MOSS (MASS) CEMETERY, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA
Recorded by Evelyn Carter, prior 1/1/01.
Data input and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Belford Carver, 3/7/01, 
for Evelyn Carter
updated 3/16/01 & 3/20/01.

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MOSS (MASS) CEMETERY

Recorded by Evelyn Carter, prior 1/1/01.

Samuel Moss
Born in Baltimore, MD
Apr 19, 1795 
Jun 2, 1867
Corinella, LA
73 yrs of his age

This cemetery is no longer being used.

[Also reported by the Harts in their book, Tombstone Territory, Vol 1, 1975, page 
101, with the location T1S,R7E, Sec. 41, on the Line Creek Road on the old "Ellis 
Place", now the property of Porter L. Bentley.  These markers were found in a 
large cemetery plot marked off by an iron fence set in concrete.  (Stone which 
reads: "In Memory of Our Mother")

Samuel Moss (Mas.)
Born in Baltimore, Md.
April 19, 1795
Died June 2, 1867
Corinella, La.
73rd year of his age.]

(This would place it in NW section of Kentwood, LA.  Ward 1)

Data input by Belford Carver, 3/7/2001

On 3/16/2001 I visited this cemetery which is on the property of Henry Kinchen, 
the Kinchen Arena, at 75912 Hwy 1053.  He purchased the land in 1990 and is in the 
cattle business there.  The cemetery was originally about 30 x 20 feet and fenced; 
some of the brickwork framing is still visible.  There must have been a large brick
tomb there which has completely  fallen apart.  Apparently other graves are located 
here, but only two have visible (broken) headstones.

The "In Memory..." above refers to EUGENIA  P. MASS, wife of M. S. NEWSOM.  No dates 
are visible at this time.  A marriage date was found in the LA Marriages CD Rom for 
1718-1925.  His name was Marston S. Newsom and they married on April 19, 1864. There 
is a large oak tree at the north end of the plot.  There are  probably other people 
buried here.  Samuel's name looks like MASS to me. There is a Masonic symbol at the 
top of his headstone.

On the map the section numbers around this area are rather scrambled, but it appears 
that Section 17 is more accurate for the location. On the quadrangle map for 
Kentwood (1980) it is marked as "graves".

-BEC-