Wells-Gordon Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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WELLS - GORDON CEMETERY

The Wells-Gordon Cemetery is located on LA Hwy. 28 West, about 6.0 miles past
the Crossroads Coliseum in Alexandria.  Just BEFORE Belgard Bend Road, on
right (North) side of the highway is a large metal building (in 1991, it was a
boat repair shop).  To the right of the building is a small fenced area which
encloses the cemetery.

At one time this was a very large cemetery; today there are only three markers
remaining intact.  The stones are just lying in the enclosure, obviously NOT
where the actual graves are located.  The cemetery covered several acres of
land, and over the years, farmers plowed over it and around it, causing many
graves to be lost.  Several years ago, a local resident, Mrs. Chilton,
enclosed the area with a hurricane fence, approximately 8 x 12 feet.  There
are many pieces of broken stone lying on the ground inside the enclosure. 
When local farmers plow over a piece of stone, they apparently throw it over
the fence into the cemetery.  The tombstone inscriptions were recorded by Mary
Parker Partain, June 1990, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus
on 20 January 2000.

Cuny, Richmond E. - who departed this life 8 Apr 18??, 55 years  
      [this is a badly damaged stone inside the enclosure]

T.J.T. [footstone only, possibly Thomas Jefferson Texada]

Gordon, John Levi - who departed this life 31 Oct 1829, 6 yrs. 1 mo. 25 days
     [the rest of this tombstone is broken]

Gordon, Samuel Montfort, son of S. W. & E. M. Gordon - who departed this life
28 Oct 1833, 
       8 yrs. 2 mos. 2 days

Gordon, Nash, son of S. W. & E. M. Gordon - who departed this life 21 Nov 1833

NOTE:  The parents of these children are Smith W. Gordon (b. ca 1793-4 VA) and
Elizabeth M. ?
[born 1802-3 LA) who owned property where the children were originally buried.