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Bethel Methethodist Church CemeteryPride (Indian Mound), East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana
Go to: Photos of gravestones at Bethel Meth. Cemetery
Directions:
Take the Greenwell Springs Road (Hwy 37) east from Baton Rouge. Go past
the Greenwell Springs Hospital and turn left on Hwy. 409/64. The church
and cemetery are on the right hand side.
Selected graves (more graves in cemetery)
Anna Terrell, wife of Rev. J Holmes
Dec. 8, 1799 - May 10, 1865
Henry A Westbrook, son of W J & C Westbrook
June 10, 1858 - July 31, 1875
Laura A Westbrook, dau of W J & C Westbrook
June 14, 1868 - July 26, 1870
Elijah L Westbrook, son of W J & C Westbrook
* (Stone broken, top half missing)
July 22, 1860 - Sept. 29, 1897
William Jasper Westbrook
Apr. 5, 1825 - Dec. 3, 1903
Caroline Tarver, wife of W J Westbrook
May 9, 1830 - Apr. 13, 1910
Ezra Jasper Westbrook
Dec. 15, 1901 - Apr. 8, 1967
Anita Browning Westbrook *
Feb. 18, 1911 - Nov. 17, 1988
Nancy Jane Stillman, wife of Raiford Jasper Westbrook
Nov. 14, 1877 - Sept. 24, 1965
Raiford Jasper Westbrook
Sept. 28, 1862 - Mar. 14, 1944
Sammie, only child of * (Cross broken off stone)
Lela Capers & Sam'l J Fairchild
Apr. 30, 1896 - July 15, 1902
Samuel J , son of J M Fairchild & Mary Westbrook
Feb. 12, 1872 - Jan. 31, 1896
George R, son of J M Fairchild & Mary Westbrook
Sept. 29, 1883 - Aug. 28, 1885
Anna M , dau. of J M Fairchild & Mary Westbrook
Nov. 4, 1877 - Feb. 29, 1883
Eugene R, son of Mary Westbrook & J M Fairchild
Aug. 23, 1880 - Jan. 15, 1903
William D Westbrook
Aug. 30, 1873 - Mar. 9, 1922
Ester Page Westbrook
1845 - 1928
John Westbrook
1843 - 1930
Additionally, a new stone with William D. Westbrook, Ester Page Westbrook
& John Westbrook together also is here.)
NOTES
CAROLINE TARVER (ALLEN2, JOHN1) was born May 09, 1830 in Amite Co., MS, and
died Apr 13, 1910 in Indian Mound, East Baton Rouge Pa., LA. She married
WILLIAM JASPER WESTBROOK, SR. Oct 20, 1846 in Liberty, Amite Co., MS, son
of HENRY WESTBROOK and MILDRED. According to the will of her father,
Caroline was the daughter of Allen Tarver and his second wife, Anna Terrell.
(See Allen Tarver will:
http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/records/probate/ms/ms_allentarv.html)
William Jasper Westbrook, Sr. & Caroline Tarver are buried at Bethel
Methodist Cemetery, Indian Mound, E. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Children of CAROLINE TARVER and WILLIAM WESTBROOK are:
i. MELISSA JANE4 WESTBROOK, b. Aug 20, 1847.
ii. WILLIAM JASPER WESTBROOK, JR., b. Jun 1849.
iii. ANNA MILDRED WESTBROOK, b. Jan 16, 1851.
iv. MARY ADELINE WESTBROOK, b. Aug 11, 1852.
v. SARAH MATILDA WESTBROOK, b. Jul 26, 1854.
vi. VICTORIA ELIZABETH WESTBROOK, b. Apr 05, 1856.
vii. HENRY ALLEN WESTBROOK, b. Jun 10, 1858.
viii. ELIJAH LOTT WESTBROOK, b. Jul 22, 1860.
ix. RAIFORD JASPER WESTBROOK, b. Sep 28, 1862.
x. GEORGIA TARVER WESTBROOK, b. 1866.
xi. LAURA AMAZON WESTBROOK, b. Jun 14, 1868.
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Pension Application No. 2623
Caroline Westbrook
Widow of Wm. J. Westbrook
Company and Regiment: Co. A (can't read Regt.)
P.O. Stony Point
Filed: Mar. 24, 1904
Allowed:
Quarterly Allowance, $: 1.05 + 4.50= 5.55
Pension Allowed from:
Rejected:
(Can't Read): President
(Can't Read), Secretary, Board of Pension Commissioners
Cause of Death of Widow's Husbands? (Blank)
When did he Die? Dec. 3, 1903
Where? Stony Point
Date of Granting Pension? (Blank)
Monthly Amount? (Blank)
Date of Application? Mar. 24, 1904
To save delay, Applicants should furnish all documentary evidence, the may
possess and sworn statements of comrades of their husbands when obtainable.
All applications should be addressed to the Secretary of Pension
Commissioners, at Baton Rouge.
Blanks will be furnished by the Secretary on request.
Regular meetins of the Board, second Tuesdays in March, June, September and
December.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH of Louisiana (should be Baton Rouge)
On this 24 day of March, 1904, personally appeared before me, F.A. Woods,
Deputy Clerk of the District Court, within and for said Parish and State,
Mrs. Caroline Westbrook, aged 73 years, a resident of the (East, then
scratched out) of Indian Mound Parish of East Baton Rouge and State of
Louisiana, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the
widow of William J. Westbrook who entered the service of the Confederate
States during the civil war under the name of William J. Westbrook, at
(blank), on the (blank), day of (blank) 18(blank), in (blank) /Here state
rank, company and regiment, or veasell/, from the state of (blank), that he
served honorably until (blank), at (blank) on the (blank); and that he
remained true to the Confederate States until, the surrender, at which time
he was in (blank), as (blank); that she was married to the said soldier
under the name of Caroline Tarver on the 20 day of Oct. 1845, by Edmund
Westbrook at Liberty, Miss, that she has not married again, and that she is
now in indigent circumstances and unable to earn a livelihood by her own
labor or skill, that she is not married or otherwise provided for by the
State of Louisiana or by any other State or Government; that her said
husband died on the 3rd day of Dec. 1903; at Stony Point, E. Baton Rouge,
La., that she has resided in the State of Louisiana for 40 years next
preceding the date of this application, and that she claims the aid and
benefit of Act No. 73 of 1900 as is further shown by her answers to the
following questions which she swears to be true and correct:
- Under what circumstances did your husband die?
Answer: He was very poor when he died.
- Where is he buried?
Answer: At Indian Mound, E. Baton Rouge, La.
- What are your means of support?
Answer: My own labor
- What is the value of your property, real and personal, if any?
Answer: I only have two cows worth about $20.
- Have you conveyed property to any one in the past few years?
Answer: None
- If any. How much and to whom conveyed?
Answer: None
- Give your post office address and that of your two witnesses.
Answer: Indian Mound, Indian Mound, Baton Rouge.l
Witness my hand on this 24 day of March, 1904
/s/ Caroline Westbrook
Witnesses: J W Bates, R J Westbrook
Also personally appeared J.W. Bates residing at Baton Rouge and R.J.
Westbrook residing at Indian Mound persons whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were
present and saw Mrs. Caroline Westbrook, the claimant, sign her name to
the
foregoing declaration, and that they verily believe that the facts and
declaration of said claimant are true and correct, that their acquaintance
with her for 40 years and 42 years respectively, justify them in making
this statement, and that she is the identical person she represents herself
to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
/s/ J W Bates
/s/ R J Westbrook
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this, the 24 of March, 1904, and I
hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration were fully made
known and explained to the applicant and witnesses, and that I have no
interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. (Signed)
F.A. Woods, Clerk of Court.
Uploaded 18 July 2002
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