THE THWEATT FAMILY
Further information about the Thweatt Family and
those buried at the Stringfellow Moore Cemetery
those buried at the Stringfellow Moore Cemetery
One of Coppell’s most beloved landmarks has always been a windmill. It was first located on property owned by J. C. (Joseph ’Jay’ Cullum) Thweatt on the northwest corner of Bethel School Road and Denton Tap Road. J.C. Thweatt, and his wife Jeanie McCallum Thweatt, operated a mobile home park in this location. In 2004, he donated his windmill to the City of Coppell. It was relocated in front of the Kirkland House in Old Town Coppell known as Heritage Park. Part of the old Thweatt farm became the Red Hawk neighborhood. Bullock Cemetery is located at the rear of their property. This cemetery was created by Washington Bullock in 1869. Among those buried are a former mayor of Coppell, William T. Cosby, and a Civil War veteran, Burrell B. Howell.
The Thweatt family owned much of the land on the west side of Denton Tap Road to state highway 121. Also owned by the family was land north of Sandy Lake Road to Denton Creek. Some of this land was later purchased by the Bullock family. Joseph Thomas Thweatt, J.C.’s great-grandfather, settled in the area in 1868. He had five sons, one of whom was Joseph Walter Thweatt, J. C.’s grandfather. He purchased the land that eventually became J. C.’s farm.
Mr. Thweatt was the great-grandson of James Parish, who settled in this area in 1853. Jewel Mayme Parish married Elgie W. Thweatt in 1914 and J. C. was born in 1916. Jewel lived near her son in Coppell until her death.
Growing up in Dallas, J. C. would spend many happy days at his grandfather’s farm, helping with farm chores and hunting with his father. He was very involved with the city. Originally Sandy Lake Road was known as Thweatt Road. This name was changed in exchange for naming a park located on the corner of Sandy Lake Road and Coppell Road, Thweatt Park. A fountain was added at a later date.
Coppell was very small when J.C. and Jeanie Thweatt moved to their trailer park in 1965. J.C. was openly against growth in Coppell, and the town’s expansion. He was remembered as quite a character, attending community meetings and making his opinions known. One story that has been told is that J. C. got into a fist fight with someone at a school board meeting. Another story tells about how J. C. would chase trespassers off his property with a broom!
Jeanie, whose nickname was Shorty, passed away in 1972, and J.C. remained on his family’s farm and until he passed away in 2005. Sometimes labeled a ‘curmudgeon’, he made a lasting, and beloved impression with his opinions and his windmill in the early days of Coppell.
Buried here is Laura Ollie Moore Thweatt (b. 20 May, 1884, d. 01 Jul, 1900) She was the first wife of William King Thweatt who the youngest brother of Joseph Walter Thweatt mentioned above. She died at 19 years old. He remarried Rosa Jane Hurst.
The Thweatt family owned much of the land on the west side of Denton Tap Road to state highway 121. Also owned by the family was land north of Sandy Lake Road to Denton Creek. Some of this land was later purchased by the Bullock family. Joseph Thomas Thweatt, J.C.’s great-grandfather, settled in the area in 1868. He had five sons, one of whom was Joseph Walter Thweatt, J. C.’s grandfather. He purchased the land that eventually became J. C.’s farm.
Mr. Thweatt was the great-grandson of James Parish, who settled in this area in 1853. Jewel Mayme Parish married Elgie W. Thweatt in 1914 and J. C. was born in 1916. Jewel lived near her son in Coppell until her death.
Growing up in Dallas, J. C. would spend many happy days at his grandfather’s farm, helping with farm chores and hunting with his father. He was very involved with the city. Originally Sandy Lake Road was known as Thweatt Road. This name was changed in exchange for naming a park located on the corner of Sandy Lake Road and Coppell Road, Thweatt Park. A fountain was added at a later date.
Coppell was very small when J.C. and Jeanie Thweatt moved to their trailer park in 1965. J.C. was openly against growth in Coppell, and the town’s expansion. He was remembered as quite a character, attending community meetings and making his opinions known. One story that has been told is that J. C. got into a fist fight with someone at a school board meeting. Another story tells about how J. C. would chase trespassers off his property with a broom!
Jeanie, whose nickname was Shorty, passed away in 1972, and J.C. remained on his family’s farm and until he passed away in 2005. Sometimes labeled a ‘curmudgeon’, he made a lasting, and beloved impression with his opinions and his windmill in the early days of Coppell.
Buried here is Laura Ollie Moore Thweatt (b. 20 May, 1884, d. 01 Jul, 1900) She was the first wife of William King Thweatt who the youngest brother of Joseph Walter Thweatt mentioned above. She died at 19 years old. He remarried Rosa Jane Hurst.