Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Fort Smith Forest Park Cemetery
Fort Smith Fort Smith National
Cemetery
Fort Smith Oak Cemetery
Greenwood City Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Sebastian County, Arkansas
Forest Park
Cemetery
5001 Midland Boulevard
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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John Elvis Miller (1888-1981) —
also known as John E. Miller —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.; Melbourne, Izard
County, Ark.
Born in Aid, Stoddard
County, Mo., May 15,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1931-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1937-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1941-67;
took senior status 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
30, 1981 (age 92 years, 260
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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H. Heartsill Ragon (1885-1940) —
of Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Logan
County, Ark., March
20, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1923-33; resigned
1933; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1933-40;
died in office 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., September
15, 1940 (age 55 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) —
also known as Fadjo Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April
16, 1974 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Mathew C. Moore (1837-1877) —
Born near Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., April
24, 1837.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1875.
Died in Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., April
24, 1877 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ark.; reinterment
in 1915 at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Horace Clyde Hiatt (1885-1967) —
also known as H. Clyde Hiatt —
of Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark.
Born in Vesta, Franklin
County, Ark., October
8, 1885.
Republican. Postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Died in Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark., October
3, 1967 (age 81 years, 360
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Henry Hiatt and Emma Hiatt; married to Farry
Bonner. |
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memorial |
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Hiram Heartsill Ragon (1917-1975) —
also known as H. Heartsill Ragon —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born June 14,
1917.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1944.
Died in August, 1975
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Fort Smith
National Cemetery
522 South Garland Avenue
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Founded 1867
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Isaac Charles Parker (1838-1896) —
also known as Isaac C. Parker; "Hanging
Judge" —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin near Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio, October
15, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri; circuit judge in Missouri,
1868-70; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1871-75 (7th District 1871-73, 9th
District 1873-75); U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1875-96.
As judge, sentenced more than 160 people to death, of whom 79 were
hanged.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., November
17, 1896 (age 58 years, 33
days).
Interment at Fort Smith National Cemetery.
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Oak
Cemetery
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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William Meade Fishback (1831-1903) —
also known as "The Great Repudiator" —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Jeffersonton, Culpeper
County, Va., November
5, 1831.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871-81; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Governor of
Arkansas, 1893-95.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
9, 1903 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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John Henry Rogers (1845-1911) —
also known as John H. Rogers —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in North Carolina, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1883-91 (3rd District 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1892.
Died in 1911
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) —
of Arkansas.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August
1, 1835.
Democrat. Delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Tribal
Representative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868.
Cherokee
Indian ancestry.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., September
27, 1890 (age 55 years, 57
days).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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Oscar Landon Miles (1854-1910) —
also known as Oscar L. Miles —
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., October
16, 1854.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Booneville, Logan
County, Ark., August
17, 1910 (age 55 years, 305
days).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Rebecca (Austin) Miles and George Washington Miles; married to
Mary Lee McLaughlin. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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City
Cemetery
Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Politicians buried
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John Sebastian Little (1853-1916) —
also known as John S. Little —
of Greenwood, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Jenny Lind, Sebastian
County, Ark., March
15, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district attorney, 12th circuit, 1877; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1884; circuit judge in Arkansas,
1886; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1894-1907 (2nd District 1894-1903,
4th District 1903-07); Governor of
Arkansas, 1907.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
29, 1916 (age 63 years, 228
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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