Box Tombs From Beaty, AR

These are the six box tombs located at Beaty Cemetery in Beaty, AR.

The two in the foreground had no names on them. I am assuming they are part of the Holt family because the two directly behind them are John "Jack" Holt and Elizabeth Pogue Holt (I posted their stone yesterday).

The box tomb in the foreground of this one is also unmarked but the on in the back is also part of the Holt family.

Joseph Earls Holt

1823 - 1859

Pioneered To Arkansas

First off, this is a great tribute to a pioneering family but, good grief how hard is it to spell the names right.  I personal am amazed that any self respecting stone carver would let a messed up stone be placed anywhere.

Located at Beaty Cemetery in Beaty, AR.

 In Memory of

John "Jack" Holt

Born 1786 N.C.

Elizabeth Pogue Holt

Born 1800 N.C.

"Pioneered to Arkansas"

Note: Possible death dates, according to a family tree on Ancestry.com, John's is 1850 and Elizabeth's is 1869.

I do like the box tombs.  Theses are still in great shape.

First Burial

Located at Beaty Cemetery in Beaty, AR.

First Burial About

1845

Unknown Boy

How Old Was He?

Located at Beaty Cemetery in Beaty, AR.

Wm Vandever

Born

Sept 3, 1818

Died

Feb 11, 1908

Age

70 y 5 m  8 d

Apparently the stone carver wasn't great at math.  His actual age is 89 yrs 5 ms 8 ds.

Info from Ancestry.com:

1900 United States Federal Census about William Vandever

Name: William Vandever [William Vanderen]

Home in 1900: Starr Hill, Washington, Arkansas [Price, Washington, Arkansas]

Age: 83

Birth Date: Sep 1816

Birthplace: Tennessee

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relationship to head-of-house: Head

Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Spouse's Name: Angline Vandever

Marriage Year: 1870

Marital Status: Married

Years Married: 30

Household Members: Name Age

William Vandever 83 (head)

Angline Vandever 73 (wife)

Makes Me Say Hmmm...

Located at Beaty Cemetery in Beaty, AR.

Delpha J. Beaty

Dau of

F.M. and M.J. Beaty

 Jan. 13, 1878 d. Nov. 1, 1879 

Here is where the part comes in that makes me say hmmm.  I photographed the above stone myself so I know for a fact it is located at Beaty Cemetery.  In my search for information on this little girl I came across the following that says she is buried in Rogers Cemetery in Rogers, AR.  The two cemeteries are roughly 42 miles apart. Now days that would take about an hour to drive.  But in 1879 it would take a whole lot longer. (According to my gps on my iphone walking this distance would take 13 hours.)  So here is the mystery, where is she actually buried.

The following is from The City of Rogers website.