James-Henderson Cemetery (also called Henderson Hill Cemetery), Rapides Parish La Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** JAMES - HENDERSON CEMETERY - Rapides Parish (also called Henderson Hill Cemetery) Directions: One mile north of Boyce on LA Hwy. 8, turn left onto LA Hwy. 121 (Hot Wells Road). Continue on this road for 2.4 miles and turn at right angle onto a narrow blacktop road (there is no sign). Cross Bayou Jean-de-Jean, and go .2 miles up the hill to what is known locally as Red Store Hill. Turn left and go .1 miles, and turn back left onto dirt road (no sign), and continue for .2 miles. This cemetery is located on the right. Tombstone inscriptions recorded by Mary Parker Partain, June 1990, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus A partial brick wall (10' on each side of a double hurricane gate), obviously made of old used bricks, is 5' high with 3' square posts. On the post is a plaque similar in style to that on the back enclosure. It reads: Memorial Graveyard - William Calvert James - 2 Jan 1846 / 23 Feb 1929 & Ella Robinson James - 14 Nov 1856 / 8 Feb 1922, Erected 1953. The rest of the outside perimeter is all hurricane fencing except for corner brick posts. Inside on right are several iron fenced enclosures that only have a few burials in each one. Along the side fence there are other graves, including one that is outside the fence. A driveway divides the cemetery. Curry, Mrs. William - 2 Mar 1848 / 18 Aug 1916 [this burial is outside the fence] [large brick/concrete vault - no inscription] [broken concrete slab next to fence - unreadable] Jones, Matthew J. - 25 May 1802 / 1 Dec 1863 Brian, Eula, daughter of I. M. & K. E. Brian - 18?? / 10 Sep 1896 [broken slab] Knight, J. T. - departed this life ? Oct 1860, 15 days Hooks, May - 14 Dec 1905 / 24 Sep 1909 Hooks, Johnnie - 15 Jul 1907 / 29 Nov 1910 Thomas, Rupert J. - 10 Feb 1885 / 10 Dec 1936 Martin, Jones Seymore, son of S. S. & Florence Martin - 24 May 1910 / 3 Mar 1911 Thomas, Sally Davis, wife of Jones E. Thomas - 31 Mar 1863 / 7 Apr 1905 Thomas, Jones E. - 8 Feb 1857 / 6 Dec 1898 [Double concrete vault] Pippin, Virgil P. - 17 Dec 1877 / 24 Jul 1931 Pippin, Clara Annette Sutton, wife of V. P. Pippin - 13 Sep 1877 / 21 Jul 1931 Pippin, Virgil P., son of V. P. & C. A. Pippin - 19 Dec 1911 / 5 Dec 1915 [Above 3 burials inside iron enclosure near front gate] Weldin, O. L. - 11 Feb 1864 / 26 Jul 1915 Weldin, Joe Baker - 27 Apr 1903 / 22 May 1913 [Above 2 burials inside large iron enclosure] Davis, James B. Sr. - 22 Jan 1857 / 9 Jun 1936 Dunnam, Martin Rowe, son of C. B. & Maggie Dunnam - 20 Feb 1914 / 29 Apr 1914 [Inside large iron enclosure] [New Section Right of Driveway]: James, Fielding John - 13 Jun 1885 / 2 Dec 1961 James, Edna Lacaze, wife of Fielding John James - 3 Feb 1889 / 16 Mar 1973 Daughter of Belizare Lacaze and Mary O. Grissom [These 2 burials are in matching concrete vaults] Daigre, Ella Corrinne - 23 Nov 1917 / 10 Sep 1935 Daigre, Infant son of M&M Louis J. Daigre Jr. - [no dates] Daigre, Louis Jacob - 17 Jan 1878 / 28 Sep 1948 Daigre, Alice James - 7 Oct 1891 / 18 Dec 1964 [Above 2 stones & 2 vaults are identical] Carlyon, Nadene - 28 Feb 1920 / 1 Aug 1989 [funeral marker only] Carlyon, Berenice James - 13 Apr 1887 / 20 Mar 1973 Carlyon, Walter Edward Jr. - 10 Aug 1909 / 12 Feb 1976, Capt. En. US Army WW2 Carlyon, Irma Eugenie, daughter of Walter & Irma Carlyon - b&d 23 May 1933 Carlyon, Irma Eugenia Dufour, wife of Walter E. Carlyon Jr. - 8 Apr 1910 / 27 Feb 1987 Lowman, Delsie - 6 Dec 1909 Kent Co. Del. / 20 Apr 1987 Culley, Elmer Ellsworth - 2 Feb 1861 York Co. PA / 22 Oct 1948 Culley, Margaret Theresa McCaully, wife of E. E. Culley - 17 Apr 1871 York Co. PA / 15 Jul 1930 Culley, Charles LaDul - 13 Dec 1902 White R. Co. AR / 28 Jun 1959 James, DeWitt - 31 Aug 1889 / 5 Apr 1966 James, Susan Marie Culley, wife of DeWitt James - 6 Jul 1900 / 29 Mar 1989 [Double Stone] Strength, Francis M. - 4 Jan 1887 / 25 Sep 1928 Strength, Lula May James, daughter of W. C. & E. R. James - 4 Aug 1898 / 24 Sep 1965 Wife of F. M. Strength, H. L. Hickman [Double Stone] Vallee, Herbert Lynwood - 17 Feb 1905 / 14 Jun 1987 Vallee, Eleanor Strength - 21 Jan 1917 / [no dates] [Double Stone] [marble cross - no dates] - Little Florence Evans, Mary L. Sleet, wife of T. C. Evans - 15 Jul 1844 / 6 Nov 1895 Mama / Sister Evans, Mable H. - 12 Aug 1870 / 15 Sep 1938 Shuey, Florence N. Sleet, wife of G. W. Shuey - 4 May 1854 / 19 Jul 1888, a Native of VA Sleet, Lucy C. Samuel, wife of George A. Sleet - 22 May 1822 Orange Co. VA / 2 Aug 1897 Sleet, T. L., son of George & Lucy C. Sleet - 29 Nov 1857 Orange Co. VA / 18 Jun 1883 [2 unmarked burials - no information] Wainwright, Lorena Golfe, wife of C. C. Wainwright - 26 Apr 1839 / 22 Feb 1894 Sleet, Charles G. E. - 25 Dec 1878 / 10 Dec 1901 [Masonic Emblem] Sleet, Vanangus Amelia, daughter of P. J. & A. A. Sleet - 18 Oct 1902, 4 mos. 9 das Sleet, Morton David - 31 Jan 1856 Orange Co. VA / 4 Jan 1903 Rapides Par. LA Son of George A. & Lucy C. Sleet Sleet, Philip J. - 27 Feb 1850 / 27 Jul 1907 Sleet, Azile Wainright [sic], wife of P. J. Sleet - 31 Jul 1859 / 4 Oct 1935 Neal, Maude Evelyn - 22 Jan 1899 / 15 May 1914 [Behind the Brick enclosure]: Wells, John Dunn - 12 Feb 1884 / 8 Jan 1967 Ramsey, John B. - 8 Jan 1909 / 15 Nov 1965 Ramsey, Mattie Farmer - 12 Jan 1907 / 20 May 1965 Marye, L. V. - 29 Mar 1868 / 19 Dec 1947 Marye, Eula M. - 7 May 1884 / 20 Oct 1964 Mullins, Kattie Mary - 1862 / 1937 [handlettered stone] Mullins, James - 1862 / 1936 [handlettered stone] Propst, Nangie Henderson - 16 Jul 1876 / 6 Sep 1961 Henderson, Maria Pitt Sleet, wife of Frank D. Henderson - 28 Feb 1846 / 16 Feb 1932 Henderson, Frank D. - 26 Oct 1845 / 23 Dec 1939, Co. G. 2 LA Cal. CSA Evans - [concrete vault - no other information] Martinez, William Urisn - 9 Feb 1882 / 29 Dec 1944 Martinez, Mamye Evans, wife of William Urisn Martinez - 15 Jan 1880 / 21 Jul 1961 Hoff, George Charles - 22 Feb 1879 / 16 Jan 1926 Hoff, Margaret Kerr James, wife of George Charles Hoff - 7 Sep 1878 / 3 Feb 1961 Aunt Mag Lowery, Infant - [no dates] Lowery, Ernest B. Sr. - 12 Dec 1880 / 21 Aug 1932 Byrd, Nannie E. James, wife of Ernest B. Lowery Sr. & Benjamin Byrd - 1885 / 1960 Lowery, Ernest B. Jr. - 7 Sep 1911 / 1 Jul 1942 Lowery, James Sleet - 28 Aug 1923 / 11 Jan 1962, LA Tec. 5 - 398 Engr. GS Regt. WW2 Terry, Vanangus Amelia James, wife of William H. Terry - 14 Mar 1893 / 8 Feb 1959 Pollard, Florence Novella James, wife of F. F. Pollard - 4 Aug 1873 / 22 Jan 1952 Pollard, Frederick F. - 31 Jan 1871 / 25 May 1917 Pollard, Hamletta Novella, daughter of Florence James & Fred Pollard - 20 Dec 1904 / 26 Dec 1906 Buchanan, John A. - 9 Aug 1896 / 18 Oct 1949 Buchanan, Mary Rosanna James, wife of John Buchanan - 7 Oct 1872 / 10 Aug 1933 Mother Buchanan, John - 27 Jun 1863 / 1 Jan 1916 Eversull, Ann C. Henderson, wife of Adolph F. Eversull - 29 Dec 1873 / 24 Oct 1958 Eversull, Adolph Fitsamos - 26 Jan 1871 / 10 Jun 1944 Lynn, James Robert Jr. - 17 Aug 1899 / 12 Jan 1962 Lynn, Fannie Wells, wife of J. Robert Lynn - 8 Nov 1906 / 22 Dec 1939 Lynn, Lucy Catherine - 19 Dec 1875 / 15 Jun 1944 Lynn, James Robert - 20 Jun 1866 Chester SC / 7 Jun 1926 Lynn, Robert Wilbur, son of M&M Gobel A. Lynn - 14 Sep 1941 / 13 Oct 1941 Lynn, Gobel A. - 31 Oct 1903 / 8 Dec 1974 Grampy Powell, Richard Taylor - 14 Jul 1891 / 23 Oct 1962 Powell, Florence Novella Lynn - 3 Jan 1898 / 24 Jul 1986 [Left Side, outside brick enclosure]: Shackelford, W. L. - 7 Feb 1872 / 29 Mar 1900 Shackelford, M. - [no other information] [Meridith, b. 1811 GA] Shackelford, Samuel H. - Co. G 18 LA Inf. CSA [b. ca 1835 AL] Shackelford, Mary H. - 4 Jan 1814 near Selma AL / 19 Aug 1882? Or 1892? Mother Shackelford, F. A. - [handlettered marker - no dates] Shackelford, E. M. - 2 Jan 1849 / 23 Mar 1916 Bailey, Rose A. - 13 Aug 1855 / 12 Mar 1930 [several lost burials in this area, all obvious depressions with no stones] Morgan, Mrs. Hardy - 5 Aug ?1927? [funeral marker only, almost unreadable] [unreadable funeral marker - no information] Morgan, Walter - 2 Feb 1893 / 1 Apr 1953, TX Pvt. 50 Co. 13 Bn. 165 Dep. Brig. WW1 [2 broken slabs - no inscriptions] Morgan, Robert L. - 23 Apr 1907 / 15 Mar 1981 Morgan, Pearl F. - 19 Jan 1912 / 9 Jul 1988 [Double Stone] Wilke, Coleman M. - 1900 / 1945 [unmarked burial with flowers - no information] Black, Webster Y. - 24 Jul 1904 / 12 Sep 1976 Black, Elouise M. - 18 Oct 1909 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 12 Apr 1929 Morgan, Johny Lawrence - 5 Dec 1911 / 21 Apr 1989 [funeral marker only] Morgan, Christopher C. - 2 Feb 1914 / 29 Apr 1954 Morgan, Annie C. [Calvit] - 13 Feb 1876 / 30 Apr 1960 Morgan, Billy - 7 Jul 1866 / 21 Mar 1960 [Double Stone] - Married 31 Jul 1892 Morgan, W. P. (Buddy) - 1904 / 1968 Morgan, Evelyn D. - 1918 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Hawn, Mary W. - 22 Jan 1896 / 28 Dec 1945 Hawn, Marion F. - 11 Mar 1875 / 22 Jul 1961 [Double Stone] Calvit, Henry R. - 4 Jul 1880 / 18 Mar 1936 Brother Calvit, Mary Wise, wife of Coleman M. Calvit - 23 Sep 1848 / 1 Mar 1924 Mother Calvit, Catherine Mary - 25 Feb 1878 / 15 Apr 1965 Calvit, Clarice Cecillia - 9 Jun 1888 / 22 Jul 1973 [Above 4 markers are in a row] Yearwood, Infant - 9 Jan 1922 [only date] Morgan, Willie - 26 Sep 1899 / 26 Aug 1900 Morgan, Thomas C. - 22 Oct 1893 / 6 Oct 1894 Freeman, Infant of Sarah & Bowan Freeman - b&d 12 Mar 1895 Calvit, Elouise, daughter of M&M C. M. Calvit - 23 Apr 1883 / 14 May 1887 [Above 5 burials in large vault - Family of Thomas G. Morgan] Calvit, Coleman M. - 27 Mar 1815 / 25 Jan 1899 Father [This burial is identical to the above 5 burials, but in another row] Wilke, Catherine - 28 Jun 1908 / 18 Dec 1908 Wilke, Sarah C. - 11 Jun 1873 / 30 Apr 1940 Wilke, H. Mathew - 30 Jun [blank] / Oct 1913 [Double Stone] [This brick enclosure is the original old cemetery, a plaque on the gate reads: Memorial Graveyard - William Clark James - 27 Feb 1814 / 24 Mar 1870 & Mary Rose Anna Calvert James - 13 Sep 1827 / 17 Oct 1901, Erected 1847. Authors' note: The date on the sign probably meant the cemetery was begun in 1847, or the wall was erected in 1847, and is not the date the sign was erected.] Henderson, Miss A. A.[Amelia Ann] Gipson - 12 Apr 1828 MS / 2 Jan 1878 Mother Wife of R. M. Henderson Henderson, Robert M.[Miller] - 15 Apr 1819 / 8 Dec 1860 Henderson, Helen Amelia - 12 Oct 1850 / 29 May 1854 Henderson, John S., son of E. G. & T. B. Henderson - 22 May 1879 / 19 Jan 1892 James, Ella [Elizabeth] Robinson - 1856 / 1922 Mother James, William Calvit - 1846 / 1929 Father [Double Stone] James, William Calvit, son of A. J. R. James & Lucy Texada Robert - 17 Aug 1906 / 12 Jan 1971 James, A. J. R.[Andrew Jackson Robinson] (MD) - 1875 / 1910 James, Francis Albert - 1883 / 1905 James, William Clark, son of William Calvit James - 25 Sep 1873 / 2 Oct 1888 James, Mary Rosanna Calvert, consort of W. C. James - 13 Sep 1827 / 17 Oct 1901 James, William Clark - 27 Feb 1814 / 24 Mar 1870 James, Ambrose Ariail Adiren [sic], son of W. G. & M. R. James - 10 Jul 1861 / ?1863? James, R. H. - 2 Mar 1860 / 21 Mar 1860 James, John Sandford, son of William C. & M. R. James - 24 Jan 1855 / 8 Jun 1859 James, Mary E. C., daughter of William C. & M. R. James - 3 Feb 1857 / 16 Apr 1857 James, Daniel - 1881 / 1886 James, Eliza - 1877 / 1881 James, Infant - 1880 James, Elizabeth - 1877 / 1878 Henderson, J. H. [Joseph Harrison] - 28 Jul 1817 / 11 Dec 1852 Henderson, M.[Mary] E. Gipson, wife of J. H. Henderson - 25 Dec 1825 / 10 Dec 1873 Henderson, G. B., son of J. H. & M. E. G. Henderson - Feb 1851 / Jun 1852 James, F. J. Jr. - 1921 / 1922 Henderson, Rose Anna Harrison - 1783 / 1862 Henderson, Francis - 5 Dec 1764 / 27 May 1855 Henderson, James F. - 1821? / ?1860? [broken marker, hard to read] James, Aunt Lizzie - 1860 / 1933 James, Uncle Med - 1853 / 1937 [Double Stone] James, Vanangus Amelia Sleet, wife of Francis H. James - 13 Nov 1852 / 16 Jun 1932 Mother Born in Orange Co. VA James, Francis Henderson - 24 Jul 1849 / 20 Oct 1899 James, Lula, daughter of John Buchanan & Rosa James - 16 Mar 1894 / 27 Jun 1895? James, Anthony - died Nov. 1847, 84 yrs. Calvert, Mary Mayes - 1780 / 1 Jun 1816 James, Ella Elizabeth - 14 Mar 1883 / 7 Jan 1913 Calvert, William John - 1 Apr 1800 / 28 Oct 1839 Calvert, Eliza Henderson - 24 Dec 1810 / 6 Aug 1833 [Above 2 stones are identical] [2 handlettered concrete stones - unreadable inscriptions] Henderson, John - 17 Jun 1808 / 16 Apr 1841 [2 concrete stones - unreadable inscriptions]