Wilson - Carney Cemetery

File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue.

From the Louisiana Genealogical Register, June 1988. The Register is the quarterly publication of the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. The LaGenWeb Archives thanks them for contributing this information.

Submitted by Gloria Lambert Kerns through the generosity of Mercy Lobell of Baton Rouge, La. This is a small cemetery located on the "Old Carney Place", in West Felician Parish, off Highway 10, near Idlewood Nursing Home.

There are only two actual markers in the cemetery: "Wilson-Carney" and the one for "Fishburns Carney". All other names and dates were handwritten on a sheet of paper which was in some type of frame and covered with glass. The frame was set into the concrete. The glass is now broken and the writing exposed to the elements and beginning to fade. The cemetery apparently was fenced and the markers in place when the cemetery was cemented over. It is very obviously a "home-made" job because the concrete had splashed on the fence and markers. The entire cemetery has been neglected for quite some time as it was not known the cement was there until the clearing of trees and bushes began. Apparently the cement was covered by about 1 - 2 feet of dirt and mulch with vegetation growing on top of the cement. Cemetery cleaned by Jack and Mercy Lobell in March 1986

Alexander Wilson 1824 - 1894
Laura Haile Wilson 1828 - 1903
Robert M. Wilson 1849 - 1897
Alexander Wilson, Jr. 1852 - 1906
Sarah Jane Wilson 1856 - 1935
Mary Wilson Carney 1854 - 1930
Fishburns Carney 1854 - 1915
Jesse Carney 1874 - 1926

Stella Lee Carney - Jesse and Tress child
Born - died 1908 (about)

Parker Infant - child of Jennie C. and W. Parker, 1912

MARKERS (2):

Large pink marble with only the two names - Wilson-Carney

Woodman of the World Memorial - Dum Tacet Clamat
Fishburns Carney
Born
Mar 15, 1845
Died
Dec 19, 1915
A kind wife mourns in thee a husband lost
The poor a friend who fell what friendship cost.

Research by Mercy Lobell on 22 March 1986 after clearing and cleaning overgrown bushes.
Iron fence with concrete covering the whole cemetery. I was aware of this cemetery for the
past five years but not until 15 March 1986 did I start cleaning it.

From 1830 East Feliciana Census
Daniel Carney - 1 male 50-60, 1 male 20-30, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 10-15, 1 male under 5,
1 female 40-50, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 5-10, 1 female under 5, total of
11 in houshold.
Barbary Carney - 1 female 60-70.
Martha Wilson - 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 30-40.
John Wilson - 1 male 40-50, 2 males under 5, 1 female 20-30, 1 female under 5.
No Haile or Parker found.