Ebenezer Cemetery--Hempstead County, Arkansas ********************************************* Submitted by: Earl Montgomery Email: ebemont1@aol.com Date: May 18,2004 ********************************************* Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Hempstead County, Arkansas, Wallaceburg Township, Section 8, Township 10, Range 23. To find this Cemetery, drive five and four-tenths (5.4) miles east from Blevins, AR. on Highway 371, to left on Hempstead County Road 43 to a dead-end for one (1) mile, then left on Hempstead County Road 24 for six-tenths (.6) mile to the Ebenezer Cemetery on the right side of the road. The Church Building no longer exist. ........................................................... NAME--DATE OF BIRTH--DATE OF DEATH--EPITAPH Brown, Ada Doris--Mar. 11, 1916--Feb. 16, 1917 Brown, Ada E.--1869--1872 Recorded Brown, Catherine Spears--Nov. 27, 1848--Aug. 22, 1938-- (w/o JohnA.Brown) Brown, John A--Apr. 20, 1845--Aug. 24, 1897--(Earth Hath No Sorrow that Heaven Cannot Bear) * Carman, Horace Edgar--1888--1946 Carman, M. J.-- d. Nov. 1, 1926 Recorded Cowart, Fannie Belle--1885--1927 Frazier, Lutitia--Apr. 4,1873--Feb. 25,1904--(w/o W.V. Frazier)* Grimes, Ester Cleo--Feb. 8, 1912--Sept. 10, 1942--(Asleep in Jesus Blessed Thought)* Grimes, Florence Viola--Sept. 23, 1903--Dec.5, 1911--(She Is Safe At Home....)* Grimes, Jacob (Corp.)--Mar.7, 1844--Jul.24, 1942--(A Friend to His Country) * Grimes, James T--Dec. 28, 1875--Jun.1, 1959--(I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the House of the Lord) *(Psalm- 122-1) Grimes, John Jacob--Nov 21, 1910--Sep.6, 1911--(Gone So Soon) * Grimes, Margaret A.--Oct. 22,1854--Apr. 17, 1929 Grimes, Ruth--Mar.7, 1882--Dec.18, 1962--(w/o James T. Grimes) * Homan, Florence E.--1851--1940 Homan, John F.--1852--1940 James, Phillip Henderson--Mar.19, 1850--May 28, 1908 James, Virginia Ellen--Apr. 22, 1844--Apr. 22,1927-- (Married P. H. James in 1869) * McCulough, Dora--d. Jan.1, 1883 Melson, Keturah Blevins--Nov.6, 1870--Feb. 12, 1899-- (w/o John F. Melson)* (m/o Bertrand-- 1892-1968 Berdie-- 1892-1972 Joel E.-- 1894-1918 Elmore B.-1896-1938 Mary Lou--1898-1965) Recorded Montgomery, James M.--Jul 24, 1849--1917 Montgomery, Jennie--1853--1917--(w/o James M Montgomery)* Montgomery, John E. WOW--Oct. 4, 1886--May 31, 1907--(His Soul Renewed by Early Grace In Haven has Sought its Native Place) * Montgomery, Lois Marie--Aug 11, 1917--Oct 1919 Palmer, Horace--(ca 1835)--1881--(Asst.Surgeon-Confederate State Army) * # Stephen's, John H.--Jun.20, 1842--Jul.28, 1909--(unreadable words) * White, Nannie J.--Feb. 14, 1868--Nov. 23, 1903 White, William B.--1860--1928 Yarberry, William Thomas--(b/d Apr. 19 1925--Son of M/M W.T.Yarberry)* *- inscriptions or epitaphs on markers or tombstones #- Old timers report that fifteen confederate soldiers with unmarked graves are buried in the cemetery. Due to mowing with tractors over the years their grave sites are no longer identifiable. Recorded- indicates the graves sites are registered in the Circuit Courts Office but markers or tombstones can not be located in the Cemetery.