Adams Cemetery II, Washington Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Source: Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. VI, pp. 4-9. Documented and compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss, 1980. Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss. Located in Washington Parish La., Ward 5, T2S, R14E, East of Bogalusa Hwy. 21, Copied April 18, 1970 by Mrs. J. C. Copes and Mrs. Doyle L. Bateman, Baton Rouge, La. (D.M. denotes Double Marker) Adolphus R. and Fielding R. - sons of P. G. and Margaret E. Adams - Born Jan. 5, 1872 - died Jan. 19, 1872 Mary E. Adams, dau. of P. G. and Margaret E. Adams, Feb. 11, 1868 - Aug. 18, 1875 Lillian L. Adams, dau. of P. G. and Margaret E. Adams Apr. 9, 1878 - Aug. 24, 1887. P. G. Adams - Feb. 28, 1833 - June 28, 1899 - age 66 yrs. 9 mo. Margaret Adams - Nov. 25, 1847 - May 1, 1927 Infant of George and Jane Cooper - still born - Apr. 24, 1884 1 grave marker - no identification Travis, son of Lemon & Cynthia Thigpen - no dates Drucilla J. Adams, dau. of P. G. and Margaret E. Adams Oct. 12, 1866 - Oct. 9, 1880 Infant of P. G. and Margaret E. Adams - no dates Infant, grave marker - identification illegible Johnnie Adams - June 7, 1914 - Sept. 30, 1931 Robert Wiley Magee - Sept. 24, 1937 - Dec. 31, 1937 Johnnie M. Wheat and Ophelia Wheat - no dates Joseph E. Wheat - Jan. 8, 1843 - Dec. 8, 1921 Harriet J. Winningham, wife of J. E. Wheat - 1844 - 1907 Martha Missouri Wheat, wife of W. E. Law b. ____ 5, 1872 - d. _____ 17, 1919 Fielding P. Adams - Dec. 1798 - Aug. 1860 Saphronia Adams - Sept. 21, 1807 - Sept. 11, 1851 Sherwood W. Adams - Apr. 25, 1835 - Oct. 1, 1894 Elisha Manning, wife of Sherwood W. Adams Nov. 13, 1844 - Nov. 26, 1920 D. W. Adams - Oct. 1868 - Sept. 16, 1961 James Miller - Oct. 1791 - Mar. 18, 1879 Baby Adams - Apr. 7, 1911 Small marker - no inscription Martine McGehee - Nov. 15, 1872 - Jan. 16, 1895 Above marker at head of concrete slab following inscription: Martine, dau. of Jesse and Eliza McGehee Nov. 15, 1872 - Jan. 16, 1895. Infant of M. McGehee- still born - no dates Joseph Ard, Husband of Cynthia Adams May 14, 1831 - Jan. 16, 1915 - Masonic Emblem Cynthia A. Ard - 1838 - 1927 In Remembrance of Percy Cooper - Dec. 17, 1875 - Oct. 5, 1908 Mrs. P. M. Rawls, dau. of J.N. and J. B. Adams Aug. 13, 1898 - Dec. 12, 1928 Children: Edith Rawls - Apr. 8, 1922 - Dec. 12, 1928 Archie Rawls - Jan. 11, 1924 - Dec. 12, 1928 J. Ellis, son of J.M. and F.V. McGehee Feb. 6, 1905 - Sept. 18, 1906 1 yr. 7 mo. 12 da. Hilry H. McLendon - Apr. 25, 1923 - Dec. 9, 1903 Infant son of L.N. and E. C. McClendon - B & D Sept. 3, 1961 J. M. McLendon - 1848 - 1929 - Masonic Emblem Elizabeth Adams McLendon - Aug. 10, 1866 - Feb. 28, 1957 Footmarker: "Sissy" Ollie Arbuthnot - Jan. 23, 1904 md. July 8, 1923 Killed by the Fla. East Coast St R.R. Co. - Dec. 12, 1928 L. Arbuthnot - June 25, 1882 - Mar. 28, 1950 - Masonic Emblem John M. Adams - Feb. 8, 1869 - Dec. 18, 1920 Julia E. Adams - Mar. 8, 1883 - Aug. 6, 1962 William O. Knight - Oct. 8, 1921 - Apr. 18, 1951 C J. Knight - Nov. 28, 1900 - Apr. 2, 1940 R. J. Knight - Nov. 30, 1891 - Sept. 19, 1944 Ramona Knight - Feb. 9, 1915 - Feb. 21, 1970 - Funeral Home Marker D/M James G. Rester - Mar. 28, 1849 - July 13, 1898 Sophronia Adams Rester - Apr. 22, 1852 - Dec. 21, 1910 Lilia C. Rester - Oct. 28, 1873 - Oct. 1, 1874 Sarah F., dau. of F. C. and A. E. Adams - no dates - Grave marker broken - ins. illegible. Wm. J., son of F.J. and M. E. Adams Feb. 16, 1869 - died Jan. _____ illegible D/M George C. Knight - Mar. 5, 1861 - Apr. 18, 1957 Eva Lillian A. Knight - Dec. 20, 1859 - Nov. 24, 1927 Small D/M Father: Nicholas E. Adams - Dec. 26, 1850 - Dec. 1, 1905 Mother: Lucinda A. Adams - July 17, 1852 - Oct. 21, 1923 Minnie A. Byrd - Jan. 24, 1890 - Mar. 18, 1965 Rev. Wm. H. Adams - First Master of Center Lodge 244 AF and AM Dec. 19, 1828 - May 22, 1897 - Age 68 yr 5 mo 3 da Sarah E. Adams - May 3, 1825 - Sept. 18, 1885 F. J. Adams - Oct. 10, 1848 - Mar. 27, 1920 Mary Elizabeth Adams - Mar. 16, 1852 - Oct.. 6, 1930 Cern-.et£ry cortinued . Silas E. Adams - Sept. 10, 1879 - Feb. 16, 1933 Newton Adams - May 6, 1898 - July 16, 1942 Williams A. Adams - La. Pvt. 49 Inf. Govt. Marker - Dec. 25, 1940 Infant Dau. of A.J. and Ludie Adams, Sept. 13, 1905 - Sept. 14, 1905 1 grave - concrete stob - no inscription Luther L. Adams - Dec. 4, 1888 - July 24, 1912. Louis L. Magee - Oct. 9, 1876 - Mar. 29, 1959 Lillian Adams Magee - July 31, 1885 - Dec. 30, 1938 Lillie Mae Magee - May 1, 1909 - May 2, 1909 Bert Edgar Smith - Oct.. 6, 1890 - May 24, 1950 D/M Herman E. Adams - 1878 - 1915 Iona E. Adams - 1884 - 1909 2 concrete slabs - no inscription 1 Funeral Home Marker - illegible Infants of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bates - 1912, 1913, 1914 Archie P. Bates - 1906 - 1950 Joseph E.S. Bates - 1858 - 1918 Cline D. Bates - 1901 - 1946 D/M Mathais Taylor Bates - 1880 - 1939 Mattie Jowers Bates - 1879 - 1930 Miss Minnie Bates - Sept. 16, 1968 - Age 53 yr. 5 mo. 5 da. G.F. Poole F.H. Marker 1 marker - no inscription Our Son, Clifford L. Stevens - Sept. 15, 1911 - July 8, 1914 Infant B & D Mar. 10, 1916 Triple Marker: Thomas G. Raegan - 1872 - Aug. 21, 1923 F. (Maggie) Wheat Raegan - Aug. 2, 1879 - Jan. 4, 1961 Herbert C. Raegan- Nov. 10, 1910 ___________ Leon Calvin Williamson - 1872 - 1863 (1963) Ella Wheat Williamson - 1881 - 1967 Phillip S. Boone - La. Cook 17 BNCRS - Dec. 1, 1939 - Govt. Marker Shelton Simmons Davidson - Aug. 20, 1910 - May 23, 1933 Velma Simmons - wife of Louis Adams - Oct. 7, 1890 - Apr. 13, 1934 Darris Ann Adams - Nov. 9, 1948 Russell E. Adams - Sept. 27, 1881 - Oct. 6, 1948 1 Funeral Home Marker - no inscription Mattiee Stevenson - Mar. 12, 1873 - Mar. 19, 1915 - W.O.W. Emblem Henry Robert Adams - Aug. 31, 1887 - Nov. 28, 1952 Lillie Mae Adams - Apr. 22, 1888 - ______ Brother: L. Brock Adams - June 4, 1932 - Dec. 12, 1953 Daddy: Bob Spencer Adams - May 15, 1885 - Dec. 5, 1946 Henry H. Armbruster - Apr. 18, 1867 - Nov. 19, 1917 Sarah N. Armbruster - Oct. 21, 1872 - June 6, 1967 4 graves - Funeral Home Marker - no inscription 1 grave - concrete slab Mrs. Sophronia Hunt - May 31, 1965 - 82 yr. 8 mo. 17 da. 3 children's graves - flowers - no ins. James Rodney Adams - Nov. 6, 1935 - July 2, 1936 Inf. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Adams - B & D Oct. 12, 1947 1 concrete coping - no ins. 3 marble markers - inscription illegible