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Burial Places, Year of Birth-Death

of Previous Shreveport Mayors


Compiled by: Eric J. Brock, Shreveport, Louisiana 1992
Last Updated: June, 2007


OAKLAND CEMETERY
(between Milam & Sprague Sts. and Christian St. & Municipal Plaza)

1. George, Dr. William Walton (1807-1865)

2. Howell, John N. (1807-1882)

3. Beall, Joseph Clinton (1813-1867)

4. Crain, Lawrence Pike (1818-1859)

5. Landrum, John Morgan (1819-1861)

6. Jones, John W. (1822-1895)

7. Gooch, John Lee (1828-1877)

8. Boarman, Alex (1839-1916)

9. Tally, Martin (1803-1876)

10. Shivers, William Rabun (1819-1871)

11. Crowell, Moses H. (1826-1875)

12. Ward, Samuel J. (1834-1906)

13. Vinson, Richard Tucker (1842-1904)

14. McKellar, Reuben N. (1855-1933)


OAKLAND JEWISH SECTION, originally called HEBREW REST NO. 1

(1/4 acre, adjacent to Oakland Cemetery's, NE corner)

1. Levy, Samuel (1835-1883)


GREENWOOD CEMETERY (Stoner Ave. btw. Marshall & Cornwell Sts.)

1. Gilmore, Jerome B. (1827-1900)

2. Currie, Andrew (1843-1918)

3. Dickson, Dr. Samuel A., M.D. (1862-1916)

4. Ford, John McWilliams (1880-1965)

5. Caldwell, Sam S. (1892-1953)

6. Allen, L. Calhoun (1921-1990)


FOREST PARK CEMETERY (St. Vincent Ave. Between Dickinson St. & Ockley Dr.)

1. Herndon, E.B. (1849-1930)

2. Querbes, Andrew (1864-1939)

3. Bernstein, Ernest R. (1868-1932)

4. Ward, Robert Hodges (1878-1946)

5. Thomas, L.E. (1866-1935)

6. Palmer, J.G. (1875-1952)

7. Hardy, George W., Jr. (d. 1967)

8. Fant, Clyde E. (1905-1973)


BURIAL PLACE UNKNOWN

Most are probably buried at Oakland Cemetery, where there are numerous unmarked, or no longer marked, graves; there are also numerous small private cemeteries in the rural areas around the city where some may be buried.

1. Sewall, John O. (1806-1840, probably at Oakland but unmarked)

2. Briggs, Samuel W. (b. 1806 - d. ?)

3. Cooke, Robert

4. Pennall, J.W.  (probably at Oakland, family buried there)

5. Wells, Samuel

6. Markham, Lewis S.

7. Walsh, M.A.


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