Sebastian County, Arkansas-- Cemeteries -- Nolen / Newlon Springs Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Karla Rozell <ROZIE10263@aol.com> http://www.webspawner.com/users/newloncemeteryar/index.html Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Nolen / Newlon Springs Cemetery, Sebastian County, Arkansas LAST UPDATE 4/22/06 The Nolen Springs Cemetery, which is marked Newlon Springs, is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Newlon Road and Newlon Lane in a wooded area in Fort Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County) The Cemetery was started when Jack Mussett's young son Fred died and was buried behind the family home as often done. Mrs. Mussett spent so much time grieving over the grave of her son that Mr. Mussett becames conerned for her health and purchased the two acres on Newlon Road as a public burial ground and moved his son's body there. The land was later deeded to the Nolan Springs School District. The school once stood beside the Red Barn steak house. The school burned and was moved to the corner of Mussett Road and Newlon Road. The school again burned, then it was rebuilt and the name changed to Trusty Elementary. The cemetery is in horrible shape. As of March 2006 the Rail road has torn down the fence on one side and have push all the trash, debris, rock and old RR Ties into part of the cemetery. I have uncovered one stone in this pile and see they have tossed a stone to the side. It erks me to see this. AND MANY MORE NAMES TO ADD SOON This cemetery is practically destroyed by vandalism. (Anyone with ideas on repairing stones feel free to email me with advise) 1ST ROW Infant of A & M BIRCHAM Born and Died March 25, 1902 Elizabeth - Dau. of J.R. & M. G. WILLIAMS / Born Oct. 1, 1904 - Died Jul. 6, 1905 ~ Asleep in Jesus Willie WILSON / Born Jun. 21, 1885 - Died Sept. 4, 1915 ~ At Rest 2ND ROW Our Dear Daughter Lizzie MILLER / Born April 1, 1898 - Died Oct. 14, 1898 Our Dear Daughter Garrie MILLER Born Sept 12, 1895 - Died Sept. 4, 1899 3RD ROW 4TH ROW Maggie WILLIAMS / Died Jun. 12, 1910 - Aged 30yrs ~ An ---- wife / --- A loving mother / A Friend To All (Illegible) In Memory of our Dear Lennah SETTLE / Born Jan. 23, 1897 - Died Jun. 23, 1898 (Stone was scattered in cemetery have pieced together 4 pieces of it.) Augustus / Son of / Alfred & Ann WILSON / Born Feb. 18, 1883 / Died Nov. 4, 1902 Carrie TRAMMEL / Born 180? / Died 11/26/1891 ~ Can't read inscription Gertie LEE / Born 3/18/1897 / Died 10/8/1901 ~ This little buds young & fair / Has gone to heaven to blossom there. In memory of Amis LEE / Born 7/18/1902 / Died 12/21/1902 ~ ~ This llittle buds young & fair / Has gone to heaven to blossom there. 5TH Row Stone is only partially there & only thing seen is Sept. / Died March 1, 19 Minnie C. BLAKE / Born 11/29/1879 / Died 2/16/1915 ~ A Precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home, which never can be filled. Stone partially missing only thing seen is Gone from our home but not Dicy JONES / Born 3/9/1873 / Died 2/16/1922 ~ Member of Queen Sheba Court Cunlanthe / Gone Home Anna WILSON / Born 1/12/1840 / Died 3/30/1916 ~ Sleep ye Blessed in Jesus eternal rest / Where sorrow nor pain shall be no more. Stone cant read at all Rosie EMBRY / Born 1878 / Died 7/19/1918 / Age 40 yrs ~ Gone but not forgotten Sebon KING / Died 3/30/1901 / Age 71 yrs Martha L. PEGUES / Born 5/30/1896 / Died 4/25/1914 / age 17 yrs, 11 mo ~ A light from our household is gone / A voice we loved is stilled / A place is vacant in our hearts / which never can be filled. 6th ROW Pvt. Arthur ROBERSON / Born 12/1893 / Died1/20/1920 ~ Gone but not forgotten Dilcie TURNER / Born 5/16/1849 / Died 3/20/1921 ~ Queen of Sheba / Job No. 230 / Fort Smith, Ark / At Rest Ben WILSON / Born 9/15/1882 / Died 2/2/1922 ~ God called him home 7th ROW Annie WOOD / Died 7/2/1927 / Age 52 ~ Gone but not forgotten Robert CARDEN / Died 9/18/1923 Baby BURROW / Born and died 12/10/1909 Levena KING / Died 2/4/1910 / Age 82 yrs ~ Gone but not forgotten Anne & Mabel COX / Born 12/18/1893 & 4/8/1895 / Died 8/11/1905 8th ROW Thomas WOOD / Died 9/26/1915 Susie wife of L. M. MAJORS / Born 4/7/1873 / Died 7/11/1916 A. C. WHITE / Born 9/25/1862 / Died 1/11/1916 ~ A loving husband, dear faithful friend lies buried here. R.C. CALDWELL / Born 8/13/1872 / Died 5/13/1911 ~ Gone but not forgotten Son Royster / Died 8/6/1911 / Age 18 months Charley ROBINSON Sr. / Died 7/7/1910 / Age 75yrs ~ Blessed are they that fall asleep in Jesus - Gone from our home but not from out heart. Susie BONNER / Died 2/2/1909 / Age 22yrs ~ Gone but not forgotten Dove FRANKLIN / Born 10/22/1898 / Died 8/17/1900 ~ Budded on earth to blossom in heaven. Jesse May FERGUSON / ? 9th ROW Claud ALLEN / Born 7/16/1880 / Died 5/20/1894 ~ Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God J.W.B. ANDERSON / Born 4/2/1866 / Died 2/9/1926 / Border City Chamber 2641 / Fort Smith, Ark Ernest WOOD / Died April (Rest of stone missing) Bettie PERTEET / 1858 - 1925 ~ At Rest (Stone in 3 pcs) 10th ROW Robert ? 7/7/1850 (Illegible) Edward LEE / 1924 - 1925 11th ROW (Double Stone) Mother Serena ADAMS / Born 11/18/1893 / Died 03/14/1931 Asleep Son O. Curtis ADAMS / Born 08/01/1922 / Died 12/24/1940 In Jesus Albert Lee ROBERSON / Born 02/11/1910 / Died 11/07/1937 Daryl CRAVENS / Born ? / Died (Can't read) Herman CRAVENS / Arkansas Pvt. 437 res Labor BN. / 9/6/1926 12th ROW E. BROWN / Born 1873 / Died 1924 Jess JAMISON / Born 1881 / Died 6/8/1932 Leroy LOCKETTE / Born 8/10/1902 / Died 5/21/1932 13th ROW At Rest Marion VESS / Born 1/25/1925 / Died 4/25/1927 age 2yrs 14th ROW Several spaces Field Stone Orvil Edgar Frank Jr. BELCHER / Born 11/8/1937 / Died 8/18/1938 ~ Our darling is not dead but asleep in Jesus arms (Father) John T. BELCHER / 1865-1941 ~ Gone but not forgotten Henry WOOD / Died 1/28/1906 / Age 13 yrs ~ Gone from our home but not from our hearts. John WADE / Died 11/18/1905 / Age 6 yrs ~ At the beautiful gate waiting & watching for us. 15th ROW Louther NELSON / Born 5/1/1893 / Died 8/19/1895 ~ In heaven there is one Angel more. 16th ROW Base no top Callie JOHNSON dau of, L.K. & J.L. JOHNSON / Born 05/29/1878 / Died 01/28/1909 / Gone from our home, but not from our hearts. Vernon / Son of / C.H. & M.D. NICHOLS / Born 3/8/1906 / Died Illegible (pos. 4/29/1909) 3 stones on top of each other (none of them go together) One is a partial of Houston J. / Son of / T.J. & N. J. BENJAMIN / Died 5/15/1904 / Aged ? (Illegible) (Someone has broke more off the word May since a past vist from January 2006)(updated April 2006 visit) 17th ROW Ella wife of, Will MARTIN / Born 04/26/1817 / Died 10/17/1906 / Stone broke in 3 places. Martha wife of, Henry Martin / Born 01/01/1854 / Died 01/01/1907 / With Jesus Several burial impressions Rock Entombment / No marker 18th ROW Richard Caswell PENDLETON / born 9/23/1880 / died 7/29/1897 (also has a foot stone) Several spaces and field stones Jack H / Inscribed in Rock / No dates 19th ROW Appears to be a family plot of 3 graves with rocked edges / no stones A plot fenced in (no visible stone) Covered with Poision Ivy so I haven't gone in yet and looked under the leaves. 20th ROW One gray funeral place marker with insert name missing. Base with no top Very Noticeable Sunken impressions of several possible burials. / w/field stones. 21th ROW Stone carved / J. E. leaned against a tree. Elza son of, M.R. & S. E. WEATHERLY / Born 03/29/1892 / Died 10/04/1895 Field Stone Field Stone There are more names to add. There are also many stone bases and field stones in these rows with no identification. Below is the alpha order on who is buried here, according to the census done in the summer of 1989, BUT unfortunately, most the stones are crushed or moved by vandals and I am seeking efforts to try to repair and or replace some of the stones. NAME AGE BORN DIED Adams, O. Curtis 18 08/01/1922 12/24/1940 Adams, Serena 43 11/18/1893 03/14/1931 Allan, Spencer Allen, Claud 13 07/16/1880 05/20/1894 Allen, John B. 50 07/12/1850 11/27/1900 Anderson, J.W.B. 59 04/02/1866 02/09/1926 Belcher, John T. 76 1865 1941 Belcher, Orvil 9mos. 11/08/1937 08/18/1938 Benjamin, Houston ?/15/1904 Bircham, Infant 03/25/1902 03/25/1902 Blake, Minnie C. 35 11/29/1879 02/16/1915 Blake, Nina C. 2 04/27/1911 04/12/1914 Bonner, Susie 22 02/02/1909 Brown, E. 1873 1924 Caldwell, R.C. 38 08/13/1872 05/13/1911 Carden, Robert 09/18/1923 Cox, Annie 11 12/18/1893 08/11/1905 Cox, Mabel 10 04/08/1895 08/11/1905 Cravens,Daryl ? ? Cravens, Herman 09/06/1926 Duncan, Ella 3 05/19/1907 Embry, Rosie 40 1878 07/19/1918 Fields, Martha 38 01/30/1879 02/02/1917 Fields, Mattie 38 01/30/1879 02/02/1917 Franklin, Dove 10/22/1898 08/17/1900 Franklin, Tealie 1 11/04/1902 12/01/1903 Ferguson, Jesse May ? ? Gorbell, W. D. 52 03/07/1866 07/20/1918 Harris, Samuel 9 09/21/1885 01/01/1895 Jamison, Jess abt51 1881 06/08/1932 Johnson, Callie 30 05/29/1878 01/28/1909 Jones, Dicy 48 03/09/1873 02/16/1922 King, Levena 82 02/04/1910 King, Sebon 71 03/30/1901 Lee, Amis 5 mos 07/18/1902 12/21/1902 Lee, Edward 1924 1925 Lee, Gertie 4 03/18/1897 10/08/1901 Lockette, Leroy 29 08/10/1902 05/21/1932 Majors, Susie 43 04/07/1873 07/11/1916 Martin, Ella 89 04/26/1817 10/17/1906 Martin, Martha 53 01/01/1854 01/01/1907 McBride, Josie 5 ? ? Miller, Lizzie 6mos 04/01/1898 10/14/1898 Miller, Garrie 3 09/12/1895 09/04/1899 Nelson, Louther 1 05/01/1893 08/19/1895 Nichols, Vernon 03/08/1906 pos.4/29/1909 Parks, Albert 34 04/19/1911 ?/?/1945 Peques, Martha 17 05/30/1896 04/25/1914 Pendleton, R.C. 17 09/23/1880 07/29/1897 Perteet, Bettie abt 67 1858 1925 Roberson,Albert Lee 27 02/11/1910 11/07/1937 Robertson, Arthur 26 12/1893 01/20/1920 Robinson, Charley 75 07/07/1910 Robinson, Virgil 6 09/18/1912 Royster, Son 18 mos 08/06/1911 Settle, Lenna 1 01/28/1897 06/28/1898 Smith, Martha 65 11/05/1906 Trammel, Carrie 71 180? 11/26/1891 Turner, Dilcie 70 05/16/1849 03/20/1921 Veas, Marion 2 01/25/1925 04/25/1927 Wade, John 6 11/28/1905 Weatherly, Elza 3 03/29/1892 10/04/1895 White, A. C. 53 09/25/1862 01/11/1916 Wilks, ? 11/11/1911 Williams, Bertha 6mos 01/01/1900 07/26/1900 Williams, Elizabeth 8mo 10/01/1904 07/06/1905 Williams, Leoma 5days 04/06/1901 04/11/1901 Williams, Maggie 80 06/12/1910 Wilson, Anna 76 01/12/1840 03/30/1916 Wilson, Augustus 9 02/18/1883 11/04/1902 Wilson, Ben 39 09/15/1882 02/02/1922 Wilson, Willie 30 06/21/1885 09/04/1915 Winfrey, Richard 29 09/02/1862 04/16/1892 Wood, Annie 52 07/02/1927 Wood, Ernest ? ? 04/??/???? Wood, Henry 13 06/28/1906 Wood, Thomas 09/26/1915 ? Angie 22 1927 ? 04/23/190? 05/19/1912 ? J. E. ? Jack H