Wordless Wednesday - Dr. Joseph B. Smith

Photo by Natalie Maynor

Dr. Joseph B. Smith

b. May 1792, Rhode Island

d. Nov. 1862 in Mississippi

Buried in Camden Cemetery, Madison County, MS

Tombstone Tuesday - Milton and Josie Trigleth

Double Grave Stone in Coxburg Cemetery, Coxburg (Holmes County) Mississippi

Josie F. Trigleth, b. Oct. 31, 1883; d. Sept. 27, 1958

Milton E. Trigleth, b. Sept. 15, 1879; d. Jan. 3, 1945

Sale of Mississippi Cemeteries

According to a press release dated September 23, 2010, from the Office of the Attorney General and Secretary of State, a Mississippi judge has ordered the sale of several Mississippi cemeteries, including Liberty Memorial Park, Pinecrest Memorial Park, and Prentiss Memorial Gardens. This action was taken after investigations conducted by the the offices of the Mississippi Secretary of State and the Attorney General resulted in the conviction of the former owner of four cemeteries.  To read the full press release please click here.

In Memorium - Fredrick Jamison Padget, 1967-2010

In Memorium
Fredrick Jamison Padget
Born April 30, 1967 in Helena, Arkansas
Died September 14, 2010, Brandon, Mississippi
Loving Son, Brother, Husband, and Father


"Gone But Not Forgotten"

Wordless Wednesday - Grover C. Barrett

Source:  Digital Photo Collection (2008) - Privately held by Janice Tracy

A Woodmen of the World monument in Good Hope Cemetery in Madison County, Mississippi shows Grover C. Barrett was born on Aug. 20, 1887 and died Mar 5, 1912.  The inscription on the marker gives his age at death as 25 yrs 6mos and 15 days .

Coxburg Cemetery, Holmes County, Mississippi

Source:  Photograph Collection (2009), privately held by Janice Tracy

Coxburg Cemetery, in the Holmes County community of Coxburg, is the burial place for many of my Netherland ancestors, with the early spelling of Neatherland inscribed on at least one grave stone. Over a dozen other families with ties to the Neatherlin/Neatherland/Netherland family are also buried in this old cemetery, including deceased members of the Chisolm, Edwards, Gilmore, Harthcock, Killebrew, Payne, Pettus, Spell, Tolar, Trigleth, Wallis, Wigley, and Ziegler families.

Grave Stones of Dicy Netherland Saul and John Saul in Bagdad Cemetery, Williamson County, Texas

Pictured here are the grave stones of Dicy Netherland Saul and her husband, John Saul, whose graves are located in Bagdad Cemetery, near Leander, in Williamson County, Texas.  Dicy was a daughter of Rachel Fenner and William Neatherlin, my great-great-greatgrandparents.

(Photo by John Christeson)

Dicy Netherland Saul

b.March 5, 1795

d. June 1, 1861

"Blessed Are the Merciful

For They Shall Inherit Mercy"

(Photo by John Christeson)

Sacred to the Memory of

John Saul

b. March 22, 1794

d. September 10, 1864

A profile of John Saul, Jr. found in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Volume 1, Patriot Ancestor Album, published by Turner Publishing Company, states that John Saul, Jr. was born on February 22, 1794, in Georgia to John and Rachel Saul.  John Saul, Jr. married Dicy Ann Netherland in Mississippi about 1817.  In 1824, John brought his family and his parents to Texas, settling in the Nacogdoches District.  The same reference states that John and his family were living in Liberty County, Texas in 1835, Walker County in 1848, and Williamson County, Texas in 1855. Dicy and John Saul had six children, Charles (1818 -1870); Erzenieth Elizabeth (1820 - 1887); Sarah (Sally) born around 1825; Rachel (1829 - 1868); Polly Mary Ann (1832-1908); James Saul (later known as Sawles). Resources:   1. Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Vol. 1, Patriot Ancestor Album; Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, Kentucky, 1995.   2. Find-A-Grave, Bagdad Cemetery, Leander, Williamson County, Texas, Accessed online on August 27, 2010