Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker Mcmanus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TRINITY EPISCOPAL CEMETERY (Cheneyville) - Rapides Parish Directions: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery is located within the city limits of Cheneyville. The beautiful old church, still in use today, is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It is located about 1/3 of a mile from the main bridge across Bayou Beouf (Klock Street), and faces the bayou only a few hundred feet from the Old Christian Cemetery. Burials are located on three sides of the church (excluding the front), and inscriptions were recorded from the left side next to the road by Mary Parker Partain, April 1993, and submitted by Jane P. McManus, July 2000. After organization of the church body in April of 1859, the building was constructed by slaves who used domestic handmade brick covered with concrete. One can still see the bullet holes made by Union soldiers, shooting from "Old Cheneyville" across the bayou. The rectory burned in 1864 and lightning struck the church in 1868, but few structural changes have been made to the building. A plaque on the building is inscribed: Trinity Episcopal Church Gothic Revival built of handmade brick in 1860 and designed with separate gallery for slaves. Consecrated by Bishop Leonidas Polk in 1861. Original congregation included several prominent planters of the surrounding area. LEFT SIDE OF THE CHURCH ------------------------ Roberts, George C. - 1 Mar 1891/22 Jul 1967, LA Pvt. US Army WW1 [4 slabs in a row, inscription on last one only] [broken slab, no inscription] Johnson, Josephine Ellen - departed this life 10 Nov 1835, 19 mos 4 das Daughter of Charles L. Johnson & Martha R. Cureton [unreadable broken marker under cedar tree - no information] Wemple, Frances, daughter of Fred & Lydia Wemple - 1906/1910 [unreadable concrete marker - no information] [broken brick tomb, no inscription] Marshall, George Benoist - 1818/1896 Marshall, Margaret Dawson - 1824/1886 Marshall, Martha Johnson - [no dates] [3 vaults with no inscription] [unmarked child burial lined with bricks, no information] Marshall, Annie Wheeler, wife of E. C. Marshall - 1 Oct 1861/8 Dec 1905 Marshall, Emma Brooks, wife of E. C. Marshall - 25 Jun 1881/15 Oct 1917 Marshall, Edward C. - 30 Nov 1848/1 Jun 1923 Marshall, Lemuel Brooks - 28 Dec 1909/23 Mar 1985 Marshall, Verda Dossmann - 14 Jan 1915/2 Jan 1990 [above 2 burials have double stone] Pearce, Eddie Walter - 1871/1939 Pearce, Medora Marshall, wife of Eddie Walter Pearce - 1859/1958 ------------------------------- Helm, Desiree W. - 18 Oct 1902/29 Sep 1904 Helm, Thomas Lovatt - 7 Jan 1901/29 Mar 1901 [2 adult slabs, no inscription] Cooper, Mary D. McCoy, wife of Silas H. McCoy - 16 Jun 1834/10 Mar 1913 Helm, James L. - 13 Feb 1865/10 Mar 1907 Helm, ?len Compton Cooper - 27 Sep 1877/24 Dec 1963 [broken tombstone] Wife of James Lemuel Helm Dupuy, Mary Jeannette Helm - 5 Mar 1898/22 Mar 1977 Wife of Burton Paul Dupuy Sr. Dupuy, Burton Paul Sr - 29 Jan 1898/31 Aug 1979 Husband of Mary Jeannette Helm ------------ Kilpatrick, Andrew Milton - 16 Jul 1829/25 Aug 1895 Father Mather, Olivea A. R. - 1804/1 Sep 1882 Womack, Nellie E. - 12 Aug 1880/2 Dec 1882 [under large tree] Daughter of T. A. & A. E. Womack Wall, Benjamin B. - 1880/1900 Wall, Rebecca C. - 1851/1922 Wall, Wesley W. - 1846/1922 [above 3 burials listed on single stone] Williams, William A. - 18 Mar 1849/8 Mar 1908 Cheneyville Williams, Hester A. Pigge - 14 Oct 1855/28 Apr 1930 Alexandria Williams, John R. - died 27 Aug 1910, 27 yrs [large W.O.W.] Crawford, James Willoughby - 12 Oct 1849/25 Sep 1891 Crawford, Adelaide Lavinia LaNoue - 13 Jun ?1853?/25 Aug ?1928? [above 2 burials have double stone] Litton, James W. - 1904/1984 Litton, Leola E. - 1913/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] [child slab next to tree, no inscription] Daniel, Annie Crawford, wife of I. R. Daniel - 7 Nov 1874/6 May 1914 [slab] [Identical slab, no inscription] ---------------- Simmons, Ruth, daughter of M&M C. M. Simmons - 17 Aug 1903/28 May 1904 [rounded vault, with no inscription] McDaniel, Infant son of J. H. & M. P. McDaniel - b&d 22 Feb 1908 Jordan, Losia P. Bush - 3 Oct 1884/19 Feb 1968 Jordan, Stephen Decator - 6 Jun 1873/9 Jan 1936 [above 2 burials have double stone] Stafford, Annie Jordan - 25 Jun 1870/22 Nov 1916 Sullivan, James B. - 7 Jan 1799/12 Aug 1886 Sullivan, Mrs. Catherine - 18 Aug 1798/22 Oct 1877 Sullivan, Catherine E. - 3 Oct 1827/5 Oct 1886 Sullivan, Mary E. - 17 Apr 1829/29 Mar 1895 Sullivan, John H. - 18 Sep 1825/25 Jan 1889 [above 5 burials have stones that are same style] Adams, Oscar Blair - 28 Aug 1885/1 May 1937, Supt. Cheneyville HS 1926 - 1937 Wells, Agnes, daughter of C. M. & ?P.? E. Wells - Jun 1890/26 Sep 1892 Wells, Infant ?son? of C. M. & ?P.? E. Wells - 12 May ?1882?/14 May ?1882? [above 2 burials have common concrete slab] Blackman, Alice Lucille - 28 Mar 1895/18 Dec 1895 Daughter of D. H. Blackman & Hattie O. Wells ------------------- [iron enclosure near the church] Pearce, Penelope Desire - 6 Feb 1827/Apr 1853 [obelisk] Tanner, Joseph Willing - 30 Sep 1828/6 Feb 1853 [obelisk] Tanner, Branch - 16 Sep 1804/16 Mar 1847 Keator, James E. - [died] 28 Jan 1908, LA Asst. Surg. Brent's Brig., CSA [slab] Tanner, Martha Lucy - Jun 1845/Aug 1847 [obelisk] [unreadable day] -------- [2 adult slabs, no information] Marshall, Mary Eleanor Chambers, wife of Dr. F. W. Marshall - 1832/1901 Slaughter, Elizabeth - 1818/1896 Slaughter, Dr. S. - [obelisk, no dates] [common concrete slab] Roberts, Norton R. "Chuck" - 6 Feb 1908/22 Jul 1977 Roberts, Mary Nash - 21 Mar 1919/3 Dec 1982 Roberts, W. Mansuel - 1853/1914 Roberts, James J. - 1857/1903 Roberts, Margaret V. - 1827/1888 Roberts, Roger - 1805/1873 Roberts, Edward H. - 1859/1928 Roberts, Henrietta S. - 1871/1947 Roberts, Roger James - 14 Aug 1900/27 Apr 1972 Roberts, Thelma Nolan - 5 Jan 1904/17 Oct 1978 ---------- [iron enclosure]: Smith, Lydia Tracy Barstow, wife of Ralph S. Smith - 22 Mar 1835/25 Apr 1898 Smith, Ralph S. - 10 Aug 1806/12 Apr 1883 Barstow, M. Elizabeth - [died] 20 Apr 1878, 87 yrs, Smith, Jenny Barstow - 14 May 1865/29 Jun 1869 Smith, William Preston Hickman - 3 May 1865/21 Jan 1869 Bennett, Mrs. Jane E. - 19 Mar 1827/30 Nov 1884 Barstow, Calvin J. - 1829/1897 [concrete cross] Barstow, Mary Stella - 1841/1910 [concrete cross] Barstow, Ralph Tracy - died 19 Feb 1914 [concrete cross] Jackson, Helen Davis Barstow - 19 Jun 1899/23 Aug 1957 Wife of Stephen R. Jackson Jr. Barstow, Patrick Keary - 16 Oct 1808/10 Oct 1913 Barstow, George Stafford - 19 Oct 1904/4 Sep 1907 Barstow, Helen Keary Stafford - 23 Jun 1878/10 Jul 1925 Wife of George B. Barstow Barstow, George Baham - 8 Nov 1871/7 Apr 1935 Keary, Helen M. - died 1908 Finnegan, Nan - died 1906 Smith, Ralph Smith [sic] - 28 Jun 1882/5 Jul 1883 Eldest son of R. B. & J. L. Smith --------- BEHIND THE CHURCH Farell, Bro. Louis Stayton Fullilove - 6 Feb 1926/17 Feb 1987 Born in Bunkie, LA/died Van Nuys, CA [no sign of burial] Fullilove, Thomas Claiborne - 5 Nov 1887/28 Jun 1931 Father Fullilove, Anna Sprenger - 21 Nov 1884/19 Sep 1985 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Fullilove, Walter James, son of M&M T. C. Fullilove - 7 Jan 1915/28 Aug 1923 Pearce, Elizabeth Winifred - 4 Sep 1925/6 Mar 1926 Daughter of Paul Reed Pearce & Elizabeth Fullilove Pearce Pearce, Elizabeth Fullilove - 18 May 1894/23 Jun 1960 Marshall, Emma Butler - 3 May 1857/8 Aug 1928 Marshall, Wiotte - 2 Jan 1854/6 Jun 1923 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Shackelford, William Francis - 16 Jun 1851/18 Feb 1917 [Masonic Emblem] Butler, Peter D. - [no dates] Butler, Martha C. - 29 Dec 1839/3 Jan 1921 Fullilove, Ella Butler - 12 Aug 1860/9 Sep 1928 Wife of Charles Thomas Fullilove Fullilove, Charles Thomas - 12 Feb 1854/29 Jun 1916 Hays, Margie - 17 Aug 1895/18 Aug 1982 Hays, Miss Frankie - 1886/1941 [at back fence] ------- RIGHT SECTION - [from back fence] Hays, William G. - [died] 14 May 1940, LA Pvt. US Army Hays, Frankie Gayle - 15 Dec 1863/8 Jun 1948 Hays, William Flynn - 12 Aug 1847/25 Feb 1912 Christopher, Mary Munson - 2 Aug 1903/3 Oct 1981 Christopher, Warren Neil - 14 May 1895/13 Jan 1964 Munson, Joseph Eugene - 24 Mar 1856/14 Apr 1925 [Masonic & Eastern Star Emblem] Munson, Mary Hays - 5 Jun 1876/3 Oct 1946 Lovell, Lawrence Lowrey Jr. - 6 Oct 1945/1 Oct 1977 [above 3 burials have identical stones on common base] [large slab, no inscription] Lovell, Lawrence Lowrey - 23 Nov 1912/14 Jun 1963 Wallace, Lillian Munson - 6 Nov 1907/21 Apr 1981 Wallace, Washington Thomas - 28 Feb 1897/19 Sep 1959, TX S2 USNRF WW1 [above 2 burials have identical stones on common base] Munson, R. D. - 1846/1927 Hays, Lillian Lansdell - 19 Nov 1877/7 May 1939 BACK SIDE OF DRIVEWAY Row 1: Ewin, Katharine Elise Keller - 15 Oct 1924/30 Aug 1988 Smith, Benard R. - 20 Dec 1869/2 Jul 1927 Smith, Mary S. - 23 Mar 1872/11 Jan 1960 Newman, Ora Smith - 26 Sep 1890/23 Oct 1969 Newman, James Irvin - 18 Apr 1882/4 Mar 1945 Tilley, Burl - 5 Jul 1898/17 Dec 1981 Smith, J. Benard - 28 Jul 1895/23 Sep 1947 [Masonic Emblem] Smith, Otis F. - 7 Feb 1892/17 Jan 1960 [Masonic Emblem] Smith, Mag M. - 6 Jul 1899/3 Jul 1960 Father Smith, Cora Elector - 8 Mar 1903/27 Oct 1987 Row 2: O'Neal, Juanita Rollins - 2 Feb 1913/27 Jul 1970 O'Neal, Henry Luman - 14 Jan 1909/6 Apr 1981 Father O'Neal, Marie B. - 24 Apr 1881/26 Aug 1951 Mother O'Neal, Henry Lee - 11 Mar 1881/17 Sep 1949 Father Smith, Branch Zeph - 2 Jan 1910/22 Sep 1986 Daddy O'dell, DeVera S. - 16 Jan 1934/8 Nov 1975 [Daughter of Branch Smith] Row 3: Tanner, Katherine Hetherwick - 20 Dec 1875/6 Dec 1951 Mother Wife of Walter I. Tanner Tanner, Walter Irion - 18 Oct 1869/14 Mar 1959 Father Puckett, John Edgar - 26 Nov 1878/9 Feb 1952 Father Puckett, Laura Brewster - 25 Dec 1879/1 Jul 1965 Mother Beaver, Roy L. - 9 Sep 1909/4 Mar 1956 [Masonic Emblem] [above burial has double stone - no inscription 2nd side] Webb, James Early - 3 May 1882/29 Jul 1951 ------- [iron enclosure] Klock, Belle B. - 18 Nov 1899/7 Jun 1988 Klock, Neil Haven - 9 Nov 1896/10 Aug 1978, US Army WW1 Smith, Lula Klock - 4 Nov 1885/14 Jan 1975 Klock, Laura E. - 21 Nov 1877/8 Sep 1974 Klock, Ada M. - 15 Nov 1887/3 Nov 1972 Klock, Hazel S. - 4 Sep 1888/2 May 1978 [D.A.R. Bronze Emblem] Klock, Ernest Lorne - 2 Aug 1879/11 Jul 1967 DeSelle, Amelia K. - 1876/1912 Klock, Camilla V. - 1853/1932 Mother Klock, John C. - 1843/1921 Father ----------- Row 4: Blum, Edward Loring - 8 Feb 1871/9 May 1952 Blum, Sally Wall - 18 May 1882/20 Aug 1973 Dale, Helen B. - 22 Apr 1900/17 Jul 1981 Dale, John M. Jr. - 1 Feb 1893/17 Jan 1956, PA 1st Lt. 49th Inf. WW1 [above 2 burials have identical stones on common base] Burke, Edna Y. - 21 Nov 1900/31 May 1967 Burke, Dottie M. - 16 Mar 1883/15 Nov 1958 Row 5: Reynolds, Etheal - 10 Aug 1937/17 Jan 1962 Harper, Eunice Fisher - 21 Aug 1905/12 Aug 1978 Harper, Willie "Bill" - 24 Mar 1904/5 Mar 1965 Campbell, Willie E. - 12 Sep 1906/20 Nov 1964 Father Smith, Margaret Susanne, infant of M&M Ronnie Smith - 4 Nov 1965/9 Dec 1965 Dugan, William T. Jr. - 23 Mar 1968/23 Mar 1968 Row 6: Beacham, Rufus N. - 21 Sep 1897/26 Nov 1964, LA AS USNRF WW1 Harper, Elizabeth Marie, daughter of M&M App Harper - 29 Oct 1968 Row 7: Ray, Vivian B. - 10 Jul 1908/7 Dec 1991 Ray, John Ed Sr. - 12 Oct 1905/20 Jan 1986 [above 2 burials have double stone] Beaver, Edward Morrison Sr. - 13 Mar 1914/19 Sep 1971 Barnidge, Melvina Monk - 29 Apr 1898/6 May 1973 Barnidge, Joseph Willard - 25 Jul 1899/17 Aug 1975 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Beaver, Edward M. Jr. - 2 Dec 1946/29 Mar 1992 Beaver, Shirley Corley - 11 Jun 1948/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Row 8: Webb, Ida Elizabeth, wife of James E. Webb - 3 Jul 1890/2 Aug 1965 Randolph, Herman Adams - 28 Dec 1925/26 Sep 1979 [Masonic Emblem] Randolph, F. Bernice Barnidge - 21 Nov 1927/14 Aug 1982 Row 9: Whitehead, Horace L. - 14 Jul 1894/1 Feb 1970 Whitehead, Leigh Linzay - 10 Sep 1894/27 Mar 1970 [above 2 burials have identical stones on common base] Hutzler, Katie Lea Aikin - 30 Mar 1911/14 Mar 1985 Father Hutzler, Jasper Theodore Sr. "Jack" - 14 Jan 1910/14 Mar 1992 Mother [above 2 burials have identical stones] Moon, Ned H. - 3 Sep 1932/3 Mar 1980, Captain, LA State Police Moon, Ned Howard - 23 Nov 1893/11 Jan 1959, LA Y2 US Army WW1 Moon, Fronie Sims - 26 Aug 1900/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] ------------ FRONT SECTION - RIGHT OF DRIVEWAY: Ray, Earnest Eugene - 6 May 1936/25 Sep 1983, ABHC US Navy Father Lyles, Thomas Richard - 30 Sep 1950/11 Apr 1972 Hoyt, Hines Wilbur - 11 Nov 1925/17 Jun 1982, TSgt. US Army WW2 Hoyt, Geraldine Roy - 13 Oct 1929/12 Mar 1990 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Mott, William Lewis III - 15 Mar 1918/12 Aug 1988 Mott, Katie Hoyt - 30 Oct 1923/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Bowman, Carol Vidos - 4 Nov 1934/23 Apr 1992 [funeral marker] Bowman, Thomas Alva - 9 Oct 1932/17 Jan 1986, USAF Lyles, Samuel T. Jr. - 1938/1992 Wall, James Farley - [no dates] Lyles, Samuel T. Sr. - 17 Aug 1895/17 Aug 1972 Lyles, Mary Myrtle Guy - 1898/1989 Harper, Marion App - 20 Oct 1928/27 Dec 1991 Harper, Mary Jo Moll (Mrs. App) - 26 Mar 1931/2 Oct 1989 Moon, Harry - 18 Mar 1908/28 Mar 1982 LEFT SIDE OF DRIVEWAY & CHURCH: Anderson, Falvie B. Sr. - 21 Jan 1905/6 Jul 1982 Anderson, Inez Linzay - 24 Aug 1911/29 Jul 1991 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Nolan, William Clarence - 15 Jul 1871/30 Oct 1942 Nolan, Minnie Henderson - 2 Apr 1882/11 Mar 1965 [above 2 burials have identical stones] McNutt, Ruby Walker - 7 Mar 1896/7 May 1965 McNutt, Edgar S. - 28 Jul 1899/21 Aug 1974 [above 2 burials have double stone] Harper, Harvey Edward Jr. - 28 Nov 1952/19 Dec 1972 Son of Harvey & Nellie Harper Harper, Beulah Hogan - 25 May 1904/27 Jun 1979 Mother Harper, Bennie Edward - 17 Jul 1899/15 Apr 1956 Father [above 2 burials have identical stones] Linzay, Beulah L. - 18 Oct 1914/18 Sep 1983 Powell, James Seymour - 28 Jan 1888/31 Dec 1971 Powell, Virginia Kelley - 22 Dec 1887/6 Jun 1972 [above 2 burials have identical stones on common base] Paine, Mattie Kelley - 2 Jan 1892/10 Apr 1991 Paine, Joseph D. - 13 Jul 1888/13 Oct 1964 [above 2 burials have identical stones on common base] D'Autremont, Frances Joseph III - 20 Feb 1926/22 May 1981 Husband of M. Jeanne Jackson D 'Autremont Jackson, Corinne Kendall, wife of Joel M. Jackson - 25 Nov 1901/12 Mar 1957 Jackson, Joel Early Mathews - 3 Jan 1898/4 Jan 1966 Husband of Corinne Kendall Jackson [above 2 burials have identical stones on common base] Ford, Adele LaNoue - 17 Aug 1902/8 Feb 1986 Ford, Mary Crawford, wife of William Henry Ford - 1873/1960 Ford, William Henry Jr. - 17 Nov 1904/17 Oct 1991 [funeral marker] Cannon, Annie L. - 30 Sep 1858/7 Jul 1936 Cannon, Clifton - 24 May 1856/27 Oct 1921 [above 2 burials have large stones with vaults] [iron enclosure] Wells, Florence Edna Blackman, wife of C.M. Wells - 23 Apr 1866/5 Apr 1941 Wells, Charles Mathews - 22 Sep 1845/10 Dec 1915 Son of Montfort Wells & Jeannette Dent Wells, Elen Montfort, daughter of C.M. & F.E. Wells - 26 May 1888/27 Jul 1901 Wells, Wilfred Dent - 28 Feb 1895/7 Oct 1918 Son of C.M. Wells & F.E. Blackman [above 4 burials have above ground vaults] Wells, Charles M. - 23 Sep 1891/14 Nov 1953, LA 2nd Lt. Field Arty. WW1 Wells, Gilbert C., husband of Florence Jenkins - 10 Dec 1898/9 Dec 1983