Escape to the Silent Cities: Last Freed Slave in Benton County

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Located at Bentonville Cemetery in Bentonville, AR.

Mary Ann Gilbert

1860 - 1957

Married 68 Years

General C Gilbert

1870 - 1956

According to the Bentonville City web site, Mary Ann Gilbert was the last freed slave in Benton County Arkansas.

Tammi Thiele: I love wandering the cemeteries looking for interesting stones. The older ones are my favorites. I recently stared a gravin group with a friend of mine. The group is called Grave Addicts of Arkansas.

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