Small sites and individual stones
To save time and space, I am including the really small sites and individual markers on this page.
(Rohwer,
Ark.)
To the
memory of Wm Preston
Born
Nov. 6, 1843
Died
Nov. 1876
(Old
cemetery inside levee of Mississippi River at Possum Fork near Lucca
Landing. Richland, Ark., river port and
post office, was once outside the levee at this place. Mail was brought by boat. The cemetery was built on an Indian
Mound. One rather large stone still
stands.)
J.W.
Tedder
Born
1843
Died
at age 68 years
Nov.
15, 1911
(Near
Red Fork, Ark.)
Most of
the stones had disappeared from this old cemetery when Ed Newlin copied these
inscriptions in February 1969.
Alexander
McNeal, son of A.H. and M.J. McNeal
Born
Oct. 25, 1866
Died
Jan. 3, 1884
Walter
F. McNeal, son of A.H. and M.J. McNeal
Born
Oct. 4, 1868
Died
March 18, 1884
Mrs.
Matinza Peterson
Died
Nov. 25, 1880
Aged
61 yrs. 11 mos. 3 wks.
(According
to Mrs. M.E. Sherland Sr. of McGehee, Matinza Peterson was Mrs. Sherlands’ (nee
Peoples) grandmother and married Judge Walter B. Peterson after her first
husband’s death. She was born in
Georgia.)
Peoples
(Bertram)
Born
Apr. 8, 1885
Died
Sept. 8, 1885
(According
to Mrs. Sherland, her father and mother – Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jordan Peoples –
are buried in this cemetery, but no stones were found. Dr. S.J. Peoples’ is listed in Goodspeed’s
Biography.)
(On Red
Fork Bayou)
Thomas
P.L. Moore
May 9,
1825-April 9, 1853
(On
Arkansas River)
Rebecca
O. Bissell, daughter of O.A. and H.J. Bissell
March
5, 1876-Sept. 23, 1879
Nancy
Bissell, wife of Thomas Bissell
March
17 1838-Dec. 14, 1858
The
burial ground of the James D. Turner family.
One stone
says only:
Ye
living me as you be –
You
are so once were we
And as
you are
You
surely will be moldering in your motherly dust.
(Once a
large cemetery with cedar trees. Only
three monuments remained when censused.)
Henry
Smith
Born
in Stewart Co., Tenn.
Jan.
26, 1817
Died
Sept. 26, 1859
Cecilia
L. Smith, wife of Henry Smith
Died
July 30, 1871
A.I.
Woodside
Apr.
3, 1821-Apr. 22, 1861
J.J.
Clark
Feb.
18, 1818
(bottom
marker broken)
(Four
miles west of Winchester)
Dr.
Samuel Mitchell Taylor
Son of
John M. and Mary Taylor
Sept.
1, 1851-Sept. 1, 1900
Plunkett
Elvira Taylor
Wife
of Dr. Samuel M. Taylor
Sept.
4, 1857-Jan. 5, 1899
Dr.
John M. Taylor
Born
at Winchester, Ky.
July
23, 1819-Oct. 30, 1884
Franklin
Robertson Taylor
Son of
J.M. and Mary E. Taylor
Dec.
22, 1847-Sept. 2, 1852
Infant
daughter of Dr. John M. and Mary Taylor
Born
and died 1861
Infant
daughter of Benjamin R. and Lizzie K. Taylor
Born
and died Aug. 18, 1893
Henry
Robertson Taylor
Son of
John M. and Mary E. Taylor
July
29, 1849-June 6, 1900
Dr.
Samuel M. Taylor
1857-1898
(These
two markers were found in a family cemetery, located about 1 ˝ miles north of
Winchester very near the railroad crossing left side going north.)
Everlinia
J.V. May
Son of
F.P. and A.T. May
Born
Dec. 9, 1887
Died
Dec. 21, 1887
Jake
Marks
Son of
Meyer and V.D. Marks
Born
Aug. 1901
Died
Sept. 22, 1904
(This
grave is in the middle of island.)
Sarah
Teel Burial ground of S.B. Teel
Died
Feb. 1, 1858
Age 20
years, 2 months, 20 days
Misc.
Rueben
Harrison Anderson
Buried
Nov. 5, 1864
At
mouth of White River
Arkansas
– Union Soldier
Died
of Colic
(Located
on Red Fork Bayou north of Watson, Ark.)
Fred
Ferguson, Sr.
May 2,
1893-March 6, 1944
(Located
South of Watson on Red Fork Bayou near Watson city limits.)
Charles
N. Cook
Son of
S.E. and Lois Cook
June
23, 1936
Dr.
Cook and son John Wesley Cook were buried here, but there are no markers.
Hornbuckle
Family
Love
ones Farewell
We
shall meet again
Erected
Dec. 1, 1919
(The
Hornbuckle Family marker is near the Cook Cemetery and was reported to be in
the cemetery at one time, but was moved because it was never used.)
(Located
north of Watson and North of Old Red Fork town on Arkansas River side of levee
and at the base of the levee. About one
acre in size and signs of several other graves. The first three listed had emblems that said “Pride of Red Fork,
Chamber 2847.))
Agnes
Thomas
Jan.
25, 1893-Jan. 2, 1921
Draton
Thomas
Died
Jan. 28, 1917
Henrietta
Paul
Sept.
15, 1880-June 1, 1920
J.S.
Gentry
Oct.
22, 1865-March 14, 1941
(Located
north of Pendleton Bridge at the end of first short dike and old levee.)
Sacred
to the memory of Col. James Smith
Died
Oct. 19, 1858 in the 73 year of his age
(Publisher’s
note: This man was born in 1785, the earliest birth date found so far.)
James
M. Smith
Died
Feb. 10, 1846
Age 27
years
Floyd
Smith
Born
1816
Died
Jan. 29, 1853
(Publisher’s
note: There is another nice monument here but no lettering on it. Mr. Howell found an iron T-rod about 6 feet
long in this cemetery. These rods are
used to probe graves.)