Denton Island (aka Dinton Island) cemetery, Jackson Co., Arkansas 
(2004 inventory)

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Rita Grigsby.

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Directions:  Take State Hwy 37 east out of Tuckerman.  At the point
where Hwy 37 turns sharply to the south, continue straight east on 
Jackson County Road #211 (dirt and gravel) for about 2 miles.  JC# 211
deadends at the Craighead Co. line.  At this point, turn left and
travel north on Craighead County Road #281 for just over a mile, past
the intersection with Craighead County Road #284.  A short distance
past this intersection, turn left on an unmarked farm lane that goes
between two fields.  You can mark the cemetery location from this point
as a small clump of trees, about 1/4 to 1/2 mile west and slightly 
north of the lane.  According to Rita Grigsby, the cemetery is about
1/2 to 1 acre in size.

Partial inventory and research completed 15 Aug 2004 by Rita Grigsby.

Jackson County, Arkansas USGenWeb Archives table of contents:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/jackson/jackson.html

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[Rita Grigsby visited the Denton Island Cemetery site on 15 Aug 2004. 
I had been told that the cemetery was one of several in Jackson County
that, unfortunately, had been plowed over in recent years.  As Rita
writes, however, "Someone has been doing some cleanup work there, and a
NICE memorial marker has been placed, with many of the names of people 
who were supposed to be buried there." -- Mark Williamson]

The memorial marker placed at the cemetery has the heading:
"DINTON ISLAND CEMETERY - 1898", and, at the bottom, "REST IN PEACE".
The marker then lists the following people interred there, reading 
from top to bottom, then left to right:

R. GIFFORD
K. GIFFORD
W. GIFFORD
BIRD baby
BOAZ baby
M. BOAZ
COX baby

M. DEVORE
DUNN children (2)
C. GOATCHER
J. HOBSON
C. LONDON
MORGAN baby
MYERS baby

A. TURNER
A. WINGO
B. WINGO
F. WINGO
WINGO baby (2)
M. WOODS (baby)

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The online abstracts of the Tuckerman Record newspaper include the
following people interred at Denton Island cemetery:

BOAZ, Mrs. Mary Etter, age 71, died 16-Jan-1936
BOGGS, girl, age 3, died 12-Jul-1936, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Tom BOGGS
GIFFORD, Willie, age 34, died 22-Aug-1936, husband of Lola GIFFORD
MALONE, infant daughter, funeral 25-Oct-1949, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. 
  Edmond MALONE
WINGO, Mrs. Artie M. (KELLER), age 66, died 23-Nov-51
WINGO, Frank, age 24, died 23-Dec-1939, son of Mr. & Mrs. B. D. WINGO
WINGO, 'Dad', died 18-Feb-44
WOODS, infant, age 2mo, died 30-Jul-1940, child of Mr. & Mrs. Nolin 
  WOODS

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