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Submitted: 12/19/10 • Approved: 7/30/15 • Last Updated: 8/2/15 • R430446-G430446-S3
Jesse
November 3, 1808 - September 11, 1863
Majincy
March 26, 1815 - November 11, 1903
BOTH WERE BORN NEAR MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE. CAME BY OX WAGON TO TWELVE CORNERS, ARKANSAS IN 1839. SETTLED ON THIS HOMESTEAD IN 1860. IN 1863 THEY SET ASIDE THIS CEMETERY SITE WHICH WAS DEEDED BY THEIR HEIRS IN 1904.
TO THEM WERE BORN SIX SONS, J. MARION, THOMAS HOPKINS, JESSE POWELL, ELIGAH H., JOHN JASPER AND DECATUR QUITMAN AND TWO DAUGHTERS, CHRISTINA BELLE AND AMANDA. THE SONS ARE ALL BURIED HERE EXCEPT DR. J. MARION DOUGLAS, A HIGHRANKING OFFICER IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF CORINTH AND BURIED IN THE CONFEDERATE CEMETERY AT VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, ELIGAH WAS KILLED BY BUSHWHACKERS A MILE NORTH OF THIS SITE WHILE TRYING TO SAVE HIS OLDER BROTHER'S HORSE. THESE BUSHWHACKERS TOOK ALL LIVESTOCK, TORE UP THE KITCHEN FLOOR WHERE FOOD WAS HIDDEN, MISSING ONLY ONE BOX OF CORN BURIED IN A FIELD.
THOMAS HOPKINS DOUGLAS ALSO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
WE HONOR OUR PIONEER FOREFATHERS WHO CARVED OUT OF THE WILDERNESS, THIS WONDERFUL LAND WE LOVE.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
November 26, 1903
Douglas, Mrs. - Mrs. Douglas of Hoover, grandmother of our townsman, Marvin Douglas, died last Sunday night at the advanced age of 88 years. Mrs. Douglas came to Benton County before the war broke out and had resided here continuously up to the time of her death. Indeed she will be sadly missed for she was a great and good woman.
Contributed on 12/19/10 by judyfrog
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