Drew County, Arkansas:  Torian Cemetery
Barkada, AR

Submitted to the USGenWeb by:  Bettye Hogue Bond
                               RetTEACHER@aol.com
                               3rd Great Granddaughter of 
                               Zachariah & Maacha (Maachah/Maachak) 
                               Myers Gibson
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TORIAN CEMETERY
This cemetery is listed in the Drew County, Arkansas Cemetery Records Book, page 423
as the Torian Cemetery.
Go North on Hwy 425--West on Co. Rd 96 approximately 6 1/2 miles, east on Co. Rd 109 1/2 mile.
Cemetery enclosed in fence on side of road.  (Sec. 11, T 12S, R 8W)
From Monticello, AR, turn onto Barkada Road, turn right at Andrews Chapel Church.
Cemetery on right side of dirt road.
    
Anderson, Etta T.                           Davis, Nancy
May 28, 1882                                1843
May 20, 1960                                1908
                                            Mother of Fannie Torian

Gibson, Archie H.                           Gibson, James T.
October 17, 1854  AR                        1859  Ffld Co. SC
August 31, 1870  AR                         1859 AR
Grandson of Zack Gibson                     Age 35
Son of Thomas M. Gibson                     Son of Zach & Maacha Gibson

Gibson, M. (Maacha Myers)                   Gibson, Reuben T.
October 10, 1802  GA                        1838  Ffld. Co. SC
November 2, 1878  AR                        July 18, 1859  AR
wife of Zack Gibson                         age 21 years
                                            Son of Zach & Maacha Gibson

Gibson, Zachariah                           Sturgis, Caddie I.
September 1, 1800  Fairfield Dist. SC       September 5, 1877
August 28, 1867  AR                         July 2, 1911
Immigrated to Drew Co., AR November 1853    wife of H.L. Sturgis

Sturgis, Homer L.                           Torian, Charles R.
1869                                        December 1867
1933                                        1942

Torian, Fannie                              Torian, Eddie R.
November 1874                               1871
1943                                        1933
Wife of Charles R. Torian

Torian, Jemima Gibson                       Torian, Robert W.
July 23, 1834                               August 6, 1826
September 5, 1887                           March 3, 1913 
Wife of R.W. Torian
Daughter of Zach & Maacha Gibson

Torian, Robert Daniel                       Torian, Virginia Belle M.
June 1, 1826                                December 3, 1879
April 18, 1899                              July 15, 1887
Son of R.W. & Jemima Torian                 Daughter of R.W. & Jemima Torian

There are two metal markers that are no longer legible.

Verbal history states that
Ralph T. Gibson
1823 Fairfield CO. SC  
died after 1870 census in Drew Co.
Clear Creek Township, AR
is buried here with his parents, Zach & Maacha Gibson.
No proof of this.

Verbal history states that father-in-law of 
Fletcher Gibson  b. 1839 Ffld Co SC
March 15, 1862 Atlanta, GA  (CSA)
is buried here, no proof.
He was:
Jesse Perry
1810 SC
unknown Drew Co., AR
Father of Nancy Jane Perry Gibson, wife of Fletcher Gibson.
Nancy Jane & Mother Elizabeth Lauhon Perry are buried
in Andrews Chapel Cemetery-Barkada, AR.
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