McCONNELL FAMILY

Location: At the north end of Patty Switch of L&N RR on George Williams farm, 4 miles NW of Benton.
Established: Early settlement days by McConnell family, and discontinued before Civil War.
Number of graves: Approximately 8
Acreage: 20x 40 ft. Buried here are Samuel McConnell who died in the summer of 1848 and the 92 year old grandmother of an old man McConnell at Fort Smith Arkansas.
Remarks: It is thought that this is the family cemetery of Robert H. McConnell who was the first member of the county court from the 1st district. The cemetery, in the center of a field, is grown up in bushes and is in bad condition. Inscriptions are worn off markers.