Tracing Family History Through the Study of Cemeteries and Grave Stones
Copyright © Janice Tracy, Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Dr. J. H. Binford, Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Ebenezer, MS
Dr. J. H. Binford
b. April 9, 1838
d. Nov. 16, 1889
Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
Ebenezer (Holmes Count) MS
Monday, February 28, 2011
Commemorative Plaque Laid in Memory of Dr. William Lovett Balfour and His Wife, Elizabeth Gartley Balfour, Mound Bluff Cemetery, Madison County, MS
Photo by Bill Hays Mound Bluff Cemetery Near Flora (Madison County) Mississippi |
Photo by Bill Hays Flat Plaque Grave Marker Dr. William Lovett Balfour and His Wife, Elizabeth Gartley Balfour Mound Bluff Cemetery Madison County, Mississippi Follow posts on Mississippi Memories to read more about the Balfour, Davis, and Gartley Families. |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Barwick Family Gravestones
Recently, one of my readers, Aubrey Wren, wrote to tell me about an abandoned cemetery on Cauthen Road about five miles off Highway 43 in Madison County. Wren is unsure if the Madison County Board of Supervisors know about the cemetery, but he has been voluntarily maintaining the area around the old grave stones there. The cemetery is small, measuring about 40 by 60 feet, and is located about 200 yards off the county road on old church property. According to Wren, a trench about 12 to 18 inches deep surrounds the area and may indicate the previous existence of a fence that once surrounded the graves. Wren was kind enough to send photos of the gravestones to me for posting here today. According to his transcriptions of inscriptions on the gravestones, at least four members of the Barwick family are buried in this old cemetery. Watch for information about the Barwick family planned for future posts on Mississippi Memories.
Photo by Aubrey Wren |
Mary Barwick
Born May 22, 1783
Died Feb. 27, 1853
Aged 69 yrs 9m 5d
Dear mother thy pilgramige is united (?)
Photo by Aubrey Wren Jane M. Barwick, Wife of H. K. Barwick Died Sept. 16, 1853 Not lost but gone before On the left lies her infant daughter Margaret Eleanor Aged 12 days |
Photo by Aubrey Wren |
W.B. Barwick
Born June 12, 1840
Died Dec. 17, 1868
Aged 28 years 5 months 19 days
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall ___ "
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Dr. J. H. Binford, Coxburg Cemetery, Coxburg, MS
Digital Photography Collection (2009-2010); Privately owned by J. Tracy Dr. J. H. Binford Born April 9, 1938 Died Nov. 16, 1889 Buried in Coxburg, Cemetery Coxburg (Holmes County) MS |
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Eula Gill Smith, Hillcrest Cemetery, Goodman, MS
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Carrie Croft Nelson and William John Nelson
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Nelson Family Plot, Goodman, Mississippi
Digital Photo Collection (2009), privately owned by J. Tracy W. R. Nelson Born June 24, 1823 in Frederikshavn, Denmark Died April 5, 1901 Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery Goodman, Mississippi |
Digital Photo Collection (2009), privately owned by J. Tracy Wallie Nelson Son of W. J. and C.F. Nelson Died Dec. 20, 1892 Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery Goodman, Mississippi |
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Wordless Wednesday - Carlotta Nelson Fairchild's Mother
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Florina Adela Nelson, Hillcrest Cemetery, Goodman, MS
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Carlotta Nelson Fairchild, Hillcrest Cemetery, Goodman, MS
Digital Photo Collection (2009 - 2010) Privately Owned by J. Tracy |
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