The land for this cemetery was set aside by Daniel Stutzman shortly after he acquired the land on April 8, 1839 for a Stuzman burial ground. Shortly after the Civil War, George W. English acquired this property and over a period of time it became known as the English Cemetery. When Pond Creek (which is the Creek that separates the two cemeteries) was too high they would use Pond Creek Cemetery to place their family member for their final resting place. English Cemetery has no fence around it and cattle are permitted to roam. Headstones have been knocked down.

Daniel Stuts(z)man was born about 1795 in Guilford County, NC to Jacob and Rachael Jane (Karn) Stutzman. He died Oct 22, 1844 in Franklin Co., AR. He married Catherine Allhands on Sept 1, 1817 in Clark Co., IN. They had fourteen children. They came by boat down the Ohio to Cairo, IL into the Mississippi River into the Arkansas River arriving at Ozark April 5, 1838.

Daniel seemed to have an uncanny sense of land values. He proceeded to acquire some seven hundred acres of land lying north of the Arkansas River reaching from above the present site of the generating plant to the lower end of Guthrie Island (formerly called English Island.) He also bought land lying in the horseshoe bend formed by Pond Creek Mountain and through which flowed Pond Creek. From the time of their arrival they became prominent in the community. Daniel was appointed to one of the first commissions to lay out a road from Barcliff’s bottoms to the Johnson County line.

Catherine Allhands Stutzman was born to John and Catherine Venerich Allhands. Catherine married Daniel Stutsman in Clark Co., In Sept 1, 1817. Birth and death dates not known.

Two sons of Stutsman- I am assuming they could be Henry Stutsman, son of Daniel and Catherine, born Jan 29, 1836, Bartholomew Co., IN and died about 1858 Franklin Co., AR. He never married. The other could be Joseph Stutsman, son of Daniel and Catherine, born June 9, 1840 in Franklin County, AR and died about 1858 in Franklin Co., AR. He never married.

Rachel Stutsman Parker was born to Daniel and Catherine Stutsman Sept 16, 1818 in Clark Co., IN. She married Henry Emanuel Parker Jan 18, 1838 in Bartholomew Co., IN. They migrated to Franklin Co., AR with her parents. They had three children.

Emanuel Parker was born Nov 9, 1817 in Bartholomew Co., IN to Woodson and Abigail Mitchell Parker. He married Rachael Stutzman, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Stutsman. They migrated to Franklin Co., AR with her parents and other relatives. He died December 18, 1863 in Franklin Co., AR. He was born Henry Emanuel Parker, but known as Emanuel Parker.

James English was born in Cumberland Co., KY in 1831. He married Martha Stutsman, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Stutsman on Sept 4, 1853. They had three children Joanna, James and Sarah. He was killed in 1863 while on leave from the Union Army by bushwhackers.

George W. English was born near Cass in Franklin County on Oct 8, 1842. He mover with his parents (George H. and Sebba (?) English) to two miles east of Ozark. After the death of his father, he farmed with his mother and older brothers and operated a wood yard, which supplied wood for steamboats on the Arkansas River until the outbreak of the Civil War.

Early in 1861 George W. enlisted as a Private Co., I 15 (NW) Ark Vol. Inf. Col. Dandridge McRea, Commanding Co., Com. Capt. Cyrus L. Pickens and served with this regiment in the Confederate Army until sometime in 1863. He then enlisted as a Private, Cp. K 2^{nd Ark. Cal. Volunteer on Nov. 14, 1863 Mustered in Dec 18, 1863, mustered out with Regt. Aug 20, 1865.}

George W.’s first wife was Laura Pace born in Johnson Co., AR 1846. They were married Aug 19, 1866. She was the daughter of Benjamin L. Pace who was born in South Carolina. Their children are Lucie Caroline b: 1867, Charles E. b: 1871 and Benjamin b: 1874. Laura died sometime in 1875.

Francis Tennessee (Page) English Dec 12, 1849-1888 was the daughter of Pleasant and Mary Page who came to this area from Hurricane Mills, Humphries County, TN. She married George W. English Dec 12, 1849. They had the following children. Mattie b: 1877, Stephen b: 1878, Joanna b: 1880, William W. b: 1882, Henry Carter b: 1884 and Robert b: 1888.

George W. English’s last wife was Sarah Louise Armstrong b: June 5, 1871 in AR to George and Mary Frisbee Armstrong. She married George W. April 14, 1889.

Charles English was born in Franklin Co., in 1844 to George and Sebba (?) English. He like his brother George W. farmed and worked with his mother and older brothers until the Civil War. He served with George W. Their service records are identical.

He married first Cornelia Murry in 1868. She was born in AR in 1851. She died in 1875 in Bandera Co., TX while they were visiting Charles brother, Benjamin.

On Feb 20, 1877, Charles married Julia C. Forbus. She was the daughter of Ezekiel and Matilda Forbus. Ezekiel was born in TN and Matilda was born in KY. Julia was born 1856 in AR; she died 1883 and is buried in Forbus Cemetery.

On March 21, 1885 he married Ella Bayliss. Ella was born 1868 at Altus, AR. She died Mar 20, 1887. Ella and infant are buried at Hickory Grove Cemetery at Mountain Top. Charles died May 17, 1888.

Mattie English Elam 1877-1900 was the daughter of George W. and Francis Tennessee Page English. She married David Elam Oct 28, 1893. They had one son Robert C. Elam. After Mattie’s death, her sister and husband, Thomas J. and Joanna English Hobbs, raised him.

Charles E. English Oct 25, 1871-Jan 11, 1931 was the son of George W. and Laura Pace English. He married Fannie Johnson Armstrong March 22, 1897. They had one daughter, Carrie b: Nov 15, 1898.

Fannie Johnson Armstrong English Oct 20, 1865-Jan 20, 1900. Apparently she died in childbirth as there is an infant son buried there.

Infant son of Charles E. & Fannie English Jan 20, 1900

5 Infant children of George W. English, not known which wife they belong to.

2 Children of James and Martha Stutsman English.

1 infant Parker (do not know which Parker)

George Hopkins English b: 1795 in Bedford Co., VA. He migrated to Cumberland Co., KY with his brother James by 1818. He married Sebba (?) about 1818 or 1919. George came on to Franklin Co., AR. They are on the 1850 census. They are the parents of the Franklin Co., English’s. George died in 1852. Sebba lived here until 1870 when she went with son George W. back to Cumberland Co., KY to visit relatives she had not seen for 35 years, there she died.

The above is part of a newsletter for the Altus Historical Society. Information came from Paul Barcliff, Pixie Beaver, English history by Roy Whitehead and articles by Shirley Parker Demere…