Wordless Wednesday - Grave of Eli Snow, Bethlehem Cemetery, Choctaw County, Mississippi

An Angel stands watch at the grave of
Eli Snow

b. Dec. 31, 1843

d. Jan. 8, 1924

Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery

Ackerman (Choctaw County) Mississippi

Holmes County Cemeteries - Netherland, Pettus, and Trigleth Families

My mother has always told me that everyone I am related to on her side of the family is buried in the cemetery at the Coxburg Methodist Church. Recently, I visited this old cemetery in Coxburg and discovered that almost everyone in that cemetery truly is related to me in some way. Beginning tomorrow, I will be posting photos of graves belonging to many of my ancestors belonging to the Netherland, Pettus, and Trigleth families.

Brooksville Cemetery - Mrs. M. A. Dotherow

This beautiful grave monument marks the burial place of Mrs. M. A. Dotherow in Brooksville Cemetery, located in Noxubee County, Mississippi. The large marble monument bears the resemblance of a draped altar, with its top adorned with a partially covered urn.

According to the inscription on the monument, Mrs. Dotherow was born on February 18, 1837, and died on February 1, 1908, barely a week before her 71st birthday.

Tombstone Tuesday - Bagwell Family

This unique double grave monument marks the burial places of John Bagwell and his wife, S.F. Turner Bagwell in Bethlehem Cemetery, near Ackerman, Mississippi, located in Choctaw County. John Bagwell was born on January 3, 1832, and he died on September 28, 1908. His wife, S.F. Turner Bagwell, was born on September 10, 1842 and died just 6 days after her 63rd birthday.

The base of this large granite monument holds two Tuscan-like columns that provide support for a canopy. Two urns occupy prominent places on the grave marker; an open urn sits on the base between the two columns, and a covered urn graces the top of the canopy.

Bethlehem Cemetery also contains dozens of graves of other early Bagwell family members who lived and died in this area of Choctaw County during the late 1800's and early 1900s.