BABB or

‘OLD VICTORIA’ CEMETERY

Est. bef. 1866

located Section 21 Township 18 South Range 18 West

Union County, Arkansas

Hwy. 82 to Marysville, turn south onto Braswell Corner Rd.,

then west onto Schuler Rd.- go about ¼ mile, south on

BABB Cemetery Rd. (dirt/gravel road). Road Y's ~ keep

to your left: turn east on un-named dirt road & go about ¼ mile

Cemetery will be on north side of the road.

Oldest marked grave noted in 1990 & 2001 was dated 1867, but many

graves are unmarked & have long since lost their markers, according to

old timers. According to surveys done by Martin & Geri Braswell,

the cemetery was vandalized in late 2004 or early 2005.

*Highlighted in Red indicates info taken from August

1990 survey done by Ralph Weldon and Lillian McGowen.

*A copy of the original survey done in 1990 was given to me by

Lillian McGowan, prior to her death.

*Please read footnote.

*Visited –did new survey April 10, 2012 ~ Posted August 2014

Last Updated March 2018 /Final Update November 2018

Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com

SARAH IDA LOFTIN DAVIS 1-22-1868 to 5-28-1911 ♦

*D/of George W. Lofton/Loftin and Virginia Washington Peace

*2^nd wife of Thomas Pilner 'Bud' Davis "Gone But Not Forgotten"

*(Tombstone Ida Lofton Davis)

E. A. "ENOCH ALEXANDER" GARNER {Alec}

May 1836 to 11-1-1899 ♦

*E. A. Husband of Francis Kelly Garner - tombstone hard to read 2012

"Our father has gone to a mansion ?____ To the glorious land by the deity blest."

FRANCIS 'KELLY' GARNER 7-25-1829 to 4-16-1911 ♦

*Wf/of E.A. Garner " ?_____ beloved and wept. Here Mother lies."

* Two "Infant Garner " tombstones with no additional information.

* Small unmarked stones.

*I found at least 4 small tombstones named "Infant Garner" in 2012

EMMER "M." JACKSON GARNER 2-21-1874 to 7-3-1913 ♦

*Wf /of G.W. Garner * Emma Jackson

"Rest mother, rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep"

G. W. "GEORGE WESLEY" GARNER 12-19-1873 to 1-29-1941 ♦

* George Wesley 'Bunk' Garner, son of E.A. Garner and Frances Kelly Garner

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

JAMES MADISON JOHNSON, JR. 12-5-1883 to 10-30-1920 ♦

*S/of Mary Catherine Simmons(1861-1935) & James M. Johnson, Sr.(1843-1883)

*Md: in 1908, Mable Mary Pierce Johnson, In Columbia Co., AR

*Mable is buried in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Union Co., AR

"In God We Trust" (April 2012)

JAMES M. JOHNSON, SR. 10-10-1843 to 8-22-1883 ♦

*1^st husband of Mary Catherine Simmons Johnson Peace

*See listing under “Peace”

(J. S.) JAMES STACY LEDBETTER 10-12-1848 to 7-21-1904 ♦

"Father let thy grace be given That we may meet in heaven."

* Pvt., Co E, 6^th GA Inf., CSA *S/of Joel Ledbetter & Mary Polly Parker Ledbetter

*Has two stones: old tombstone & Confederate military marker. CSA maker gives

James Stacy Ledbetter birth year as 1847 & death date as July 22nd.

His old tombstone gives J. S. LEDBETTER, 1848 as birth year & his

death date as July 21st. (April 2012)

SARAH L."LOUVENIA" PEACE LEDBETTER 7-2-1861 to Apr 1927 ♦

"A tender mother and a faithful friend"

SARAH "LOUVENIA" PEACE LEDBETTER

*D/of Hartwell Meacham Peace(1818-1883)& Catherine Frances Smith Peace(1818-1883)

*Wf/of James Stacey Ledbetter(1849 - ? )

MRS. PARKS LEDBETTER {No dates}

Noted from earlier cemetery records.

*Not found in April 2012.

ELBER LOFTON 1897 to 1903 ♦

*By 2001 concrete stone almost unreadable: ?ELBERT born 1897 ?

*April 2012; chalking the homemade tombstone did not make the dates legible.

*All that is readable, is ElBER lOFtON BORN (combination lower-upper case letters)

JEBLINE LOFTON Born & Died 2-3-1928 *D/of B.F. Lofton ♦

*By 2001concrete stone almost unreadable: Baby (?) Lofton-

*Infant daughter, Jebline, born Feb 3, 1928 & died Feb 3, 1928,

*Baby daughter of Ben & Riller (April 2012)

*Name appears to be ? JEBLINE/FEBLINE? Small homemade stone-hard to read.

*2^nd headstone, also homemade: "Baby Feblen Lofton Daug of B. F. ____? (2012)

HAMMET W. (Washington) LOFTON 6-13-1861 to 5-25-1900 ♦

"Sleep Husband Take Thy Rest God Called Thee Home He Thought It Best."

*Speculation on middle name: ??? Washington or Wesley

HAMMET W. 'WESLEY" LOFTON 6-13-1861 to 5-25-1900

*S/of George W. Lofton/Loftin & Virginia Washington Peace

*1^st H/of Minnie Francis Garner *Md: Minnie F. 1886, Union Co., AR

Infant daughter of BEN & RILLER LOFTON April 1921

* D/of Benjamin Franklin Lofton & Arillia 'Riller' McWilliams Lofton

Small homemade stone, almost unreadable

MOLLIE LOFTON 1895 to 1911 ♦

*D/of Hammet Wesley Lofton & Minnie Francis Garner Lofton

*Homemade stone (April 2012)

VIRGINIA WASHINGTON PEACE LOFTON

9-2-1838 *No death date

*Info taken from earlier cemetery record prior to August 1990.

*Not found April 2012.

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*The following four are all buried in the same row /plot.

CATHERINE F. SMITH PEACE

8-3-1818 to 8-10-1883 (*Not found 2012)

*Catherine Frances Smith, wife of Hartwell Meacham Peace *Md:11/1/1837 AL

HARTWELL MEACHEAN PEACE 11-25-1818 to 2-8-1883 ♦

*CO E 1 ARK CAV Confederate States Army (April 2012)

*S/of William Mask Peace & Sarah S. Meacham Peace

WILLIAM HINES PEACE 5-10-1840 to 12-4-1867 ♦

*His Conferate States Army marker gives his birth date at 5-18-1840

*S/of Hartwell Meacham Peace(1818-1883) & Catherine Francis Smith Peace(1818-1883)

*1^st H/of Harriet I. Tanner (Md 1st: 1/28/1866 Union Co.,AR) CO K 6 ARK INF CSA

*Harriet is buried in Lisbon Methodist Cemetery, along with her 2^nd husband, George W. Graham

MARTHA FRANCES PEACE 3-5-1842 to 12-21-1879 ♦

*D/of Hartwell Meacham Peace(1818-1883) & Catherine Frances Smith Peace(1818-1883)

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JAMES (G.) GRANDERSON PEACE 2-2-1845 to 3-21-1904 ♦

"I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith"

*15 ARK REGT Confederate States Army (April 2012)

*S/of Hartwell Meachum Peace(1818-1883) & Catherine Francis Smith Peace(1818-1883)

MARY C. SIMMONS JOHNSON Jr. – PEACE ♦

b: 6-21-1861 d: 2-9-1935

*MARY CATHERINE SIMMONS JOHNSON PEACE

*D/of Peter Marshall Simmons & Martha Ann Jarrod Simmons

*Wife of *1^st James Madison Johnson, Sr.

*Wife of *2^nd James Granderson Peace *Homemade concrete marker

(April 2012) Homemade stone illegible...only part readable is "Johnson,Jr - Peace" ♦

MARY ANN THURMAN PEACE 2-15-1847 to 4-4-1886 ♦

*39 yr old Wife of Hartwell Green Peace(1848 AL-1879 AR) *Md:1864 Union Co.,AR

CLARK SIMMONS ca 1825 to ca 1906

*(from earlier records pre-1990) *Not found in April 2012

LARKIN LEE SIMMONS 1-3-1868 to 6-6-1906 ♦

"Though lost to sight to memory dear" (April 2012)

*S/of Peter Marshall Simmons & Martha Anne Jarrod Simmons

MARTHA ANNE JARROD SIMMONS 5-2-1829 to 10-21-1905 ♦

"At Rest" *Wf/of Peter Marshall Simmons (1827 SC – 1875 AR)

Peter Marshall Simmons is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Junction City, AR

PETER "PETE" FRANKLIN SIMMONS 10-30-1856 to 1-7-1936 ♦

"Each Duty Done, He Rests In Peace" (April 2012)

*S/of Peter Marshall Simmons & Martha Anne Jarrod Simmons

*Wife, Laura Belle McKinley Simmons 12/26/1864 Magnolia, AR to 10/20/1949 El Dorado, AR

*Laura D/of Mary Couch(1827-1865) & Archibald Robert (McKindley) McKinley(1826-1907)

Laura Belle is buried in Friendship Methodist Cemetery.

Laura(15) md: Peter “Pete” Simmons (22) in Magnolia, AR, in 1879.

*Parents of 11 children.

{Last known person with a marked grave to be buried in this cemetery}

*This is a compilation of info from the old August 1990 survey done by Ralph Weldon

& Lillian McGowen, that was given to me by Lillian......combined with info from a later

survey done by Martin and Geri Braswell in May 2001. The 1990 survey info is denoted

in RED and the later 2001 info is in black.

*There are a couple of notations highlighted in BLUE that came from other sources.

[J. Holzer Nov 2010] New survey April 10, 2012. Janice Holzer jholzer321@att.net

*Last posting Nov 2018.

*Burials noted with a small red diamond ♦ indicates it was found in 2012.

Photos taken April 10, 2012.

Homemade tombstone for Elber Lofton.

Mary C. Simmons Johnson Jr-Peace homemade tombstone.