Wisby Memorial Cemetery
Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Patrick Wisby (b. ca 1770-1780) and his wife Rhoda (b. ca 1779-80 LA) came to his area by covered wagon, and settled in St. Landry Parish by 1810. By 1850 their son, James Wisby (b. ca 1810 St. Landry) and his wife Emily (Nash) Wisby were in Calcasieu Parish with their children: William Murlan, Mary, Minerva, Isabella, & Merriday Wisby. The oldest of these children, William Murlan Wisby married Nancy E. Mathis, daughter of Thomas Mathis, and they homesteaded property in the Cravens area of Rapides / Vernon Parish where they raised a large family.
In 1865 William & Nancy Wisby donated a small portion of that original land for a burial ground for his family and the community. A second cemetery in the immediate area is Drakes Fork Cemetery across Whiskey Chitto Creek. Settlers were buried in the Drakes Fork Cemetery when the creek was high and they couldn't cross with the wagons. History by Lynn Bass, Cravens, LA, 17 January 1995.
HISTORY
Patrick Wisby (b. ca 1770-1780) and his wife Rhoda (b. ca 1779-80 LA) came to his area by covered wagon, and settled in St. Landry Parish by 1810. By 1850 their son, James Wisby (b. ca 1810 St. Landry) and his wife Emily (Nash) Wisby were in Calcasieu Parish with their children: William Murlan, Mary, Minerva, Isabella, & Merriday Wisby. The oldest of these children, William Murlan Wisby married Nancy E. Mathis, daughter of Thomas Mathis, and they homesteaded property in the Cravens area of Rapides / Vernon Parish where they raised a large family.
In 1865 William & Nancy Wisby donated a small portion of that original land for a burial ground for his family and the community. A second cemetery in the immediate area is Drakes Fork Cemetery across Whiskey Chitto Creek. Settlers were buried in the Drakes Fork Cemetery when the creek was high and they couldn't cross with the wagons. History by Lynn Bass, Cravens, LA, 17 January 1995.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 69332
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