Herndon/Raines Cemetery
Herndon/Raines Cemetery (aka: LA Negro Cemetery on Raines Lease). John Frederick Herndon donated the land and was the 1st buried there in 1883, David Raines took it over after his death. Located in NW LA Caddo Parish near the town of Belcher, Louisiana. These people owned considerable lands that eventually became oil fields. Before the oil development they were wealthy and at their deaths large monuments were placed on their graves. These people were mostly mulatto.
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Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscription |
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1920 |
1995 |
None |
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1898 |
1937 |
None |
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Oct 21, 1896 |
Mar 1, 1971 |
Forrest City, AK |
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not given |
Feb 1, 1945 |
None |
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Jul 10, 1932 |
Jun 30, 2000 |
PVT US Army Korea |
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1894 |
1997 |
None |
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Jan 31, 1901 |
Apr 21, 1973 |
None |
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Sep 1, 1895 |
Nov 26, 1973 |
Kentucky PFC US Army
World War I |
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1901 |
1920 |
None |
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Apr 26, 1903 |
Dec 5, 1954 |
None |
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Jul 27, 1904 |
Aug 16, 1996 |
None |
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1987 |
1990 |
None |
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May 5, 1902 |
Nov 15, 1977 |
None |
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Nov 29, 1899 |
Jan 18, 1987 |
None |
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1796 |
1883 |
None |
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headstone unreadable |
headstone unreadable |
None |
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Herndon, Dora |
1860 |
1945 |
None |
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1837 |
1905 |
None |
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1901 |
Oct 4, 1966 |
None |
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1912 |
21 Aug 1936 |
None |
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1860 |
1945 |
None |
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1865 |
1933 |
None |
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1886 |
Nov 15, 1937 |
None |
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1893 |
??? |
None |
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1893 |
??? |
None |
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1905 |
1905 |
None |
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1905 |
1905 |
None |
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Jul 14, 1941 |
27 Mar, 2002 |
None |
Pictures provided by Mark Tyson: Caddo Trees
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