Stewart Cemetery, Myakka City, Manatee County, FL Copyright 2002 Melissa Brewer, http://www.MyakkaBones.com, contributed for use in the USGENWEB Archives _____________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** Stewart Cemetery is in Section 35s-Twp 21e-Range 5, in the community of Bethany, in the Myakka City postal delivery area. It is approximately 2.5 miles east of Bethany Baptist Church. It is southwest of Kibler Ranch Road on private property, off of 34th Avenue East. The Manatee River lies to the south of the cemetery. The property owner keeps his gate locked so there is no public access without prior permission. This cemetery is approx. 70' x 70', surrounded by field fencing mounted on wooden posts. It's in a heavily wooded area and down a long, winding dirt trail. The gravesites are in a clearing; the property owner maintains this as part of his 39-acre piece of land. The last burial took place at this cemetery in 1914, according to dates on the headstones. Recently, some descendants have discussed the possibility of moving the headstones to the Bethany Baptist Church cemetery. Two large headstones dominate this burial ground: "Mother" Mary E. Rich and "Father" Alfred Rich. The list is below. Some of the markers are illegible and some graves have no headstones. Baldwin Bryant, born 1907 Bryant, Charles 11/5/1847 - 10/25/1905 Bryant, Gertrude 1903 - 8/8/1908 Bryant, Norah V. 8/21/1888 - 5/16/1892 Dennis, Frankie 9/13/1894 - 5/8/1906 Dennis, Partie 6/6/1892 - 1/22/1896 Gill, 7/2/1914 - 7/2/1914 ("Infant of Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Gill") O'Riley, Oscar Rich Rich, Alfred R. 2/27/1856 - 10/4/1912 Rich, Carrie (nfi) Rich, D.A. 2/5/1881 - 9/1888 Rich, J.O. 11/22/1874 - 9/1888 Rich, Martha 7/6/1807 - 7/7/1884 Rich, Mary E. 7/27/1856 - 12/3/1912 Rye, Emma F. 4/7/1880 - 5/18/1911 Rye, Gladys N. 1/20/1905 - 9/10/1906 Stewart, Ade Wingate, Joanne 4/14/1901 - 5/1904 Wingate, John H. 1/24/1824 - 5/12/1898 Wingate, Pleasant 2/3/1897 - 3/30/1898