Ragland Family Members Buried in Hinds County, Mississippi

During recent weeks, I have been researching the Ragland family in Mississippi, attempting to locate the burial places for the parents of my third great-grandmother, Winiford Ragland Branch.  Yesterday, I found that Elizabeth Smith Ragland, Winiford's mother, is buried in Palestine Cemetery in Hinds County, Mississippi.  

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Elizabeth (Smith) Ragland
Died Dec 21, 1850
 Aged 60 years

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Palestine Cemetery
Hinds County, Mississippi

Also buried in this small, rural cemetery near the historic town of Raymond, Mississippi, are two of Elizabeth's children, Arthur S. Ragland and Mary V. Ragland. Winiford Ragland Branch and her husband, Edward Tillman Branch, named a son, Arthur Joseph Branch, for this brother, and a daughter, Mary V. Branch, for her deceased sister.

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Arthur S. Ragland
Born July 22, 1811
Died Feb. 25, 1847

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Mary V. Ragland
Born Mar. 28, 1835
Died Nov. 28, 1849

For more about the family of John W. Ragland and Elizabeth Smith Ragland of Newberry, South Carolina, please watch for future posts on Mississippi Memories.

Tombstone Tuesday - Edward Tillman Branch, 1850 - 1902

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Edward Tillman Branch

b. 1850 d. 1902

Son of Edward T. Branch and Winiford Ragland Branch

Buried in Seneasha Cemetery

Attala County, Mississippi

Edward Tillman Branch, Buried in Seneasha Cemetery, Attala County, Mississippi

My post on Mississippi Memories today features an excerpt from Stokes McMillan's new book, "One Night of Madness," that contains some details about the life of Edward Tillman Branch. Born on November 15, 1901, Tillman, as Branch was known, met a tragic death when he died of a gunshot wound on April 14, 1963.

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