From the supermarket in Hector, go 6.2 miles north on highway 27 to the Middle Fork Ridge. This cemetery is located 5.5 map miles north of the bridge up Middle Fork of the Illinois Bayou. Cemetery is on the right of the road, just before the road crosses Middle Fork and just south of where Meyers Branch runs into Middle Fork. NE 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. 17, T11N, R18W. Recommend travel by 4 wheeler or walk. Road has washed away. There are approximately 12 graves here, with only one of them having been marked.

Dorothy Cossey  
    no marker

Elessie Cossey
    no marker

Infant Daughter Cassey (Cossey?)       January 29, 1907       January 29, 1907
    Daughter of Andrew Cossey and Sallie Curtis
    Andy and Sallie were married July 16, 1899
    Pope County, Arkansas Book G-516
 
Martha Cossey
    no marker
 
Audra Church
    no marker
    Born December 7, 1912

George Thomas Curtis
    no marker
    'Black Tom'
    Born 1849 Tishomingo County, Mississippi
    Son of Bilbry and Elizabeth Curtis
    First Wife was Louisiana Catherine Branch
    Married December 26, 1869 
    Pope County, Arkansas Book D-219
    Second Wife Rhoda Rebecca Hurst Williams
    Married April 23, 1885 
    Pope County Book F-164
    Children with 1st Wife: Matilda WILLIAMS, James M., George M., 
       Fannie Elizabeth VAUGHN, and Sallie Cossey  
    Child with 2nd Wife: Gabriel

Lillian Curtis        
    no marker

Ray Curtis
    no marker

Rhoda Rebecca Curtis
    no marker
    Born 1848 Alabama
    First Husband was Jeremiah Williams
    Married 1866 Mississippi
    Second Husband was George Thomas Curtis
    Married April 23, 1885 
    Pope County, Arkansas BookF-164
    Children with 1st Husband: Nancy E., Mary J., John Calvin, James A., 
               Mitchell B. D., and William F.
    Child with 2nd Husband: Gabriel Curtis

Ruby Curtis
    no marker

Beulah Vaglian
    no marker

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