Cemetery: Unamed - Caddo Parish, LA
Submitter: Amanda Mann Davis  
Date:  April 23, 2002 



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This unamed cemetary is located in a wooded area near Long

Lake Estates in south Shreveport.  There were 7 headstones and

they were located in the woods near a right-of-way where the

power lines are located. I have no idea who owned the property

in this area back at the times these graves were made. I believe

it is the O'Brien family that sold this land for development and

they still own land around the lake, "Long Lake". 

The first tombstone I found when I walked into the area was one

that was recently broken. It was the most difficult to read. It

was away from the other 6 by itself and faced 180 degrees in

the opposite direction of the others - faces east. It read:

 

D____Belle (possibly Donna Belle) 

daughter of 

FM. & M. F(?)___N(?)TON (I'm only sure of the TON) 

died 

Sept. 25, 1825 

lived(?) 3(?) years 

8 months, 3 days

 

There were 2 together. One looked like it had been "dug up" at 

one time. I don't know when it would have occurred. At least it 

looked that way with the ground dipping down. The larger tombstone

 was about 3-4 feet tall and only about 1 foot wide with a 

cross tilted to the right in the stone. It read:

 

O. Ben Childers 

Co. B. La. Infantry 

Feb. 14, 1839 

Dec. 28, 1910 

& wife 

Josephine Lattier 

Sept. 28 1855 

July 6, 1893 

At Rest

 

Next to it, to the left was a smaller one with Lattier as the 

last name. Looking at the birth dates, this must be 

Josephine's younger brother, possibly.

 

Adolph Lattier 

Aug 14, 1862 

Dec. 11, 1916 

Death is another life.

 

About 20-30 feet to the left of these graves were four tombstones

side by side. Here they are from left to right.

 

Marthe Ellen 

daughter of 

Reuben & Marthe 

White 

Born 

October 27, 1852 

Died 

Aug. 13, 1853 

(my notes: girl less than a year old)

 

Reuben 

son of Reuben & Marthe 

White 

Born 

Sept. 18, 1849 

Died 

Oct 19, 1851 

(my notes: boy just over 2 years old, died before sister Marthe Ellen was born)

 

Tobithe 

wife of 

George A. Loe 

Born 

July 20, 1786 

Died April 14, 1850 

(my notes: this grave was dug up but in a horizontal fashion not a vertical fashion. It was 

dug down maybe 1-1 1/2 feet)



Thomas

son of 

Geo.A. & Tobithe Loe 

Born 

Dec. 11, 1820 

Died 

July 6, 1846 



Amanda Mann Davis 

amanda64@bellsouth.net