USGENWEB PROJECT ARCHIVES: TENSAS PARISH LOUISIANA http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/tensas.htm Cemeteries Submitted to the USGENWEB Archives Project by Edith Ziegler NOV 1999 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Newell Cemetery, Cypress Plantation, Tensas Parish, Louisiana Located 1 mile off Hwy 4, on Hwy 575 also known as Newell Ridge Road. Located at the entrance to the cemetery is a memorial arch erected by one of the descendants of Edward Drumgould Newell, early settler and founder of Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Inscribed on the face of the arch is: This memorial was erected in grateful appreciation of a revered ancestor by his namesake and grandson, Dr. Edward Dunbar Newell of Chatanooga, Tennessee. Edward Drumgould Newell 1810-1888 Born February 22, 1810 in North Carolina, died June 10, 1888, at Cypress Plantation, Newell's Ridge, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, grand- son of Lucy and John Newell, of Virginia and North Carolina, son of Sallie Stokes Moody and Edward Newell, born 1770, in North Carolina. He and family moved to Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, about 1830. He and his brother, Dr. Thomas Newell, left Clarksville in a flat boat with slaves and floated down the Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, where they established a mercantile business. In 1832 guided by Indians he and his brother explored the forest in what is now known as Newell's Ridge and entered about 10,000 acres of government land. He erected his home on Cypress Plantation. In 1834 he married at Port Gibson, Mississippi, Celia Ann Dorsey, granddaughter of Nathan Dorsey of Baltimore and daughter of Samuel Dorsey of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Of this marriage there were: John David Stokes, who married his first cousin, Nannie Newell; Annette, who married Captain Udolpho Wolfe; Edward Henry, who married Catherine Wade, of Prospect Hill, Jefferson County, Mississippi; Elizabeth, who married her first cousin, Edward T. Newell; Tensora Ellen, who married Louis Buckner, of Natchez, Mississippi Lula Newell, who died quiet young. Celia Ann, his wife died September 4, 1856, at Cypress Plantation. He married secondly, Elizabeth Nugent Moody, a widow, of this marriage there was one issue, a girl, Aphra Boyd, who died in childhood. His third wife was Jennie Yates, of Schenectady, New York, and their children were: Mrs. Josie N. Fultz, wife of John D. Fultz; Robert Yates, who married Bessie Young; Edgar Farrar, who married Belle Young; and Jennie, who died in childhood. He served in the Louisiana Senate and was a member of the Succession Convention of Louisiana. In 1875 with his two sons, Captain J.D.S. Newell, and Edward H. Newell, he founded the town of Newellton. He was one of the largest cotton planters in Louisiana and was the inventor of the Newell Screw Cotton Bale Press. On the back of the Newell arch is inscribed the following: The following are buried in this cemetery: Edward Drumgould Newell Celia Ann Dorsey, first wife of Edward Drumgould Newell Ann Elizabeth Moody, second wife of Edward Drumgould Newell. Jennie Yates, third wife of Edward Drumgould Newell. Tensora Ellen Newell, wife of Louis Buckner Ann Elizabeth Newell, and Lula Newell, daughters of Edward Drumgould Newell and Celia Ann Newell Aphra Boyd Newell, daughter of Edward Drumgould and Ann Elizabeth Moody Newell Jennie Yates Newell, youngest daughter of Edward Drumgould and Jennie Yates Newell Infant son of Edward Drumgould and Jennie Yates Newell Edward Newell Wolfe, infant son of Udolpho and Annette Newell Wolfe Allison Newell, son of Edward H. and Kate Wade Newell Jennie Yates Newell, daughter of Robert Yates and Bessie Y. Newell John D. Fultz, (Jr.), infant son of John D. and Josie Newell Fultz. David S. Newell, brother of Edward Drumgould Newell Marie Newell, daughter of David S. and Alice Merrifield Newell Edward Thomas Newell, eldest son of David S. Newell and Marie C. Jordan Newell G. Harper Jordan, brother-in-law of David S. Newell Mary Buckner, daughter of Tensora Ellen N. Buckner and Louis Buckner Bill Chase, a beloved and faithful slave, the last burial in this cemetery Inside the cemetery remain 10 grave sites with marble tombstones: Celia Ann Newell was born in Tensas Parish, La. Aug. 23, 1848 Died July 6, 1856 Not lost but gone before Infant Son of Ed D. & Celia Ann Newell Died Aug. 2, 1856 Nathaniel Moody son of Ed D & Celia (tombstone broken) Three large monuments in the center of the cemetery are inscribed: Sacred to the memory of CA wife of E.D. Newell Born at Point Pleasant, La March 25, 1815 Died In Tensas Parish, La. Sept. 4, 1856 To Our Father Edward Drumgould Newell Born Feb. 22, 1810 Died June 9, 1888 Edward Newell Wolfe Born Oct. 27, 1868 Died Sept. 7, 1871 Second Row, Three Monuments as follows: Ann Elizabeth wife of E.T. Newell and daughter of E.D. Newell Nov. 26, 1850 Oct. 6, 1895 Memoriam Tensora Ella Newell Wife of Louis Buckner Born May 24, 1853 Died Jan. 31, 1883 Blessed are the Pure In Heart For They Shall See God To Our Mother Jennie Yates wife of E.D. Newell Feb 7, 1835 Aug. 14, 1882 NEWELL Bill Chase A Beloved and Faithful Slave