Chamberlain Cemetery

Also known as Baldwin Cemetery, Smiley Cemetery, and Utica Cemetery.

The Smiley grave lot is located 9.2 miles from Plaza on 4th Street Road, West Helena, Phillips County, S1 T1S R4E. This lot is fenced with wrought iron fence and gate and had been cared for the year of listing (March 12, 1964). The cemetery has been neglected, the ground eroded and stones broken and mixed together so there was no way to put the pieces together. Recorded by members of Tri-County Genealogical Society. It has not been determined if there are two separate cemeteries, or one large cemetery divided by a gulley. Some of the following information was also recorded in the Phillips County Historical Quarterly, March 1965.

Name	Dates	Inscription/Comments
Chamberlain, Cora	Aug 5, 1869 - Nov 11, 1871	Youngest daughter of Eligah R. and Frances E. Chamberlain.
Chamberline, Eligah R.	Mar 15, 1872	Age 37 years; Died at Sterling, AR. Husband of Frances E. Chamberlain.
Clifft, Lucinda B.	Aug 13, 1848 - Aug 7, 1851	Daughter of W. W. and P. E. Clifft.
Hale, Mattie B. Smiley	Oct 24, 1872 - Dec 14, 1894	Wife of J. D. Hale
Hopkins, Maria	Aug 27, 1831 - Mar 1, 1852	Wife of J.P. Hopkins
Mahaffey, Wm. R.	May 12, 1848	Age 21 years
Mahaffey, David R.	Jun 1, 1835 - Feb 1853
Miller, Martha M.	Oct 20, 1854 - Aug 20, 1859	Dau of C. H. and S. J. Miller.
Murphy, Drury M.	Sep 4, 1824 - Aug 1, 1856
Neely, Mary Ann	d. Jul 9, 1851	Age 26 yrs 3 mos; Wife of John G. Neely
Smiley, Amanda J.	Oct 28, 1846 - Jan 15, 1888	b. IN, wife of W. Green Smiley.
Smiley, William Green	Sep 24, 1842 - Mar 2, 1911
Smiley, Nancy Elizabeth Floyd	Nov 30, 1851 - May 28, 1908	Wife of W. G. Smiley.
Smiley, Harry B.	Sep 27, 1877 - Oct 6, 1904	Son of W.G. & Amanda
Smiley, Herman E.	Jul 12, 1875 - Dec 1, 1903	Son of W.G. & Amanda
Smiley, W. G., Jr.	Dec 17, 1886 - Dec 27, 1886	Son of W.G. & Amanda
W. G. S., Jr.		What appears to be infant graves, small stones
B. S.		What appears to be infant graves, small stones
Watkins, Martha	Dec 18, 1847	Age 27 years; Wife of A. W. Watkins.

Wrought iron fenced enclosure, one family stone, no dates:
Name	Dates	Inscription/Comments
W. N. W. Martin
Josephine Martin
Josephine C. (G?) Martin
Albertis I. Martin

It is the general opinion of Phillips County historians that when the town of Sterling was lost to the Mississippi River in the late 1800's, some tombstones were moved from Sterling and relocated on this ridge. This has also been referred to as Utica Cemetery, and by one person as Baldwin Cemetery.