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Saline County Cemeteries
Section V by Mrs. W. Bernard Barber Chairman for Cataloging Cemeteries A Saline County Sesquicentennial Project Regent Provincia de La Sal Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 1974 - 1978 and 1894 - 1986

Stirmon or Beckwith Cemetery

Section 3 - Township 3S Range 15W

Catalogued by: J. A. Callahan, Sr., Dorris and Bernard Barber, completed October 5, 1975.

The oldest marked grave is that of, Mary Ida Pelton, daughter of W. I. and Ellen Pelton, July 9, 1878.


Directions:  From Benton, take Interstate 30 to Highway 67 South, turn left on
Highway 229, turn left at Harmony Grove School, go through Haskell, two miles
from Harmony Grove School, turn right on dirt road, and go about 200 feet.  The
cemetery is behind a trailer on left out in pasture.

Beckwith Wesley A. September 27, 1855 - March 14, 1941
        Marena (Wife of W. A. Beckwith) November 29, 1860 - September 6, 1913
        Henry August 30, 1896 - September 4, 1898
        Franklin February 3, 1889 - May 14, 1889
        John T. January 19, 1885 - March 11, 1885
        Infant (Son of Wesley and Marina Beckwith) Born and Died - October 18, 1880
        Horace M. November 25, 1891 - January 28, 1955 Cpl CAC, WWI, (Mason and American Legion)

Stirmon Phoebe Jane May 5, 1838 - May 22, 1931

        Several Unmarked Graves

Shephard John G. Co. D, Cocke's Arkansas Infantry, CSA No Dates

Blackledge J. L. No Dates
        S. H. No Dates

Pelton Mary Ida (Daughter of W. I. and Ellen Pelton) August 12, 1876 - July 9, 1878

McAdoo Father, Mother, and Children

Many unmarked graves
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