East Washita Cemetery

Drew Allen Wallace headstone fenced off.

photos off site

Sadie Josephine Whittington Chapmond
Born.. Jan. 11, 1877
Died.. May 2, 1902
Daughter of William A. and Laura A. (Burton) Whittington
Wife of Alfred B. Chapmond
Married 18 March ,1896
(After Josie died Alfred B. married Carrie B. Shepard ,11 Aug. 1903)
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Baby Chapmond 
Born.. 1897
Died.. 1898
Infant of Alfred B. and Sadie Josephine Whittington Chapmond.
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Baby Girl Chapmond
Born and Died 28 April, 1902
Daughter of Alfred B. and Sadie Josephine Whittington Chapmond.
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Frank D. Cothern
Born... Dec. 25, 1867
Died.... 1905
Married ...1897
Husband of Dora E. Chapmond
( After Frank died,  Dora E. married Gibson Witt 12 Aug. 1908 )
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Drew Allen Wallace
1840 - 1909
Mason - Mt. Ida Lodge # 140 F & A M
Civil War Headstone .
Co. D. 4th Reg. ARK - Calvary
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Lou Ann Wallace
No Date
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Frank Cothern's headstone.

Information courtesy of Eunice Kilgore. Please contact Eunice if you have any information on who is buried here and any further information. [There are only two headstones remaining with details  - Frank Cothern and Drew Allen Wallace. There is probably at least twenty field stones marking graves.

Drew Allen Wallace headstone

The cemetery is located on a knob covered with pine trees over looking Lake Ouachita, a peaceful spot. Actually easy to find if you know where to look. At the Washita Recreational site intersection of Hwy 27 and 88 if coming from Sims drive across the road, don't take the Mathews Hill road but head towards the recreational site with its picnic tables but park just before the short road heading down towards boat put in. About a two minute walk up hill off the gravel road through a forest of pine trees. Look for a big pine tree and beyond that a fence with the green white tipped standards marking Drew's headstone. About 100 feet to the SE is the lone 3ft high headstone marking the Cothern grave. OW Dec. 2007]

 

Eunice Chapmond - Kilgore      16 Feb. 1999
East Washita Cemetery
I would like to hear from anyone who can remember anything about the East Washita Cemetery.  I am trying to find out who is in the unmarked graves.  I know Drew Allen Wallace and his wife are buried here.  Where is Patience Wallace ? b. abt. 1834... Where is Peter Wallace ? b. abt. 1854...Mary J. Wallace? b. abt. 1861.... Julia Wallace ? b. abt. 1864....All of these appeared on 1870 Montgomery Co. Sulphur Springs Township with Drew Wallace.

Also would like to hear from  family of Sadie Josephine Whittington b. 1877 d. abt. 1903 . She was wife of Alfred B. Chapmond , and she and two babies are buried here. Baby Chapmond b. 1897 d. 1898... And Baby Girl Chapmond b.& d. 28 April 1902.  And Frank D. Cothern b. 25 Dec. d. 1905 (First husband of Dora E. Chapmond)  Dora E. Chapmond and Alfred B. Chapmond were children of Thomas L. Chapmond.  Please descendents of  Wallace, Chapmond, Whittington and Cothern, let me hear from you or anyone who has information or stories about the East Washita Cemetery, Washita or Chapmondville.