Wards Chapel Cemetery
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Wards Chapel Cemetery

Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana, USA

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  • Get directions 1821 Highway 828
    Farmerville, Louisiana 71241 United States
    Coordinates: 32.79357, -92.32453
  • 225-287-6205
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The Wards Chapel Cemetery originated as the private family graveyard of David Ward (1806-1882), who settled in Union Parish in February 1837. He purchased the surrounding land from the U.S. Government in December 1837, and his father, Elisha Ward, Sr., is believed to be the first person buried there at his death in August 1838. In the 1840s, David Ward allowed a local Methodist Protestant Church to begin meeting on his farm, and the church soon constructed a building beside his family graveyard. The church became known as the "Wards Chapel Church," and David Ward's family graveyard gradually became a community cemetery. The Wards Chapel Church dissolved by the 1880s, but it soon reformed as a Church of Christ, which it remains today.
The Wards Chapel Cemetery originated as the private family graveyard of David Ward (1806-1882), who settled in Union Parish in February 1837. He purchased the surrounding land from the U.S. Government in December 1837, and his father, Elisha Ward, Sr., is believed to be the first person buried there at his death in August 1838. In the 1840s, David Ward allowed a local Methodist Protestant Church to begin meeting on his farm, and the church soon constructed a building beside his family graveyard. The church became known as the "Wards Chapel Church," and David Ward's family graveyard gradually became a community cemetery. The Wards Chapel Church dissolved by the 1880s, but it soon reformed as a Church of Christ, which it remains today.

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  • Added: 30 Jun 2007
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