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Near Strong, Union County, Arkansas
*There are two "POOLE" Cemeteries; this is the older
& smaller
of the two. This one is referred to as the "Strong
Poole Cemetery".
The other newer/larger one is referred to as the "Thomas P. Poole"
or
"New London
Poole" Cemetery.
This cemetery canvassed by Violet
& Ralph O. Weldon, October 30,
1991.
Cemetery is located in heavy under
growth, near Pagan Road which runs between
North Road & Phelps Road. The cemetery is across the road from the old
Parker
home site. Copied April 20, 2004.
Updated June 2009 & 2012.
Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com
Unsuccessful in finding it in October 2012.
This update posted 2019.
*Check at end for more directions.
ROBERT D.
CARTER 2-8-1893 to
8-26/28-1897
*S/of
R. T. & B. A. Carter *Very difficult to read. “Gone but not forgotten”
EMMA HUGHES
(no dates) 1900-1900
*Infant D/of
Mary Drucella Parker Hughes(1884-1952)
& Wm. Henry Hughes(1876-1962)
*Mother, Mary
Drucella Parker, sister to Thomas, Wesley and Briscoe Parker.
*Emma was the
granddaughter of Jessie Henry Parker & Susan Asenith Lambert Parker
(from a family member) *Homemade concrete headstone by her brother
Jessie H. Hughes(1912-1988).
Infant HUGHES
b & d 1900, age
about 2 mos.
*May be the same infant.?
OLLIE L.
MASSEY died 5-11-1961 *Age 71yrs-7 mos-19 dys
*MM Barton Funeral Home Marker ?Speculation: may be Olis Massey, H/of Eva Massey
*This mortuary marker, from Barton
Funeral Home, of El Dorado, is no
longer readable.
ADA CLEMINTINE
GLASS PARKER (27)
6-1-1873 to
3-14-1900
*D/of Lillie Ann Stough Mullins (1850-1939TX ) & *Md: 1st
husband,1871, William S. Glass.
*Lillie's
spouses: (1st )1871, Wm S Glass (2nd ) Jessie Coleman
(3rd)
Jas Harvey
Ables (4th)John Mullins
*Ada md: 2/03/1893, Calhoun Co., AR; John Jefferson Parker(1873-1958) *Parents of 4 children.
*William Henry 12/9/1893 ~ Lillie
Arshula 2/11/1895 ~ Susie Marcenia 4/3/1896 ~ Lucy Mae 2/5/1899
JOHN JEFFERSON
PARKER
2-26-1873AR to 4-26-1958 AR
*S/of Jessie
Henry Parker(1849-1928) & Susan
Asenith Lambert Parker(1854-1929)
*John md: *1st wife, 2/2/1893 Calhoun Co., AR ~Ada Clementine
Glass Parker(1873-1900)
*John md: *2nd wife, 6/28/1905 Union Co., AR ~ Lottie Poole Parker (1873-1950)
*Lottie &
John parents of 3 children: Sallie ~ Eva Lee ~ Jeffie Parker
They later
moved to Yell County, Arkansas. *Buried in Aly
Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
BRISCO PARKER (no dates) *Grave originally marked with wooden cross.
*S/of Jessie
Henry Parker(1849-1928) & Susan Asenith Lambert Parker(1854-1929)
*A homemade
concrete marker has been made for Briscoe *B: 1880 AR died young.
THOMAS PARKER
B: 1875 AR D: unk
*S/of Jessie
Henry Parker(1849-1928) & Susan Asenith Lambert Parker(1854-1929)
*Buried along
side his sister-in-law, Ada C. Glass
Parker
*Homemade
marker made of cement.
WESLEY PARKER ( no
dates) *Grave marked with wooden cross.
* From family files:
*S/of Jessie
Henry Parker(1849-1928) & Susan Asenith Lambert Parker(1854-1929)
Wesley
was born Aug 1894 & died Dec 31, 1915. He can be found on the 1900
Federal Census in Harrison Twsp., Union
Co., Arkansas with his parents.
*Homemade marker made of cement.
W.W. C./G. *Broken headstone, unreadable.
*Foot stone with initials only. Beside the grave of Robert D. Carter/Garter.
*14 wooden crosses marking graves with no names or
dates
The following information
furnished by Betty
Reeves:
The crosses were made by Jessie Henry Hughes.
The following persons are buried in
the cemetery
in unmarked graves.
TOM PARKER *Speculation:
d:2-10-1921 Union Co., AR *ARDI
FRANK BRANCH
& BECKY RUSSELL BRANCH
*Speculation: Eliza R. Branch d:6-30-1925 Bradley
Co., AR *ARDI
LENORIA RUSSELL
OLIS
MASSEY & EVA
MASSEY
BARBRA CARTER
TOM CARTER
Directions to cemetery:
(In 2012,
I was unable to find this cemetery. Janice Holzer)
I later found
these old directions and comments in my
personal files written
by Imogene Priddy Parker, in Feb 2004..
Going from the
East side of Strong, Arkansas on Highway 82 go east approximately
5 miles. Turn
left (north) onto Jones Lake Road and follow this road for about
2.6 miles and
then turn left (north) onto Phelps Road. This road takes you by Ebenezer
Presbyterian
Church and Ebenezer Cemetery. After
passing the cemetery and church
go about 1.2
miles and turn right (east) onto Pagan Road (unpaved road) and
go about 1
mile. The Poole cemetery is located on the left
(north) side of the
road in a
clump of trees. It is marked with a new sign that should be visible
from the road. There are at least 20 visible graves in this cemetery.
Most graves
are marked with wooden crosses with no names.
*Ada C. Glass Parker,
(1873-1900) *Wife of J. J.
Parker
(Imogene Parker) *This is my grandmother. A new stone
replaced the original
broken stone. The new stone was placed
in May 2001 in front of the broken one that
was left standing. The old stone had the
inscription, "Sleeping In Jesus".. Ada's
husband was a brother to the other
Parkers buried in the Poole Cemetery
(Thomas, Wesley, and Brisco).
J.J. (John Jefferson) Parker's parents
were Jessie Henry Parker and
Susan Asenith Lambert. Photo taken in 2001.
“ STRONG POOLE
CEMETERY” Est. ca 1897
This photo was taken 4/30/ 2001
