Crowe Cemetery, Webster Par., Louisiana Submitter: Clifton D. Cardin, Official Bossier Parish Historian < cliftondcardin@juno.com > Date: Apr. 2001 Cemetery surveyed about 1992. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ======*The following information is excerpted from: LOUISIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT CEMETERIES & GRAVES AN INDEPTH STUDY OF THE CEMETERIES AND GRAVES LOCATED ON THE LOUISIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT NEAR MINDEN, LOUISIANA. WRITTEN BY CLIFTON D. CARDIN BOSSIER PARISH HISTORIAN PRODUCED AT NO COST TO LOUISIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, MORTON THIOKOL, OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURPOSE, A thorough investigation of the cemeteries and burials on what is currently known as the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant offers a very unique look into undisturbed pre-World War II burial grounds. When the LAAP was created in the 1940's, plantations in both Bossier & Webster Parish were purchased and consolidated therefore creating an "island" of land that would supply the Federal Government with the seclusion necessary to build explosive munitions, both far away from civilization and from the prying eyes of our global enemies. This island would provide the government with the ability to guard it's manufacturing capability, size and extent of the munitions being made. The resultant absorbing of these nine cemeteries would protect them from the normal wear and tear that is associated with cemeteries that are frequented by more burials and general public traffic. Very few burials were allowed in these cemeteries after the 1940's. Evidently when the Government took control of these lands, they also assumed the role of providing perpetual care to these cemeteries. This role has been fulfilled very well, the LAAP fencing and maintaining these areas with utmost respect to their inhabitants. Another ironic twist has been the fact that when the government took control of these cemeteries, many of them had only wooden markers standing quiet vigil on top of their respective graves. These wooden markers would not reveal the names of their charges. The federal government apparently replaced these wooden markers with generic concrete markers, which do not reveal the names of their inhabitants either. Five of these nine cemeteries contains burials, with generic headstones, and although the names of the cemeteries are known, the names of the residents are not. Another prime reason to inventory and document these graves is to supply to the "outside" world a bona-fide list of those who are known to be buried within the confines of the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, without it becoming necessary for them to gain permission and travel into LAAP. TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS USED; (information) = information in brackets was either supplied by the author, another source or someone kin to the person. It is assumed correct, although the author assumes no liability b/ = brother of bo/ = born in bu/ = buried with c/ = child of, sex not indicated d/ = daughter of di/ = died in f/ = father of h/ = husband of inf/ = infant of k/ = kin to LAAP = Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant m/ = mother of ?name = believed buried here but no headstone, information supplied by a family member of when original work was done. no/ = north of, means buried north of that person s/ = son of S,T,R = section, township, range, legal location of cemetery S__,T__N,R__W, = Section, Township ? North, Range ? West temp/marker = tempory metal marker, could be missing or impossible to read later. 2 stones = there are two headstones for this person w/ = wife of CROWE CEMETERY, Is located in the West 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 3, T18N, R10W. There are no indications why it is named Crowe. HEADSTONE ** BIRTH ** DEATH ** NOTES Sidney Hope BATEN **Dec 22, 1887**Feb 9, 1932 Mabel BRUNSON **Aug 11, 1901**Aug 25, 1903**d/Mat & Lula Stella Harvill COLE **Jun 26, 1874**Feb 19, 1907**w/A.B. Cole "Jim" J. A. COLLINS **Mar 5, 1857**Dec 23, 1917**h/S.L.Collins Lula Wheless COLLINS **Mar 4, 1887**Aug 11, 1918**w/L.S.Collins Luther S. COLLINS **Nov 2, 1899**Jan 12, 1918**h/L.W.Collins **Pvt Co F 54 Infantry World War I Sallie L. COLLINS **Sep 5, 1868**May 10, 1941**w/J.A.Collins Margaret Ann CUNNINGHAM.n/a (1853?) **Jul 23, 1905**aged 52 yrs. **stone erected by Jasper Van dusen Samuel L. FULLER **Jul 24, 1843**May 19, 1911**h/R.B.Fuller **Co E 12 La Inf CSA "Baby" GRAY **Jan 22, 1916 Hugh R. HAMMER **Jul 25, 1875**Nov 23, 1912 **Woodmen of the World marker "Infant" HARVILL**Sep 18, 1903**Sep 20, 1903 **s/ T. C. & H. A. Harvill Mildred HARVILL**Jan 10, 1911**Jan 21, 1911 Hugh L. HUDSON **Nov 28, 1853**Jul 15, 1914**60yrs8ms18dy **son of Col. Elijah & Sarah Hudson David E. MORE **n/a**Jul 21, 1880 Walter Warren SELLARS **Jan 25, 1906**Mar 8, 1916 **son of R. H. & L. M. Sellars A. Clyde STEVENS **Apr 2, 1889**May 15, 1932 Anna M. STEVENS **May 2, 1860**May 4, 1931**mother F. E. STEVENS **Nov 24, 1887**May 20, 1932 "Baby" Francis STEVENS **Dec 6, 1923**Jan 16, 1924 **dau. of T. E. & S. E. Stevens T. L. STEVENS **May 31, 1842**May 26, 1907 William STEVENS **Jul 11, 1917**Oct 5, 1921 **son of T. E. & S. E. Stevens J. W. E. STEWART **Jan 22, 1886**Aug 15, 1889 **son of J. W. & I. E. Stewart Francis TAYLOR **Jan 30, 1887**Apr 11, 1921 **wife of T. A. Taylor Allie Burns WALKER **Mar 15, 1871**Apr 14, 1894 **wife of William Walter Walker Amanda WALKER **Apr 18, 1848**Aug 24, 1848 Benjamin WALKER **Mar 9, 1809**Jul 15, 1872 **husband of Emeline Deloach Walker Calvin WALKER**Sep 13, 1855**Oct 4, 1865 Emeline Deloach WALKER **Feb 7, 1817**Sep 19, 1872 **wife of Benjamin Walker "Infant" WALKER**no dates **son of W. W. & A. B. Walker Julia A. WALKER **Jan 10, 1845**Sep 2, 1848 Katie O'Neal WALKER **Jan 29, 1841**Dec 28, 1899 **wife of Napolean B. Walker Napolean B. WALKER**no dates**no dates** **husband of Katie O'Neal Walker **Co H 1 La Hv Arty CSA Nettie Sue WALKER **Apr 7, 1923**no dates **daughter of Mrs. August Fischer Rufus B. WALKER **Mar 28, 1844**Jul 28, 1845 Sidney WALKER **Mar 9, 1841**Jan 1886 Thomas Nicholls WALKER **Mar 27, 1892**Apr 19, 1923 William Walter WALKER **Oct 12, 1871**Apr 26, 1957 **husband of Allie Burns Walker Jacob N. WHELESS**no dates**Co L 12 La Inf CSA GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION Mildred Harvill was the daughter of T. C. & L. A. Harvill. Samuel L. Fuller is believed to be the father of Katie Fuller, the mother of Turner Coleman Harvill. She had married Tom Harvill. Stella Harvill Cole was the sister of T. C. Harvill. She married A. B. Cole who worked for the V. S. & P. Railroad. She died in childbirth. It is believed that he remarried a school teacher at Dubberly named "Cousson". T. C. Harvill was Turner Coleman Harvill and his wife was Lillie Amelia Harvill. Hugh L. Hudson was the son of Col. Elijah and Sarah (Doyle) Hudson. Elijah & Sarah were married Feb. 3, 1853 in Bossier Parish. Allie Burns Walker was William Walter Walkers first wife. She died in childbirth. The unnamed child was buried with her and her husband. Napolean Bonaparte Walker is believed to have lived until about 1934. William Walter Walker was first married to Allie Burns Walker. After she died he remarried and lived almost 63 years longer than his first wife. It is remembered that he married a "Hatley" woman. He died and was buried with his first wife, then his second wife remarried a man named "Shattuck" and she in turn was buried with her second husband at the Antioch Baptist Church, Dixie Inn, La. CREDITS, Harvill information supplied by Mrs. Louise Harvill Stewart of Doyline. Mildred Harvill was her little sister and Turner Coleman & Lille Amelia Harvill were her parents. Mrs. Louise Harvill Stewart definitely advised me not to ask her age, but if her little sister was born in 1911...hum??? William Walter Walker information supplied by James Leroy Walker of Minden, LA. Allie Burns Walker information supplied by Mrs. Naomi Floyd of Princeton, LA.