Henderson Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus 

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HENDERSON CEMETERY - Rapides Parish

Directions:  Henderson Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish near the town of
Forest Hill, immediately behind the Brewer (Moore) Cemetery.  Although
directions are a little complicated, all roads are well marked in this area. 
South on US Hwy. 165 from Alexandria, turn left at the blinking light in
Forest Hill>  Cross the railroad tracks, and turn right immediately onto LA
Hwy. 497.  Continue for 2 blocks, and turn left onto Blue Lake Road.  Stay on
this road for 1.0 miles, and turn right onto Elwood Road...  Go .6 mile and
turn right again onto unimproved Brewer Cemetery Road (red-dirt road).  There
is a fenced area about .5 miles down this road, but is so overgrown with brush
and trees that it can easily be missed.  The road is not always passable, but
the cemetery can be reached on foot quite easily.  

In a separate fenced area directly behind the Brewer (Moore) Cemetery, several
more headstones were found.  Brush and fallen trees made it almost impassable,
and recording the information was extremely difficult.  There was no gate, and
the wire fence was down on one side.  Locals refer to this as the Henderson
cemetery.  There were some very pretty stones in this old abandoned graveyard. 
Tombstone inscriptions recorded by Mary Parker Partain, October 1991, and
submitted by Jane Parker McManus 

Henderson, Robert M. - 22 Nov 1892 / 25 Oct 1925
Henderson, A. C. - 3 Feb 1880 / 19 Jul 1923
Henderson, James W. - 24 Jan 1856 / 1 Aug 1914
Henderson, Amanda J. - 26 Jun 1890 / 20 Mar 1903
Henderson, Henry J. - 10 Mar 1886 / 25 Jul 1896?

Wherland, Cary R. Rougeot, wife of J. A. Wherland - 8 Feb 1890 / 1 Mar 1919

Rougeot, Clara E., daughter of F. N. & Ella V. Rougeot - 15 Jun 1892 / 5 Aug
1910