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Hazelwood Cemetery

Transcription by Libby Dady Alcorn and Angela Wilburn

All Rights Reserved by Libby Dady Alcorn and Angela Wilburn

Published with permission of Libby Dady Alcorn, April 25, 2010

 

ONIE WILLIAMS ABINGTON

5/17/1874 – 10/11/1896:  In memory of Wife of O L Abington – Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the heavenly shore

WILIAM WARREN BELL

9/25/1879 – 1/13/1889:  Son of M E & L H Bell – Sleep on sweet darling and take thy rest, God called thee home he thought it best

INFANT SON OF ME & LH BELL

8/9/1886 – 8/9/1886: - Budded on earth to bloom in heaven

  INFANT DAUGHTER OF ER & L BEST  

1/10/1877 – 1/21/1877 

INFANT DAUGHTER OF R & OE BEST

1/16/1876 – 1/23/1876: this marker was located 6” below the ground on 3/2007. Not previously on a Hazelwood inventory

JOSHUA BEST & INFANT SON CURRY BEST

10/11/1802 – 1/9/1852:  Joshua Best age 49 yrs 2 months 28 days; Curry Best, his son aged 1 year 10 months and 22 days (noted on same headstone) - Father thou art gone before us, and thy saintly soul has flown. where tears are wiped from ev’ry eye and sorrow is unknown.

MABLE CLARE BEST

No birth date – 8/5/1882 - Our Little Mable age 8 months 16 days

MAGGIE L BEST

9/15/1874 – 10/19/1877- dearest Maggie thou hast left us here, thy loss we deplore, yet again in heaven with joy to greet thee where no farewell tear is shed

MARY ELIZABETH BEST

3/25/1878 – 8/8/1881: daughter of ER & LJ (Mary Elizabeth Best was noted on an earlier inventory, but her headstone was not located in Marcy of 2007 but we will continue to search)

RICHARD D C BEST

3/7/1872 – 1/21/1875: Son of ER & LJ Best

SAMUEL R BEST – 4/30/1847 – 3/30/1884- He is missed at home, his toil is o’er his work is done, and he is fully blest. He fought the fight the victory won and entered into rest

T A C BEST

11/23/1845 – 4/6/1871 - Farewell dear mother, sisters, brothers, My Savior called me home

WILLIE BEST

7/7/1866 – 7/29/1867: dau of ER & LJ Best – Our dear little Willie is with the angels

W L BEST - Confederate Soldier in Civil War

1/7/1836 – 4/28/1864 - From a wound received at the Battle of Mansfield (CSA), His last words was.?. for the success of the Southern Confederacy

MARY T BURFORD BOOLES –

11/30/1818 – 11/25/1890 - dau of JB & Edna Burford. Born in Green County GA. Aged 71 years 11 months 25 days. Sleep on mother thy work is done. Jesus has come and borne thee home

MOLLIE S JACKSON BURFORD

9/29/1856 – 9/21/1905: Wife of RB Burford  - As a wife devoted, as a mother affectionate, as a friend ever kind and true

INFANT DAUGHTER OF RB & MS BURFORD

no birth or death date - Gone too soon

EMILY H COWLEY

5/6/1832 – 5/6/1848: gravestone is connected to her sister Margaret by an arch - Two daughters of J & S Cowley

JAMES COWLEY

3/2/1805 – 4/6/1883 - In Memory of Husband and Father – He is missed

JOHN H COWLEY - Confederate Soldier in Civil War

10/3/1834 – 11/18/1899: Mason symbol on his grave - Aged 65 years 1 month 15 days. Asleep in Jesus Blessed Sleep from which none ever wake to weep

MARGARET L COWLEY

4/19/1830 – 4/16/1848: gravestone is connected to her sister Margaret by an arch - Two daughters of J & S Cowley

SUSANAH COWLEY

No birth date given (records show 10/22/1810) – 10/26/1895 - Wife of James – aged 85 years and 4 days

ALBERT M DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, No birth date; 8/1850: age 8 years 3 months  - headstones were    removed by family members before 2007

J H DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, No birth date; 6/1853; Aged 48 years - headstones were removed by family  members before 2007

VICTORIA JANET DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, 1/3/1869 – 6/8/1869: died in DeSoto Parish LA Infant dau of JP & KH - headstones were removed by family members before 2007

MARIE DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, 1799 – 10/14/1884 - headstones were removed before 2007

MARY E MOSS DUBOSE

No birth date given – 8/11/1859: wife of Isaac DuBose – age 53 years

  MARY NARCISSA WILLIAMS DUBOSE

8/3 or 8/5/1842 – 3/25/1879:

 LIZZIE E DURHAM

No birth date – 2/2/1871 - Daughter of LE & Dr. CH – Age 10 years 10 months 13 days. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Do you mourn when another star shines out in the glittering sky. And the storms.?. Then why do you.?.

INFANT SON OF CH & LE DURHAM

2/25/1857 – 2/25/1857 - Infant son of CH & LE Durham

LIZZE E SMITH DURHAM

1/11/1833 – 7/18/1861 - Wife of Dr. CH  Born in SC – Died in Desoto Parish. Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep from which none ever wakes to weep. A calm undisturbed repose unbroken by the lust of foes

MARTHA J HAGOOD DURHAM

6/18/1819 – 9/5/1880 - In memory of my wife

MOLSEY ELIZABETH ROSS DURHAM 

No birth date given – 2/20/1873: The unforgotten dead, our mother – aged 75 years.

HOPKINS GOODWYN

1/11/1839 – 9/3/1850 - son of Jesse H & Sarah T born in Richland District SC died in DeSoto Parish

JAMES HOPKINS GOODWYN

1/17/1832 – 12/23/1852 - Born in Richland Dist. SC, Son of Jesse H & Sarah T Goodwyn. Died in New Orleans, LA He was a student of the medical college in that place

JESSE H GOODWYN

1/25/1793 – 8/19/1862 - Born in Richland Dist. SC

SARAH THOMAS GOODWYN

3/15/1795 – 7/1/1854 - Wife of Jesse H Goodwyn & daughter of William & Mary Hopkins – was born in  Richland Dist SC and died in Desoto Parish, LA

ANDREW P HARRIS

7/8/1845 – 2/15/1903 (death date hard to read) - In memory of our father – aged 58 years, 7 months, 7 days. Weep not he’s gone to rest

MITTIE A HARRIS

4/3/1846 – 10/11/1897 - Wife of AP Harris – Weep not she is not dead but sleepeth

CHARLES GREEN JACKSON – Mexican/American War and Confederate Soldier in Civil War

10/29/1826 – 9/15/1911 - This monument honors a soldier who fought in both Mexican and Civil Wars – Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep

  LAURA V  JACKSON

4/16/1854 – 12/6/1908 - Wife of CG and daughter of Thomas & Mrs. Oliver

MARY A COWLEY JACKSON

10/19/1838 – 1/15/1894 - In memory of Wife of CG Jackson and Daughter of James & Susan Cowley born in Pickens CO Ala – age 55 years 2 months 27 days. She’s gone to worlds above where saints and angels meet to realize our savior’s love and worship at his feet

THOMAS JOHNSTON

12/17/1832 – 12/24/1853 - Son of Micojah & Martha – in DeSoto Parish, LA aged 21 years 7 days

M J LOPER

No birth or death date given - In memory of my husband

INFANT SONS (2) OF MJ LOPER & KEZIAH E LOPER

No birth or death date given: Two infant sons of MJ & KE Loper - both noted on same gravestone

RUFUS WILLIAM NOTT

3/15/1858 – 2/17/1866 - In New Orleans, aged 7 years 11 months 2 days

INFANT SON OF YV & IVA B PEYTON

7/28/1894 – 7/28/1894 - A little flower of love that blossomed but.?. transplanted now above to bloom with God on high

BIRDIE RICKS

3/11/1892 – 3/12/1892 - Infant daughter of Robt R & S V Ricks

ROBERT R RICKS

8/18/1870 – 10/9/1892 - In Loving Remembrance of My Husband - along with an inscription that can’t be read

RACHEL WINN FORTSON RIDGEWAY

10/20/1797 – 12/3/1872:

JOHN A ROSS

6/20/1806 – 10/1865 - Father & Mother - connecting arch found buried but intact 3/2007

MARY GOODWYN ROSS

3/28/1816 – 3/1864 - Father & Mother  - connecting arch found buried but intact 3/2007

JOHN RUSSELL

9/18/1786 – 11/1864 - aged 78 years 12 days

MIDDY DUNCAN RUSSELL

1/22/1789 – 5/6/1858 - Wife of John Russell and Daughter of James & Elizabeth Duncan

JAMES E SAMPLE

6/9/1846 – 7/12/1904 - Our Father and Mother – We shall meet again Dear parents, In a brighter time than this Where the anguish of this world of ours is lost in.?. Bliss - James E and Mary M share gravestone

  MARY MATILDA SCOTT SAMPLE

10/19/1846 – 4/7/1888 - Our Father and Mother – We shall meet again Dear parents, In a brighter time than this Where the anguish of this world of ours is lost in.?. Bliss - James E and Mary M share gravestone

  LABAN LLWELLYN TOMKIES

1/13/1829 – 1/29/1889 - In memory of – Born in Gaston Co NC. Died in DeSoto Parish, LA – At Rest

OLEON TOMKIES

8/22/1864 – 8/24/1865

HOPKINS TOMKIES

2/25/1858 – 10/1/1860 - Son of LL & EV

B F WHARTON

No birth or death date given:

CORA E WILLIAMS

7/16/1851 – 5/29/1852 - Dau. Of JM & FJ: Shares arch connecting sister Emer’s gravestone. 3/2007 found broken in pieces

ELIZABETH J COWLEY WILLIAMS

5/14/1828 – 4/20/1848 - Wife of Jas M Williams

EMER WILLIAMS

4/19/1853 – 4/11/1853 - Dau. Of JM & FJ: Shares arch connecting sister Emer’s gravestone. 3/2007 found broken in pieces

FRANCIS JANE RIDGEWAY WILLIAMS

12/10/1826 – 6/7/1905 - Wife of JM

IVY WILLIAMS

12/30/1859 – 2/24/1863

J CURTIS WILLIAMS

7/23/1854 – 10/13/1878

JAMES M WILLIAMS - Mason symbol

 4/15/1818 – 7/26/1893 - In memory of - aged 75 years, 3 months, 11 days cannot read inscription.

JESSE B WILLIAMS

6/7/1861 – 6/17/1862:

LIEW W WILLIAMS

3/17/1856 – 11/14/1862:

LUVINDA JANE WILLIAMS

3/13/1869 – 8/10/1871 - In Memory of - Dau of ST & Annie – Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest, God called thee home he thought it best

MARY ANN WILLIAMS

5/17/1813 – 4/13/1884 - Our Mother – Gone to rest

  MARY L WILLIAMS

6/21/1851 – 9/26/1906 - Wife of ST – As a wife devoted, as a mother affectionate, as a friend ever kind and true

  M G WILLIAMS

3/29/1869 – 4/30/1879

ROBERT L WILLIAMS

1/20/1867 – 5/3/1868

S T WILLIAMS

7/13/1850 – 7/25/1926 - Asleep in Jesus, earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal

JOHN O WOFFORD

1/8/1854 – 12/11/1902

  MARTHA MATILDA “TAY” WOFFORD

12/9/1855 – 3/19/1934

INFANT DAUGHTER OF JH & EJ WOFFORD

11/24/1858 – 11/24/1858: daughter of JH & EJ Wofford  - Will someday.?. (gravestone broken and next section missing)

MARGARET N BEST YARBROUGH & INFANT SON JOSHUA B YARBROUGH

No birth date given – 9/4/1859 - aged 25 years – Also infant son Joshua B Yarbrough - Hope lies beyond dreams