Historic Oak Cemetery
in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Many pioneers are buried here including
some of the U.S. Marshals who worked for Judge Isaac Parker.
The cemetery is located on the south east corner of Greenwood Ave.
and Dobson Ave.
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Carolyn Sue (Whitsett) Wall by the grave of her great grandfather, William Isaac Whitsett. The photo on the right has a better picture of the headstone.
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WILLIAM I. WHITSETT
FATHER
1857 1927
Although
the stone says William I. Whitsett was born in 1857, the censuses
from 1860 through 1920 indicate that he was born in 1859. He
was the son of Confederate Pvt. William Wallace Whitsett and
Mary Ann Hopson of Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama.
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CLIFFORD C. WHITSETT U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR I
NOV 21, 1895 MAY 16, 1980
Next to William Isaac is son Clifford C. Whitsett of Huntington, Arkansas. We were fortunate
to have spoken with Clifford on the phone several months before he died.
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LILLIE M. RALEY OCT. 11, 1895 DEC. 3, 1918
This stone is located between William I. Whitsett and Clifford C. Whitsett, indicating a family relationship. After
some research we discovered that Lillie (Walpole) Raley was the daughter of Charles and Sue Walpole
and sister of Joe Walpole, husband of Lula B. Whitsett.
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LULA B WALPOLE NOV. 15, 1884 OCT. 13, 1918
Lula B. (Whitsett) Walpole was the daughter of William Isaac
Whitsett and wife of Joseph Walpole. This headstone has some
sort of symbol on it. It is located very near to the other Whitsett headstones in Oak Cemetery
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Entrance to the National Cemetery in Fort Smith |
EDWARD MILLER
CPL US MARINE CORPS
JUN 3, 1921
JUL 24, 1982,
National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkasas |
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