This was an old family cemetery; it is in very bad shape and is overgrown with vines and bushes, very hard to get through. The land belongs to the Thompson family. I can't say if this is all of the people in this cemetery or not. I did copy all of the stones that I could find, when I visited this cemetery on Oct 15, 2003. -- Dorothy Atkins

How to get there:

Take I-20 in Louisiana, exit 141, and go south on Bee Bayou Rd. six miles to a curve. Around the curve, the name changes to Crawford Road. Nine-tenths of a mile later the name of the road changes again to John Crocker Rd. for another nine-tenths of a mile, then tees into another road which is unmarked. Go south about fifty feet, then turn east on Parish Farm Rd. for about one and three-tenths miles. The cemetery is on the south side next to the road, but it's so overgrown, you can't see the stones from the road.

Stones Dorothy read:

Gwin, Isabell, b. 25 Jun 1845; d. 8 Jan 1919
Gwin, John M., b. 29 Oct 1845; d. 22 Oct 1910
Gwin, Oscar L., b. 11 Jun 1876; d. 20 Aug 1901

Roberts, Vencent, b. 2 May 1909; d. 11 Aug 1939

From the 1880 Census of Alto, Richland Par., LA:

 

Name	Est.YOB	POB	R2HOH	Father's POB	Mother's POB		John M. Gwin's Comments
John M. Gwin	abt 1846	LA	Self	TN	LA		It occurs to me that this could be a grandson of William Gwin, son of Isom and Mary Canterbury Gwin. We know that William and Susanna were married in Tennessee and
Isabelle Gwin	abt 1845	LA	Wife	TN	LA		I would like to see Isabelle's maiden name.
Levi J. Gwin	abt 1870	LA	Son	.	.		This middle initial probably is a J; however, it could easily be a  mistranscribed "I"--for Isom?  Tracking down the descendents of these four sons (Levi, Harry, Oscar, and John) in later censuses could lead us to living descendents who might be able to tell us about these parents, John M. and Isabelle.
Harry J. Gwin	abt 1873	LA	Son	.	.		This middle initial probably is a J; however, it could easily be a  mistranscribed "I"--for Isom?  Tracking down the descendents of these four sons (Levi, Harry, Oscar, and John) in later censuses could lead us to living descendents who might be able to tell us about these parents, John M. and Isabelle.
Oscar L. Gwin	abt 1876	LA	Son	.	.		Oscar is buried with his parents at the cemetery, above. Tracking down the descendents of these four sons (Levi, Harry, Oscar, and John) in later censuses could lead us to living descendents who might be able to tell us about these parents, John M. and Isabelle.
Jno. Gwin	abt 1880	LA	Son	.	.		Tracking down the descendents of these four sons (Levi, Harry, Oscar, and John) in later censuses could lead us to living descendents who might be able to tell us about these parents, John M. and Isabelle.

From the Thames page at http://www.indixie.com/genealogy/newberry/datafile/newberry_the_thames_connections.htm

After Thoughts

During the 1820's and "30's, when William Hixon was living a few miles east of the Alabama River near Claiborne, Alabama, Samuel Boughton had a store across the river several miles north in the next county. He had married Harriet P. Strother, a native of South Carolina; most, if not all, of their children, including Rebecca (Prewitt) and Roger Sherman, were born there at Lower Peach Tree.

James and Lucy Newberry, the parents of Mary (Hixon), Susan (Hixon), and Jane (Thames), had a number of sons, one named James. James, likewise, had a son named James Henry, who was the father of Eugene, Mack, and Julia; Julia married Levi Gwin, and their daughter, Isabelle, married T.A. Judd.
 

[John M. Gwin Note: It is this last paragraph above which seems to positively relate to the family of this John M. and Isabelle Gwin of Richland Parish, LA, and I translate it here to my format:] 1.0--James and Lucy (nee Thames) Newberry 2.0--Mary Newberry (Hixon) 2.0--Susan Newberry (Hixon) 2.0--Jane Newberry (Thames) 2.0--James Newberry 3.0--James Henry Newberry 4.0--Eugene Newberry 4.0--Mack Newberry 4.0--Julia Newberry m. Levi Gwin  5.0--Isabelle Gwin married T. A. Judd.