Named by her father, named her after the 'Battle of Buena Vista',
who was the first born of five children from her parent's union
[Daniel Walker "D.W.", 1848; James Boone "J.B.", 1849; Jefferson in 1850]
Married at 14 to Rufus Houston "Huse" LONDON, Sr., (oldest son of John and
Juda (Burnett) London). Huse took his ready-made family to Pilot Point, Texas,
and from there became a soldier in the cause of the Confederacy.
He and Vesta (aka: Winny) had two children in Collin, McKinney County, Texas and
then returned after the war to the banks of Cedar Creek (Jasper Township) where
the Lewis boys claimed their father's land.
Huse and Vesta's brother "Boone" (J.B.), set up a cotton gin and a flour and saw mill on
the banks of the creek and a little settlement grew up nearby. Her brother Walker took
his family up the mountain (sometimes referred to as Boston Mtn) a ways and built a big farm. He had a large family and so did Boone, and Huse and Vesta had thirteen children.
She died in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma and is buried in
Old Mission Cemetery. There are still mysteries unriddled in these Arkansas hills and descendants are working to unfold them.
Named by her father, named her after the 'Battle of Buena Vista',
who was the first born of five children from her parent's union
[Daniel Walker "D.W.", 1848; James Boone "J.B.", 1849; Jefferson in 1850]
Married at 14 to Rufus Houston "Huse" LONDON, Sr., (oldest son of John and
Juda (Burnett) London). Huse took his ready-made family to Pilot Point, Texas,
and from there became a soldier in the cause of the Confederacy.
He and Vesta (aka: Winny) had two children in Collin, McKinney County, Texas and
then returned after the war to the banks of Cedar Creek (Jasper Township) where
the Lewis boys claimed their father's land.
Huse and Vesta's brother "Boone" (J.B.), set up a cotton gin and a flour and saw mill on
the banks of the creek and a little settlement grew up nearby. Her brother Walker took
his family up the mountain (sometimes referred to as Boston Mtn) a ways and built a big farm. He had a large family and so did Boone, and Huse and Vesta had thirteen children.
She died in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma and is buried in
Old Mission Cemetery. There are still mysteries unriddled in these Arkansas hills and descendants are working to unfold them.
Inscription
[SIDE] "Remember friends as you pass by as you are now so once was I.
As I am now you soon shall be. Prepare for death and follow me."
[FRONT] LONDON Bunavista, wife of R.H. London Born 1847 - Died 1908
[text follows can't read two lines)
(Thanks to Jana Blalock for grave photos)
Family Members
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Marcus Layfayette "Mark" London
1862–1923
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James C. London
1865–1945
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Ruthia C. London Barker
1867–1885
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Mattie Lee London Loving
1871–1927
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Josephine "Jody" London Oliver
1873–1958
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Lula Florence London Dickerson
1881–1948
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Jarva L. London
1885–1885
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Willis Parmer London
1886–1915
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Grace Greenwood London Kieffer
1888–1974
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