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| Photo borrowed from Find a Grave, originally posted by Yon Hafer |
This plot is in the Minden City Cemetery (also known as Goodwill Cemetery) in northern Louisiana. The marker reads, “WOODBRIDGE, SENTELL.” This is the burial place of Reverend George Grant Woodbridge (1855-1920). From his obituary…
...The remains were laid to rest in Minden Monday beside those of a first wife and an only son… …Mr. Woodbridge came of several generations of ancestors who were all ministers of the Presbyterian Church. He had been for the greater part of his life in the service of various churches in Louisiana. He was pastor of the church at Minden for ten years [~1903-1913] and had since served the group of churches including Benton, Cottage Grove and Plain Dealing for a number of years and until lately also served the church at Keatchie.Rev. Woodbridge officiated the funeral of 2x great grandmother, Ann Eliza Sherburne Sentell in 1915. The Sentell's were regulars at Cottage Grove. George was family as well. A couple years after Ann Eliza's funeral, his daughter married Samuel Eugene Sentell, one of Ann Eliza Sentell's sons.
There is some question as to who all is buried in this plot. The lack of individual markers makes it a bit of a mystery but because the lone monument includes the name “Sentell” it follows that Woodbridge’s daughter, Aline Woodbridge Sentell, is buried here. She is the only "Sentell" connection to the Woodbridge family and her obituary states she was buried at the Minden City Cemetery. It is also likely that her daughter, Novaline Sentell, who never married, is buried here also. Her obituary indicates burial at this cemetery. No other descendant of George Grant Woodbridge is buried at the Minden City Cemetery.
From what I have gathered, the people buried in this plot are (in order of burial):
Rosa Lee Baldwin Woodbridge (1866-1907) - first wife of Rev. Woodbridge
Samuel Baldwin Woodbridge (1893-Bef. 1920) - only son of Rev. Woodbridge
Reverend George Grant Woodbridge (1854-1920)
Mabel Paul Jordan Woodbridge (1883-1962) - second wife of Rev. Woodbridge
Novaline Mina "Aline" Woodbridge Sentell (1891-1965) - daughter of Rev. Woodbridge
Novaline Armena Sentell (1922-1993) - granddaughter of Rev. Woodbridge
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| Photo borrowed from Find A Grave, originally posted by Yon Hafer |
