Galla Rock Cemetery

Ben Embry and Aylett Buckner Taylor were
two men who owned much of Galla Rock. Ben
was A. B.'s son in law. Both are buried in a
private cemetery near the main Galla Rock
Cemetery. In the late 1850s Lewisburg, AR
was invaded by abolitionist from the north
and many big businesses moved to Galla Rock
to escape the harassment of the northerners.
You can see by the size of the headstones that
Taylor and Embry were wealthy men. A. B.
Taylor bought Trapnall Hall in Little Rock after
the Civil War and Embry moved his wholesale
business down the River toward our friend,
Annie. By this time, Embry was in partners
with his son in law, Dr. Scott. The Doc married
Kate Embry.

I wish Annie would go take a picture of Trapnall
Hall were the Taylor's lived for me. When the
foundation of Galla Rock was sheared away after
the Civil War, many of the land owners slide to
poverty, but the Taylors, Embrys and Scotts
found other ways to maintain their fortunes!

You can look at the folks by the stones and see
they are huge! What was the foundation of
Galla Rock that was sheared away? Why did
Galla Rock die?