Union Springs Cemetery

Union Springs Cemetery AKA Hardshell Cemetery
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
From: Compiled by Mr. James Martin of Calvin, La.

Location:  Union Springs Cemetery is located approximately five miles east of Dodson, La., in old Ward 4, Winn Parish. Following are directions to the cemetery from Calvin, La., home of Mr. James Martin, who supplied this information:

Point of beginning at Junction of LA. Hwy. 501 (Second Street) and LA. Hwy. 156, Calvin, La. Travel north on La. 501, 13.2 miles to junction of La. 501 and La. 126. Turn right, east, on La. Hwy. 126 and travel 4.9 miles to junction of La. 126 and La. 505, crossing La. 505, proceed 1.7 miles to junction of La. 126 and Hutto Road. Turn right onto Hutto Road and travel 0.7 miles to junction of Hutto Road and Timber Road. Turn right on Timber Road and travel 0.1 miles to junction of Timber Road and Union Springs Cemetery Road. Turn right onto Union Springs Cemetery Road and travel 0.5 miles to Union Springs Cemetery. It is 1.5 miles from junction of Timber Road and Union Springs Cemetery Road to junction of Timber Road and DeLoy Green Road.

With Mr. Martin's work is a map to the cemetery and a plat of the cemetery. This along with other of Mr. Martin's cemetery work will be placed on file at the Winn Parish Genealogical & Historical Association Headquarters.

Box, Wisemon
Co. E 28th LA. Inf. CSA (No dates; 1870 census age 42, 4-26, M-W, AL, b. ca. 1828)
His Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren next to his tombstone, (l-r) Emily Collins, Destiny Womack, Heather Womack

Buchanon, infant son
April 6, 1902
(Note: Probably the son of Elbert Hamilton Buchanon, b. 20 Apr. 1874, d. 27 Nov., 1967, m. Mary Elizabeth Parsons 5 Dec. 1897, b. 10 Jan. 1880, d. 23 Sept. 1946; both buried Gansville)

Buchanon, infant son

Buchanon, infant son

Chandler, Johney B.
1870 - 1886
Son of John and Elizabeth Chandler

Hodge, Louisa
12 May 1887 - June 1887
(Daughter of James Thomas Hodge and Palestine Box Hodge. There is no visible marker to identify the location of this grave, however, no less a person than Mrs. Mollie Hodge Carpenter, sister of Louisa, and wife of Dewitt Carpenter, showed her son, D. C. Carpenter, deceased well-known educator, where Louisa is buried. D. C. in turn showed W. E. Carpenter, Jr. where Louisa is buried. According to them, and I see no reason to doubt their story, Louisa is buried on the north side and next to her grandfather, Wisemon Box)

Jones, A. H.
Dec. 24, 1814 - Feb. 7, 1889
Marion Co., SC (1870 Census, age 56, 4-10, M-W, SC; grave covered with concrete slab)

Jones, Robert L.
Oct. 13, 1884 - Nov. 25, 1884
In Memory of Robert L. Jones

Moffett, J. J.
9-24- 1853 - 11-10-1928
(John J. Moffett, 1870 census-age 17, 4-75, M-W, LA)

Moffett, Little Boy
June 5, 1893 - June 5, 1893
In Memory of Our Little Boy Son of N. M. & L. J. Moffett (L. J. Moffett is Mrs. Laura Jane Moffett, d. 15 Dec. 1962, buried Cypress Creek)

Moffett, Nathan
Aug. 15, 1791 - May 25, 1863
War of 1812

Moffett, Saleta E.
Feb. 18 1828 - Nov. 7, 1892
In Memory of Our Mother Wife of Thos. Moffett (1870 Census, age 40, 4-75, F-W, GA; census age probably in error)

Moffett, Susan Chandler
9-18-1858 - 7-13-1911
Wife of J. J. Moffett

Moffett, T. W.
July 23, 1851 - May 15, 1913
(1870 Census, age 19, 4-75, M-W, MS)

Moffett, Thomas
May 4, 1822 - May 4, 1886
Our Father (grave covered with iron ore; 1870 census, age 47, 4-75, M-W, GA)
Photo 2

Parsons, C. T.
March 17, 1881 - Sept. 7, 1881
Sacred To The Memory of Son of D. M. & M. A. Parsons Age 6 Mo. 10 Days

Parsons, M. A. Moffett
Aug. 13, 1859 - Mar. 17, 1881
Sacred Memory Of Wife of D. M. Parsons Age 21 Yrs., 7 Mo., 4 Days (Note: Malinda Allie Moffett, 1870 Census: age 11, 4-75, F-W, LA. Malinda Allie Moffett was Dennis Macky Parson's first wife. They had two children, a son, C. T. Parsons and daughter, Mary Elizabeth Parsons, m. Elbert Hamilton Buchanon 5 Dec. 1897. Malinda probably died as a result of childbirth complications. Her son, C. T. Parsons was born same day she died. Dennis Macky Parsons, b. c. 1857, 1879 census, age 13, 4-31, M-W, LA., buried at Zion Hill, d. 1 Feb. 1941)

Puckett, Frances E. Chandler
May 3, 1841 - Aug. 24, 1878
Wife of T. B. Puckett (Thomas Barton Puckitt first wife Frances E., second wife Millia Sledge)

Puckitt, Lucy
1876 - 1896

Puckitt, Millia Sledge
March 4, 1845 - Jan. 23, 1881
Wife of T. B. Puckitt

Rudd, Infant son
1894
Infant son of Rosa and M. Rudd (Note: Joseph M. Rudd m. Rosa Lee Puckett 1 Mar. 1888. He first married Elizabeth Carpenter b. 14 Oct. 1855, d. 28 Dec. 1881, buried Cockerham Cemetery, d/o Solomon and Rhoda Carpenter)

Rudd, Infant son
1905
Infant son of Rosa and M. Rudd

Rudd, Joel
1903 - 1905

Rudd, Tommy D.
1889 - 1905

Stone, Mrs. S. E.
Aug. 19, 1855 - Oct. 29, 1883
To The Memory of Wife of D. M. Stone Age 28 Yrs. 2 Mo. (Note: grave is covered with a small house-like structure 6'2" wide by 9'4" long. Mrs. S. E. Stone is Salida E. Moffett, 1870 census age 15, 4-75, F-W, LA. D. M. Stone is Dennis Macky Stone, 1870 census age 36, 4-33, M-W, LA., b. 1835, d. 1919, buried Gansville)
Photo #2

Thomas, L. L.
Jan. 17, 1887 - August 16, 1890
Sacred To Memory L. L. Thomas (covered with concrete slab, broken)

Unknown surname, Little Clayton
Jan. 3, 1895 - Sept. 26, 1895

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unmarked (covered with large piece of iron ore)

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified sunken place, marked with piece of iron ore

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, marked with piece of iron ore at head and foot.

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, covered with iron ore

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, with a footstone marked H. T. W.

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, piece of iron ore as a foot stone

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, footstone, no marking

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, marked with pieces of iron ore

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, pieces of iron ore at head and foot

Unknown, Unidentified grave
Unidentified, footstone with no marking