was 1862, it seems that it took 68 years for an enclosure to be built around the cemetery which leads us to believe that this particular section of the cemetery was claimed by the Westcott family. Also, there was a separate concrete cinderblock fence section on this property.

Text by Lou Ann Lunsford, February 17, 2000.

John Farmer, Co. K

1842 - March 22, 1936