BANKSTON FAMILY CEMETERY, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley
Contributed by the Washington Parish Genealogical and Historical Society


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Located in Ward 2 of Washington Parish, LA., north of the Mt.
Hermon-Clifton Highway, on the farm of Leon Bankston. Copied 6-14-1962 by Mrs. R. A. Magee, Franklinton, LA.

BAILEY, C. P., b. 8-11-1812, d. 11-30-1881, (MASON)

BANKSTON, KATE E., b. 5-28-1871, d. 6-21-1910, w/o W. M. Burch

BANKSTON, LOUISA MAGEE, b. 12-15-1831, d. 3-27-1920

BANKSTON, MARION PETER, b. 7-21-1861, d. 11-28-1903

BANKSTON, NICHOLAS W., b. 3-9-1859, d. 3-24-1893

BANKSTON, YOUNG PETER, b. 10-31-1823, d. 6-30-1876

BRUMFIELD, ALEX, (grave unmarked except for a few bricks)*

BURCH, RUBY E., b. 9-23-1897, d. 2-14-1907

BURCH, SWEET MABEL, b. 9-27-1903, d. 4-4-1904

BURCH, W. M., b. 5-1-1867, d. 7-4-1913, h/o Kate E. Bankston**

*The graves of young Peter Bankston and Louisa Magee Bankston are
covered with a concrete slab with a plaque in the center with the names
and birthdates of each of their 10 children:

  C. Olevia, b. 1855
  Geneva J., b. 1856
  Leah M., b. 1857
  Nicholas W.,b.1859
  Marion P., b. 1861
  Lillie L., b. 1864
  Claudius B., b. 1866
  Lion Victor, b. 1869
  Kate E., b. 1871
  Angus Carl, b. 1874

** Information given by Leon Bankston, who says he knew the person and
remembered that he was buried there.

**name - WILLIAM MEREDITH BURCH - information given by Leon Bankston