Crittenden County, Arkansas - RICHARDS CEMETERY

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Introduction
by Deborah Lunsford Yates

The old cypress log house is one of the oldest historical landmarks
in Crittenden County.  It dates back to the Richards family as early as
1854.  The house faces north towards the Tyronza River.  It was said
that the family could sit on the proch and watch the steamboats pass by
on the river.  The house was built of hand hewn logs, with a dog trot
through the center.  The original two room house still stands, five
miles north of Earle, ARkansas, on highway 149, at Three Forks.
The house is currently on land owned by the Hood family.  In years past,
the old log house was periodically reparied and maintained by local
residents in the Three Forks area.  One of these residents was my
father, Allison Lunsford, whose farm adjoined the old homestead.  At
present, the old house is in a very poor stat of disrepair.

Two or more of the Ricards family are buried in the Richards Cemetery,
behind the old cypress house.  Only two graves are marked, with
Woodsmen of the World monuments.  These graves are the two sons of 
William Alexander Richards and Sophroney Gilmore Richards, both of 
whom died 9 days apart of pneumonia.

RICHARDS, J.E.    January 7, 1857-February 8, 1900
(James Emery Richards was the husband of Fannie M. Brown)

RICHARDS, WILLIAM A.,  January 27, 1862-January 30, 1900
(William Alexander Richards, Jr. was the husband of Sara A. Rose)

William A. Richards, age 30, and Sophroney Gilmore, age 22, both of
Crittenden County, Arkansas, were married on 26 Sep 1855 by John 
Smith, Justice of the Peace.

Information on the Richards family was taken from "Earle Epic", compiled
by Gladys Wright and committee members.