Dyson Cemetery; Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Edie McKinney Talley
Updated by Belford Carver, May 11, 2001.

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Source:  Cemetery Records:  Louisiana, Vol. 1, page 9.  Documented and
compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Thelma S. Bateman.  1962
Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Located in Tangipahoa Parish, La. on the Dollar Road about 5 miles from the
Washington Parish, La. line.  Copied April 13, 1962 by Mrs. R. A. Magee, 
Franklinton, La.

George W. Dyson (Husband)              Bethaney Magee Dyson (Wife)
May 2, 1821                            Feb. 9, 1826
June 20, 1897                          June 6, 1887

Laminda Bankston                       John Jacques Bankston
1823 - 1900                            Mar. 3, 1797 - ? 1870

John Bankston
Pvt. Georgia Troops - Rev. War 
Pvt. La. Militia - War 1812
1754 - 1827

Several unmarked graves.

[Note by Edie McKinney Talley:  This cemetery is located  near the 
Tangipahoa - Washington Parish line and may have originally been located in
Washington Parish before Tangipahoa was formed, in part, from Washington
Parish.] 

Updated by Belford Carver, May 11, 2001.

Located in Ward 2, about 0.2 of a mile west on Rayborn Lane, which is off  Dyson-Statham Road
about 0.6 of a mile from La Hwy 440.  Sec 50 T2S R8E, GNIS coordinates: 305226N 902126W

The unmarked graves mentioned in the first reading, now have stones placed.

Cecilia Dyson, 1846 - 1930

George W. Dyson, Jr., 1865 - 1942

William Dyson, 1768 - 1834

Cecilia Bankston Dyson, 1781 - 1859

Henrietta Coates Bankston, 1760 - 1838

The sign on the fence: WM. DYSON CEMETERY CIRCA 1823

The cemetery is about 100-150 feet off Rayborn Lane (south side). It has a chain-link fence
covering an area of about 50 x 80 feet.  It is closed.

 BEC