The Cane River Baptist Church Cemetery

The Cane River Baptist Church Cemetery (also known as the Murphy Cemetery) is located on the outskirts of Natchitoches amid the river farmlands of the Cane River on Woodyard Drive (locally known as Fish Hatchery Road). There are thirty-five marked, inscribed burials along with several broken and illegible markers. Only a few of the tombstones are new; most are old and of interesting variety.

The live oak tree in the center of the cemetery has been designated the Robert Calvert Murphy Oak by the Live Oak Society of the Louisiana Garden Club Federation. The girth of the tree was 13.08 feet when it was registered in 2016.

Cane River Baptist Cemetery Register

ALLBRITTON, Hosea (4 Sept. 1900 / 16 Oct. 1900
Son of G. H. and Luna Allbritton

BABERS, Nettie (8 June 1884 / 2 Sep. 1900)
Aged 16 Yrs. 6 Mos. 17 Das.

BABERS, Lulu (7 April 1880 / 7 March 1896)
Daughter of J. W. and M. E. Babers

BABERS, Lee Anselm (25 March 1882 / 6 March 1899)
Son of J. W. and M. E. Babers

BABERS, Ella J. (17 June 1888 / 29 Nov. 1898)
Daughter of J. W. and M. E. Babers

CHILDS, Charles W. (24 Sep. 1862 / 18 Sep. 1905)

CHILDS, Emmitt (17 July 1905 / 20 Sep. 1905)
Infant of C. W. and Cora A. Childs

DRIGGERS, John W. (2 Aug. 1875 / 10 Aug. 1907)

EUBANKS, V. L. (14 April 1868 / 31 Dec. 1904)

HUDDLESTON, Willis T. (14 Dec. 1898 / 15 Aug. 1900)
Son of W. R. and L. M. Huddleston

JONES, James Monroe (10 Jan. 1831 / 13 Feb. 1897)
Died near Natchitoches, LA

KILLGORE, Kathleen Elise (7 Jan. 1889 / 6 Dec. 1898)
Daughter of Geo. A. and Mittie Killgore

MCCLELAND, J. L. (21 Nov. 1838 / 7 June 1905)

MCCLELAND, Ralph Donald (Born _____ [broken, illegible])
Son of I. M. and Ida Lee McCleland

MCCLELAND, John L. (19 Oct. 1836 / 27 Aug. 1904)

MCCLELAND, Laura (25 Oct. 1903 / 16 May 1905)
Daughter of W. L. and L. A. McCleland

MCCLELAND, Fred L. (20 Sep. 1901 / 7 Oct. 1908)
Son of W. L. and L. A. McCleland

MCCLELAND, Mahala (broken, no dates)

MCCLELAND, Minah E. (6 Feb 1882 / 5 Nov. 1903)

MCCLELAND, Lee E. (21 Sep. 1905 / 15 Aug. 1907)

MURPHY, Robert Calvert (16 Nov. 1842 / 16 Feb. 1936)

MURPHY, Martha Gulley (28 Feb. 1846 / 8 Dec. 1919)

MURPHY, Mattie Agnes (26 Sep. 1884 / 17 Nov. 1900)
Daughter of R. C. and M. G. Murphy

O’QUINN, Nat B. (30 July 1928 / 2 Nov. 1984)
M. Sgt. U.S. Air Force World War II, Korea, Vietnam

O’QUINN, Martha Kennon (5 Sep. 1950 / 9 Sep. 1950)

O’QUINN, Mary Lou (23 Nov. 1908 / 17 Jan. 1989)
Double stone: Adrian E. O’Quinn

O’QUINN, Patsy Lou (16 Dec. 1935 / 17 March 1937)

O’QUINN, Adrian E. (18 Nov. 1898 / 8 March 1963)
Double stone: Mary Lou O’Quinn

SIMS, William Thomas (9 Sep. 1848 / 1 Feb. 1897)

STROUD, Leon Bryant (2 Feb. 1913)
Infant of A. E. and Bertha Stroud

STROUD, A. E., Jr. (Born and died Oct. 18, 1920)

STROUD, Shirley M. (4 Nov. 1926 / 19 Jan. 1931)

TAYLOR, Bettie (15 March. 1863 / 21 Jan. 1900)

A broken stone lettered only: Died June 8, 1898