Stewart-Bonham Cemetery
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Stewart-Bonham Cemetery

Oil City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA

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  • Get directions End of Dawes Road
    Oil City, Louisiana 71061 United States
    Coordinates: 32.71360, -93.91420
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This is an old family cemetery which is located on top of a hill overlooking the Caddo Lake dam. The name of the cemetery was found in surveys in 1957 and 1970s. The location is shown on the topo map of the area. Both surveys indicate that several graves were destroyed in the 1940's by vandals looking for valuables.
Mrs. Margaret Bateman of Oil City told the story that she had visited the cemetery after it had been vandalized and she saw a "Cast Iron Vault", which had a glass window, where the head of the deceased could be seen. She stated that it contained a young redheaded girl. This type of vault was manufactured around the late 1880s, which would likely have been close to the date of the burial.
On a survey in 2004, the site was found covered by tree tops, briars, bushes, weeds, etc . There was only one marker for Robert Sidney GILBERT (1882-1885) found on a previous survey, but not located in 2004. Only one marker was found in 2004, which was a new marker with death dates around 1900.
This is an old family cemetery which is located on top of a hill overlooking the Caddo Lake dam. The name of the cemetery was found in surveys in 1957 and 1970s. The location is shown on the topo map of the area. Both surveys indicate that several graves were destroyed in the 1940's by vandals looking for valuables.
Mrs. Margaret Bateman of Oil City told the story that she had visited the cemetery after it had been vandalized and she saw a "Cast Iron Vault", which had a glass window, where the head of the deceased could be seen. She stated that it contained a young redheaded girl. This type of vault was manufactured around the late 1880s, which would likely have been close to the date of the burial.
On a survey in 2004, the site was found covered by tree tops, briars, bushes, weeds, etc . There was only one marker for Robert Sidney GILBERT (1882-1885) found on a previous survey, but not located in 2004. Only one marker was found in 2004, which was a new marker with death dates around 1900.

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  • Added: 4 Feb 2019
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2679837