The Political Graveyard: Johnson County, Ark.
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Index to Locations
Oakland Cemetery
Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas
Founded 1848
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Felix Ives Batson (1819-1871) —
also known as Felix I. Batson —
of Arkansas.
Born in Dickson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1819.
State court judge in Arkansas, 1853; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1858; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 1st District, 1862-65.
Died in Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark., March
11, 1871 (age 51 years, 186
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Jordan Edgar Cravens (1830-1914) —
also known as Jordan E. Cravens —
of Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo., November
7, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1860; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1877-83; state court
judge in Arkansas, 1890.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April 8,
1914 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Spadra Bluff Cemetery
Spadra Bluff, Johnson County, Arkansas
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Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) —
of Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky.
Born in County Wicklow, Ireland,
July
14, 1749.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated,
1810.
Convicted
and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition
Act.
Slaveowner.
Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson
County, Ark., August
1, 1822 (age 73 years, 18
days).
Original interment at Spadra Bluff Cemetery; reinterment in 1833 at
River
View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.
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