TALLULAH CEMETERIES - Silver Cross and Memorial
Park
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Prior to
the War-Between-the-States most people in Madison Parish were buried in small
plantation cemeteries. Through the years these small cemeteries have become "lost"
or have been destroyed by being incorporated into the surrounding farmland.
However, some of these old cemeteries are still being found. One of the oldest
tombstones discovered -- that of Thomas B. Scott (1817-1853) - was found
recently and must have originally been located near his home in what is now
Tallulah.
Of the
two cemeteries listed in this report, Silver Cross, is
by far the older and larger. Although It was established
about 1880 by the Ziegler family, many graves are much older than this and must
have been moved here from other locations, such as Milliken's Bend or some of
the smaller plantation cemeteries. During the 1960's when it was feared that
Silver Cross could expand no more, Memorial Park cemetery was established as a
private enterprise. Both cemeteries are still in use today. The two cemeteries
have been combined in this report. However, any grave can be traced to its
proper cemetery since each line is annotated with an "MP" (Memorial
Park) or "SC" (Silver Cross). Click here
for a more complete history of Silver Cross Cemetery.
Most of
the data contained herein was gathered during the months of April and May 1997.
However, It has been continuously updated since that time.
Although the inscriptions on many tombstones were virtually illegible, every
effort was made to maintain accuracy. However, accuracy is not guaranteed.
Since several tombstones were overturned, and recent graves had no tombstones,
some graves may not appear on this list. Please send any additions or changes
to dicksevier@gmail.com, and they will be added or corrected promptly.
Please note
that this report contains data from both cemeteries on people who may still be
living, but are listed because their names were found next to those of their
deceased spouses on "double" headstones. Note also that on post-1997
listings birth dates may be a year off as the newspaper obituaries list only
age and date of death.
NOTE: Since the original fieldwork in 1997, this list has been supplemented
by adding deaths found in the weekly Madison Journal. Sometime in 2002
the Madison Journal began to charge for each obituary, thereby omitting
many of them. Since the Madison Journal is no longer a responsible
source for Madison Parish deaths, it is no longer used. However, omitted deaths
can always be added or corrected by sending an email to dicksevier@gmail.com. Since 2002 the Vicksburg Post has been the primary source for death data as well
as obituaries, which are now hyperlinked to the cemetery data with over 3,100
presently available; many on former Madison Parish residents not buried in
Madison Parish.
JULY 2005 NOTE: Since most of this initial data was gathered by videotaping the tombstones,
color reproductions of individual tombstones have now become available online.
During July and August 2005 the original analog videotape images were converted
to digital images. Although these images were initially intended only for the
information they contained, they can now be used as low-resolution digital
tombstone photos. Please be aware that these images were made from one frame of
an 8 mm videotape – about the size of a small fingernail – so they are nowhere
near the quality of today’s digital cameras. Also, they were not necessarily
taken squarely in front of the tombstones; so some will be crooked, and some
may not have even have captured the entire tombstone. The “Thumbnails” of the tombstone photos can be
enlarged by clicking on them.
Viewers are encouraged to supplement these tombstone photos by supplying
higher resolution copies or by adding those that are missing.
JANUARY 2012 NOTE: All cemetery sites have been
supplemented where possible with Birth and Death day and month data from the Social Security
Death Index (about 1964-present) and the Louisiana
Death Index (1900-1919.) Where there is a discrepancy between Tombstone year
and SSDI or LDI year, the Tombstone year is used.
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P. Sevier (dicksevier@gmail.com)