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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Batesville Oaklawn Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Independence County, Arkansas
Oaklawn
Cemetery
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Robert Emmett Jeffery (1875-1935) —
also known as Boyse Jeffery —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Olive, Izard
County, Ark., January
30, 1875.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1900; state court judge in
Arkansas, 1910-15; U.S. Minister to Uruguay, 1915-21.
Died May 19,
1935 (age 60 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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William Allan Oldfield (1874-1928) —
also known as William A. Oldfield —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., February
4, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1909-28; died in
office 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1928.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1928 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Elisha Baxter (1827-1899) —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Rutherford
County, N.C., September
1, 1827.
Republican. Mayor of Batesville, Ark., 1853; member of Arkansas state
legislature, 1854; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1864; district judge in Arkansas
3rd District, 1868-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1872;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1873-74.
Died in Batesville, Independence
County, Ark., May 31,
1899 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Robert Neill (1838-1907) —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born near Desha, Independence
County, Ark., November
12, 1838.
Democrat. Independence
County Surveyor, 1860-61; served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; Independence
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1866-68; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1888
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1893-97; chairman,
Arkansas Railroad Commission, 1899.
Died in Batesville, Independence
County, Ark., February
16, 1907 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Pearl Peden Oldfield (1876-1962) —
also known as Pearl P. Oldfield; Frances Pearl
Peden —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Cotton Plant, Woodruff
County, Ark., December
2, 1876.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1929-31.
Female.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
12, 1962 (age 85 years, 131
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Marcus Bone (1887-1969) —
also known as S. M. Bone —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Izard
County, Ark., June 29,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate 6th District, 1919-22; district judge in Arkansas
3rd District, 1926-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Hubert Jennings Meachum (1920-2001) —
of Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Lake City, Craighead
County, Ark., November
3, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1951-57; municipal judge in
Arkansas, 1959-79.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
15, 2001 (age 80 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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James C. Grubbs (1838-1893) —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born in Alabama, January
16, 1838.
Republican. Postmaster at Newport,
Ark., 1891-93.
Died November
1, 1893 (age 55 years, 289
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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