CHENEY CEMETERY - Evangeline Par., LA
Submitter: Jane McManus
Date: 28 Oct 2000

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Directions:  The old Cheney Cemetery is located on the banks of Bayou Beouf in the Southeast corner of the town of Cheneyville (named for the Cheney family).  The cemetery was very large at one time; now only a few stones remain, many of which are lying on the ground or broken.  The property is privately owned.   When the tombstone inscriptions were first recorded, the condition of the property was so bad that only five stones were visible.  By the second visit to verify the recording, the area has been recently cleared, and with the weeds and grass cut, many more tombstones were exposed.  Tombstone inscriptions were recorded by Mary Parker Partain, 1993, assisted by Jack Fraziar, Jr.  Submitted by Jane P. McManus, 7 June 2000.


[fenced area with large obelisk]:

Wright, Infant son - died 8 Mar 1823, 1 da
Wright, Jane C. - died 5 Apr 1834, 1 yr
Wright, Emma Cornelia - died 3 Nov 1837, 1 yr 7 mos
	Children of Dr. J. D. & Sarah Wright [obelisk side 1]
Wright, Esther E. - died 26 Mar 1834, 10 yrs
Wright, Mary Ann - died 28 Nov 1836, 5 yrs 11 mos
	Children of Dr. J. D. & Sarah Wright  [obelisk side 2]
Wright, Dr. Jesse D. - 15 May 1793 Westbrook, CT / 25 Mar 1850 Rapides, LA
	[obelisk side 3]


[separate fenced enclosure]:
Havard, Kate S. - died 16 Nov 1865, nearly 17 yrs 

Grimble, Paul [Grimble] - 11 Oct 1778 / 23 Apr 1841 [obelisk side 1]
	born in SO. CA. [South Carolina] / died in this parish 
[Grimble], Esther Jaudon, Wife of P. G. - 12 Jul 1777 / 22 Oct 1822 
	born in SO. CA. / died in this parish  [obelisk side 2]



[hurricane fenced area]:
Ford, Walter Prince III - 24 Sep 1933 / 2 Nov 1937 
Ford, Walter Prince II - 14 Jan 1919,LA Pvt. SATC Tulane University 
[3 vaults with no inscription]

Ford, William Prince - [identified by resident, no dates]

[pile of bricks, remains of a brick vault - no information]

Smith, Cornelia - Haddam, CT 14 Jun 1818 / 14 Aug 1840 Cheneyville
	Daughter of Geo. W. & Welthy Smith
[end of fenced area]


[broken stone lying on ground, most information missing]

[missing], of South Carolina, departed this life 19 Apr [broken], 19 yrs 5 das" 

[broken stone lying flat on ground, most information lost]:

[missing], Caroline, Wife of [missing] [born in] South Carolina
	departed this life 28 May 1844, 24 yrs

Ramsey, Ephriam - departed this life 5 May ?, 36 yrs ? mos, Son of John D. Ramsey & 	Caroline E. Callelon?, his Wife of South Carolina

Cheney, Charles, son of William Franklin & Matilda Ann Cheney - 17 mos 5 das

Cheney, Col. Wm. F. - 24 Oct 1818 / 15 Sep 1883 [marker off base]
Cheney, M. A. Pearce, wife of William F. Cheney  - 26 Jul 183? / 7 Apr 1911


[broken pieces scattered in area, put together read:
Cooks, Jemmie, Son of H. H. & B. G. Cooks  - 21 Dec 1890 / 21 Apr 1890
Weber, John Fendon, Son of Jacob & Emeline Ann Weber  - died 11 Oct 1844, 17 das 

[2 obvious depressions lined in brick, no information]

Cheney, Alfred Bealer - died 17 Sep 1840, 32 yrs 7 mos 26 das
Cheney, Sarah Camilla - died 3 Sep 1837, 26 yrs 11 mos 27 das
Cheney, Eliza Cecelia - died 5 May 1834, 9 yrs 7 mos 18 das
Cheney, Mary Elizabeth - died 5 Mar 1813, 7 yrs 9 mos 24 das
	[4  almost identical markers, 3 are off their  bases; 
	only the last  is still standing]

[pile of bricks, probably remains of brick vault]

Cheney, Hampton J. - died 28 Jul 1836, 44 yrs 5 mos 27 das

Cheney, E. G? [broken] - 31 Mar 1831 / 24 Aug 1840 [obelisk]
	Daughter of Hampton J. & Ann Cheney 

[many depressions, obvious burials, with no identification]