Is there a list of who are buried at the Overton-Cash Cemetery? My gggrandmother's maiden name was Catherine Wooley. Supposedly the Wooleys and the Cashs intermarried. Jackie -----Original Message----- From: Richard Lunsford <richardlu@tds.net> To: ARCLEVEL-L@rootsweb.com <ARCLEVEL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 01, 1998 12:38 PM Subject: [ARCLEVEL] Family History > >J.H.W. Overton was the seventh child of James and Rebecca Hagler. He >received his early education while a resident of the state of Georgia, >for after coming to Arkansas he had no further opportunities for >improving himself. > >Note: From "Footprints on the Sands of Time", by Rev. Harold Davis >Sadler, in the Cleveland County Herald. Sadler says that Rev. Overton >attended a private academy established at Toledo, Arkansas. The Academy >was the Plesant Ridge Academy, established at Toledo in 1875 by W.A. >Garner. Many college courses were offered at this academy, especially in >the fields of mathematics and languages both ancient and modern. Art and >Music were also in the curriculum. > >In 1851 J.H.W. Overton began farming for himself on the home farm, >continuing until June 1862 when he joined the Confederate Army, but >owing to ill health he was sent home in November 1863 and resumed his >farm work. > >After his marriage, which occured on August 3, 1854, he settled on a >farm of 100 acres, where he continued to live until his death. The most >of the farm was under cultivation, well improved with good buildings, a >cotton gin, and a saw mill. > >In 1854 J.H.W. Overton was converted to Christianity and soon after >united with the Missionary Baptist Church and in 1872 was ordained and >elder in the church. Since that time he gave a portion of his time to >ministerial work. > >On August 3, 1854 J.H.W. Overton was married to Miss Susan Wilkinson >Wharton, a native of South Carolina and a daughter of James W. Wharton, >Who came to Arkansas in March 1848 and settled in Jefferson County, >Arkansas. The result of this union was ten children, six of whom were >living in 1890. The mother and three of her children were members of the >Missionary Baptist Church. > >J.H.W. Overton lost his first wife, Susan Wilkinson Wharton on June 3, >1900 and she was buried in the Overton-Cash Cemetery near Toledo and >near his farm home. > >In 1971 the members of the Cash Family placed a new chain-link fence >around the Overton-Cash Cemetery to protect the tombstones from >destruction. Many of the Graves in this cemetery are well marked with >substancial tomb-stones. This cemetery was established in 1860 when the >father of J.H.W. Overton died and was buried there near his home at >Toledo. > >The Overton-Csh Cemetery has become a gathering-place for members of the >Csh Family after attendance at the Cash Reunion on the Second Sunday in >October each year at Tison at the American Legion Hut. They gather here >to reminisce about by-gone days of the Cash and Overton families. > >Note from Clara Marie Cash: I remember well the funeral of J.H.W. >Overton, my great grand father. I was nine years old at the time and I >was living with grandmother Cash at that time. I recall that Uncle >Russel and Uncle Ray Cash hired a Surrey with fringe around the top to >take Grandmother Cash, Aunt Mable and me to the funeral. I shall never >forget that ride in that elegant carriage. I was quite impressed. I also >recall seeing Grandfather Overton stand up in the pulpit at Toledo at >the Baptist Church and preach. I always sat with Grandmother Cash on a >front seat while her father preached. He scared me to death preaching >about hell. > >I also have memories of fishing in Grandfather Overton's pond with Big >Maw Riggins, the wife of George Riggins. George Riggins was the son of >Grandfather's sister, Angeline Overton who married a Riggins first and >then a Lemmons. > > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >