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BLANCHARD SPRINGS CEMETERY
Est. ca 1894 
Located north
of Junction City in heavy woods.
No roads
leading into this cemetery.
This family
cemetery was on the farm land of William
Henry Harris,
and became
known as the Blanchard
Springs Cemetery.
Canvass of this
cemetery done in February 1961.
A copy of this
original survey done by the late Jaunita & Jack Pipes,
was given to me
2004 by the late Lillian Stevenson
Craig McGowen.
My compilation,
June 6, 2004. Update Dec 2006.
Next update May
2011- included inscriptions from tombstones recorded back in 1961.
Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com *Posted June 2013
*Last updated February 2018
Final Update, November 2018
AREMINTA BARNETT GOOINGS 12-9-1826 to 3-4-1902
*Wf/of A.
J. Gooings. *A. J. Gooings on tombstone. Arminta is
the spelling on the tombstone.
Andrew M.
Gooing buried along with two of their children in Union Parish, LA.
Areminta died
at the home of her daughter in Union Co., AR
Inscription: "Farewell Dear Mother"
*Note:
sometimes Gooing is shown spelled with an "S" & at other times
there is no "S" at the end.
Some also
spell it "GOOLINGS, but on her tombstone it is spelled without an
"L".
*Oct 2006:
Information on Areminta Barnett
Gooings and her husband, Andrew
provided by
Janice Peterson, gr gr granddaughter, of Parma Idaho.
Also info on
Bert Tugwell.
G. S. GORMAN 11-10-1867 to 5-18-1894
* "Fair
well, dear Mother" Union Co., Ark.
(W. H.) WILLIAM HENRY
HARRIS 10-13-1831 to
3-2-1906
*William was born in Leake Co., MS and
died in Union Co., AR. He was the third born of
fourteen children for Thomas Sidney
Harris(1803-1874) & Matilda Ann Henry Harris (1811-1889)
*H/of
Elender
A. Brewer Harris
*Md: 2/1/1855
*At age 29, William joined the
Confederate Army in July 23, 186, in the state of Mississippi.
Joined Captain Z. Booth's
Company(Scotland Guard) Transferred into the 5th Regiment, Mississippi
Volunteers, for one year. He was wounded/ shot in the neck in Battle
of Chickamauga in
the fall of 1863. William returned home, but joined the Army
again the next May & was in
the commissary department. After the war he took up farming, moving to
Union Parish,
Louisiana in 1868. Remained there for a
year before making his permanent residence in
Lapile Twsp.,Union County,
Arkansas. Father of 12 children, 3 of
which did not reach adulthood.
Fortunately, he kept a Bible Record of
his family. William died in Union County, AR,
while on a passenger train. He was
buried the next day in the family burial site on his farm,
known as the Blanchard Springs Cemetery.
"Dearest Father thou has left us
and our loss we deeply feel.
But tis God that has bereft us, he can
all our sorrows heal.
Yey again we hope to meet thee when the
days of life is fled
then in Heaven with joy to greet thee,
when no farewell tears is shed"
ELENDER A. BREWER
HARRIS 10-19-1836 to
10-10-1902
*D/of Walter
Claude Brewer(1807-1884) & Alcy Evans
Brewer(1817-1902)
*Ellender"Ellen"
Brewer was the second of ten children.
* Ellender A. "Ellen" Brewer * Md: 2/1/1855 William
Henry Harris.
*Age 65 yrs,
10 mos, 21 dys "Gone to Rest"
"A
precious one from me has gone
A Voice I love
is stilled
A place is
vacant in my house
Which can
never be filled"
MATILDA HENRY HARRIS 3-28-1811 to
9-14-1889
*Wife of Thomas
Sidney Harris(1803-1874)
*Md: Matilda Henry 4/24/1828
Lawrence Co., AL
"She died
as she lived trusting in God"
J. B. JACKSON died February 1934 *Age 29 yrs
(J. O.) JAMES OWEN
JACKSON 6-28-1853 to
2-11-1901
*H/of
ADA JACKSON *His tombstone birth date appears to be the
28th, not 20 th.
*Other graves nearby that are unreadable
in 1961
WILL SINGER 9-20-1921 *Age 29 yrs
BERT TUGWELL 12-31-1883 to
6-16-1903
*S/of
George W. Tugwell(1849-1924) & Jane Gooing Tugwell(1/25/1851-
?)
*Died at Ashland, KY His parents are buried at Harper Springs
Cemetery.
*Grandson of Areminta &
Andrew Gooing.
*Oct 2006: Information on Arminta
Gooings and her husband, Andrew provided by
Janice Peterson, gr gr granddaughter, of
Parma Idaho. Also info on Bert
Tugwell
EMMA JACKSON WEISINGER Dec 1853/54
*Wf/of Franklin Pierce Weisinger *Md:6/10/1877 Calhoun Co., AR
*D/of Nathan Jackson & Jane Williams Jackson.
*Children:
John, Frederick, William P., Bessie, Lola and Jewell.
(F.P.)
Franklin Pierce WISINGER
11-25-1854 to 2-22-1904
"Son"
of W.P. Wisinger
JOHN ROBERT
WISINGER 9-18-1861
to 5-10-1925
*Born in
Calhoun Co., AR to John Jacob Wisinger
& Frances Elizabeth Garrett Wisinger.
*H/of Damie A. Brennon Wisinger. Father of
Onslow M./ Harry A./ Donald G./ Nancy O. Wisinger.
*Brother of
Nancy / Mary / Ellen / Thomas / Frank & William Wisinger.
Infant MILES WISINGER
1-29-1911
to 6-20-1911
*Infant
S/of Mr.& Mrs. F. J. Wisinger
"Sleep on
sweet babe and take thy rest, God called thee home, he thought best"
*In 1961, it was noted that
this cemetery was located in a pine field, fenced
& well maintained. Subsequent info noted that the cemetery was
in the woods.
March 2010:
This is copied from an email I received that pertains to the some
of the people buried in this cemetery. Letter follows below:
“Janice,
I
visited this cemetery about four years ago, knowing that my gr gr grandmother
was
buried there. You are so right in saying that it is very remote; hacking
our
way
up the hill in thick underbrush.
Just
for the record -- her name is Areminta
Gooing; rather than Arminta Goolings.
She
was the wife of Andrew Martin Gooing;
her maiden name being Barnett.
She
died
at a daughter's home in Union County and they were unable to take her back
to
Union Parish, Louisiana where her husband was buried along with two children.
The
Bert Tugwell who
is also buried in this Blanchard Cemetery, is a grandson
of
Areminta Gooing.
For some reason, neither of his parents were buried in
Blanchard,
but instead are at Harper Springs, Union County. I do not know
about
the other burials in this cemetery, but don't think they are related.
Evidently,
it was just a convenient cemetery for the family to use!”
Janice
Peterson
Parma,
Idaho”
March
2010