COBB CEMETERY

Est. ca 1861

(Sometimes also called CATER, CULLENS, CATES,  MEEKS  or CULLINS)

Longitude 33 03 995  Latitude 092 41 514

 

Cemetery is located about 4 miles North of Junction City, Arkansas,

along the west side of  U.S. Hwy. 167.  Ralph & Violet Weldon canvassed

this cemetery in Oct 1985.  I did my canvass in Nov 2006 and took pictures.

Locals tend to all have their own name they use in referring to this cemetery,

which is the reason I listed the multiple names above.

*All of the photos were taken in November 2006 with a cheap camera,

so the quality is not that good.

*Posted update March  2014  Last updated July 2019

Janice Holzer  JCSH432@gmail.com    

 

(1)  Looking NE from Gate on south edge of cemetery.▲

 

(2.) ▲ Looking  toward NW corner of cemetery from gate.

 

*Base for probably a large obelisk marker with no inscriptions and the top part missing.

Some have suggested this may have been a marker for H.C. & Mattie Cates SEN.

Two footstones, nearby, read M.C. & H.C.C. SEN

*  MM  symbol used to denote mortuary marker

*  ARDI  highlighted part of date from Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*  SSDI   highlighted part of date from Social Security Death Index

EMMA  BRAINARD   10-24-1899   to  March 1983

*Died in Lillie, Union Parish, Louisiana

[Bailey Funeral Home Bronze Marker]  *MM

JOHN  B.  BRAZZEL   Oct 1866   to   9-15-1945  *ARDI

*S/of  Benjamin Joseph Brazzel & Dicey A. Brazzel

NANCY  JANE  "NANNIE" HARRELL  BRAZZEL

6-29-1872   to  2-9-1929

  *D/of Seaborn Harrell(1847-1928) & Isabella Cate Harrell

Seaborn & Isabella Harrell  *Md:  12/3/1869 Union Co., AR

 *Wf/of John Brazzel 

Mrs.  JOSEPHINE  HARRELL  BLAINE  BROOKS   

1-25-1877   to    6-10-1976

*D/of  Seaborn Harrell(1847-1928) & Isabelle Cate Harrell (b:1849 AR )

*Age 99 yrs-5 mos-17 dys  *MM  [Frazers Funeral Home, Warren, Ark]

*Birthdate  was provided by granddaughter.

*1^st husband: D. Blain (38) Upland, Union County, Arkansas

to Miss Josie Harrell, (20) Upland, Union County, Arkansas;

Mar 9, 1897, by J. M. Hart minister   Security  J.R. Cullin  (K-390)

EDWARD  ROY  BUSWELL   9-23-1910   to  5-21-1931

*S/of  William Joseph Buswell(1880-1947) & Sarah Lucinda Cullins Buswell(1880-1962)

*Age 20 years-7 months-29 days      "He Died As He Lived A Christian"

 

WILLIAM  JOSEPH  (J.) "JOE" BUSWELL  10-8-1880   to  1-5-1947

*S/of  Julia Ellen Swilley (1858-1943) daughter of Lawson Swilley (1824-1897) &

Margaret Stiles Swilley(1829-1904)*Both buried in the Swilley Family Cemetery.

*Julia E. Swilley  md:1^st  William Boswell / Buswell

*Julia E. Swilley md: 2^nd in 1912,  John Pinkney Chapman (1844-1927)

*Julia on the 1900 census is listed as the mother of 3 children. .....

Wm. Joseph, Eliza Ann & Jean V. Boswell.

*Julia 1940 census in Cass County, TX......lists her as Julia Jones

"To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"

&  SARAH  LUCINDA  CULLINS   BUSWELL  1880  to  1962

*D/of  James Richard Cullins(1857-1941) & Mary Ellen Cate Cullins(1853-1925)

*Wife of William Joseph "Joe" Buswell

MARJORIE  ALLEN  CAMP   10-26-1925  to  4-15-1931

       

*Please note that CATE - CATES (also CATER) are often mixed up-so some

may be listed both ways.

CATE

ALBERT  CATE   5-22-1880  to  8-6-1883

*S/of Eliza Louiza Harrell (b: 1846 AL) & John B. Cate, Jr. (10/25/1816 to 1/15/1894)

 

FRANK  M.  CATE   *No dates

 

GEORGE  LUTHER CATE   8-12-1880  to  2-27-1881

*S/of  John H. Cate(1854-1913) & Maria Louisa Pendleton Cate(1856-1899)

 

H. C.  CATE, SR.   *No dates or additional info

(Only a footstone found near the missing monument)

 

Infant  CATE  7-22-1873   to   7-22-1873

*S/of  Eliza & John  Cate(1854-1913)  "Safe in the arms of Jesus"

"Safe In The Arms Jesus"

Infant  CATE  1-4-1899   to   3-2-1899

*D/of  F. M. & L. Cate

Infant  CATE   (no dates)  *S/of  John  & Hazel Cate

 

JOHN  B.  CATE, JR.  10-25-1816 NC   to  1-15-1894 AR

*Tombstone gives no middle initial, just John Cate.

*S/of John B. Cate, Sr.(1770 NC-1840 TN) & Priscilla Lloyd Cate(b: 1777)

*Born in Orange County, NC  &  died in Union County, AR

"Jesus Can Make A Dying Bed As Soft As Downy

 

CATE / CATER / CATES

 

JOHN (J.H.) H.  CATE  (Cates)1-24-1854  to  3-15-1913

*Age 59 yrs-1 mo-19 dys  *See listing under CATES  *Tombstone says “Cate”

"A precious one from us has gone.  A voice we loved is stilled . And

though the body slumbers here, The soul is safe in Heaven."

MARIA  LOUISA  PENDLETON  CATE  (Cates)  

6-2-1856   to  2-16-1899   *1^st *Wf/of  John  H. Cate

*D/of  George Macom Pendleton(1825-1907) & Mary Ann Brown(1832-1916)

   *Tombstone says “Cate” Anna Mattox tombstone spelled it with an "S"

John H. Cate married three times.

*1^st wife, Maria Louisa Pendleton(1856-1899) Cobb Cemetery

*2^nd, md: 1878,  Anna Mattox(1870-1909) buried Smyrna Cemetery

*3^rd , md: 1909, Alpharetta "Alpha" Craig(1874-1947) Craig Cemetery

 

M.  C.  *No dates  Last name was most likely CATE or CATES.  The base of

a (most likely) larger obelisk is at the top, with what appears to be a foot stone with M.C.

on it.  The obelisk is missing from the base/ just the base & foot stone are still in place.

This appears to be a family plot.

 

CATER

DOUGLAS  CICERO  (D.C.)  CATER   7-19-1866  to  5-28-1935

*S/of Marion D. Cater(1834-1895) & Elizabeth Boyles Cater(1833-1904)

*H/of  Sallie Brazzel Cater   *Md: 1887

SARAH  'SALLIE'  BRAZZEL  CATER   11-7-1868  to  9-8-1937

*Born in Louisiana.   *Wf/of  Douglas  C. Cater

 

(DECALB)  CAROL  C.  CATER   9-23-1889 LA  to  11-2-1973 AR

*S/of  D. C. Cater(1866-1935)   &  Sarah "Sallie" Brazzel Cater(1868-1937)

*Arkansas PVT   U.S. Army~ World War  I  (Bailey Mortuary Marker ~ Carrol Cater)

ELMA  EFFIE  MILLER  CATER   1-3-1898 IN  to  1-20-1961 AR

*D/of  Benjamin Edsel Miller(1869-1948)  &  Georgia Effie Robbins Miller (1873-1930)

"A Life Like Hers Has Left A Record Sweet For Memory To Dwell Upon"

 

Infant  CATER   8-4-1927  to  8-6-1927

*S/of Decalb Carrol Cater(1889-1973) & Elma Effie Miller Cater(1898-1961)

 

JEFF  DAVIS  CATER   1904  to   Oct 1950

*Died Logan County, Arkansas

*S/of  D. C. Cater(1866-1935)   &  Sarah "Sallie" Brazzel Cater(1868-1937)

 

RAYMOND  LEON  CATER  2-2-1926  to  11-13-1954

*S/of  Decalb Carrol Cater(1889-1973) &  Elma Effie Miller Cater(1898-1961)

*Arkansas  S 1  USNR ~  World War  II

 

CATES

* There is a good sized, square base missing it's top, which was probably a large

obelisk type marker. Some believe this marker may have belonged to H.C.  &

Mattie Cates, because of two footstones nearby,  which read  M.C.  &  H.C.C.  SEN

M. A. C.   Head stone broken off--- foot stone only   M. C. marking grave

 

 

FRANK  M.  CATES   11-28-1878   to  10-22-1964

 

GORDON (aka Graydon) CLAY  "PETE"  CATES (37)

2-7-1900   to   May 1927

*S/of  Mr. & Mrs. P.H. Cates [of Wewoka /died in city hospital at Seminole, OK]

*Siblings: Miss Lula Cates &  a brother, C.N. Cates of El Dorado.

*Employee of the Atlantic Oil Company.

 

HENRY  C.  CATES  (No dates)

July 1868   to    8-28-1940  *ARDI

*According to marriage records, Henry Cates was born in 1871. 

*He married his *1st wife, (ca 1897) Mattie G.  Cates  (b: ca 1877 to  ca 1891).

They had one child, Pearl Cates, (b:ca Feb 1898).

Henry Cates,  Mattie G. & Katie  R. Harrison are all buried at "Cobb Cemetery".

He married  his *2nd wife, Katie R. Harrison, Dec. 21, 1902, Union County, Arkansas.

* 1900 census records, indicate Henry may have been born inJuly 1868.

*Katie R. Harrison Cates was born  ca 1881.

*Henry & Katie had a son, Graden Howard Cates (6/21/1906 to 3/6/1991)

*Graden was married to Inez Lee Cates(6/2/1915 to 6/19/1994).

*Both are buried in Roselawn Cemetery.

KATIE  R.  HARRISON  CATES (No dates)

1879   to  7-16-1942

*D/of Laura Saunders(1847-1911) & Claiborne Francis Harrison(1846-1916)

*ARDI   *Katie R. Harrington Cates   *2^nd wife of Henry C. Cates.

*Surname is either Harrison or  Harrington. Middle initial on marker "H"

 

Infant  CATES   12-10-1900  *S/of  Henry C. & Mattie G. Cates

 

Infant  CATES  (No dates)  *S/of  John & Hazel Cates

 

JEWELL  D.  CATES (J. D.)   4-11-1887   to   10-28-1910

*S/of  John H. Cate(1854-1913) & Maria Louisa Pendleton Cate(1856-1899)

*Wife,  SARAH  NANA  MATTOX CATES  ROBERTSON (2/9/1889 to  1/23/1970)

*Spouses: *1^st Jewell D. Cates(1887-1910)  *2^nd George Lonnie Robertson (1872-1924)

 

JOHN  D.  CATES   3-27-1902  to  3-25-1904

*S/of  F. M. Cates(1878-1964)  &  Leona Cates

 

M.  A.  CATES  (No dates) (?Maria L. Cate/Cates?)

 

MATTIE  G.  CATES   (No Dates) 

*Speculation:   b:ca May 1877 to ca 1901)

*Speculation:  *1^st Wf/of Henry C. Cates.

*Mother of Pearl Cates born ca Feb 1898.

JAMES  ALVIS  CULLINS  6-30-1882  to  9-30-1911

*S/of  James Richard Cullins(1857-1941) & Mary Ellen Cate Cullins(1853-1925)

 

JAMES  RICHARD  CULLINS  9-8-1857 AL  to  8-16-1941 AR

*Born Shelby County, AL       *H/of  Mary Ellen Cate

"On that bright immortal shore, we shall meet to part no more"

MARY  ELLEN  CATE  CULLINS  9-18-1853  to  3-26-1925

*Wf/of  James Richard Cullins

 

JOHN  TAYLOR  CULLINS  7-18-1885  to  3-5-1944

*S/of  James Richard Cullins (1857-1941) & Mary Ellen Cate Cullins(1853-1925)

&  EMMA  DAVIDSON  CULLINS  10-25-1891  to  2-15-1945

*Tombstone listing "EMA"  *Wife of John Taylor Cullins

 

MARY  ELIZABETH  CULLINS   1-15-1889  to  12-17-1891

* D/of  James Richard Cullins(1857-1941) & Mary Ellen Cullins(1853-1925)

 

WILLIAM  HENRY  CULLINS  1-18-1878  to  1-20-1878

*Infant son of  Mary Ellen Cate(1853-1925) & James Richard Cullins(1857-1941)

JAMES  GRANDISON  DANIELS   5-12-1887  to  9-1-1930

*S/of  Henry Franklin Daniels(1865-1926) &  Orphia Rebecca Ward(1869-1946)

"They Gave Their Today For Our Tomorrow"

&  SUSIE  CULLINS  DANIELS    12-30-1893  to  5-26-1945

*D/of  James Richard Cullins(1857-1941) & Mary Ellen Cate Cullins(1853-1925)

LEONA NORRIS  CATES  ELLEDGE   5-23-1880   to  11-6-1936

*D/of  David  Gregory Norris(1847-1927)  &  Frances E. Fitzgerald Norris(1854-1884)

*Md: 1^st husband  Frank M. Cates in 1898-divorced in 1927

*Md: 2^nd husband  E. W. Elledge

 

*Funeral Home Marker- the information is unreadable.

It appears the death year was 1975.

?Felworth Funeral Home, Warren, Ark  Age 95 yrs- ?- 17 dys

* The following marker has three names.

ELIZABETH  GREENLEE   1859  to   d: 1861  *Age about 2 yrs

*D/of  William Pinkney Greenlee(1828-1862) & Sarah D. Blanchard Greenlee Till (1834-1909)

(Sarah D. Blanchard Till b:ca Mar 1834  d:4/12/1909 San Saba Co., TX…. (Barnett Cemetery)

*Sarah's spouses: *1^st  William P. Greenlee 11/6/1852 Union C., AR   *2^nd George W. Till md: bef 1870

*1900 Census states Sarah is the mother of 8 children with 4 living.

WILLIAM  P.  GREENLEE   9-16-1828   to   8-19-1862

(aka Wm. Pinkney Greenlee)  *Age 33 yrs-11 mos-3 dys   *S/of William Greenlee(1788-1864) 

*Wife,  Sarah  D. Blanchard  Greenlee Till (Mar 1834 GA  to  4-12-1909 San Saba Co. TX)

*Md:  *1^st  11/6/1852  William  P. Greenlee   *Md: *2^nd  bef 1870  George W. Till

*Sarah  D. Blanchard Greenlee Till  buried in Barnett Cemetery, San Saba, TX

WILLIAM   GREENLEE   4-18-1788   to  7-22-1864

*Age 76 yrs-3 mos-3 dys   (calculated birth dates)

 

*Three Children of ~

James Monroe Greenlee & Rebecca M. Scarborough Greenlee,

FRANCES  P.  GREENLEE   Jul  1856   to   8-20-1856 

*D/of Rebecca M. Scarborough(1832-1890) & James Monroe Greenlee (1823-1907)

*Age 1 mo on tombstone

JEFFERSON  D.  GREENLEE  6-4-1861  to  10-20-1863 

*S/of Rebecca M. Scarborough(1832-1890) & James Monroe Greenlee (1823-1907)

*Age 2 yrs-4mos-16 dys

THOMAS  S.  GREENLEE    5-12-1864   to  5-2-1877

*S/of Rebecca M. Scarborough(1832-1890) & James Monroe Greenlee (1823-1907)

*Age 12 yrs - 11 mos – 20 dys

 

 

JAMES  MONROE  GREENLEE   4-19-1823  to  4-2-1907

*S/of  William Greenlee(1788-1864)> S/of James Greenlee, Sr.(born Ireland or

Scotland ~ died in 1812 TN) *William  husband of, Elizabeth Tarwater

(1802 TN-1850 AR)   *Md: 1852, Rebecca M. Scarborough

REBECCA  M.  "BECKY"  SCARBOROUGH  GREENLEE  

9-17-1832   to  7-13-1890

*D/of  Maggie Sarah Conn Scarborough (1800 SC – 1855LA )  & 

Lawrence Allen Scarborough (1767NC – 1846 LA)

*Wf/of  James Monroe Greenlee  *Md: 1852

 

JOHN  T.  GREENLEE    3-18-1821 TN  to  8-18-1854 AR

*S/of  William Greenlee (1788-1864) &  Elizabeth Tarwater Greenlee(1802 TN-1850 AR)

*Md: 1848, Wife,   ELIZA  BRAZZEL  GREENLEE   JONES  (9/12/1830  to  11/20/1923)

*Eliza Jones is buried  Shiloh Cemetery,  Provencal, Natchitoches Parish, LA~

with her *2^nd husband, John Madison Jones.

*Md: 1^st, 1848, John T. Greenlee (1821-1854)   *Md: *2^nd John Madison Jones (1819-1903)

*John's exact burial / grave location in Cobb Cemetery is unknown.

SEABORN  HARRELL   5-20-1847  to  4-30-1928

*S/of Susannah Slaughter(1818 AL-1870 AR) & Myrick Harrell (1820 AL-1860 AR)

*H/of  Isabella Cate  *Md:12/3/1869  Union Co., AR

*Children: Nancy Jane Harrell Brazzel(1872-1929)  Josephine Harrell Brooks(1877-1976)

Hattie Pearl Harrell Lockhart (1886-1958)

JAMES  JACKSON    born ca 1817   d: 10-5-1899

*Age 82 yrs  Tombstone has toppled over

HARRY  P.  SEARS  (No dates)

*Speculation:  H. Sears died  6/11/1920 Hempstead Co.,AR   *ARDI

*Peter Sears died 12/15/1923 Columbia Co.,AR   *ARDI

PEARL  C.  SEARS  (No dates)

*Marker not found in 2014

EFFIE  SHARP   11-21-1887  to  12-23-1897

 

J. H.   WILLIAMS      5-5-1898  to  5-10-1898

"Those whom God loves die soon"

       

 

*There are many missing tombstones & several broken ones.

Unknown broken marker marking grave.

Unknown  concrete post about 8" high marking a grave

Unknown part of headstone marking grave

 

(3) Toward  NE Corner- overview of Cobb Cemetery with

Hwy. 167 South/Pine trees parallel in background

(Cemetery is above hwy. abt 20-30 ft)▼

 

(4.) Toward NE corner of Cobb Cemetery with sunlight

on Autumn leaves ▼

 

(5.)▼  Looking NW across middle of Cemetery

 

(6.) ▼ Looking toward NW corner

of at back of cemetery.

 

(7.) Cullin family headstones  ▼

background is the west end of cemetery.

 

(8.)  ▼Sallie Brazell Cater headstone

 

(9.) ▼ Looking at North side of cemetery

 

(10.) ▼Eastern edge of cemetery with Hwy. 167 South

in the background.....highway is at lower

level than the cemetery.

 

(11.) ▼ Eastern edge of cemetery with Hwy. 167 South

below embankment of cemetery – parallel.

Pine trees run along the east side of highway in

this photo. (aka Junction City Hwy.)