Cemeteries of Sebastian Co.
 

Spring Hill Cemetery


Name
Dates
Notes
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Barling Infant d. Aug 1907 Aug 13, 1907 Fort Smith Times; Father Bob Barling, burial in Spring Hill Cem. Marker Photo
Mr. Brown d. Jun 24, 1907 Jul 9, 1907 Fort Smith Times obit: living on Mr. Nance's farm; COD Typhoid pneumonia fever  
Mrs Brown Dec 1907 Dec 10, 1907 Fort Smith Times: Living on Newt Nace's farm; COD pneumonia  
Bruce, Lucinda Jan 1880 - Sep 15, 1895 from Birnie Funeral Home Records #2- buried Sept 16, 1895
COD - murder (killed by W.W Mitchell)
Cost of funeral $7.50 pd by Mr. Bruce
1880 census Dayton Twsp - age 6m, b. Ar, dau of James age 40 & Jane age 26 Bruce,
siblings Thos and Phillip
 
Cardwell?, Mr Feb 1909 Fort Smith Times Mar 2, 1909 - "leaves a wife and seven small children"
living one mile and a half south on the "old Dick Moody place".
 
Cooper, Susie 1880 - Jan 1906 Fort Smith Times Jan 28, 1906 - Age 26; wife of J.F. Cooper  
Davis, Dora Hice Dec 1890- Sep 23, 1892 from Birnie Funeral Home Records 2 - Age:19m, dau of J.W. Davis
COD: Whooping Cough., Buried: 24 Sep 1892. Funeral paid for by Mr. J.W. Davis.
Cost of funeral: $3.75.
 
Etchison, Florence Aug 1807 - Sep 21, 1908 Fort Smith Times Sep 29, 1908 - Age 11m, Parents Rev. & Mrs. Etchison  
Elker, Henry Herman 1839 - 1896 b. in Germany, Married Emily Jane Nuckolls 05 Oct 1881 Sangamon Co, IL
Father of four children; 1882 Lillie Mary (Ross); 1884 William Henry d. 1975 OK
1887 Angeline "Anna" (Harrimon), 1891 Lorena Cathren (Proctor) d. 1985 CA
 
Foxbrother, H. d. Oct 24, 1907 Spring Hill; Fort Smith Times, Oct 29, 1907.. "He lived on the old Bunch farm
near Pleasant Grove. Died of consumption on the 24th"
Glidewell, Hannah H. Amann Dec 7, 1891 - Jun 5, 1909 Fort Smith Times Jun 8, 1909 - Lived near Massard, leaves husband & 2 brothers
Fort Smith Times: Jun 15, 1909 - Mrs. Irvan Glidewell & infant babe. (Are these the same?)
FindAGrave = Hanna H. Glidewell, marker in Barling Cemetery, 1st wife of Irvin Andrew Glidewell 1885-1966
Marriage record - Hannah Amann age 18 & Irvin Glidewell age 22 m. Dec 18, 1907
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Hall Infant d. Aug 1907 Aug 13, 1907 Fort Smith Times: Parents Mr & Mrs. Hall of Massard  
Horton, Mrs. 1848 - Feb. 1907 Fort Smith Times; Fev 12, 1907 - lived with son at Massard  
Jones, Tennessee 1870 - Feb 17, 1886 from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Buried: 18 Feb. 1886
Age at death: 16 years, COD: Pneumonia, Cost of funeral: $12.00,
Paid for by Mr. George Sengel of Fort Smith, Ark..
 
Jones, Thomas Jr. 1868 - Feb 24, 1889 from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Age 21, Son of Thomas Jones Sr.
Buried: 25 Feb 1889, Age 21 yrs,
COD: Consumption(TB) Cost of funeral: $10.00, Pd. by Mr. Thomas Jones Sr.
 
Kasey, Jane abt 1810- Sep 9, 1896 from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Age: 86 Years,
Buried: Sep 10, 1896, Fee: $12.50 Pd by Mr. R.R. Templeton
COD: Senility
 
Laurence, infant died Mar 4, 1885 from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Buried: 5 Mar 1885
Age at death: not listed, COD: Hives, Cost of funeral: $3.50
Paid for by Mr. W. H. Adams
 
Lyons, Sherman Nov 1883 - Feb 3, 1884 Birnie Funeral Home Records - Buried: 5 Feb 1884
Age 3m, COD: Croup, Cost of funeral: $3.50,
Pd by Mr. William Adams, of Fort Smith, Ark.
 
Lyons, Virgil Jan 1886- Sep 3, 1887 from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Buried: 4 Sept. 1887
Age at death: 1y 8m , COD: Spinal Meningitis, Cost of funeral: $4.00
Paid by Mr. William Adams of Fort Smith, Ark.
 
Meyer, Lillie Maud 1884 - Sep 3, 1886 from Birnie Funeral Home Records: Buried: 3 Sep 1886, Age 2y,
COD: Dropsy, Cost of funeral: $5.00, Paid for by Mr. Eli P. Meyer
 
Moody, Ruie Berry Aug 1881 - Nov 1907 Fort Smith Times Nov 12, 1907 - wife of Edward Moody
leaves 3 small children, one 3 months old.
1800 Census Seb.Co. Mount Sandels, Ruie Moody b. Aug 1881 in Ar. & Ed Moody m. 1899
Ruie Berry age 18 of Van Buren, Crawford Co m. Eddie Moody age 20 of Massard, Seb. Co Jun 10, 1899 in Sebastian Co.
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Newman, Henry Feb 1862 - Nov 29 1908 Fort Smith Times Dec 1, 1908 - run over by an Ark Central train. Arm was anputated.
Lived on the Newt Nance farm. Son of S W & M.J. Bain Newman. Husb of Margaret Elizabeth Wilson.
Father of 5 children
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Owens, Thomas 1865 - Aug 14, 1887 Age 22y from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Buried: 14 Aug 1887, Age 22 years,
COD: Brain Fever, Cost of funeral: $14.75 Paid for by Mr. Richard Owens.
 
Phillips, Melissa d Aug 8, 1884 from Birnie Funeral Home Records: Buried: 9 Aug 1884 Age at death: not given, COD: not given, Cost of funeral: $20.00
Pd for by Mr. John Bevins (the funeral home lists her as Melissa, no Alice
Find a Grave Cemetery listing shows b. 1812, North Carolina
 
Prescott baby d Mar 8, 1901 from Ft Smith Times - son of Mr & Mrs Tom Prescott of Mazzard. Age 2m  
Ray, Robert Franklin Apr 12, 1868 - May 7, 1907 May 21, 1907 Fort Smith Times obit - COD: Dropsy of the Heart; Leaves widow and 4 small children
Robert Frankin Ray, Sr. was the son of James Madison Ray and Mary Elizabeth Rainwater
Married Mary Ann Lawler Nov 3, 1887 when he was 19 and she was 14. She was the daughter of Patrick Lawler and Martha (Bowles) Scarber/Scarborough
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Reid, Nettie Fort Smith Times Mar 17, 1905 - dau of Mr & Mrs W.W. Reid. COD-catarrhal fever  
Ruth, W. A. d. Feb 1902 Fort Smith Times: Buried on Feb 23, 1902; Age 22, son of Edward Ruth of Massard. COD: Typhoid Fever  
Southard, Leland, Rev. d. Feb 1904 Fort Smith Times: Feb 25, 1904. He leaves a wife and two children.Burial at Spring Hill.  
Swagerty, Harvery 1840 - Sep 26, 1890 from Birnie Funeral Home Records - Buried: 27 Sept. 1890
Age at death: 50 years old, COD: (not written down),
Cost of funeral: $4.50, Paid for by County Court-Fort Smith, Ark
(1880 census-There is a Harvey Swaggerty widower, b. 1836, age 44 race-black,
in Upper township, Seb Co., Ar, farm hand for Catherine Rector.)
 
Templeton, J.H. 1856 - Apr 20, 1886 from Birnie Funeral Home Records: Buried: 21 Apr 1886, Age 30, COD: Congestion of Stomach Cost of funeral: $12.50, Paid for by Mr. J.W. Maddux
(There is a "T." H. Templeton b. 1853 living with his bro and sis-in-law in Sulphur twsp, Sebastian Co., Ar in 1880)
 
Terry, Nora N. Adams 22 Sep 1860 - 2 May 1889 (Birnie Funeral Home Records has Noah N. Terry but there is a
Nora N. Terry in Barling Cem. with the same dates) Info from Birnie:
Buried: 2 May 1889, Age: 28y, 7m, 4d old, COD: Consumption (TB)
Cost of funeral: $25.00, Paid for by Mr. William Adams.
From the marker in Barling Cem: 22 Sep 1860 - 2 May 1889, wife of Wm Thomas Terry 1859-1936
Mother of Ora Beulah Gattis..Shares the same stone as W A Adams
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Ward, Cornelius, Jr Apr 1895 - Nov 5, 1895 from Birnie Funeral Home Records: Infant Cornelius Wand Jr.
died November 5, 1895., COD: Inflammation of Bowels., Buried: November 6, 1895.
Paid for by Mr. Cornelius Wand Sr., Cost of funeral: $8.00(Birnie Records show the last name as Wand,
sure that is correct. There is a Cornelius "Ward" on the 1880 Sulpur Twsp, Sebastian Co census age 18
living with his mother and siblings, They are listed as a black family. Cornelius was b. La.
 
York, Maggie Lee (or Maggie LeYork?) 1880-Jan 15, 1891 from Birnie Funeral Home Records: Buried: 16 Jan 1891; Age at death: 11 yrs.
COD: Pneumonia; Cost of funeral: $7.50 - Paid for by Mr. John H. Barber, 117 Garrison Av.
Fort Smith, Ark.
 

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