Goodner Cemetery, Montgomery County, Arkansas
Montgomery Co. ARGenWeb Project

Location: On private property. From Oden, cross the bridge, turn right at first fork, Southside Road, go three miles.  Doris Laird's farmhouse on the right side of road with the goats and a barn is across the paved road with the cemetery to the right of the barn.  In 1978 this was the Austin Powell farm. The tall headstones can be seen from the road. If you pass the south fork of Shirley Creek and reach gravel you have gone to far. The area is fenced with a gate and the grass is cut. At least nine headstones are broken. Forty four obvious graves but maybe as many as seventy-five buried here. Oldest marked grave 1860. Who else is buried here?

Bates, Cody		1914 - 1956

Bates, Joseph R.	1873 - 1952				 father
Bates, Mary M.		1874 - 1961				 Alseep in Jesus	mother

Ellison, Mary Ann	d. Mar  8 1876 age 35 ys 4 ms 24 ds	 wife of Nathaniel Goss
Goss, Martha J.		d. Aug 11 1876 age 7 ms 21 days
Goss, Sarah M.		d. Mar 11 1876 age 11 yrs 1 mon 9 days

Goss, Elijah G.		d. Jan 18 1860 age 16 days
Goss, Henry G.		d. Jun 10 1865 age 16 yrs 2 ms 22 ds
Goss, Israel J.		d. Mar 18 1868 age 8 y 11 ms 9 ds
			Children of N & M.A. Goss		All on one tall headstone.

Ellison, Sarah		d. Jan  1 1882 aged 64 yrs & 28 days	wife of Israel G. Ellison
Goss, Mary E.		d. Dec 22 1881 aged 19 yrs 10ms 11 ds	daughter of W.B. & Mary A. Goss

Goss, J.W.		Jan 20 1867 - Oct 12 1904		father

E.L.E.			footstone	no dates			(Elijah L. Ellison 1815-1883)
J.S.E.			footstone
Goss

Ellison, Eulala		1882 - 1957

Ellison, J.S.		Sept 12 1821 - Jan 31 1883	age 61 ys 9 ms 19 ds broken  flat on ground off base

Elellison		age 67 ys 7 ms 20 days	 	broken stone. Mason emblem. F. Daly & P. Smith makers of headstone					

Ellison, Elijah C.	Nov 25 1885 - Mar 17 1956
Ellison, Mamie G.	Jun 20 1887 - Feb 21 1973

Ellison, Harold Worth	6 30 1911 - 10 5 1911 		son of Mr & Mrs E.C. Ellison

Ellison, Eld. H.	Feb 20 1847 - Jan 2 1917	Blessed are the dead che__ irt the Lord from hence forth
							Yea suith the spirit that they may rest from their labours
							and their worths do follow them  
N.L.E.			Jun 5 1887 - Jul 7 1898		on same columnar headstone as Eld. Ellison 

Ellison, John W.	Apr 6 1848 - May 2 1908 	Age 60 years 26 days

Ellison, Annie		Jun 4 1861 - Jul 9 1904		Age 53 years 1 month 5 days

Hellison, Matilda	1854 - 1929			At rest

Twin babies						blank except "Twin Babies", near Matilda's headstone

Hellison, Margaret C.	Oct 21 1850 - Feb 18 1881	wife of Rev. Hellison

Forbes, Maudie		1912-1913			by Audie Smith
			 
Goodner, David		Jan 27 1875 - Dec 12 1903	broken stone

Goodner, Mack		Nov 15 1848 - Oct 30 1925
Goodner, Elizabeth	Dec 20 1845 - Jan  6 1903	Lizey		Prepare to meet me in heaven

Sherman, Warren		Born Jan 26 1903
			Departed Oct 19 1908 		Honey

Smith, Mrs H.		Jan 12 1822 - Mar 30 1905

Snider, R.								broken unreadable

This is Lizey Goodner's grave. Unusual in that the cement work appears homemade, above ground with the headstone added at a later date. Under the shade of an old oak tree. David's is the broken headstone.

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Transcribed June 2000 by Olwyn.

Who else is buried here?
Dr. Stephen Christopher BATES b. 4 Dec 1825 in SC.
m. 1st. Sarah Eveline Corley, b. ca 1827, buried Pleasant Grove Big Fork, AR.
m. 2nd, "Tenna" Elizabeth Georgeann Josephine "Liz" Shirley  b. April 7, 1854 in AR    
m. 3rd 14 March 1901 in Montgomery Co. AR, Mary A. Ausbern, buried Goodner Cemetery.
Stephen died 13 Dec 1913, Montgomery Co. AR, buried Goodner Cemetery.
BATES, S.C widow Mary A. Co. B. Ark Cav., Confederate Pension Applications, he applied 1909, she applied 1914, he died 12/13/1913

Elijah L. Ellison and his wife Julian Salethia Hamilton are buried in the Goodner Cemetery, Southside Rd, Oden
 along with his sons John and William, their wives and his brother Israel. 
John Worth Ellison b. April 6, 1848 d. May 2, 1908 m. Anna Shirley June 1, 1873. 
William H. Ellison d. May 29, 1870 m. Susan Shirley.
Israel G. Ellison was born 1820 in GA, and died Abt. 1838 in GA. He married Sarah Bates about 1838, daughter of Stephen Bates and Sarah Cox. She was born January 29, 1818, and died January 1, 1882 in Montgomery, AR.

Hezekiah E. Ellison b. Feb. 20, 1847 in Cherokee, GA, d. Jan. 20, 1917. m.1 Margaret Ramsey b. Oct. 21, 1850 AL, and d.  Feb. 18, 1881 in Oden m2 Matilda Smith b. July 3 1853 in Ozark, Franklin, AR d. April 1929 in Montgomery Co., AR.
Children of Eld. Hezekiah Ellison and Matilda Smith are: 
Will b. stillborn 
Lige b. stillborn 
Eulala b. July 12 1882 Oden
Margaret Mitilda b. Dec. 15 1884 m. William H. Clark Dec. 18 1906 
Newman Lee b. June 05 1887 Oden d. July 7 1888. 
Lydia Leoria b. Nov. 16 1888 Oden m. G. P. Scott Aug. 12 1908 
Rachel Rebekah b. Jan. 25 1890 Oden m. Jess McMillian 
Marion b. June 14 1892 Oden d. Nov. 18 1972 m. Cordelia Mae Smallwood Aug. 7 1921 

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Cornelius Alexander Snider is buried in the Goodner Cemetery outside Oden was born July 29, 1829, died February 13, 1885.
The original marker was broken and gave his name and dates and said he was the husband of Rebecca Elizabeth Snider. I have since put up another CSA Marker. It reads 1st Lt. Cornelius Alexander Snider born July 29, 1829 died February 13, 1885.

Cornelius Alexander Snyder (Snider) enlisted in Company S 40th Tenn., Capt. A. G. Hammacks Company, Walkers Reg't C. S. Volunteers, on October 2 1861. This was at Camp Johnson near Memphis, Tenn. He enlisted for the period of one year. He was 32 years old at the time. Company Muster roll dated October 5, 1861. This company subsequently became Company K 40th Regiment Tennessee infantry. The regiment was organized in October 1861 and was composed of one Florida, one Kentucky, four Alabama and four Arkansas companies. It was captured at Island No. 10 April 8, 1862, released at Vicksburg, Mississippi in September 1862. He was declared exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, November 10, 1862. The regiment was called the 40th Regiment Tennessee Infantry and Walker's Volunteers, but was officially designated the 5th Regiment Confederate Infantry by S. O. No. 59, Hdqrs. Jackson, Mississippi, dated September 20, 1862. The four Arkansas companies were assigned to the 15th (Johnson's) Regiment Arkansas Infantry, the four Alabama companies were assigned to the 54th Regiment Alabama Infantry (C. A. Snyder) and the Florida company to 42nd Regiment Tennessee Infantry. The Kentucky was attached to the 8th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry by S. O. No. 61, Hdqrs. Jackson, Mississippi, dated October 1, 1863. This company became Company K, 54th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
On October 4, 1862 he was elected 1st Lt. of Company K. He was captured while on picket duty near Atlanta, Georgia, on August 7, 1864. He arrived at Military Prison, Louisville Ky. on August 15, 1864, by way of Nashville Tenn. On August 16, 1864 he was transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio. Between November 16 & 30, 1864, he appears on the roll of those who applied for the oath allegiance. He stated that he was forced to join the Rebels. He also had given his rank as a PVT. He was transferred from Camp Chase to Point Lookout, Md on March 18, 1865 for exchange.
Company K 54th Alabama records show that Lt. Cornelius A. Snyder was absent on August 7, 1864 because he was a prisoner of war. I have three special requisitions for clothing signed by Cornelius Snider (Snyder). On November 27, 1863, Lt. Cornelius Snyder wrote a letter to his commanding officer asking for thirty days to Return home to DeKalb County, Alabama to obtain blankets for his men. Leave was approved on November 30, 1863.

He had a brother buried beside him (road side) do not know first name.
Rebecca Elizabeth was a Coleman I believe. They had both been married before. Rebecca married John Drain and when he died she married Cornelius 1n 1857 in DeKalb Alabama. After Cornelius died she went to OK. with George Drain. She is buried in Carter County OK. Milo. (January 19, 1830 June 07, 1924). See the 1870 census for Polk Twp. Montgomery Co AR
Cornelius Alexander Snider Jr., his son, Uncle Luke, married Belle Goodner.

Info courtesy of John Stroud. Oct. 13th 2008.

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