Cemeteries: Bethlehem Cemetery Newsletter #1- April 1994, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Peggy Chandler Beaubouef, 2656 Hwy 1232, Winnfield, LA 71483
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[These articles are taken from the Bethlehem Cemetery Newsletter
published by the Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery committee. They 
are posted here with the full knowledge and consent of the cemetery
committee. Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Ward 8 of Winn Parish on
Hwy. 1232. These articles were written by Peggy Beaubouef based upon
information supplied by others. As with all secondary sources, the 
data shown should be used as clues to further research and verification.]


Issue No. 1      April, 1994

HISTORICAL FACTS: Although no specific mention of the establishment of
our cemetery can be found, it is safe to assume that it came into being
along with Bethlehem Baptist Church, which according to earliest
documentation, was 1877. 

There are at present a conservative count of 398 graves in the cemetery
with the oldest, according to tombstone inscription, being that of James
M. Anderson, born June 30, 1849, died January 20, 1889.  The oldest person
buried in the cemetery, per tombstone birth date, is Elizabeth Low, born
February 18,1810 and died September 28, 1899.  The oldest person at the 
time of death was Martha Ann D. Hogg. Her tombstone shows a birth date of
March 15, 1856 and a death date of June 6, 1960 which made her a little 
over 104 years old at the time of her death.