approved annexation and drafted a state constitution Abraham "Abe" Harris (1824–1915) – Mexican War veteran who helped build the original fort in 1849, Confederate officer, and president of the Texas Association of Mexican War Veterans Etta O. Price Newby (1862–1936) – Civic leader who donated the Newby Memorial Building to the Woman's Club of Fort Worth Carroll Marion Peak (1828–1885) – Fort Worth's first physician and founder of the First Christian Church Baldwin L. Samuel (1803–1879) – Early Fort Worth settler and donor of land for Pioneers Rest Anna Shelton (1861–1939) – First president of The Woman's Club of Fort Worth May Hendricks Swayne (1856–1940) – Founder of the Woman's Wednesday Club and granddaughter of Gustavus Adolphus Everts Roger Tandy (1806–1898) – Peters Colony settler and rancher in present-day east Fort Worth Edward H. Tarrant (1796–1858) – U.S Army General and Texas State Representative after which Tarrant County is named Jesse Shelton Zane-Cetti (1844–1922) – Entrepreneur and one of the founders of the Texas Brewing Company in Hell's Half Acre External links Pioneers Rest Cemetery Association Records in the Fort Worth Public Library Archives References 1849 establishments in Texas Cemeteries in Fort Worth, Texas National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas