John Stow Cemetery, Lincoln Parish Louisiana near Union Parish line

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 10/2006


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The John Stow Cemetery
  Originally situated in Ouachita Parish, 1804 - 1839
                         Union Parish,    1839 - 1845
                         Jackson Parish,  1845 - 1873
                         Lincoln Parish,  1873 - present

Located near the Union Parish line on Hwy. #33, about seven miles from Ruston.

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Source: This survey comes from records sent to me in the 1980s by my cousin, Mr. W. C. Nolan. 
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LAST NAME     FIRST NAME       MIDDLE NAME     BIRTH DATE     DEATH DATE    INFORMATION
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Anderson      Talitha          Cumi             5 Dec 1805      5 Feb 1830    "To the memory of Talitha Cumi Anderson, dau. of John and Dorcas Stow; Remember as you pass by, you must die." w/o James Anderson

Fitch         Grove            S.              11 Jul 1832     14 Oct 1882    "To the Memory of Grove S. Fitch born in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Mass...died in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana; 50 yrs. 3 mos. 3 days"

Gibson        Elizabeth                         9 Jan 1853     24 Jun 1918    "Wife of J.S. Roane"

May           Alexis           H.              29 Jun 1845     11 Jan 1875    "There is a voice from the grave of a loved one sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn ever from the charms of the living. Erected by his wife" NOTE: This may apparently lived in Trenton (now West Monroe) in 1870, where he worked as a store clerk.

Mitchell      Talitha          E. J.           16 Feb 1858     13 Jul 1861    "daughter of John B. and Josephine M. J. Mitchell"

Pipes         Sarah            Angeline           Jan 1849      8 Oct 1882    "wife of A. J. Pipes"

Roane         Elizabeth        Gibson           9 Jan 1853     24 Jun 1918    "Wife of J.S. Roane"

Roane         James            A.              28 Oct 1874     14 Jan 1928    "To the Memory of my Husband; Married to Miss Florence L. Smith September 29, 1912"

Roane         John             Stow            26 Jun 1850     15 Feb 1930

Roane         Mary             J. C.            9 Feb 1811     26 July 1850   "Sacred to the Memory of Mary J. C. Roane, daughter of John and Dorcas Stow"

Stow          Abraham                           2 Apr 1802      7 Nov 1829    "Sacred to the Memory of Abraham Stow, son of John and Dorcas Stow; Aged 27 years"       

Stow          Dorcas                                  1780      8 Nov 1856    "Sacred to the Memory of Dorcas Stow, wife of John Stow"

Stow          John                              3 Jan 1780     28 July 1861   "To the Memory of John Stow a native of South Carolina"; one of the earliest settlers of Union Parish Louisiana - now Lincoln Parish

Stow          Mary             J. C.            9 Feb 1811     26 July 1850   "Sacred to the Memory of Mary J. C. Roane, daughter of John and Dorcas Stow"

Stow          Talitha          Cumi             5 Dec 1805      5 Feb 1830    "To the memory of Talitha Cumi Anderson, dau. of John and Dorcas Stow; Remember as you pass by, you must die." w/o James Anderson

Wood          Hannah           Payne           17 May 1791      9 Feb 1864    "To the memory of Hannah Wood, wife of Matthew Wood"

Wood          Matthew                          29 Jul 1791     20 Oct 1855    Colonel Matthew Wood was one of the earliest settlers of Union Parish and helped for build the new parish and Town of Farmerville. He arrived 
                                                                              in north Louisiana from Lowndes County Alabama in 1835.

Wood          Talitha          Cumi            29 Jan 1830      2 Jul 1906   "Wife of Willis Wood"

Wood          Willis                            5 Dec 1813      1 Dec 1877   "63 yrs. 11 months 26 days; An honest man" NOTE: He was the son of Colonel Matthew Wood & Hannah Payne.


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