Burials in Woods Cemetery

Little Flock, Benton County, Arkansas

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General arrangement as rows of headstones within border fences.

⊗ This old cemetery had burials between 1840 and 1916. Apparently, most are Woods, extended family, or maybe just close neighbors. Three Historical references 1968, 1989, 1935, and others were used in this new 2019 survery of burials.
◊ This page is under active revision. Please help us with names of those who are buried here and to fill in connections, details and corrections.

♦ Contact Gary Black, and the Woods Cemetery Association of Benton County, Arkansas
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• Name and dates of known burial, with comments of family, spouses, and comments
  ♦ Index number, Burial location by Section (Northeast, Southeast, or Southwest), Row number with distance north or south of boundary fence.
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• Arnold, John S 20 Dec 1872 - 20 Sept 1873 son of Levi A Arnold and Tennesse Elder, who married 1869 Benton County.
  ♦ Index #1, NE section, Row 9, 26 ft south of fence.
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• Arnold, Sevier 1876 - 1877 son of Levi A Arnold and Tennesse Elder, who married 1869 Benton County.
  ♦ Index #2, NE section, Row 9, 32 ft south of fence.
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• Black, William Woods, 1830 -1897. CSA Vet, first married Margaret E Woods, second Sarah Jeffries.
  ♦ Index #3, SE section, Row 9, 77 ft north of fence.
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• Braithwaite, John B, 1811 -1890 at south fence, center
  ♦ Index #4, SE section, Row 5, 3 ft north of fence.
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• Braithwaite, Sarah Sublett Dickson, 1819 -1892, daughter of Robert Dickson and Esther Moore.
  ♦ Index #5, SE section, Row 5, 10 ft north of fence.
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• Campbell, Ollie, inscription in part "Dau of W.O. & S.C. Campbell born July 31, 1894, died Dec 15. 1895"- Obit Dec 1895- "13 month old child of Mr & Mrs Campbell, clothes caught fire."
  ♦ Index #6, SE section, Row 7, 16 ft north of fence.
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• Cavness, Infant Son 1886 1886, son of Jasper F and Martha Cavness
  ♦ Index #7, SE section, Row 9, 56 ft north of fence.
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• Cavness, Jasper F., 1860 1910 husband of Martha Jane Woods. ....center south
  ♦ Index #8, SE section, Row 7, 56 ft north of fence.
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• Not buried in Woods Cemty ! Cavness Stipp, Martha Irene Woods, 1864-1946 wife of Jasper F, daughter of Robert Samuel Woods and Martha Jane Maxwell. 2nd married Newton Preston Stipp, both are buried Neosho, Newton County, Mo.
  Findagrave has errors with dates and by indicating Woods Cemetery !
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• Cavness, Mattie Belle 1888 1889, daughter of Jasper F and Martha Cavness
  ♦ Index #10, SE section, Row 9, 60 ft north of fence.
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• Deason, Sallie Bell Black 1868 1892 Wife of John Deason, daughter of William Woods Black and Margaret E Woods Partial Stone, we dusted with flour to read name and date, in center of cemetery.
  ♦ Index #11, NE section, Row 8, 35 ft south of fence.
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• Dickson, Isaac F . 1842-1891. 1870 census has age 27 born Illinois wife Sarah, sons Cyrus 7, Silas 4 John 1, (great nephew of Robert Dickson); 1850 census he is age 8 with mother Jane and grandparents Curry
  ♦ Index #12, NE section, Row 6, 93 ft south of fence.
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• Dickson, John Lawson, 1868-1899 son of Issac F Dickson and Sarah
  ♦ Index #13, NE section, Row 6, 88 ft south of fence.
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• Ellis, David, 1806-1870 multiple Ellis -Dickson marriages
  ♦ Index #14, NE section, Row 7, 96 ft south of fence.
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• Ellis, Margaret McEwen Dickson, 1815-1892 married 8 Feb 1842. Niece of Robert Dickson, Old Dickson Cemetery.
  ♦ Index #15, NE section, Row 7, 100 ft south of fence.
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• Faucett, Abel P.1810-1862 married 1828 with Sabina Weedon 1804-1880
  ♦ Index #16, SE section, Row 7, 85 ft north of fence.
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• Faucett, Sarah S., 1861-1862. dau of George F 1831-1910 and Elizabeth, granddaughter A.P. Faucett.
  ♦ Index #17, SE section, Row 7, 90 ft north of fence.
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• Fortner, Susan Elizabeth d. 1868 --field stone.
  per census- sister Susan Elizabeth, (born 1839 Tenn) of Joseph Fortner age 20 and Martha J Stroud age 18. both of Benton County, Ark married 30 May 1869
  Children of Elf D Fortner 1819-1879 and Margaret Neighbors 1815-1882, all listed 1860 Census in Dallas County, Missouri
  ♦ Index #18, NE section, Row 5, 91 ft south of fence.
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• Fortner AM - 1840 marker is broken, hand written, field stone.
  ♦ Index #19, NE section, Row 7, 48 ft south of fence.
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• Hastings Maggie 1879 - 1900 daughter of Daughter of Eliz Black and Harvey R Hastings, field stone lodged in tree roots, location as shown in 1989 reading in line with Floy and Pearl.
  ♦ Index #20, SE section, Row 8, 10 ft north of fence.
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• Kelton, Josephine America (Maxwell) 1863 1916 --wife of William D Kelton, daughter of Ozias D Maxwell & Mary A Woods. per obit, Last burial in Woods Cemetery? No Grave Stone
  ♦ Index #21, SE section, Row 8, ??? ft north of fence.
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• Landers Opal L 1903 1907, daughter of James Newton Landers and Florence Lorette Woods
  ♦ Index #22, SW section, Row 1, 19 ft north of fence.
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• Maxwell, Mary A. 1837-1886, wife of O.D. Maxwell, dau of Wm H Woods and Mary Dickson Woods. also has inscription on north face: “Three infants rest here”
  ♦ Index #23, SE section, Row 8, 46 ft north of fence.
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• Maxwell, Ozias Denton , 1834-1915. first married Mary A Woods, brother of Martha Jane Maxwell Woods, new momument as CSA Vet
  ♦ Index #24, SE section, Row 8, 44 ft north of fence.
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• Pierce, Robert S. 1790 1870 m 8 Jan 1851 widow Mary A Clack, (1812- 1861 Tx, maiden Henderson) Marshall County Alabama.. ancestry trees refer to uncle Bobby --uncle to who?
  ♦ Index #25, NE section, Row 6, 80 ft south of fence.
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• Sprague Pythagoras, Rev 1799 1851 will entered Benton Cty Record pages 124-125 18 Oct 1851,
  buried beside daughter Jane who died 16 Feb 1847 at age 12,
  1850 census Benton Cty, born Vermont, 24 May 1824 married Leah Smith in Sangamon Illinois, 13? Children
  ♦ Index #26, NE section, Row 9, ??? ft south of fence.
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• Sprague, Jane, daughter of Pythagoras, per his will
  ♦ Index #57, NE section, Row 9, ??? ft south of fence.
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• Stroud, Thomas, 17 April 1824 - 9 Oct 1871 per small gravestone.
  ♦ Index #27, NE section, Row 7, 42 ft south of fence.
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• Stroud, Malinda Maxwell, 1830-1898. wife of Thomas Stroud, obit. have not identified her parents
  Osage Twp 1870 census , -- dwelling 385 Thomas Stroud age 45 Ky and Malinda age 38 Tenn. No Grave Stone
  ♦ Index #28, NE section, Row 8, 67 ft south of fence.
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• Weeks, William M. 1818-1867., married 27 Sept 1837 Annie Culpepper Dickson (dau of Joseph Dickson and Eleanor Rankin) in Shelby County, Illinois. 2nd marriage 1855 to sister of Annie - widow Isabella Smith Dickson Storm 1825-1916, both marriages to nieces of Robert Dickson, Old Dickson Cemetery.
  ♦ Index #29, NE section, Row 7, 91 ft south of fence.
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• Woods, Anna Purviance, 1774 -1858 wife Samuel "East" Woods, daughter Col John Purviance.
  ♦ Index #30, SW section, Row 1, 57 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Charles S, 1873 -1893, son of James D. Woods and Celina Pace. west fence, center of cemetery
  ♦ Index #31, SW section, Row 2, 81 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Elizabeth G. 1839-1843, daughter of Samuel P and Eliz G Woods, buried at grandfather's feet and between siblings.
  ♦ Index #32, SW section, Row 2, 49 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Elizabeth Greaves Dickson, 1809 -1891, wife of Samuel P. Woods, daughter of Robert Dickson and Esther Moore.
  ♦ Index #33, SW section, Row 2, 31 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Floy Lee 1893 1894 Daughter of William W. Woods and Eva Rosete Black Woods. SE corner
  ♦ Index #34, SE section, Row 8, 16 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, James D., 1831 -1907 CSA Vet, son of Samuel "West" Woods who is buried Old Dickson Cemetery;
  first wife - Mary Emma, daughter of Samuel P Woods. Second wife Celina Pace, widow of Thomas Black
  ♦ Index #35, SW section, Row 2, 63 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, John H. 1860-1904 , son of Robert S and Martha Jane Maxwell Woods. adjoining Fields Stones also has new stone
  ♦ Index #36, SE section, Row 8, 67 ft North of south fence. Alternate measured Row 8, 133 ft south of north fence.
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• Woods, John Riley, Sr., 1828-1900 husband of Margaret Ann Woods, son of Dysart Woods (Old dickson Cemetery) and Sarah Holmes.
  ♦ Index #37, SW section, Row 2, 22 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Sarah Kate, 1854 -1884, daughter of James D Woods and Mary Emma Woods, buried beside her mother.
  ♦ Index #38, SW section, Row 2, 59 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Lucy Jane Hayden, 1849 -1882, wife of Robert David Woods
  ♦ Index #39, SW section, Row 1, 4 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Margaret Ann, 1832 -1882, wife of John Riley Woods, daughter of Samuel P Woods
  ♦ Index #40, SW section, Row 2, 17 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Margaret Celina Pace, 1835 -1917, wife first of Thomas J Black, second of James D Woods
  ♦ Index #41, SW section, Row 2, 67 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Martha Jane (Maxwell), 1842 -1899, wife of Robert Samuel Woods. family momument shared with husband, inscriptions north and south face, small stones with initials mark head and foot of both.
  details this family in "History of the Woods Family by Rev. Denton R Woods, 1935"
  ♦ Index #42, SE section, Row 9, 37 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Mary Emma, 1834 -1863, , first wife of James D Woods
  ♦ Index #43, SW section, Row 2, 55 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Mary Emmaline, 1878-1893, age 16 years, dau of Robert S Woods and Martha Jane Maxwell of Pea Ridge.
  ♦ Index #44, SE section, Row 9, 42 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Mary E. (Mollie), 1866-1913, wife of John.H. Woods, m 24 Nov 1883, daughter of Robert David Woods. adjoining Fields Stones also has new stone
  ♦ Index #45, SE section, Row 8, 73 ft north of south fence. Alternate measured Row 8, 133 ft south of north fence,
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• Woods, Pearl Marie, 1898-1901 Daughter of William W. Woods and Eva Rosete Black Woods. SE corner of cemetery
  ♦ Index #46, SE section, Row 8, 20 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Robert David, 1843-1902 CSA Vet, son of Samuel P Woods
  ♦ Index #47, SW section, Row 1, 9 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Robbie J. 1866-1881. son of Robert S Woods and Martha Jane Maxwell
  ♦ Index #48, SE section, Row 9, 51 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Robert S., 1885-1916. son of John H Woods and Mollie, obit, no stone.
  ♦ Index #49, SE section, Row 8, 78 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Robert Samuel, 1835 -1901 CSA Vet, husband of Martha Jane Maxwell, son of William Harvey Woods. family monument shared with wife, inscriptions north and south face, small stones with initials mark head and foot of both.
  details this family in "History of the Woods Family by Rev. Denton R Woods, 1935"
  ♦ Index #50, SE section, Row 9, 35 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Samuel Clement , 1869-1910. , husband of Mayme Hayes, son of Robert D Woods. New Grave Stone
  ♦ Index #51, SW section, Row 1, 14 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, Samuel, 1776 -1840 husband of Anna Purviance, son Samuel Woods and Margaret Holmes.
  ♦ Index #52, SW section, Row 1, 51 ft north of fence.
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• DELETE Transcription error - Woods, Samuel P, 1889 -1891. photo of dirty gravestone posted on findagrave 49715127 , March 2010 with incomplete transcription. After cleaning, full transcription is “Eliza G., Wife of, Samuel P. Woods, born June 9 1809, died Feb 3, 1891, At Rest” see above index #33.
  ♦ Index #53, transcription error on findagrave. Delete.
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• Woods, Samuel Purviance , 1809 -1882 SW corner of cemetery with family, husband of Elizabeth G Dickson, son of Samuel "East" Woods and Anna Purviance.
  ♦ Index #54, SW section, Row 2, 37 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, William Harvey, 1836 -1860, son of Samuel P Woods and Elizabeth G Dickson
  ♦ Index #55, SW section, Row 2, 41 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, William W, born 13 June 1866 and died July 6, 1887, footstone "WWW". second similar gravestone name J.H. and date not legible, with footstone "JHW". together at SE corner near new gate.
  ♦ Index #56, SE section, Row 9, 25 ft north of fence.
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• Woods, maybe Jane or James H. 10 Jun 1881 to 1882 gravestone barely ledgible, footstone "JHW". similar to adjoining gravestone with footstone "WWW". together at SE corner near new gate. assume name is Woods because of location and next to similar marker. includes photo of dusted stone, Jane/james H Woods
  ♦ Index #58, SE section, Row 9, 20 ft north of fence.
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Older lists of burials with layout drawing of the cemetery keyed to the stone inscriptions.

There were several Samuel Woods who were contemporaries of Capt Samuel Woods, and also lived in Rowan County, N.C..... appears to be at least five connected Woods families in Colonial Rown County.... Dickson+Samuel Woods comments by Bennett Dickson 1998.

Captain Samuel Woods of King's Mountain and his descendents by Lucile Womack Bates as published in The Benton County Pioneer. volume 10, numbers 2 and 3, 1965.

The Woods Cemetery Association is working to preserve and restore this Cemetery and include Map, photos, and contact info on the website.

208 Photos of 2021 Reunion, Thursday, the first day 1.29GB, no edit nor cleanup.

61 Photos 2021 reunion, Friday and Saturday, the second and third days 235 MB. a few renamed but still no edit nor cleanup.

Here are 3 zip bundles of photos from the First Woods Family Reunion in October 2018.

First bundle contains photos from the church on Friday, cemetery on Saturday, scans of old photos, abstract of Woods homestead and some miscellaneous things.

Second bundle contains photos of some of the gravestones in Woods Cemetery. These are the photos that have been labeled and ready to use or print. Some maybe cropped or edited for ease of reading. This bundle does not include every gravestone, most, but not all.

Third bundle is the master file that does have all that I have photographed up to Oct 11 and have no edits other than a few have been renamed.

The zip bundles are large, over 500 MB each, but should download when the link is clicked, and should open on your computer when you click the zip image. Please let me know if you have trouble with either the download or opening the zip file.

New, 4th bundle has gravestone in Jefferson Cemetery, Bentonville.