Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-12
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An Old Cemetery TumblIng In
10 the alississiPPi s1ver.

AA OA0 cemetery IumDllng An-
70 the MississiPPi lsiver.
a reporter Of the Vicksburg Her
aid visited last week the old cemetery
which is falling into the river at Good
rich's Landing, and the following is
portion Of bis description Of what he
discovered:
Including those in tombs, vaults
ond graves, there are not more than
6ity bodies now remaining in this
graveyard at the present writing. OF
these, we find a number Of the New
man family, some Of whom had been
inferred there as far back as 1923. A
moss grown tablet over the grave of
Theresa Newman bears this simple
inscription: Died lS28." There are
also members Of the Beard family,
Nicholsons, DeasOns, Ledbetters, Eas
tons, Goods, Pelhams, JOneses and
Kirkendalls buried here; all notably
wealthy and influential people in
Louisiana in their time. Inferred
here also was an infant daughter Of
our esteemed fellow citizen, DR.. j. Ii.
D. Bowman. DR.. Bowman has had
the ashes brought to this city and
buried in the cemetery Those de-
ceased members Of the late George
Newmans family have also been re-
moved to another burying place; and
with the exception Of these, the re-
mains of the balance, whose relatives
aud friends are now either dead or
have left the country, are left to their
inevitable. And what a singular des>
tiny is theirs! In death how like life
in its changes and yicisSitudes, its
inequalities, and its partingsl
Relative to the bodies picked up
here and at Delta, the reporter could
| find but one person in all the country
round who was able even to give the
least possible clue to the identification
Of either OF the remains referred to-
| This was a lady-Mrs. George New.
mana most intelligent lady at that
She had been residing at Goodrich's S
or vicinity for thirty years. Just
after coming there, she recollected
that very beautiful young lady, am
swering, as near as she could recall to
mind, the description Of the body
found in the river at Delta, had died
suddenly in Tennessee, and was ship
ped to GoUdrichs 3 for interment. This
lady's name was Miss Good, a daugh
ter Of a lady who afterward died as
Mrs Judg3 Bond, of Tennessee. Miss
Good was connection Of Judge Nor
gan, of Louisiana. DR.. j. II D. Bow
mer, OF this city, is under the impress
sion that the remains of Miss G.. were
| inferred in brick vault. Mr.. Bos.
we'll says brick vault caved in the
river sometime ago, and one Of the
oofins from it hoated away; which,
being the case, and putting one thing
aud another together, it might almost
be safe to say that the remains Of Miss
Good were picked up in metallic
caskct at Delta, and are now buried
at the government light just above
that point About the Same time a
very beautiful married lady, Mrs.
Easton by name, was also buried 10
this graveyard. Her father was Jas.
Galloway, and her husband j. D. Eas-
ton, was brother.in law of Lucius
Polk, OF Tennessee. Her remains
we're algO washed away with the bal
ance that have gone.
AS for the remains of the young
man, nothing is known who be was,
when he died nor can anything tending
; in the rcmotest degree to the identif
cation Of the body be asoertsined from
any quarter.
70 DIR. j. II, d, Rowmsr we are in
debted for the following history Of
this interesting locality: The Pecan
Grove plantation, upon which the
graveyard is located, was FIRST settled
, by John Buck in 1928, and sold to A.
W. Ledbetter at a subsequent date.
1t remained in that family until pur
chased by the late William Waller, Of
Chicago, who sold it to DR.. j. H. d
Bowman In 1850. DR. B. sold 1t to
James Raiey in 1858, The grave
yard had been donated to the public
, by Mr.. John Buck, the FIRST settler. Ii
was the principal aud only buryina
! ground for, the neighbOrhood up to
1858, and was about quarter of a
mile from the river. Until within
the last year or so it was never known
to cave within the memory Of the old.
est inhabitaht. 1t was very hand
somely Kept. There we're great
; many persons buried there. the major.
ity ofwhom were extremely wealthy
and it is probable that the families tC
which they belonged have 10 almost
every Instance become extinct.
! The plantation is now owned By
Judge W. G, Wiley, Of Lake Provi-
dence, and is called the Raleigh place
though at one timo known as Pecan
: Grove,