Tombstone Tuesday - A Sunken Gravestone

Grave stone of Claude Mabry, son of T. G. and M. E. Mabry
Hillcrest Cemetery, Goodman (Holmes County) Mississippi

Wordless Wednesday - Shrock Plot at Shiloh Cemetery, Madison County, Mississippi

Photo by Natalie Maynor

Tombstone Tuesday - Joseph K. and Caroline Fitler Shrock - Shiloh Cemetery, Madison County, MS

Joseph Kilpatrick Shrock and his wife Caroline Fitler Shrock are buried in Shiloh Cemetery in Madison County near the community of Cameron, Mississippi. Photographs of their grave stones appear below. More about the families of Joseph K. and Caroline Shrock can be read here.



J. K. Shrock, b. May 6, 1821
d. May 31, 1897, buried in
Shiloh Cemetery, near Cameron
Madison County, MS



Caroline Fitler, wife of J. K. Shrock
d. Oct. 25, 1882, buried in
Shiloh Cemetery near Cameron
Madison County, Mississippi

Source: Photographs by Natalie Maynor

Henry and Sarah Shrock, Camden Cemetery, Camden, Mississippi

Today, on Mississippi Memories, I began writing the first in a series of posts about the Shrock Family of Attala County, beginning with the family of Joseph K. Shrock and his wife, Caroline Fitler Shrock. Posted here today are photos of the grave stones of Henry Shrock and Sarah Shrock, Joseph's parents.



Sarah Shrock, Joseph Shrock's mother
b. May 6, 1817, d. Sept. 16, 1836
Buried in Camden Cemetery
Madison County, Mississippi

Henry Shrock, Joseph's Father
b. October 9, 1780, d. April 11, 1858
Buried in Camden Cemetery
Camden, Madison County, Mississippi

Shrock Family Plot Marker - Hillcrest Cemetery, Goodman, Mississippi

This large monument stands in the shadow of a century-old magnolia tree and marks the Shrock family plot in Hillcrest Cemetery. Although deceased members of this family are buried in other cemeteries in Attala and Madison Counties, this cemetery in Goodman in Holmes County appears to have been a more common burial place for family members who died during the 1900's.



During the next several days, I plan to write a series of posts on Mississippi Memories about this well-known Attala County family and its Madison and Holmes County connections. Be sure to check back here on Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek for photographs of grave stones of some of the Shrock family members.

Source: Digital Photo Collection (2009) - privately held by Janice Tracy

Grave Stone Inscription - United Fire Sides of America

Recently, while reviewing some of the photos I took last May of grave stones of Killebrew family members buried in Coxburg Cemetery, I found this one. According to its inscription, R. S. Killebrew was born on June 23, 1846, and died on November 11, 1915. His grave is among a number of other graves of Killebrew family members who have been buried in the cemetery for more than a century.



In addition to the usual name and dates of birth and death, the top portion of Mr. Killebrew's grave stone also bears the words "United Fire Sides of America," along with an emblem that resembles a fireplace that contains burning logs.

During a quick search using Google, I found a reference to a Mississippi Supreme Court decision around the turn of the century that involved this entity. Full details of the case were not provided in this reference, but the attorney for the company had a Houston, Texas address.

Was "United Firesides of America" an insurance company, possibly one that provided burial coverage, or was it a dues-paying fraternal organization something similar to Woodmen of the World?

I still don't know, but maybe one of my readers will.

Wordless Wednesday - Mississippi Delta Cemetery

Cemetery at Anguilla, Mississippi in Sharkey County
Photo by Natalie Maynor