Van Wert Cemetery
Survey by Ralph & Jane Ayers before 1986. Information from Michael L. Hobgood's book Precious Memories, Vol I and information from family members.
Photos by Greg Gray.
(Information with * has been added since survey in 1986 or corrected.)
Directions:
[Information in brackets [] has been added to help researchers]
Name Comments Birth Date Death Date ALLEN, Bobby Jewel Aug 20, 1932 Jan 8, 1935 ALLEN, Infant / 1963 / 1963 ALLEN, Infant “d/o M&M H L ALLEN” ------- Aug 8, 1934 * ANDERSON, Albert W “Age 16 Yrs” “Co D Ballentine's Reg't Miss Cav” 1848 Oct 10, 1864 BARBER, Lena G Aug 5, 1862 Apr 26, 1879 BARBER, Mrs Emily May 20, 1833 Apr 27, 1875 BARBER, Scott E Jul 7, 1868 Feb 9, 1884 BARBER, Wiley C Jul 7, 1820 Apr 4, 1892 * BATES, Joseph "s/o L&FG BATES" Mar 17, 1878 Sep 22, 1879 BROCK, Charlie H May 6, 1883 Nov 6, 1883 BROCK, Lula L Oct 5, 1879 Nov 6, 1879 BROWN, Charlie Dec 20, 1884 Dec 25, 1884 * BROWN, Henry M
Oct 4, 1828 Apr 9, 1879 * BROWN, Jessie M Jul 6, 1872 Feb 19, 1891 BROWN, Lillie M Dec 17, 1889 Dec 31, 1889 BROWN, Mary A May 28, 1886 Nov 25, 1896 * BROWN, Mary P “w/o Henry M BROWN” Jul 28, 1837 Jan 24, 1917 BRUMBELOW, Amand HEATON Oct 8, 1844 Mar 26, 1913 BRUMBELOW, Karen Pearson “Inf T/o W V & M L BRUMBELOW” Mar 25, 1896 May 21, 1896 BRUMBELOW, Katie Pearl “Inf T/o W V & M L BRUMBELOW” Mar 25, 1896 Sep 19, 1896 BRUMBELOW, Lillie L “d/o M&M A B BRUMBELOW” Jul 12, 1885 Sep 20, 1886 * BRUMBELOW, Mirtle “d/o M&M A B BRUMBELOW” Jan 1, 1889 Jan 3, 1892 * BRUMBELOW, William N “Cobb's Legion GA Cav CSA” ------- ------- BURELL, Golden King May 13, 1925 May 13, 1925 * CALRK, F M [no other info on small marker] ------- ------- * CAMPBELL, Charles Porter Dec 25, 1851 Mar 12, 1923 CAMPBELL, Elizabeth “Age 27 yrs 10 mos 20 das” Aug 10, 1831 Jul 1, 1859 * CAMPBELL, Ernest J Feb 18, 1897 Apr 1, 1944 * CAMPBELL, Etta A “w/o John W CAMPBELL, Sr” Jan 31, 1893 Jan 30, 1977 * CAMPBELL, John W, Sr Feb 11, 1883 Aug 6, 1965 * CAMPBELL, Lou Adeline “w/o Charles Porter CAMPBELL” Oct 10, 1856 Nov 19, 1924 CARMICHAEL, John Mar 30, 1821 May 27, 1895 CARMICHAEL, Lou Nov 20, 1827 Jun 15, 1896 CARNES, Junnie “d/o Peter & Elizabeth CARNES”
“Age 69 Years”------- Jun 13, 1889 * CLARK, Infant “I d/o F M & M J CLARK” ------- ------- CLARK, Mamie Etta Jan 21, 1882 Nov 15, 1899 CLARK, Mrs J W Jul 10, 1846 Oct 16, 1912 CLARK, Roberta “d/o F L & M C CLARK” / 1894 / 1899 CLARK, W J [Polk County Depty Sheriff in the late 1870s] Apr 12, 1836 Jun 11, 1897 * DAVIES, Elizabeth “w/o Griffith DAVIES” ------- Feb 14, 1879 * DAVIS, John “s/o Griffith & Lizzie J DAVIS” Jul 30, 1872 Apr 19, 1873 * DAVIS, Lawry “only s/o M&M David G DAVIS”
Born North Wales”Oct 20, 1873 Jun 5, 1884 DOOLEY, Mitchell May 15, 1899 Oct 20, 1916 DUNN, Airmitay “w/o J H DUNN” Apr 8, 1839 Jun 11, 1886 ELLIOTT, Samuel / 1886 / 1899 * FARMER, Jordan Oct 18, 1811 Oct 10, 1890 * FARMER, Martha “w/o Jordon FARMER” Sep 6, 1813 Aug 6, 1877 FLANEGAN, Dr Joel L Oct 30, 1818 Jan 8, 1868 FLANEGAN, Elizabeth [2nd w/o Dr Joel L FLANEGAN] Sep 11, 1823 Jun 7, 1901 * FLANEGAN, Mary C “w/o Dr Joel L FLANEGAN” Aug 14, 1826 Feb 16, 1859 * GRAHAME, Mable Campbell Nov 3, 1893 Sep 30, 1973 GREEN, G W Mar 26, 1892 Dec 4, 1949 GREEN, J M Jun 10, 1854 Apr 28, 1915 GREEN, Mary E “Mother” Dec 13, 1861 Sep 16, 1941 GRESHAM, Etta D Apr 25, 1876 Sep 2, 1876 * GRIFFITH, John “Born Carnarvonshine, Wales”
“Age 52 Years, 7 Months”------- Sep 5, 1883 GRIFFITHS, Richard J “s/o J R & Jane GRIFFITHS”
“Native of Wales”Jan 1, 1859 Mar 8, 1881 * HEATON, John R Feb 22, 1815 Mar 16, 1884 * HEATON, Mary Ann Jenkins Nov 17, 1816 May 25, 1887 HESLIP, D D Sep 30, 1794 Aug 20, 1875 HESLIP, D W / 1869 / 1942 HESLIP, David W / 1860 / 1921 HESLIP, Margaret “w/o D D HESLIP” Jul 3, 1804 Feb 1, 1871 HESLIP, R P Oct 1837 May 1874 HITCHCOCK, Hannah SIMS “w/o Joseph HITCHCOCK” Jan 9, 1837 Feb 3, 1914 HITCHCOCK, J C Apr 7, 1827 Apr 19, 1898 HITCHCOCK, Martha A “w/o J C HITCHCOCK” Dec 29, 1830 Dec 26, 1872 HOBBS, Cordelia “w/o J W HOBBS” Mar 4, 1855 Aug 10, 1915 HOLLAMAN, Lafayette Apr 8, 1866 Nov 2, 1895 HOLLAND, Walter R “s/o J A & Sarah S HOLLAND” Oct 2, 1879 Sep 19, 1879 HUBBARD, Mary A “d/o William & Nancy G HUBBARD” Dec 18, 1845 Mar 5, 1878 HUBBARD, Nancy G “w/o William HUBBARD”
“Born in Franklin County, TN Md Sep 30, 1841May 2, 1821 May 31, 1891 HUBBARD, William “Born in Elbert County, GA” May 20, 1820 Apr 14, 1902 HUGHES, Am Owens Er Cof; Yr Hwn A Fu Farw Mawr th 5ed 1860 Yn 26 mb 0ed” ------- ------- * HUGHS, O O “Native of NW GB” Dec 1858 Dec 1874 HULSEY, Alia Iona Sep 31 1898 Aug 4, 1900 HULSEY, David H Apr 7, 1829 Jan 12, 1889 HULSEY, Ocie Mae 1899 1908 IVIE, Sallie J “w/o B F IVIE” “d/o W N & S STRANGE” Dec 6, 1860 May 11, 1904 * JEFFERY, Fannie A “w/o Robert O JEFFERY” “Age 21 Yrs” Jun 24, 1874 JENKINS, John “Age 77 Years, 7 months, 2 days” May 8, 1793 Dec 29, 1870 JENKINS, Laurett A Sep 19, 1835 Apr 19, 1906 JENKINS, Margaret Jun 21, 1796 Feb 1, 1861 * J H B [no other info on small marker] JOHNSON, Malcolm Jan 9, 1821 Dec 7, 1893 JOHNSON, Millison F “Age 75 Years & 8 Months” Oct 1822 / 1897 * JONES, Hugh J 1846 1904 JONES, Johnnie “Only s/o Hugh & Sarah JONES” Jan 1, 1870 Oct 13, 1874 JONES, Leittle Nell “Only d/o Hugh & Sarah JONES” Jan 15, 1873 Oct 22, 1874 JONES, Malcolm R ------- Mar 7, 1891 * JONES, Sarah 1850 1908 KINGSBERRY, Henry (Mason) Aug 24, 1816 Sep 3, 1890 KINGSBERRY, Henry Virgil “s/o E C & C E KINGSBERRY” Aug 7, 1884 Oct 16, 1885 LANKFORD, John T Mar 28, 1875 Jun 10, 1881 LEE, Mattie J “w/o Robert E Lee” Oct 15, 1864 Aug 2, 1884 * LEGRAND, Elizabeth Jan 16, 1796 Oct 3, 1877 LONG, Emily L
2nd photo“Age 52 Years” ------- May 1880 * LONG, Jonnathan
2nd photo“Age 82 Years” ------- Feb 13, 1882 LONG, Marck A C Aug 18, 1846 Dec 29, 1868 * LONG, Marcus Lenorah Jun 5, 1869 (?) Dec 9, 1878 (?) LONG, Marcus W “s/o M&M James LONG” Nov 3, 1896 Nov 11, 1896 LONG, Margaret “Died at age 86 years of age” ------- ------- * LONG, Nancy A “w/o James LONG” Nov 1845 Sep 15, 1895 * LOWRY, Infant “Inf d/o Daniel & Sarah E LOWRY” ------- ------- MASON, H C May 30, 1880 Apr 29, 1940 MASSEY, S M Oct 6, 1887 May 25, 1924 MASSEY, Sam C Jun 1, 1910 Apr 9, 1944 McCORMICK, S W / 1904 / 1968 McDONALD, Cleo / 1869 / 1942 McWHORTER, John T “s/o M&M M L McWHORTER”
“Age 21 Years, 4 Months, 12 Days”------- Apr 5, 1889 * MIZE, Julius A Oct 26, 1875 Jul 19, 1877 * MIZE, Martha L Apr 9, 1867 Sep 25, 1868 *MIZE, Wm T Sep 28, 1862 Oct 27, 1868 MOATES, John T Feb 28, 1861 Nov 1, 1900 MOATES, Laura J Jun 4, 1868 Sep 29, 1941 MORGAN, C M “Age 42 Years” ------- Mar 3, 1882 MORGAN, Hannah “w/o Jos MORGAN” “Age about 50 Years”
“Erected by her son, G W MORGAN”------- May 17, 1841 MORGAN, Joseph D “Erected by Mrs N E MORGAN, his wife” Jun 15, 1818 Mar 12, 1874 MORGAN, Martha Ann Oct 10, 1824 Mar 1, 1858 MORGAN, Nancy CRABB “2nd w/o J D MORGAN” “Erected by grdson, Hugh W RANDALL” Apr 14, 1837 Aug 7, 1909 MORGAN, Nellie HULSEY 1876 1903 MORGAN, Newton H Apr 10, 1861 Aug 4, 1881 MORGAN, Orvin B Dec 16, 1862 Aug 26, 1866 NETTLES, William E May 22, 1843 Aug 1, 1885 NUEBAUM, T C [German born Jewish immigrant who died of “brain fever” in an Atlanta hospital” / 1869 / 1893 * O'NEAL, Johnny Howard Cpl US Army Korea Oct 31, 1930 Sep 26, 1986 * PARTON, S A E May 18, 1845 Aug 18, 1863 PARSON, Eddie O “w/o W P PARSON” Mar 10, 1870 Jul 10, 1894 PARSON, W P Mar 6, 1831 Jun 30, 1892 RANDALL, Little George “s/o F M & S J RANDALL” [Dates unreadable] ------- ------- ROBERTS, John W “Age 29 years” “Late of Glassinfryn, Bangor, NW BG” ------- Oct 4, 1873 ROBINSON, J R Dec 25, 1846 Dec 6, 1904 ROBINSON, J W Dec 20, 1821 Apr 29, 1899 * ROGERS, Samuel Anthony “Inf s/o W H & S A ROGERS”
“Age 2 years, 1 month, 13 days”------- Jul 31, 1859 SATTERFIELD, Mrs Belle “Age 25 years, 2 months, 8 days” Jun 26, 1800 ------- SMITH, Saralynn / 1867 / 1892 * SORRELLS, Rosa “d/o M&M J C SORRELLS” Jan 13, 1907 Jan 14, 1907 STRANGE, John Bentley “s/o W N & S STRANGE” Jul 7, 1876 Jul 11, 1876 STRANGE, Maria A “w/o J W STRANGE” Dec 6, 1860 Aug 3, 1895 STRANGE, Sarah K “w/o W N STRANGE” Jun 27, 1835 May 27, 1903 STRANGE, W N Sep 7, 1827 Aug 17, 1901 STRICKLAND, Sarah Oct 16, 1779 Jul 23, 1881 TAYLOR, Fannie “w/o R E TAYLOR” Apr 22, 1872 Jul 9, 1895 THOMPSON, Infants “Inf/o M&M T J THOMPSON” May 5, 1864 May 5, 1853 THOMPSON, Infants “Inf/o M&M T J THOMPSON” Apr 19, 1869 Apr 19, 1869 * THOMPSON, James E “s/o William & Mary A THOMPSON”
“Co A 4th Texas Reg CSA”May 31, 1843 May 5, 1864 THOMPSON, James Walter “s/o LQC & M G THOMPSON” Sep 18, 1876 Sep 18, 1878 THOMPSON, L Q C Jan 18, 1859 Dec 5, 1875 THOMPSON, L Q C Feb 16, 1823 May 27, 1901 THOMPSON, Thomas J Dec 16, 1827 Aug 20, 1900 THOMPSON, Troupie E Jun 1, 1857 Apr 17, 1906 TOLBERT, Thomas Posey May 15, 1897 Jun 10, 1899 TOLBERT, Wiley Benjamin Jul 8, 1899 Jul 13, 1900 * WARE, James M Mar 10, 1810 Sep 26, 1873 WILLIAMS, Earnest Apr 8, 1902 Sep 15, 1902 WILLIAMS, Elvira Sep 22, 1827 Feb 1, 1902 * WILLIAMS, Jonathan D Mar 15, 1840 Dec 15, 1883 * WILLIAMS, Margret “Age 29 years” ------- Jul 25, 1860 WILLIAMS, Mattie Oct 14, 1877 Oct 17, 1878 WILLIAMS, Robert O “Age 36 years” “Born North Wales” ------- Feb 4, 1849 WILSON, J W Oct 12, 1833 Apr 10, 1899 WILSON, S D Jun 13, 1803 Jul 23, 1860 WRIGHT, E V “Mother of Mary” [Assumed to be Mother of Mary THOMPSON] Jan 19, 1814 Jan 10, 1901 WRIGHT, James A ------- May 9, 1926 YORK, A H
* 2nd photo/ 1843 / 1925 * YORK, Emma WOZENCROFT 1852 1934 * YORK, Jasper Newton Serg Co A 1 GA Cal CSA 1837 1867 * YORK, Emma WOZENCROFT Serg Co A 1 GA Cal CSA Jul 2, 1834 Nov 22, 1903 YOUNG, J W Mar 1856 May 1874
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