--photo by Leroy Blair

Robb Cemetery

Bradford, Arkansas

This cemetery is located a half-mile south of Bradford and west of Highway 67 in Section 7, Township 9 North, Range 4 West. It was first listed in May 1968 by the Bradford Homemaker’s Extension Club, then published by the White County Historical Society in its 1969 edition of White County Heritage.

The cemetery was visited January 3, 2001, by Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society who found it "badly overgrown and damaged by vandals." The cemetery had not been used in the 32 years since the first listing, but Blair did find a broken stone of a previously unlisted Riley infant boy who died August 21, 1904. He also found five graved marked by rocks, some 20 depressions that were probably unmarked graves and one grave marked with a funeral home marker so old it was no longer legible. He was unable to find the graves of Madoliene Monroe or Maggie Stout, which were on the 1968 list. In August 2003, Laveda Steed of the historical society added the names of six people who are buried here in unmarked graves.

Blair provided the following directions for reaching Robb Cemetery: "To get to this cemetery from Bradford, take Highway 367 south to Fox Meadow Road about one-quarter mile from the Highway 87-367 intersection in Bradford. Turn right on Fox Meadow and go about 100 yards to the first road that turns left. Turn onto it and go about 50 yards to a metal gate. After you go through the gate you will see a pasture field that is on the right side of the road. Go about 100 yards down this road. The cemetery is in the woods at the end of the pasture field. There are a lot of stones damaged by vandals."

If you have corrections or additions to this list, or other information on Robb Cemetery, contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, Arkansas 72145.

Brook, J.H. – 1865 – March 21, 1917

Burkett, Albert C. – May 3, 1849 – February 19, 1926 – husband of Emma Jane (Chunn) Burkett – grandfather of Edna (Burkett) Steed – unmarked grave, per Laveda Steed

Burkett, Emma Jane (Chunn) – September 14, 1850 – January 25, 1924 – wife of Albert C. Burkett – grandmother of Edna (Burkett) Steed – unmarked grave, per Laveda Steed

Burkett, Wylie Bunion – March 22, 1874 – March 23, 1911 – father of Myrtle Edna (Burkett) Steed – unmarked grave, per Laveda Steed

Cagle, Infant Girl (daughter of W.A. & Matilda E. Cagle) – October 10, 1903 – October 17, 1903 – on double stone with Landerew W. Cagle – stone is broken

Cagle, Landerew W. (son of W.A. & Matilda E. Cagle) –October 26, 1898 – January 7, 1908 – stone is broken

Esmeyer, A.M. - February 1833 - February 1908

Finley, John – 1854 – 1911 – grandfather of Tom Barber, Strawberry, Arkansas – unmarked grave, per Laveda Steed

Green, James E. - MUSN – Co. C 111 Ohio Inf. – no other information

Hipp, L.E. – May 17, 1875 – April 18, 1911 – on double stone with Rosie Hipp – stone has separated from its base

Hipp, Rosie – June 7, 1883 – May 28, 1908

Holcomb, Tommie (son of M.E. & Lula Holcomb) –October 26, 1908 – October 26, 1908

Hughes, Thomas E. – no dates – father of Thomas E. Hughes Jr. of Redfield, Arkansas – unmarked grave, per Laveda Steed

Lovell, Elea Inez – August 29, 1903 – September 15, 1903 – on double stone with Stattie E. Lovell – "This was at one time a beautiful stone," Blair reported in 2001, "but has come apart in several sections."

Lovell, Stattie E. (wife of A.J. Lovell) –January 25, 1878 – September 15, 1907

Maddeax, Arthur – October 10, 1839 – January 2, 1910 – stone is broken

Millikin, Belle (wife of A.L. Millikin) –>September 24, 1879 – July 16, 1906 – stone has separated from its base

Monroe, Lida (wife of Fred Monroe) –October 2, 1876 – October 23, 1906

Monroe, Madoliene (daughter of Fred & Lida) – October 6, 1896 – January 1, 1908

Monroe, Orbie (son of Fred & Lida) – born October 1897

Moore, Willis R. – November 1, 1901 – January 15, 1904

Plant, Beatrice (daughter of C.F. & India Plant) –April 21, 1891 – November 2, 1905

Plant, C.F. – December 8, 1844 – October 30, 1907

Plant, India (wife of C.F. Plant) – September 3, 1855 – February 1, 1908

Riley, son of M.L. and S.E. Riley – February 18, 1904 – August 21, 1904 – stone is broken and part is missing

Story, Charlie Brents – January 29, 1895 – July 16, 1916

Story, William Grady – September 30, 1897 – January 23, 1921

Stout, Maggie (Hodges) (mother of Chester H. Stout)– June 20, 1870 – February 15, 1907 – unmarked grave, per Laveda Steed

Twyford, Jenevar – May 16, 1884 – February 9, 1911

Vinson, T.C. – July 11, 1836 – May 21, 1906 – stone has separated from its base