First Baptist Church Cemetery, Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana File prepared by Sherry Sanford ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. Location of cemetery: T 6S R 2E Section 58 1980, Published by Edward Livingston Historical Association Inc., P.O. Box 67, Livingston, La. 70754-0067. Source: Inscription information copied by Lucille B. Denham, Gloria L. Kerns, and Claude Slaton, 8023 Greenwell St., Baton Rouge, La. 70812 on August 16, 1979. Oldest birth date from inscription: M. Sullivan (Row 4 No.8) Born 1805 - Died Aug. 18, 1868, Age 63 years Oldest burial date from inscription: M. Sullivan (Row 4 No.8) Born 1805 - Died Aug. 18, 1868, Age 63 years Row 1 1. Samuel L. Holden 1862 - 1937 2. Louise Dawsey Wife of Samuel L. Holden Mar. 17, 1864 - May 27, 1925 3. Alzada J. Wife of B.D. Brannon May 19, 1884 - Dec. 4, 1918 4. Edgar Nye Son of Mr. And Mrs. E.N. Barnett Aug. 7, 1918 - Aug. 9, 1918 5. Elvena Allain Wife of R.H. Benton Feb. 26, 1860 - June 20, 1924 6. William M. Lewis Oct. 8, 1882 - Sept. 24, 1933 7. Bessie Cooper Lewis Minnis Mar. 19, 1892 - Nov. 21, 1954 8. Olga Elba Dau of J.T. and E.V. Cockerham Dec. 12, 1909 - July 25, 1918 Age 8 yrs. 7 mos. 13 days 9. Joseph C. Cooper Sept. 1, 1881 - Mar. 29, 1948 10. Mother Delia Jane Phillips Wife of J.A. Cooper July 10, 1849 - Feb. 3, 1922 11. W.P. Chaney Nov. 2, 1843 - Apr. 24, 1917 12. B.W.T. 13. Roseally Ovilla Cockerham Wife of B.B. Felder Nov. 15, 1876 - Nov. 16, 1916 14. Benj. B. Felder Nov. 25, 1872 - Aug. 15, 1943 15. George W. Babin (Mason) Jan. 16, 1884 - Aug. 8, 1932 16. Lula Commella Stafford Wax-Babin-Wilkerson August 6, 1888 - September 30, 1978 17. John W. Wax July 16, 1882 Married to Lula Stafford Jan. 29, 1908 Died Jan. 2, 1919 (Woodman of the World) 18. E.P. Temple Wife of J.W. Wilkerson June 7, 1866 - Aug. 29, 1916 19. Susie E. Harbour Wife of Henry Cockerham Nov. 18, 1860 - Oct. 15, 1918 20. Emmett O. Lively Son of W.S. Lively and S.J. Denham July 28, 1901 - Oct. 27, 1921 21. John D. Tucker Oct. 11, 1871 - Aug. 16, 1918 (Woodman of the World) 22. Annie Minton Tucker Aug. 9, 1871 - Sept. 22, 1964 23. Luella M. Spence Age 15 mos. Died Apr. 28, 1921 24. Walton H. Son of W.A. and H.L. Mangum July 13, 1915 - July 5, 1916 Row 2 1. Sidney O. Son of O.H. and N.A. Noblet Dec. 20, 1916 - Apr. 5, 1918 2. Orren H. Noblet Dec. 5, 1886 - Jan. 1, 1919 3. Carlton Oneal Son of E.A. and N.A. Oneal Feb. 15, 1929 - Oct. 11, 1933 4. Paul Son of Mr. And Mrs. Walter Vincent Aug. 9, 1917 - Nov. 27, 1918 5. Thomas S. Counts June 6, 1861 - Jan. 23, 1916 6. No Name (vault) 7. Vera Lucille Benton Oct. 18, 1898 - Nov. 9, 1919 8. J.J. Benton May 5, 1843 - Nov. 9, 1915 9. Sallie DeArmond Wife of J.J. Benton Dec. 9, 1843 - Dec. 11, 1914 10. W.S. Brashears Nov. 6, 1890 - Sept. 12, 1931 11. Rev. Henry T. Comish Nov. 16, 1868 - March 22, 1958 "Faithful Bapt. Preacher for 67 years" 12. Lucy Tucker Comish Beloved wife of Rev. H.T. Comish June 15, 1878 - Aug. 7, 1951 13. Byron S. Comish July 24, 1884 - May 18, 1921 14. Jewel Elizabeth Comish Sept. 16, 1902 - March 21, 1918 Age 5 yrs. 6 mos. 5 days 15. Dorothy Adelle Dau of Rev. H.T. and L.T. Comish April 7, 1914 - July 25, 1915 Age 15 mos. 18 days 16. Willie D. Comish Nov. 26, 1886 - May 31, 1913 (Mason) 17. Eliza J. Wife of Ivy Cockerham Aug. 16, 1853 - July 30, 1909 18. Ivy Cockerham Nov. 20, 1840 - Jan. 16, 1921 19. Sarah McDonald Wife of George Cockerham (no dates) 20. Vanette S. Eddards Mar. 14, 1920 - May 14, 1920 21. Claire Ramsey Phillips Mar. 16, 1897 - May 13, 1913 22. Oscar Z. King 1869 - 1963 23. Ida M. Beloved Dau of O.Z. King Sept. 15, 1872 - June 27, 1912 24. T. Winthrop Brown Sept. 30, 1871 - Dec. 24, 1927 25. Edna May Brown Wife of H.H. Brown and mother of Herman H. Brown 26. E.A. Brown Mar. 15, 1848 - Nov. 5, 1918 27. Mrs. E.A. Brown March 1, 1853 - July 26, 1926 Row 3 1. Agnes Ruth Dau of W.M. and M.A. Vincent July 18, 1896 - Jan. 3, 1913 2. No Name 3. John S. Son of R.H. and P.A. Rownd Feb. 18, 1878 - Mar. 17, 1909 4. No Name 5. No Name 6. No Name 7. Sarah Ann Davis Apr. 1832 - Aug. 2, 1909 8. No Name 9. No Name 10. No Name 11. Rafile Settoon Louisiana Pvt. Co. B 43 Machine Gun BN, WWI Feb. 2, 1893 - Jan. 27, 1923 12. Mother Emma Settoon Mar. 8, 1871 - Apr. 17, 1908 13. No Name 14. James Edward Brashears Oct. 27, 1869 - Mar. 30, 1950 15. Ruby Brashears Sept. 20, 1899 - Jan. 28, 1921 16. J.H. Brashears Sept. 18, 1837 - Mar. 14, 1908 17. Mrs. J.H. Brashears July 9, 1851 - Mar. 6, 1925 18. George H. Brashears Jan. 15, 1887 - Dec. 10, 1907 19. Murphy G. Son of G.H. and I.R. Brashears May 8, 1907 - Aug. 8, 1907 20. Dudly D. Son of Mr. And Mrs. D.D. Samford Nov. 6, 1913 - Nov. 13, 1913 21. No Name 22. Wm. F. Powers July 8, 1881 - June 6, 1921 23. No Name 24. Charles L. Jones May 11, 1875 - Mar. 13, 1925 25. No Name 26. No Name 27. No Name 28. George P. Husband of Alma West 1870 - 1929 29. Sarah C. Rownd Wife of B.W. Tucker May 19, 1839 - May 22, 1912 30. B.W. Tucker July 26, 1834 - Nov. 12, 1909 31. Bida Estell Dau of W.B. and A. Miller Aug. 14, 1911 - Sept. 14, 1913 32. No Name 33. Matthew R. McCoy May 27, 1833 - July 16, 1906 Husband of Susan McCoy Row 4 1. J.B. Summers Feb. 19, 1851 - Oct. 12, 1931 2. Cellie C. Minton Oct. 13, 1876 - June 10, 1913 3. Mathew M. Minton Oct. 6, 1866 - Jan. 28, 1929 4. Alice Harbour Denham Aug. 20, 1857 - Feb. 25, 1922 5. D.R. Denham Jan. 4, 1831 - Nov. 3, 1922 6. Victoria A. Wife of P.W. Sullivan July 19, 1855 - June 15, 1895 7. Catherine Wife of Michael Sullivan Died Sept. 21, 1884 Age 61 (Born 1823) 8. M. Sullivan Died Aug. 18, 1868 Age 63 years (Born 1805) 9. Stella B. Dau of D.S. and M.M. Brown Feb. 16, 1895 - Sept. 5, 1900 10. Daniel S. Brown 1863 - 1936 11. Rhoda Pennington Nov. 20, 1868 - July 13, 1935 12. Sallie A. Martin Wife of James M. Pyburn Sept. 2, 1840 - Jan. 21, 1918 13. Marine Melville Brown June 21, 1900 Age 15 years IMO 305 14. Belle M. Garig Brown Wife of D.C. Brown, Sr. Nov. 3, 1848 - Jan. 2, 1914 15. Willie T. Sanders Husband of Odeal Duplessie Mar. 28, 1880 - Apr. 24, 1928 16. A. Jeneva Dau of W.T. and O. Sanders Oct. 19, 1910 - Mar. 8, 1917 Row 5 1. Luticia Summers Dec. 28, 1824 - Dec. 24, 1909 2. Narcissa Summers Wife of G.A. West Mar. 12, 1856 - Apr. 28, 1915 3. G.A. West Sept. 18, 1842 - Jan. 28, 1924 4. No Name 5. Emma Cockerham Sept. 2, 1865 - Oct. 10, 1952 6. Kirk W. Benton Oct. 25, 1861 - July 15, 1931 7. No Name 8. William S. Benton Age 23 Died July 11, 1911 9. No Name 10. No Name 11. No Name 12. No Name 13. Ruth Nell Dau of A.S. and C.G. Harris May 4, 1912 - Aug. 28, 1913 14. No Name 15. No Name 16. No Name 17. Betty Grillette and Daughter Wife and baby of Cline Miller July 26, 1903 - Oct. 14, 1928 18. Charles Hiram Miller (Mason) Oct. 3, 1855 - Apr. 5, 1942 19. Nancy R. Summers Miller May 15, 1861 - Feb. 11, 1907 20. No Name 21. No Name 22. Edna Melin Facundus 1907 - ?? 23. Dorothy G. Dau of J.E. and R. Duffy Mar. 27, 1918 - Dec. 18, 1918 24. J.L. Billiodeau Nov. 28, 1886 - Nov. 11, 1932 25. A.V. Brignac July 20, 18778 - May 3, 1930 26. Ola Brignac Aug. 19, 1919 - July 6, 1934 27. Stella B. Brignac Sept. 2, 1889 - Mar. 6, 1974 28. Reyford Son of Reynaud and Nora Marler Nov. 10, 1905 - Aug. 22, 1912 Row 6 1. Joseph B. Bourgeois Jan. 2, 1908 - Sept. 18, 1911 2. Mullerson Cornett June 4, 1920 - Nov. 22, 1921 3. Joseph Edward McLin Sept. 2, 1875 - Sept. 10, 1918 4. Mother Eva Harper Comeaux Oct. 3, 1879 - Nov. 6, 1913 5. W.J. Farris Aug. 20, 1862 - Feb. 22, 1908 Row 7 1. John S. Son of R.H. and P.A. Rownd Feb. 18, 1878 - Mar. 7, 1909 2. Father R.H. Rownd Dec. 15, 1847 - Sept. 30, 1928 3. Robert H. Son of R.H. and P.A. Rownd Sept. 9, 1882 - May 18, 1910 4. Pheraby Ann Hodges Wife of Robert H. Rownd July 17, 1853 - May 10, 1948 5. Brick vault, no name 6. Jesse Newton Co. H 32 Texas Cav. C.S.A. Dec. 31, 1841 - Mar. 13, 1935 7. Mildred McLeod Newton Wife of J.C. Newton Dec. 21, 1841 - Dec. 30, 1924 8. Bertha M. Harris Aug. 20, 1889 - Apr. 23, 1956 9. Guy Harris Aug. 9, 1892 - Mar. 31, 1924 (Woodman of the World) 10. John B. McNabb Sept. 28, 1856 - Oct. 6, 1925 (Woodman of the World) 11. Rev. H.H. Achord Sept. 2, 1850 - July 10, 1905 Row 8 1. Arrie E. Barnett Wife of Cyrus A. Arnold 1872 - 1920 2. Father Wesley B. Chambers Jan. 2, 1865 - Jan. 6, 1933 3. Cinthy Ella Jones Wife of W.B. Chambers Feb. 27, 1875 - Aug. 23, 1913 4. Mary L. Murphy March 25, 1866 - Apr. 17, 1911 Age 45 yrs. 22 days 5. Lou A. Nickens Wife of L.J. Chambers Oct. 15, 1862 - July 10, 1909 6. Emley Parden Wife of J.S. Chambers (no dates) 7. Lucinda Wife of J.S. Musselman 8. Julis W. Jones Apr. 18, 1891 - Sept. 4, 1932 9. Elvira Cockerham Jones Oct. 5, 1888 - Feb. 5, 1954 10. Joses Sadler Rutledge July 13, 1862 - April 11, 1932 11. Sarah Kent Rutledge July 1, 1877 - Feb. 13, 1962 12. Stephen R. Stafford July 9, 1861 - Aug. 24, 1949 13. Josephine McDonald Wife of S.R. Stafford Oct. 16, 1863 - May 19, 1931 Row 9 1. Stella G. Tate Dau of D.M. and I.S. Tate Aug. 8, 1913 - July 31, 1927 2. Darris Mat Infant son of Albert and Una Allen Jan. 3, 193(?) - Jan. 4, 1930 3. Clara Elizabeth Dau of D.S. and P.W. West Sept. 12, 1917 - Dec. 14, 1924 4. S. Linwood Son of D.S. and P.A. West June 5, 1912 - Oct. 28, 1918 5. Alice Clara Cain Wife of S.P. Watts Dec. 14, 1861 - Sept. 21, 1940 6. Samuel P. Watts Apr. 1, 1861 - Apr. 27, 1920 (Woodman of the World) 7. Ellen Watts Stafford Nov. 1, 1881 - Aug. 15, 1961 8. E.L. Stafford Feb. 7, 1876 - July 20, 1931 9. Werline Dau of W.E. and Willie Gritt Dec. 15, 1928 - Nov. 22, 1929 10. Joseph G. Vincent Jan. 26, 1899 - Dec. 20, 1927 11. Emma D. Wife of J.D. Story Sept. 5, 1859 - Oct. 27, 1897 Row 10 1. Ellen L. White Wife of F.T. Cockerham Oct. 26, 1847 - July 17, 1912 2. F.T. Cockerham Dec. 23, 1843 - July 10, 1908 3. Charles A. Glover Apr. 7, 1879 - June 19, 1935 4. Mona Musselman Glover Died May 28, 1979 Age 83 yrs. 7 mos. 24 days 5. Father Edmond Lee Miscar Dec. 27, 1875 - June 13, 1964 6. Mother Josephine Lively Miscar Oct. 15, 1881 - Feb. 14, 1928 7. Allie C. Millier Wife of R.R. Richardson, Jr. May 8, 1886 - July 24, 1910 8. William M. Vincent Sept. 8, 1864 - Dec. 8, 1930 9. Mary A. Vincent Feb. 1, 1865 - Feb. 9, 1962 10. Lenard Earl Son of Dr. And S.L. Duke May 9, 1894 - Dec. 12, 1894 11. Effie Myrtle Dau of Dr. B. And S.L. Duke Oct. 16, 1891 - June 14, 1910 12. Margaret L. Comeaux Dec. 12, 1849 - Nov. 4, 1933 13. Charles J. Comeaux Aug. 29, 1842 - Sept. 6, 1905 14. Bida Settoon Womack 1889 - 1934 15. Uncle C.W. Stuckey Nov. 22, 1859 - Feb. 20, 1931 16. Mother Betty Sanders May 12, 1856 - Jan. 22, 1928 17. Father E.O. Sanders Mar. 19, 1845 - June 23, 1923 Row 11 1. Louis A. Kimball 2. Martha Kimble Age 68 Died Jan. 11, 1923 3. Robert Kimball July 31, 1890 - Aug. 28, 1915 4. Fannie Dau of L.A. and M.A. Kimball Oct. 15, 1895 - Aug. 27, 1907 5. J.L.M. (footstone in hedges) 6. Allie Kimball Wife of P.D. Carpenter Aug. 6, 1884 - June 15, 1935 7. Elex O. Thornton Son of Vertis C. And Geneva Thornton July 16, 1920 - Sept. 23, 1926 8. G.D. Perry Dec. 12, 1892 - Sept. 25, 1892 9. Amous Truax Son of A.P. Truax Sept. 1, 1908 - July 4, 1927 10. Lizzie Truax Died Jan. 18, 1923 11. M.F. Perry June 5, 1881 - Dec. 31, 1888 12. Mary Brashears Jan. 4, 1827 - Oct. 25, 1895 13. Jessie Brashears Died Aug. 17, 1888 Age 72 years (born 1816) 14. Infant of J.P. and S.E. Brashears Born and died March 16, 1902 15. Muriel A. Dau of J.P. and S.E. Brashers Dec. 11, 1903 - Sept. 16, 1905 Row 12 1. Headstone unmarked 2. Albert B Jackson 1880 - 1936 3. Mary Brannon Jackson 1890 - 1979 4. Annie P. Hernandez Wife of L.T. Blount 1862 - 1937 5. Thomas J. Weaver Woodman of the World Oct. 12, 1875 - May 14, 1925