The E. L. Blanchard Cemetery was
established by Edward Louis Blanchard (1838-1915), a Confederate veteran, on
the property of his first wife, Mrs. Helen Deen Blanchard, daughter of Dr.
Oliver L. and Mary Irvin Deen. This
cemetery is located one mile north of Gunnison, on the east side of Highway
1. Edward Louis Blanchard was the son of
Samuel Swan and Caroline Eastman Marshall.
This cemetery was established after
the overflow (of the Mississippi River) in 1897.
The remains of two of E. L.
Blanchard’s sons, Boyd Edward and Herbert Whitson, were moved from their
original resting place on the Stark Place, which was formerly owned by Mr.
Blanchard. The remains of the sons were
moved to this new cemetery, these two being the first two graves in the
cemetery.
Blanchard, Boyd Edward
09-24-1875 – 08-18-1895
Blanchard, Herbert Whitson
08-25-1890 – 01-27-1892
“How soon his race was won
His pain and suffering o’er
Himself from sin secure”
Blanchard, Blanche
10-12-1877 – 12-31-1915
“Sister”
Blanchard, E. L.
03-06-1838 – 12-01-1915
“Father”
Blanchard, Sallie E.
1853 – 03-28-1899
Garrett, James William
09-08-1880 – 03-07-1933
Resting till the resurrection morn
Scruggs, John Byron
01-28-1876 – 11-06-1924
Husband