Gilmer Cemetery, Webster Par., Louisiana Submitted by: Debra Walker Dame Date: Jan. 2001 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Gilmer Cemetery, Webster Par., Louisiana Section 30, Township 17 N, Range 10 W Located off of Clark Circle approximately 1/4 mile north of Hwy. 527 at the Bossier/Webster Parish line; located about 265 feet into Webster Parish. Inventoried 27 Jan 2001 by Debra Dame & Mike O'Rourke I have copied the inscriptions just as they appear on the markers. Submitted by: Debra Walker Dame Gilmer Cemetary (sic) 1. John GREGG Born July 10, 1808 Died Apr 17, 1853 2. Broken headstone, footstone reads "L. G. " 3. Broken headstone, footstone reads "L. G. G." 4. W. L. GILMER Oct 22, 1861 Nov 11, 1933 Age 72 years 5. W. Louis GILMER B. April 8, 1926 D. July 19, 1935 6. Three handmade cedar crosses, all with cedar footstones. No markings. Then, a separate, fenced-in area that contains three marked burials. They are: 7. J. H. CHILDERS Born Dec 8, 1840 Died Mar 4, 1872 (Mason) 8. Aylmer Bright CHILDERS Born July 1, 1870 D. Aug 5, 1888 Footstone reads "ABC" 9. J. A. MERCER Born in 1850 Died April 8, 1880 broken footstone Submitters's Note: Mrs. Hattie Gilmer, of Bossier City, LA was able to provide more information regarding burials at this small family cemetery. The following information comes from Mrs. Gilmer's family Bible. 3. The broken headstone with the footstone marked "L. G. G." is her husband's grandmother's grave. This is Lilla May GREGG GILMER, born 5 May 1863, died 2 Mar 1902. 6. The three handmade cedar crosses mark the burials of: Baby Girl GILMER, born & died 6 Aug 1958 Daniel Mark GILMER, b. 4 Mar 1958, d. 16 June 1958 John G. GILMER, b. 15 Mar 1892, d. 20 Nov 1967 # # #