Historic Oak Cemetery
in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Many pioneers are buried here including
some of the U.S. Marshals who worked for Judge Isaac Parker.
The cemetery is located on the south east corner of Greenwood Ave.
and Dobson Ave. |
Great granddaughter Carolyn
Sue (Whitsett) Wall standing by the grave of William Isaac Whitsett
(1859-1927) |
WILLIAM
I. WHITSETT
FATHER
1857 1927
Although
the stone says William Isaac Whitsett was born in 1857, the censuses
from 1860 through 1920 indicate that he was born in 1859. He
was the son of Civil War veteran Pvt. William Wallace Whitsett and
Mary Ann Hopson of Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama.
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CLIFFORD
C. WHITSETT
U.S. ARMY
WORLD WAR I
NOV 21, 1895 MAY 16, 1980
Next to William Isaac is
son Clifford C. Whitsett of Huntington, Arkansas. We were fortunate
to have spoken with Clifford on the phone several months before he
died.
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LILLIE
M. RALEY
OCT. 11, 1895
DEC. 3, 1918
This
stone is located between William I. Whitsett and Clifford C. Whitsett,
indicating a family relationship. After some research we discovered
that Lillie (Walpole) Raley was the daughter of Charles and Sue Walpole
and sister of Joe Walpole, husband of
Lula B. Whitsett.
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LULA B
WALPOLE
NOV. 15, 1884
OCT. 13, 1918
Lula B. (Whitsett) Walpole was the daughter of William Isaac
Whitsett and wife of Joseph Walpole. This headstone has some
sort of symbol on it. It is located very near to the other Whitsett
headstones in Oak Cemetery |
