DIRECTIONS: From State Highway 135 between Caraway, AR and Black Oak, AR
turn west on County Road 840. Continue west for approximately 1 mile to
County Road 837. Turn right on this road and the Cemetery will be a few
yards ahead.


There are two Historical Markers placed in this cemetery. The first one
reads:

					DR. THOMAS VARNER

In 1844 Dr. Thomas Varner purchased a cabin located about one fourth mile
west of this spot from Ed (or Ned) Mattix. In this house the first sermon
in the area south of the Missouri Line by Abrahem McDaniel.
This cemetery started in 1866 with the burial of Nancy Varner, daughter of
Dr. Varner. The Dr. died Jul 4, 1867. This marker stands on site of church
and schoolhouse erected about 1880.
		Sponsored by Craighead County Historical Society



Near the above marker is another that reads as follows:

					ISAAC NEWTON MANGRUM
			  		 Nov 28, 1836 - Feb 25, 1907

One of the first settlers of this area, he was a farmer, ginner and owner
of a steamboat on the St. Francis River. Mangrum Settlement was named in
his honor.

unmarked graves Click here



NAME				BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE	INFO
ALEXANDER, HERMAN		May 15, 1907  	 Aug 1913
ALEXANDER, JOHN M.		Feb 12, 1866	 Nov 29, 1933
ARMSTRONG, W.J		.Jan 30, 1832 	 Jan 20, 1885
BAKER, VIRGINIA PEARL	Feb 11, 1894	 Jun 9, 1936
BARGER,  RENA S.		 Sep 31, 1908(sic) Oct 9, 1908	Dau of I. and A.M. Barger
BARNES, WALTER M.		 B. Broken off  D. Aug 25, 19	Son of Emaline Hargrove
BEAKLEY, LOTTIE M.		Dec 26, 1900 	 Mar 8, 1905
BIRD, PEMPYAN			Feb 25, 1855	 Mar 31, 1997
BLAKE, IDA			 May 12, 1875 	Feb 2, 1924	Wife of T. F. Blake. Mother of
				Nola and Lucille
BLAKE, RALPH			No dates
BLAKE, T.F. "UNCLE TOM"	Aug 14, 1866	 Jul 24, 1953
BLISS, JAMES E.			Jul 10, 1922 	 Sep 24, 1958	Mil: James Edward Bliss Ark
CPL 									9 Airdrome Sqdn AAF WWII
	ANNIE B.		Mar 23, 1923			Married Nov 17, 1949
BLISS, MAMIE E.		Mar 27, 1875
BLISS, RICHARD JR. 		Aug 2, 1913	Nov 5, 1955	Ark SSgt 849 AC&W Sqdn
BLISS, RICHARD P		1883 		 1947
	SAMMIE T.		1915 		 1931
BOYD, JOHN S.			Jun 14, 1873	 May 2, 1935
BOYD, MARY A.			Mar 28, 1894 	 May 22. 1944
BOYD, WESLEY LEON		Mar 11, 1926
BRADLEY, MARY M		1814 		 Jan 12, 1877
BRALEY, ADDIE MRS.		 Dec 2, 1890	 Apr 26, 1912	Dau of J. and M. J. Mangrum
BRALEY, E. CARL		1884 		1953
BREWER,  DOROTHA		 Sep 4, 1927	 Jun 24, 1929 	Our Baby
BREWER, EDNA R.		May 1, 1922	 Jun 26, 1923
BROOKS, F.D.			5.12.1863 	 4.9.1935
BROOKS, JESSE 			Dec 3, 1898	 Sep 4,  1900	Dau of F.D.  and M.E. Brooks
BROOKS, JOHN			1.28, 1901	 9.11.1920
BROOKS, Little Infant
BROOKS, MARY E.		1.30.1867	8.7.1930
BROOKS, TOMIE 		Jun 15, 1894	 May 22, 1894	Son of F. D. and M.E. Brooks
BURDETTE, VAUDA		1906 		 1930
BYRD, FRANCIS MARION	Mar 10, 1861	 Feb 5, 1903
	MINTIE JULIET		Sep 30, 1867	 Sep 8, 1903
BYRD, M. OTTO			Feb 17, 1891	 Nov 21, 1969
CARLTON, MAUDE JANE 	Apr 23, 1897 	 Oct 31, 1938	Wife of W.E, Carlton
CHRISCO, G. W.			Jun 4, 1850  	 Dec 1, 1884
CHRISCO, JANE TAYLOR		1855		1920		Wife of G. W. Chrisco
CLAYBORN, ALFORD W.		Jun 18, 1904	 Jun 12, 1906
	Infant Son		Born and Died Jun 1, 1907
COOK, CHARLES B.		1858 		 1926
	MARTHA		1880 		1917
COOK, ETHEL W.  See Payne, Ethel
COOK, ORAL D.			Nov 24, 1888	 Dec 6., 1926
COX, CASPER			Jul 29, 1881 	 Jan 9, 1942
COX, ELIZA JANE MATTINGLY	 May 13, 1851 	 11  Mar, 1942
CUMMINGS, ALBERTHAE	Jul 30, 1908 	 Oct 30, 1909
CUMMINGS, F.N.		Feb 3, 1876	 Aug 16, 1952
	NORA E.		Sep 26, 1881	 May 3, 1952
CUMMINGS, HOMER C.		 Dec 2, 1911	 Aug 31, 1912	Son of F.N. and N.E.
Cummings
CUMMINGS, INFANT		Jul 30, 1905 	 Jul 30, 1905
CUMMINGS, JESSIE		Aug 26, 1906	 Sep 28, 1907
DABBS, AUDREY ZILPAH 	Feb 7, 1917 	  Aug 21, 1918	Dau of Mr and Mrs. C. C.
Dabbs
DABBS, WILLIAM C.		1850 		 1914
EPPS, MINERVA L.		Nov 7, 1854 	 Jun 7, 1945
FLATT, ZENNIE L. 		Sep 1, 1904 	Nov 28, 1908	Dau of F.L. and M.J. Flatt
FLYNN, ARCHIE			Sep 16, 1909	 Oct 25, 1951
FRASURE, AGNES		Sep 1897 	 May 1924
FRASURE, ARAH K.		1871		 1938
FRASURE, DARLINE 		Feb 13, 1889	 Mar 7, 1889	Dau of  S.R. and A.K. Frasure.
Age 									8 weeks
FRASURE, G.A. 			Feb 4, 1862 	 Aug 22, 1917	Husband of Pauline Frasure
FRASURE, HIRAM 		Mar 4, 1890 	 Mar 4, 1890	Son of  S.R. and A.K. Frasure
FRASURE, SAMUEL R.		Dec 24, 1859 	 Dec 26, 1932
FRENCH, Rosa Iantha (Taylor)	1888 (Fulton Co) Jun 1,  1929    (info from Mary Fox foxycowgirl74135@yahoo.com)
HALL, BESSIE MAY		 May 18, 1906 	 Nov 22, 1906	Dau of J.W. and T. Hall
HALL, FLOYD 			Aug 14, 1887 	 Sep 3, 1887 	Son of  W. H. and Mary A. Hall
HALL, J.W.P.			Jan 27, 1858	 Dec 13, 1910	Age 54 years
HALL, STACY (MANGRUM)	 May 22, 1895 	 Jul 25, 1920	Mother of  Mary and
Lonnie
HALL, SISIE PEARSON 		Aug 9, 1877 	 Sep 27, 1906	Wife of  Charley P. Hall
HAZELWOOD, ALBERT		 Dec 9, 1902	 Jan  24, 1903	Son of  J.H. and L.A.
Hazelwood
HENSON, JACKSON		Mar 2, 1886 	 Jan 22, 1932
	PACIFIC		Jan 10, 1890	 Oct 9, 1919
HERRON, WILLIAM H.M.	 	Jun 4, 1926			Ark CPL Central Inf OCS
HICKMAN, LANNIE 		Dec 31, 1899 	 Nov 11, 1900
HILL, DONA R.			May 22, 1896	 Mar  25, 1969
HILL, JOHN E.			1895		 1951
HILL, LOU			4.11.1877	 7.14.1954
HILL, MARTHA JANE		5.15.1895 	 2.7.1928
HILL, MILLARD M. SR.		Mar 2, 1884	Aug 6, 1955
HUGGINS, JAMES M.		Oct 26, 1883 	 Apr 8, 1906
 HUGGINS, R.N.							Co F 29th Ill Inf
JARVIS, JONATHAN Y.		1861 		 1938
	MARY E.		1869 		 1954
JARVIS, SUSAN V.		Mar 28, 1908	 Oct 21, 1918
JARVIS, WALTER Y.		Mar 31, 1901	 Oct 15, 1918
KELEMS, PEARL  Father		1889 		 1927
LAND, J.W.			Jun 9, 1928 	Jan 1929
LENTS, JOSIE E.			 Jun 30, 1891	 Jun 23, 1896	Dau of  C.A. and M.A. Lents
LENTS, MARY L.			 Apr 25, 1886 	 Jan 27, 1897	Dau of  C.A. and M.A. Lents
LOFTUS, ELIZZIE		1842 		 Nov 1906
LOFTUS, THOMAS SGT						Co C 53 Ind Inf
MANGRUM, ALETA 		May 19, 1933 	 Nov 18, 1934	Dau of  Mr. And Mrs. Andrew
						Mangrum
MANGRUM, ANNIE 		Aug 18, 1900 	Dec 24, 1924	Mother of  C. L.
MANGRUM, CHARLES M.	 May  20, 1885	 Feb 6, 1887	Son of  Jones and Mary J.
								Mangrum
MANGRUM, EDDIE		 Dec 2, 1890	 Dec 7, 1894	Son of Jones and Mary J. Mangrum
MANGRUM, ESTEL LEA	 	Sep 4, 1897	 Jul 21, 1939	Wife of Hoyt Mangrum
MANGRUM, HOMER		Aug  9, 1899	 Oct 26, 1957
	PEARL			Nov 3, 1900	 -
MANGRUM, HOYT		Sep 9, 1883	 Mar 6, 1961
MANGRUM, Infant		Nov 10, 1901			 Son of 	J. and M. J. Mangrum
MANGRUM, ISAAC  N.		Nov 28. 1836	 Feb 25, 1907
MANGRUM, JAMES		Nov 22, 1871	 Feb 6, 1943
MANGRUM, JOHN HENRY	May 18, 1882	 Apr 12, 1997
MANGRUM, HAL MATTHEW	Jan 19, 1888	 Oct 27, 1888	Children of  I.N. and  S.
A. 									Mangrum
MANGRUM, JONES		Oct 19, 1859	 Dec 14, 1929
MANGRUM, KATIE 		Jun 4, 1866	 Apr 11, 1894	Wife of  W.F. Mangrum
MANGRUM, MAGGIE E. 		Apr 27, 1877	 Apr 23, 1905	Wife of  J. E. Mangrum	Age
27
MANGRUM, MANDY ELLAR	Apr 13, 1878	 Sep 20, 1881	Children of I.N and S.A.
Mangrum
	MANGRUM, MALINDA	Dec 29, 1873 	Sep 16, 1876	Age 2 yrs 6 mos and 17 days
MANGRUM, MARTHA E.	 Mar 14, 1883	 Nov 6, 1907	Wife of H, Mangrum
MANGRUM, MARY E. 		Apr 4, 1883	 Sep 1, 1883	Dau of  W. F. and Katie Mangrum
MANGRUM, MARY JANE 	May 27, 1864 	Sep 1, 1919	Wife of Jones Mangrum
MANGRUM, MINNIE M		 Aug 26, 1895	 Dec 10, 1895	Dau of  Robert and Bulah
						Mangrum
MANGRUM, ROBERT		Mar 7, 1876	 May 3, 1900
	VURAU			Oct 25, 1898	 Nov 17, 1898
	BULA			1881 		1898		Wife of Robert Mangrum. 23 yrs 6 									mo 25 days
MANGRUM,  WILLIAM F.	Dec 9, 1856 	Mar 20, 1893
MANGRUM, WILLIAM ISAAC	 Nov 3, 1886	 Feb 16, 1900	Son of  Jones and Mamie
Mangrum
McPHERSON, FRANCIS A. 	Jan  11, 1887	Jul, 1889	Son of  W. and Margaret T.
							McPherson
McPHERSON, JOSEPHENE 	Oct 3, 1884	 Oct 2, 1886	Dau of  W. and Margaret T.
							McPherson
McPHERSON, WILLIAM H.	 Mar 13, 1890 	 Feb 12, 1891	Son of W. M. and T.
McPherson
MILLER, J.T. 			Nov 16, 1922	 Sep 28, 1924	Son of Ed and Katie
MILLER, HATIE HEISTER	 	Jun 13, 1900	 Oct 12, 1924	Mother of Eva Mae and
J.T.
MILLS, C.E.			 Dec 2, 1905	 Feb 2, 1905	Dau of  W. H. and J. Mills. Age 2
							months
MILLS, FERDINAND		1839		 1884
	CATHERINE		1845 		 1915
MILLS, FERDNAND		 Sep 8, 1898	 Aug 23, 1911	Son of A.D. and Nellie Mills
MILLS, GILVA NELL		 Jul 7, 1907 	 Jan 28, 1909	Dau of S.D. and N.E. Mills
MILLS, Infant 			Feb 19, 1897	 Feb 19, 1897	Inf of  S.D. and M.E. Mills
MOORE, ALBERT N.		Jun 2, 1990	 Oct 29, 1926	Age 46 yrs
MORGAN, ANDREW J.		Mar 28, 1880 	 Feb 1907
MUMFORD, R.E.L.		Oct 26, 1864 	 May 2, 1882
NEWELL, MARY JANE		Jan 7, 1825 	 Mar 13, 1910
NORRINGTON, ATTIE		1874 		 Feb 7, 1899	Age 29
NORRINGTON, SAMANTHA	Jul 20, 1870 	 Dec 4, 1907
NORRINGTON, SARAH		1835 		 1892		Age 57 years
PARKER, ROBERT B.		Mar 9, 1873	 Feb 9, 1917
PAYNE, ALBERT			Nov 25, 1849	 Dec 6, 1919
	ARABELL N.		Jun 4, 1852	 Apr 19, 1916
PAYNE, ETHEL W. COOK		 Sep 11, 1888 	 Feb 6, 1925	Wife of John W. Payne
PAYNE, Infant 							Dau of   Mr. and Mrs John Payne
PFIEFER, HENRY E.		 1833		 1908		Wife of John Pfiefer
PFIEFER, JOHN			1829 		 Jan 1891
PFIEFER, MATTIE		No dates				Wife of Jake Pfiefer
PIERSON, M.E.			 Feb 12, 1880	 Oct 7, 1911
								Wife of  G.W. Pierson. 										Age 51 years
PORTER, ANDREW		 Dec 15, 1913 	 Nov 27, 1920	Son of  M.A. and H.A. Porter
PORTER, BENJAMIN T.		Sep 5, 1876 	 Dec 18, 1941
	LAURA C.		May 12, 1875 	 Mar 31, 1944
PORTER, LORRINER H.				 Jul 14, 1899	Dau of B. T. and L.C. Porter
								Age 2 months and 27 days
PORTER, MARY LOU		Oct 22, 1936	 Oct 22, 1936
PORTER, RHODA		 Dec 14, 1902	 Jun 14, 1907	Dau of  M.A. and H.A. Porter
PORTER, SHIRLEY JOAN		Sep 5, 1937	 Sep 5, 1937
PRIVETT, Baby			Born and Died 1909
PRIVETT, LONNIE L. MRS.	Nov 20, 1892 	Apr 4, 1893
PRIVETT, LUTHER R.		Oct 3, 1899 	 Sep 11, 1902
PRIVETT, MARTHA L.		1838 		 1899
PRIVETT, SARAH A.		Feb 11, 1848	 Apr 7, 1800
PRIVETT, VELMA		Apr 17, 1906 	Apr 3, 1920	Age 13 yrs 11 mo 14 days
PYLAND, GLADYS VARNER	 Jan 31, 1906 	 Apr 15, 1946	Wife of  R. L. Pyland
PYLAND, NORA LEA		 Sep 27, 1927	 Dec 17, 1931	Dau of  Mr. and Mrs. R.L.
Pyland
QUALLS, Baby					Feb 12, 1949
QUALLS, Baby					Feb 28, 1950
RASDON, GEORGE W.		Oct 11, 1874 	 Sep 7, 1922
RASDON, LEVI			Jan 13, 1900 	 Apr 14, 1951
RIGGS, NOLA G. 			1905		 1950		Wife of Alvin Riggs
RINNERT, R.H.			Mar 26, 1887	 -
ROBERTS, J.D.			Nov 27, 1943	 6 Mar, 1949
SEANARD, JOHN JR.		 Dec 23, 1921	 Jun 30, 1923	Son of  J.H. and S.N.Seanard
SHANKS, ETTALEE		May 8, 1915	 Oct 22, 1918
SHAW, BULAH M.		 Oct 4, 1895	 Junm 29, 1898	Dau of  M.J. and M.A. Shaw
SHAW, ELLA 			May 21, 1880 	 Sep 10, 1882	Dau of R.C.H. and M.L. Shaw
SHAW, Infant			Born and Died Mar 14, 1914
SHAW, JOHN M. 		Feb 12, 1884	 Jul 9, 1886	Son of  R. C. H. and M. L. Shaw
SHAW, MARGARET ANN	 Aug 5, 1875	 Aug 23, 1903	Wife of  M.J. Shaw
SHAW, MARSHAL JAMES 	Sep 19, 1906	 May 30, 1907	Son of  Mr. and Mrs M. J.
Shaw
SHAW, V.C.H.			Oct 13, 1847 	Dec 27, 1898	Age 51 years 2 mo 14 days
SHAW, WALTER G. 		Jan 7, 1877	 Dec 6, 1890	Son of  R. C. H. and M. L. Shaw
SHAW, ZELL 			Feb 18, 1903	 Oct 12, 1915	Dau of  M.J. and M. J. Shaw
SIMPSON, N.E.			 May 4, 1874	 Feb 20, 1904	Wife of B.F. Simpson
SIMPSON, MARY 		Apr 9, 1866 	 Feb 28, 1891	Wife of B. F. Simpson
SMITH, ARMELA JANE		 Jun 28, 1846	 May 22, 1919	Wife of  Truman B. Smith
SMITH,  EVA			Sep 19, 1907	 May 26, 1913
	SMITH, GEORGE		Oct 3, 1904 	 Sep 28, 1911	Dau and Son of  T. B. and M.M.
							Smith
SMITH, JAMES			 Jan 27, 1911	 Mar 13, 1914	Son of  T.B. and M.M. Smith
SMITH, JO ETTA		1866 		 1935		Loving wife of John Smith
SMITH, JOHN M.		Jun  6, 1863 	Aug 16, 1924
SMITH, T.B.			Dec 21, 1837	 Mar 4, 1908
SMITH, WILLIAM PAUL		Nov 18, 1912 	 Nov 19, 1901
STUBBLEFIELD, ETA LEE 	Jan 22, 1924	 Jul 2, 1924 	Dau of  A. L. and  C. M.
									Stubblefield
TAYLOR, JOHN W.		Sep 2, 1875	 Feb 26, 1969
	DOVIE T.		Feb 2, 1892	 Oct 11, 1956
TAYLOR, LORENZO DOW	Aug 30, 1898	 Aug 31, 1899
TAYLOR, MARY NAOMI 	May 7, 1903 	May 15, 1903
TAYLOR, HEWIE AARON 	Apr 9, 1911 	Aug 31, 1912
TAYLOR, EDITH BELLE 		Apr 25, 1915 	Nov 20, 1918
TAYLOR, GLENN DAVID		 Feb 25, 1920	 Mar 9, 1927
TAYLOR, LOUISE PORTER	Jun 23, 1915	 Apr 13, 1940
VANHORN, ADMIRAL D.		Jan 23, 1901	 May 8, 1925
VANHORN, SAMUEL S.		Aug 21, 1879 	 Dec 2, 1916
VARNER, AVA V. 		Aug 9, 1879	 Apr 6, 1895	Dau of  F. H and E. Varner
VARNER, BEN A.		Nov 10, 1865	 Sep 28, 1926
VARNER, BERTHA M.		 Aug 30, 1902 	 Oct 14, 1905	Dau of  J. T. and Nora E.
Varner
VARNER, B. MARGARET 	Apr 11, 1841	 May 15, 1985	Wife of F. H. Varner
VARNER, CLAUDE THOMAS	May 16, 1904	 Oct 27, 1975
VARNER, F. H.			Sep 6, 1841 	 May 16, 1920
VARNER, J. E. 			Nov 13, 1871	 Feb 5, 1872	Son of  Francis and T. L. Varner
VARNER, JIMMIE BLAKE 	Nov 28, 1939			Dau of Clyde and Lucille Varner
VARNER, J.D.							Age 59 years
VARNER, LUCILLE(BLAKE)	Feb 9, 1907 	Dec 14, 1997        Wife of Claude
Thomas Varner
VARNER, OCTAVIA M. 		Apr 14, 1881 	 Jun 29, 1887	Dau of F. H. and T. L.
Varner
VARNER, SUSAN				 Jan 30, 1885	Age 6 Years
VARNER, T.L.					 Jun 9, 1883	Wife of Francis Varner. Age 37
VARNER, WILLIAM T. 				Apr 6, 1897	Son of  F. H. Varner. Age 2 yr 2
	mo 11 days
WALKER, GLENNA ROSE	Feb 11, 1934 	 Feb 11, 1934
WALKER, JOHN B.		 Jan 15, 1875	 Aug 24, 1890	Son of  J.B. and E. J. Walker
WALKER, T.J.			1860 		 1911
WALLACE, LARRY ALLEN	Jul 14, 1947			Son of  Jr. and Geneva Wallace
WATSON, CAROLINE		 Nov 3, 1841 	 Feb 9, 1889	Wife of  W. H. Watson
WATSON, R. ST JOHN		 Feb 16, 1879 	 Mar 4, 1887	Son of  W.H. and Caroline
Watson
WATSON, W. H.							Fla Mt'd Mil. Fla. War
WEATHERS, ELLA R.		Aug 13, 1903 	 Jun 3, 1968
WEATHERS, FRANK F.		Dec 20, 1898 	 May 24, 1969
WEATHERS, ROGER DALE	Aug 28, 1956 	-
WEEKS, ROSA			Stone Broken
WELLS, W.H. 			Feb 11, 1851 	 Mar 30, 1908	Papa
WHITAKER, BESSIE		 Jun 12, 1914	 May 19, 1920	Dau of  M.L. and C. L.
Whitaker
WHITAKER, EUGENE		Nov 14, 1919 	 Feb 6, 1920	Son of   M. L. and C. L.
Whitaker
WHITAKER, VIRGIE		 Mar 17, 1917	 Oct 17, 1918	Dau of  M.L. and C. L.
Whitaker
WILCOX, ANTHONY DIONNE	Born and Died Mar 10, 1865
WILKERSON, ETTA PARKER	Jul 28, 1888 	 Aug 13, 1967
WINSTEAD, ANNIE		 Apr 3, 1882	 Oct 8, 1909	Wife of  J. P. Winstead
WINSTEAD, JAMES R.		Apr 29, 1865 	 Jan 22, 1917
WINSTEAD, NAOMA 		Oct 5, 1909	 Oct 5, 1909	Dau of A.P. and A. M. Winstead
WOODS, RUTH LAFAY		Sep 3, 1913 	 Sep 23, 1966
YOUNG, GEORGE W.		Dec 24, 1872 	 Aug 19, 1955
	MARGARET M.		Feb 25, 1875	 Feb 24, 1958