Cemetery: Oxford Bend Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Highway 45
City: Goshen, about 3 miles
Township: Goshen
County: Washington
State: Arkansas
Nation: United States
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: about 3 miles west of Goshen,
North side of Highway
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features:
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: Non-locking
Established: before 1846
Gravestones: 200
Oldest: 1846
Newest: 1922
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Availability: Washington Co. Hist. Society
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes1
Crypts: No
Fencing: Yes
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Yes
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Yes
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather: Unknown
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss: Yes
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Owner: Private
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted:
Surnames:
Baker, Barr, Boyd, Gregg, Inglis, Johnson,
Owenby, Oxford, Skillern, Vernon, Walker
Other Information:
The only access is to go up a private
driveway.It is located in the middle of a pasture, only accessed
by climbing over a fence then walking thru the pasture (with
permission).Horses are in the pasture. Several beautiful large
granite markers are being pushed over by large trees. There are
many fieldstone markers with no names, and stones that names have
weathered away. There are many other assorted stones, some still
readable. There is also a "table top" marker for one
grave. The vegetation is thick and rampant with wild rose canes,
brush and trees and it is very difficult to get around. It is
almost impossible to see the cemetery from the highway, as it just
looks like a grove of trees.
Support:
Washington County Historical Society
118 East Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR. 72701
(they might be persuaded to conduct a
clean-up with volunteers)
Submitted by:
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name: Diane Jones
Email: j_oejones@ckt.net
Date: 08/01/2002
