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Submitted: 8/16/13 • Approved: 3/10/14 • Last Updated: 3/13/14 • R918754-G918754-S3
Cenotaph
Wife of Stanford M Cole
Aug 3, 1865 - Oct 22, 1933
Actual Gravesite L R State Hospital Cemetery
Block 198 Grave 94
Children:
Stanford Lee Cole (1888 - 1888)
Civa May Cole (1890 - 1890)
Infant Cole (1903 - 1903)
*Note;Subject:(AGS-L) AR State Hospital Cem. Records
To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com
AFTER CONTACTING THE AR. STATE HOSPITAL ABOUT RECEIVING RECORDS ON MY
GGFATHER, I WAS SENT TWO ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT. ONE WAS TAKEN FROM THE AR
GAZETTE, DATED 7-11-1982, AND THE OTHER WAS FROM THE ADVOCATE, PUBLISHED BY
THE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES, DATED APRIL-MAY, 1984. ACCORDING TO BOTH
ARTICLES, THE GRAVES WERE MOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE STATE HOSPITAL
GROUNDS TO EITHER THE GROUNDS OF THE BENTON SERVICES CENTER OR TO AN AREA ON
THE NATURAL RESOURCES GROUNDS, AND THOSE ARE BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES. THERE
IS A MEMORIAL WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS VISIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 430 OFF WEST
MARKHAM STREET, LOCATED AMONG THE BUILDINGS IN THE STATE'S NATURAL RESOURCES
COMPLEX.
GRIFFIN-LEGGETT IN 1976 WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVAL AND REBURIAL OF ALL THE
GRAVES IT COULD LOCATE. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE ALL THE GRAVES. THE
ARCHITECTURAL SECTION OF THE STATE BUILDING SERVICES OF ARKANSAS HAS SOME
EARLY RECORDS OF THOSE WHO DIED WHILE AT THE STATE HOSPITAL. I HAVE AN EARLY
LIST THAT INCLUDES SOME DATES AND NAMES FROM 1883 THRU 1915, AND INCLUDES THE
MONTH, DAY AND YEAR OF DEATH. I DO NOT KNOW IF THOSE BURIED AT BENTON HAVE
MARKED OR UNMARKED GRAVES. I WILL BE GLAD TO LOOK UP A NAME ON MY LIST IF YOU
WILL CONTACT ME.
THIS LIST IS NOT ONE THAT IS CALLED FOR OFTEN AND NOT ONE EVERYONE IN THE
ARCHITECTURAL SECTION OFFICE KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE IT. YOU HAVE TO BE
PERSISTENT. THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS 501-682-1833.
LINDA FRANCIS
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The official publication of the Arkansas Genealogical Society is The Arkansas
Family Historian, issued four times a year-March, June, September, and
December; edited by Margaret Harrison Hubbard
Contributed on 8/16/13 by hawkinsdonna
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