Find A Grave - Fort Smith

Boudinot, Elias Cornelius b. August 1, 1835 d. September 27, 1890
Confederate Congressman. A member of the Cherokee Nation he moved, with his family from Georgia to present day Oklahoma, just before the “Trail of Tears”. After the assassination of his father, Elias Boudinot, he went to New England, before moving to Arkansas where he became editor of two newspapers. At the start of the Civil War he joined Stand Watie’s Confederate Indian Brigade where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1862 he left the brigade to become the tribal representative in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Cravens, William B. b. January 17, 1872 d. January 13, 1939
US Congressman. From 1898 to 1902, he was city attorney of Fort Smith and as prosecuting attorney for the twelfth judicial district of Arkansas, 1902-1908. In 1907, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses. He was reelected in 1933, to the Seventy-third and to three succeeding Congresses serving until his death. His son William Fadjo Cravens of Arkansas, was elected to the Seventy-Sixth Congress, to fill the term of his vacancy. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Cravens, William Fadjo b. February 15, 1889 d. April 16, 1974
US Congressman. He attended public schools in Fort Smith and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated for the law school of Washington and Lee University in 1920. He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced a law practice in Fort Smith, Arkansas. During World War I he served as a seaman in the United States Navy. Upon entering politics he served as city attorney for Fort Smith for ten years and was then elected as...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Cravens, William Fadjo [original burial site] b. February 15, 1889 d. April 16, 1974
US Congressman, Arkansas. He served from 1939 to 1949. William Fadjo Cravens was born on February 15, 1899 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was the son of Arkansas Congressman William Ben Cravens. The younger Cravens attended the University of Arkansas and the University of Pittsburgh. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, in 1920 and practiced law in Fort Smith, Arkansas. During World War I, he served in the United States Navy. He eventually became the City...[Read More] (Bio by: pacifica)
Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Darby, William Orlando b. February 9, 1911 d. April 30, 1945
United States Army Officer. Renown for commanding “Darby's Rangers” in World War II. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1933. By October 1940 he had achieved the rank of Captain. Early in World War II he had served in staff positions but in early 1942 he was assigned to form a unit that bore the title "Rangers" based on the British model. He led “Darby's Rangers” with the rank of Colonel in North Africa, Sicily and Anzio as well as other actions. His awards included the Silver...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Feldman, Harry b. November 10, 1919 d. March 16, 1962
Major League Baseball player. Played for the New York Giants from 1941-1946. Feldman was banned from organized baseball after he jumped to the outlaw Mexican League in 1946. He later was reinstated and finished his playing career in the minors. (Bio by: Laurie)
Rose Lawn Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Fishback, William Meade b. November 5, 1831 d. February 9, 1903
17th governor of Arkansas. William Meade Fishback was born in Virginia on November 5, 1831, to a successful farming family. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1855. While working as a schoolteacher, he began studying law, eventually passing the Illinois bar in 1857. He moved to Arkansas, where he also began practicing law. In 1861, he was named as a Unionist delegate to the secession convention, but ended up voting for secession. When war came to Arkansas, he left the state...[Read More] (Bio by: pacifica)
Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Gatlin, Richard C. b. January 18, 1809 d. September 8, 1896
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Prior to the Civil War, he graduated from US Military Academy in 1832, served as an infantry officer in the war with Mexico and on frontier duty in Indian Territory. In 1861, he resigned his commission and was appointed Colonel in the Army of the Confederate States. Promoted Brigadier General in August 1861, he was assigned command of the Department of North Carolina and the coast defenses of the State. After New Bern fell to the Federals in March 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
McIntosh, James McQueen b. 1828 d. March 7, 1862
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. A native of Florida and the son of United States Army Colonel James S. McIntosh, who was killed in the Mexican War, he graduated last in 1849 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. When the Civil War broke out he immediately resigned his Army commission and was commissioned a Colonel in the Confederate States army. Promoted to Brigadier General, he was given command of the First Brigade in General Ben McCulloch's division...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Miller, John Elvis b. May 15, 1888 d. January 30, 1981
Politician. Delegate to Arkansas State Constitutional Convention (1918), U.S. Representative from Arkansas (1931-1937), U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1937-1941) and Judge of U.S. District Court (1941-1967).
Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Parker, Isaac Charles b. October 15, 1838 d. November 17, 1896
US District Court Judge, Folk Figure. The youngest son of Joseph and Jane Parker was born in a log cabin outside of Barnesville, Ohio. He attended the local schools and taught himself law. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1859 at the age of 21. Shortly thereafter he relocated to Saint Joseph Missouri, There, in 1861, he met and married Mary O'Toole and together they had two children. He earned a reputation as an honest attorney and in 1861 was elected to the office of city attorney. Four...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Plot: Section 9, Grave 4000
Ragon, Heartsill b. 1885 d. 1940
US Congressman. Elected to represent Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1933. Member of Arkansas State Legislature and State Court Judge.
Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Rogers, John Henry b. October 9, 1845 d. April 16, 1911
US Congressman. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army as a Private in Company H, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers. He saw a considerable amount of action and was wounded twice. Rogers was awarded a battlefield commission as First Lieutenant for gallantry at Franklin, Tennessee, he was nineteen years old at the time. After the war he immediately entered college, graduated from the University of Mississippi and was admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1869, Rogers joined...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Steen, Alexander Early b. 1828 d. December 7, 1862
Confederate Brigadier General. At the age of 19, he was commissioned in the regular army and saw action in the Mexican War. He left the army at the end of the war having been brevetted for gallantry. In 1852, he was recommissioned and spent several years fighting Indians on the frontier. When the Civil War broke out, he resigned from the army, joined the secession movement, and enterred the Missouri state militia. On June 18, 1861, he was appointed brigadier general of the 5th Division of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Plot: Sec. 4, Row 2, Grave 1822

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