Those Places Thursday - Rose Hill Cemetery

Photograph taken by FindAGrave member, Becky Smith-Schee

Rose Hill Cemetery is located in the community of Sycamore in Clark County, Arkansas.  FindAGrave shows 462 burials in this cemetery.  Of those 462, the following are from my Edmonds/Smith lines.

Laura Smith Edmonds was my paternal great grandmother.

Fannie Pearl Edmonds Halsell was the daughter of Laura Smith and William Newell Edmonds.

Arthur Halsell was the husband of Fannie Pearl Edmonds.

Paul Edmonds was the son of Laura Smith and William Newell Edmonds.

Silas Edmonds was the son of Laura Smith and William Newell Edmonds.

Alphonso Hilliard "Punch" Edmonds was the son of Laura Smith and William Newell Edmonds.

Charles Douglas "Charlie" Edmonds was the son of Laura Smith and William Newell Edmonds.  Ruth Crouch was the wife of Charlie Edmonds.

Martha Rebecca Edmonds Coulter Sandifer was the daughter of Laura Smith and William Newell Edmonds.

Samuel Lee Edmonds was the son of Ruth Crouch and Charlie Edmonds.

Betty Fay Edmonds was the daughter of Ruth Crouch and Charlie Edmonds.

Francis "Frank" Wesley Edmonds was a brother to my paternal great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds.

Mary Elizabeth "Mattie" Pannell Edmonds was the wife of Frank Edmonds.

The following children of Frank and Mattie Pannell Edmonds are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery:

Genie Edmonds Williams, 1883-1945 (m. John E. Williams)
Minnie Edmonds, 1895-1895
Infant Edmonds, 1904-1904
Frances Vesta Edmonds Broadley, 1906-2004 (m. John Broadley)

The following grandchildren of Frank and Mattie Pannell Edmonds are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery:

Clarence Williams - son of Genie Edmonds Williams
Carl Williams - son of Genie Edmonds Williams
Golden Thomas Williams - son of Genie Edmonds Williams
Emily Odell Edmonds - daughter of James Thomas Edmonds
Mary Jewell Edmonds Childres - daughter of Edward H. Edmonds

Francis Wesley Edmonds (1858-1935)

Francis "Frank" Wesley Edmonds was born on December 29, 1858 in Clarke County, Georgia.  He was the tenth of eleven children born to the marriage of James Powell Edmonds and Rebecca Ann Snow.

The 1860 U.S. Census shows the Edmonds family living in Dark Corner, Clarke County, Georgia.

By 1870, Frank's father, James Powell Edmonds, had died in the Civil War. Frank is seen in the 1870 U.S. Census living with his mother and siblings in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia

The 1880 U.S. Census shows Frank living with his sister, Emma and her family in Bay Creek, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

On January 7, 1883, Francis "Frank" Wesley Edmonds married Mary "Mattie" Elizabeth Pannell in Walton County, Georgia.

Frank and Mattie Edmonds moved to Clark County, Arkansas prior to 1900. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Frank and Mattie with eight of their twelve children living in the Missouri Township area of Clark County.

The 1910 U.S. Census shows Frank, Mattie and three of their children living in the same location.

Mary "Mattie" Elizabeth Pannell Edmonds died on August 20, 1912.

The 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census records show Frank as a widower and living in Missouri Township, Clark County, Arkansas.

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1930

Francis "Frank" Wesley Edmonds died on April 22, 1935.  He is buried alongside his wife in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Sycamore, Clark County, Arkansas.

The following children were born to the marriage of Francis "Frank" Wesley Edmonds and Mary "Mattie" Elizabeth Pannell:

Genie L., 1883-1945 (m. John E. Williams, 1869-?)
James Thomas, 1884-1965 (m. Attilie Hughes, 1894-1992)
James Will, 1885-1957 (m. Letha A. Kirby, 1885-1968)
Laura, 1889-?
Mary Bush, 1891-1975 (m. Thomas Jason Tarpley, 1881-1967)
Frank Golden, 1893-1949 (m. Kate Dodgen, 1897-?)
Minnie, 1895-1895
Edward H., 1896-1969 (m. Lizzie Louise Wood, 1897-?)
Annie, 1898-1977 (m. Alvin Jesse Ryan)
Joe Foster, 1902
Infant Son, 1904-1904
Frances Vesta, 1906-2004 (m. John Luther Broadley)

Francis "Frank" Wesley Edmonds was my paternal great grand uncle through his brother, my great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds; his son, Bruce Edmonds; and his grandson, Bruce Alfonso Edmonds.