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Hickory Grove Cemetery (1978) Mountain Top, Arkansas |
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cemetery is located approximately 10 miles North of
Ozark, Arkansas just off State Highway 219. No one seems
to know just when the first grave was made there. There
are four rock covered graves in the cemetery which were
there when Mrs. Kate Hill Johnson Moved there as a child.
She is now 99 years old, and spent over 89 years in sight
of the cemetery. The story is that during the Civil War men were killed by soldiers and "Bushwhackers", and the women had to bury them, not being able to dig deep graves, they did the best they could, then covered with rocks. Hickory Grove School which has been restored and is now used as a community building, is beside the cemetery. The land for the school ws given by Mrs. Elizabeth Bateman Laney, 2 April 1889. Mrs. Laney was the grandmother of Mrs. Earl Laster (nee Jeanie Warnock); and great Aunt of Mrs. Sebern J. Davis (nee Mary Bateman). Some 20 years ago Mrs. Kate Johnson Hill, Mrs. Lois Davis Nichols and the late Fred Snow, walked over the cemetery and listed the names of the people that they knew were buried there, even though some of the graves did not have stones. All three of them lived in the neighborhood all their lives, and attended most all the burials that were in their time, and knew the stories of the people. The dates of the stones were later added by Thelma Davis Smee and made into a tablet, which she has added to over the years. The cemetery contains 57 other graves, unknown and unmarked. |
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Thank you Carolyn. I will add this information. What cemetery in Mulberry should I add it to? So nice for descendents to honor their ancestors by putting up a stone. Seems less lonely that way. Don
From: carolyn ivey To: donkelly@grovenet.net
Hello, I am the wife of James Ivey, formerly of Mulberry, Arkansas. We have some information on the graves of Malinda Tyson and the two graves beside her. 1. They now have headstones. 2. Malinda A. (Smith) Tyson was the wife of William Josiah Tyson. They were married in Franklin County, Arkansas on 15 Nov 1882. He was 32 and she was 21. They were married by O. B. Donaldson, JP. They had two sons Robert Onslow Tyson and Charles Tyson. 3. There are two babies graves there. One on either side of her. These are the infant sons of Robert Onslow Tyson and Almeda Jane Maxwell. They were married in Franklin County, Arkansas on 28 Jul 1912 by J. B. Hale, JP. He was 27 and she was 22. 4. One son is Robert Joel Tyson, born and died on 22 Feb 1922. 5. The other is Junior Maxwell Tyson, born and died on 30 Dec, 1928. These two babies were the brothers of my Mother-in-law, Vessie Oena "Tyson" Ivey. She remembers holding them when they were born. Please update this info on the web site. This site contains some great info for genealogists. Thank you for maintaining it. Diggin Up Bones 2 Carolyn "Holloway" Ivey Altus, Arkansas 479-468-0380
HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY
(Update)
Chloe Arnold George Arnold
DOB 8/30/1936 DOB 1873
DOD 7/10/1997 DOD 1948
John Arnold Arthur Cox
DOB 1882 DOB 12/23/1908
DOD 1963 DOD 12/11/2000
Virla Ray Cox Ona Davis
DOB 12/2/1915 DOB 3/16/1915
DOD 3/4/1999 DOD 2/6/1965
Eva Dickerson Otis Sid Dickerson
DOB 9/5/1910 DOB 10/8/1902
DOD 1/26/1994 DOD 8/16/1991
Clifford Dickerson Jeff Dickerson
DOB 3/10/1923 DOB 3/19/1894
DOD 9/18/1995 DOD 3/16/1969
Harold Kenney Mary Kenney
DOB 10/1/1912 DOB 10/22/1917
DOD 11/9/1996 DOD 5/23/1966
Clarence Mitchell Nevada Mitchell
DOB 4/14/1918 DOB 1/18/1893
DOD 7/5/1991 DOD 10/26/1976