Smart Chapel Cemetery, Vernon Parish, LA Submitted by Stuart MacKillican ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** This cemetery is located about one-half mile Southeast of Leesville on what is known as the Leesville-Pitkin Hwy. It was called Smart's Chapel after a small Chapel was built there by Harriett Neal Smart,w/o Dr. Edmund E. Smart,Sr. Read in late 1960's or early 1970's by Jack Hadnot & Annie G. Parker. Frank Al-ard: Died January 2,1949 age 86 years Charles Adolph Bridges: Born: Jan. 24,1885 Died: June 5,1953 Nancy Olive Bridges: Born: July 24,1887 Died: 1972. w/o Charles A. Bridges (Was a Glasscock before Marriage) John Gill: Born:Jan.9,1796 Died:Aug.22,1864 (Husband of Jane Coward,dau. Of Isaac Hardy Coward & Elizabeth Bates) Margaret Perkins Gill: Born:Oct.29,1828 Died:Jan.25,1864.(First w/o Thomas Jefferson Gill & dau. Of James Perkins [& Catherine Henderson]) Julia Gill: Wooden tombstone.Unable to read dates. (Dau. Of Thomas Jefferson Gill & 2nd wife Matilda Armstrong) Pearson L. Gill: Born:Oct.16,1830 Died: July 7,1863.(Son of John Gill & Jane Coward.Husband of Sarah Ann LeBlue,Dau. Of Arsene LeBlue & Mary Neal) Alice E. Gill: Born: 1857 Died:Unable to read date.Wooden tombstone. (Dau. Of Pearson L. Gill & Sarah Ann LeBlue) James N. Glasscock: Born:Feb.8,1849 Died:March 25,1928 Rachel Glasscock: Born:March 14,1852 Died:May 30,1915.(W/o James N. Glasscock) Henry H. Glasscock: Born:June 28,1872 Died:Oct.15,1935.(Son of James N. & Rachel Glasscock) Robert Lee Glasscock: Born:Jan.12,1885 Died:Sept.7,1958.(Son of James N. & Rachel Glasscock) John David Glasscock: Born:March 23,!883 Died:June 6,1944.(Son of James N. & Rachel Glasscock) Claudie Maude Graham: Born:June 5,1867 Died:Jan.30,1915.(W/o S.C. Graham & Dau. Of Charles K. Oakes & Catherine Minerva LeBlue) John Thomas Jeane: Born:March 22,1871 Died:Nov.21,1947 Ida Keller Jeane; Born:June 1,1877 Died:Sept.18,1962.(W/o John Thomas Jeane & Dau. Of Herman C. Keller & D.C. Keller) Thomas Hither Jeane: Born:March 31,1900 Died:Oct. 17,1905(Son of John Thomas Jeane & Ida Keller Jeane) John H. Jeane: Born:May 1,1910 Died:Jan. 30,1959 (Son of John Thomas Jeane & Ida Keller Jeane) Joseph Harold Jeane: Born:April 22,1912 Died:Oct. 17,1966.(Son of John Thomas Jeane & Ida Keller Jeane) Mary S. Jones: Born:Feb. 9,1902 Died:June 4,1924 Herman C. Keller: Born:May 15,1850 Died:Feb. 5,1887 Mrs. D.C. Keller: Born:Nov. 22,1851 Died:Sep. 13,1923(W/o Herman C. Keller) Availiana LaCaze: Born:Dec. 14,1888 Died:Jan. 3,1889(Dau. Of Joseph LaCaze & Lettie LaCaze) Arsen LeBlue: Born:Feb. 15,1818 Died:Sep. 24,1875 Mary Neal LeBlue: Born:Oct 5,1822 Died:May 17,1909(W/o of Arsen LeBlue & Dau. Of Mitchell Neal & Nancy Henderson Neal) Mitchell A. LeBlue: Born:Feb. 10,1848 Died:Jan.15,1860 (Son of Arsen LeBlue & Mary Neal LeBlue) William M. LeBlue: Born:Oct. 14,1855 Died:Feb. 3,1875 (Son of Arsen LeBlue & Mary Neal LeBlue) Nancy Neal: Born:April 17,1797 Died:April 23,1871 (W/o Mitchell Neal & Dau. Of John Henderson) Charles K. Oakes: Born:Mar. 28,1839 Died:June 14,1919 Catherine Minerva Oakes: Born:Dec. 24,1845 Died:Oct. 16,1913 (W/o Of Charles K. Oakes & Dau. Of Arsen LeBlue & Mary Neal) James R. O'Banion: Born:April 18,1835 Died:Jan. 28,1888 Pauline Laurance O'Banion: Born:April 12,1841 Died:Jan. 19,1888 (W/o James R. O'Banion) Next to grave of Pauline O'Banion is Unmarked Childs grave w/concrete slab. Louise Anna Seeigers: Born:March 26,1875 Died:Feb. 20,1950 Next to grave of Louise Seeigers is Unmarked grave W/concrete slab. Marsia Ann C. Neal Smart: Born:April 18,1832 Died:April 21,1860 (W/o William W. Smart & Dau. of Mitchell Neal & Nancy Henderson) Anna C. Smart: Born:April 16,1860 Died:May 9,1960(Dau.of William W. Smart & Marsia Ann C. Neal Smart) Dr. Edmond E. Smart. Born:Sept.29,1832 Died:Oct.28,1903.Son of John Rowell Smart & Louisa Coward Smart. Harriett Newlin Neal Smart. Born:Jan.10,1838 Died:Mar 1,1914.W/o Dr. Edmond E. Smart.Dau. of Mitchell Neal & Nancy Henderson Neal. Laura Smart. No dates on marker.Dau. of Dr. E. E. Smart & Harriett Neal Smart. Loletta Smart. Born:Sept.22,1859 Died:May 16,1860.Dau. of Dr. E. E. Smart & Harriett Neal Smart. John Mitchell Smart. Born:June 8,1861 Died:Apr.3,1862.Son of Dr. E. E. Smart & Harriett Neal Smart. Thomas O. Moore Smart. Born:Dec.11,1862 Died:Feb.6,1864.Son of Dr. E. E. Smart & Harriett Neal Smart. A. J. Smart. Born:Jan.24,1869 Died:June 2,1874.Son of Dr. E. E. Smart & Harriett Neal Smart. Thomas R. Stephens. Born:Apr.9,1861 Died:Feb.9,1939. Kate B. Stephens. Born:Dec.8,1872 Died:Aug.28,1958.W/o Thomas R. Stephens. Thomas W. Stephens. Born:Nov.28,1893 Died:Oct.17,1918. Martha Stephens. Born:Feb.9,1891 Died:April 24,1908. Cecil Stephens. Born: Feb.28,1910 Died:June 28,1910. Irene Arledge Stephens. Born:Jan.14,1903 Died:Jan.17,1942.1st W/o William Stephens. Gladys H. Stephens. Born:Mar.20,1906 Died:Feb. 16,1970.2nd W/o William Stephens.Dau. of Thomas Harville. Augustus Clem Williams. Born:Oct.14,1883 Died:Dec.7,1962.Son of Samuel Williams & Sallie Dickerson Williams. Mary Augusta Williams. Born:Oct.11,1897 Died:Oct.24,1959.W/o Augustus Clem Williams.Dau. of Charles K. Oakes & Catherine Minerva LeBlue Oakes. John Clayton Williams. Born:March 3,1895 Died:Dec.7,1971.Son of Samuel Williams & Sallie Dickerson Williams. Also buried in unmarked graves in Smart Chapel Cemetery John C. Cavanaugh.Born in Ireland & forefather of the Cavanaughs In Vernon Parish. Adeline Johnston Cavanaugh.W/o John C. Cavanaugh. She is of the same Johnston Family as that of U. S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston.