Speaking of Van Buren. Do we have any DIBRELL descendants on the list? John R. Clarke 229-228-1961 2417 N. Patterson St:Thomasville, GA 31792 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon" <shar_0605@sbcglobal.net> To: <ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Re: ARCRAWFO-D Digest V06 #6 > You are right on the directions to the cemetery. I dont remember the road > name either but think it may be Arkansas street. There are several old > timey fenced in graves with the old wrought iron fence if no one has tore > them down, you can tell they do gun practice and lots of drinking there > cans everywhere, there is a small road in the middle of the cemetery as it > is a pretty good size cemetery when it was taken care of , on the right > side of the lane is the Gunn family which owned the land and lots of > property in Van Buren, they were nice new kind of looking headstones on > the other side is some real old headstones i believe the oldest one i saw > was dated 1866. Around the 1920's there was an epidemic of fever in the > bottoms and there were lots of people buried there but headstones have > been damaged and thrown around. The cemetery is listed in the " History > and Headstones" book but not all buried there are in the book. Thanks > Sharon > > > ==== ARCRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Search for your Families at ArkansasFamilies.net > http://www.ArkansasFamilies.net/! > <A HREF="http://www.ArkansasFamilies.net/">ArkansasFamilies.net</a> > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >