Burch Cemetery, Washington Parish, La.
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley



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Source:  Cemetery Records:  Louisiana, Vol. 1, pp. 6 - 7.  Documented and
compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Thelma S. Bateman.  1962
Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Located in Ward 9, Washington Parish, Louisiana, east of road about 1/4 
mile north of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church.  Copied Oct. 29, 1962 by Mrs. 
Doyle L. Bateman, 2735 Washington Ave., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Denman Bickham                        Thomas Ivy Bickham
Apr. 18, 1902                         July 16, 1873
July 12, 1958                         Jan. 30, 1952

Ida Self Bickham                      Malcom M. Bickham
Mar. 1, 1873                          Nov. 13, 1904
Jan. 31, 1957                         May 1, 1907

Harriette Ann Bickham                 Abner C. Bickham
May 27, 1845                          Son of Thos. & Samantha Bickham
Sept. 3, 1934                         Oct. 19, 1836 - Jan. 26, 1911

Dicie O. Bickham Manning              Fredie
Dec. 1864 - Oct 1894                  Son of E. E. & F. Burch
                                      July 13, 1886 - Sept. 3, 1886

Dixie Bickham Pigott                  "Father" 
May 22, 1870                          Walter W. Burch (Husband)
Aug. 6, 1899                          Aug. 17, 1866 - Apr. 2, 1942

"Mother"                              Malissa Jane
Delilah O. Burch (Wife)               Daughter of W.W. & Delilah Burch
Oct. 11, 1880                         June 2, 1912
June 2, 1943                          Oct. 17, 1915

Jake Kembal Burch                     Fannie P. McElveen
Mar. 18, 1924                         Dec. 28, 1854
Nov. 21, 1927                         Dec. 28, 1931

Thomas B. Roberts                     Winnie Doyce
Jan. 13, 1867                         Daughter of H. N. & W. L. McElveen
Nov. 4, 1920 (W. O. W.)               Oct. 1, 1915 - Oc. 25, 1918

"Little" Joseph Doyle                 "Little" Bullie
Son of H. N. & M. L. McElveen         Son of T. B. & D. L. Roberts
Aug. 27, 1912                         Oct. 30, 1907
Sept. 2, 1914                         Jan.  23, 1909

Warren G.                             Samantha Lewis
Son of M. & F. P. McElveen            Apr. 22, 1811
Oct. 21, 1885                         Dec. 1, 1891
Oct. 22, 1901                         (Large brick vault type above ground
                                      with marble slab on end bearing
                                      the inscriptions.)

J. R. Burch                           Melissa L. Burch
Jan. 9, 1832                          Oct. 22, 1843
Jan. 15, 1914                         June 7, 1923
(Masonic Emblem)

Charlie L. Crow                       Sarah Burkhalter
May 10, 1850                          Wife of Charlie L. Crow
May 25, 1909                          Oct. 6, 1850
                                      Oct. 2, 1895

2 - Large brick vault type above ground, very old and delapidated, no 
    inscriptions

1 - grave - adult marked with several sand stones

2 - graves surrounded with brick

2 - graves completely covered with concrete and marked with iron markers,
    no inscriptions

3 - graves marked with iron markers, no inscriptions