Morgan Family

While walking through Blagg Cemetery This row of stones caught my eye.  All Six stones had the same inscription. Sadly none were given names.  So of course I had to go looking for answers.

Located at Blagg Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.

Member of

P. Morgan Family

1818 - 1891

Located near this row was this marker. So now we have a full name for "P. Morgan".

Perminter Morgan

June 19, 1818

Nov 6, 1891

According to http://www.familysearch.org/ Perminter was born in Mc Dowell, NC to Abner Morgan and Elizabeth Wilkerson Morgan. He married  Margaret Thomas about 1852. They had 11 children: Martha A Morgan (ca. 1852), James Morgan (1860), John Morgan (1855), Elizabeth L. Morgan (1860), Johnathan Wilson Morgan (1870), Mary "Bea" Morgan (1874), Abner Morgan (1857), Margaret Jane Morgan (1861), Elizabeth Betty Morgan (1854), Donald Dee Morgan (1874), and Joseph Jasper Morgan (1872).

Several of his children have headstones near him.

James Morgan

Mar 22, 1860 - Aug 28, 1860

Twin of Elizabeth L. Morgan

Elizabeth L. Morgan

Mar 22, 1860 - Sept 22, 1860

Twin of James Morgan

Donald Dee Morgan

June 11, 1874 - ca 1875

Twin of Mary Bea Morgan

Buried Twice

One of my fellow Arkansas Gravestones friends was interviewed for this article.  So I thought I would share.

Siloam Springs Journal
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Nearly Gone - Baptist Cemetery Aka Old Baptist

I recently visited Baptist Cemetery aka Old Baptist in Siloam Springs Arkansas that is nearly gone. The cemetery itself sits in the side yard of someones house.  It is mowed but not exactly maintained. From the little information I can find on this cemetery there are some 40 to 50 headstones missing. The following are the stones that are left.

This shows an aerial view of Hico Cemetery and Baptist. I only have one question, why would they fix up Hico but not touch Baptist.  I find this odd.

Baptist Cemetery

Those who will not pass

This way again

They had faith in God

And have left hope in us.

There is one fenced plot that has a number of stone inside of it.  

The fenced plot is in the group of trees.  This photo shows how close it sits to a house.

Annie C. Alfrey

Jan 2, 1835 - Mar 12, 1890

Susan M. Alexander

Jun. 17, 1855 - Sep. 8, 1885

Wife of G.H.

W.P.S.

(Sadly that is all that is still legible.)

Mary A. Edmond

Wife of John

Apr 2, 1822 - Apr 20, 1887

Edward Gibbs

Nov. 18, 1834 - Jul. 16, 1884

Bertha Herron

Dec 6 1886 - Nov 5, 1891

Cora B Hinton

Wife of L.N.

Apr 17, 1859 - Jul 13, 1885

Wife of O.T Moore

Aug 15, 1864 - May 29, 1886

(I believe this to be A.P. Moore)

Vida Moore

Dau of O.T. & A.P

Apr 6, 1889 - Aug 14, 1889

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Esta J. White

Dau of F & Kate

Apr. 25, 1883 - Aug. 29, 1883

I have found a few partial lists of others who reside in this cemetery but these are unconfirmed.  The partial lists are from Find A Grave and Ancestry.

Allen, Infant

Breedlove, Clara

Chastain, Infant - died 1867 dau of Anna Sager Chastain & John Thomas Chastain

Clements, Nancy - born 1811 wife of John

Epperson, Angelica

Fuller, Ann (Gerhard)

Holland, William Jasper - Aug 16, 1845 – May 15, 1888

Holland, Colene – Oct 24, 1883 – Sept 15, 1884 Dau of William & Anna

Williams, James Ambrose

Bryant, Sara Jane

Holcolm, Roda

Simons, B

Martin, Male unknown

Martin, Female unknown

Thomas, Joe

Thomas, Mary

Whiteside, Jacob – 1812 – 1865 son of William Franklin Whiteside and Elizabeth Grayson Whiteside. Husband of Jane H. Smart

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If you have any further information on this cemetery please let me know.

Hico Cemetery

I came across this interesting looking cemetery today and thought it was worth sharing. 

Hico Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.

 It is laid out with the cemetery sign in the center and all the headstones in a circle around it. Very much like a rock garden. It sits next to an empty field that still has a few field stones visible here and there.  The grave markers are dated from the mid 1840s to the early 1900s. From the ones I can read 1843 is the earliest burial and 1908 was the latest burial. Sadly the stones are in pretty rough shape. 

Hico Cemetery

Dedicated as an expression of

Appreciation to the devotion and

Sound principles upon which

Hico and Siloam City were founded.

Erected by the Hico Cemetery

Association, The Jaycees and Friends.

1976

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From the moment I laid eyes on it I wondered why it was laid out in a circle. After doing a little research I got my answer.

According to http://www.arkansasgravestones.org/ an entry by wfields55 states the following.

At Hico Cemetery the grave stones are in a circle, but the graves are still in the yard surrounding the circle. Foot stones and the bases for the headstones are still visible in some places. As I understand it, in the early 1970s the city moved the grave stones from Hico Cemetery to Oak Hill Cemetery in order to reduce vandalism. Outraged citizens then formed the Hico Cemetery Association to raise funds to bring the stones back, but there was no way to know which grave each stone should mark, so they were placed in a circle around the memorial monument.

 

Famous File: Felice Orlandi

Located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.

After his death his ashes were scattered under an orange tree in the backyard of his and Alice's home. Upon the death of his wife this Centopha was added to the back of Alice and Glady's gravestone for him.

Who was Felice Orlandi? Good question, sadly finding information on him has been rather challenging.  Being famous and having stared in a number of movies and TV shows there sure isn't much on the net about him. Mostly all I can find is "married to Alice Ghostley" and a list of roles he played. 

This is the description i found on Life in Legacy - Actor who appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows like the films “Bullitt”, “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?”, “Catch-22” and “Another 48 Hours”, and TV shows like “Hogan’s Heros”, “Dallas” and “Gunsmoke”, and who was the husband of actress Alice Ghostley

He does have a Find A Grave memorial.

I did locate Felice's obit but it's not much.  

Felice Orlandi, 78; Versatile Actor in Film, Plays and TV

Los Angeles Times, Obituaries May 24, 2003 From a Times Staff Writer

Felice Orlandi, an actor who appeared in many movies, plays and television programs, died Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He was 78.  Orlandi, who was married to actress Alice Ghostley -- Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women" -- and lived in Studio City, died of lung cancer.

Famous File: Alice Ghostley

Located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.

Front

Back

Sweet Little Cherub

I just thought this was really sweet.

(Located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR)

The stone is very hard to read so here is my best attempt.

Charles

Son of

?? & ?? Allrey

Born

June 25, 1894

Died

Jan 4, 1905

A Touch Of Personal History...

Front

(Located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.)

Preachy But Interesting

(Located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR)