Leddon Cemetery
Geneva County, Alabama
(7 miles east of Samson on county road 83 about 1 mile south of Hwy 52)
Surveyed 3 Oct 2003 by Wilda Murphy.
(Comments in red added by surveyor)
Left to right, in rows going west to rear of cemetery
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Holmes, Wauree Gray |
17 Aug 1932 |
5 Jun 2005 |
(Daughter of Clarence &
Gladys Watson Gray. |
Row 1 |
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Chancy-Savage plot: |
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Double stone: |
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Chancy, Bobby D |
24 May 1958 |
3 Jan 2003 |
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Chancy, Tami S |
10 Oct 1960 |
one date |
Our children: Robby, Cecilia |
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Row 2 |
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Foster, Bobbie L |
1929 |
one date |
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Row 3 |
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Plot: |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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Lewis, Edna Mae Boggs |
8 Nov 1922 |
16 Feb 1993 |
(prob. dau of Nellie Gray & Lee Boggs. It has been reported that Nellie Gray Boggs, dau of A J Gray, Jr, and Mary Valdora Brewer, is also buried at Leddon, with no marker.) |
end plot |
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Row 4 |
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McCollough plot, double stone: |
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McCollough, Joseph Franklin (Buster) |
9 Dec 1920 |
27 July 1999 |
married Wed., 8 July 1967 |
McCollough, Fannie Louise |
10 Jan 1924 |
9 Jan 1992 |
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end plot |
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Cleckler plot , double stone: |
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Cleckler, Matthew |
14 Nov 1930 |
29 Dec 1999 |
husband |
Cleckler, Myrtice M |
27 Oct 1929 |
one date |
married 21 Aug 1948 |
end plot |
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McCormick, Marshall Codie |
27 Dec 1982 |
27 Apr 2003 |
headstone surveyed 29 Apr 2005 |
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Row 5 |
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Burch plot, double stone: |
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Burch, William B |
6 July 1895 |
2 Jan 1971 |
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Burch, Margaret E |
1 Apr 1900 |
6 Dec 1988 |
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end Burch plot |
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McDuffie, Mary E |
14 July 1929 |
27 Feb 1992 |
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Smith plot: no graves visible |
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Whitaker, double stone: |
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Whitaker, Wilmer Angus |
13 Dec 1923 |
17 Feb 1995 |
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Whitaker, Addie Mae |
23 Mar 1926 |
one date |
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end Whitaker plot |
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Brannon, Anthony Bryan |
27 Oct 1977 |
born & died |
inf son of Mr & Mrs Charles E |
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Row 6 |
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Smith plot, double stone: |
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Smith, Millard A |
6 July 1891 |
19 June 1970 |
married 20 Oct 1924 |
Smith, Martha G |
6 May 1906 |
5 Sep 1986 |
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end Smith plot |
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Paul plot: |
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Paul, Max |
1 Sep 1919 |
7 June 1995 |
RDM2 US Navy WWII |
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Double stone: |
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Paul, James W |
29 Aug 1893 |
28 May 1979 |
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Paul, Vonna D |
11 Feb 1897 |
5 Jan 1983 |
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Paul, Clara |
23 Nov 1917 |
31 Dec 2001 |
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end Paul plot |
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Cowan plot, double stone: |
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Cowan, Samuel Leon |
5 July 1909 |
2 Aug 1982 |
married 5 Jan 1952; (twin to Jesse Leamon Cowan; sons of Samuel Jesse and Ruth McDougald Cowan.) |
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Cowan, Cathleen |
10 Oct 1929 |
one date |
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end Cowan plot |
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Watson plot: |
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Double stone: |
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Watson, Welcome |
30 Apr 1911 |
6 Oct 1982 |
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Watson, Alma |
22 May 1906 |
13 Jan 1992 |
(reported to be dau of Samuel J & Ruth Cowan) |
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Watson, Ricky Paul |
15 Aug 1960 |
17 Oct 1976 |
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end Watson plot |
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Row 7 |
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Leddon plot: |
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Leddon, James Melvin |
5 Sep 1929 |
12 July 1930 |
son of Mr & Mrs J A Leddon |
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Double stone: |
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Leddon, Hattie L |
1890 |
1959 |
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Leddon, John A |
1888 |
1961 |
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Double stone: |
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Leddon, John Edwin, Sr |
18 Feb 1926 |
one date |
married Wed., 20 Aug 1947 |
Leddon, Joyce Allen |
25 Mar 1927 |
one date |
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Leddon, Sarah L |
1884 |
1969 |
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Leddon, Sarah L |
1858 |
1932 |
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Leddon, Thomas J |
1863 |
1937 |
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end Leddon plot |
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Unmarked infant slab at far right end of row. |
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Row 8 |
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Trant, Walker Joel |
1914 |
1915 |
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Trant, Finnis Enoch |
1916 |
1917 |
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Trant, Silas Hoye |
7 June 1917 |
one date |
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Unmarked child slab |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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Wise, Willie B |
26 Feb 1869 |
4 Oct 1926 |
like Tinnie; dates incised on slab |
Crews, infant |
no dates |
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infant of Claudie & John E |
Wise, Tinnie D |
24 Jan 1869 |
16 Apr 1910 |
like Willie B; dates incised on slab |
Crews, Claudie W |
2 Nov 1893 |
10 Nov 1954 |
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Smith, Charlie W |
3 Nov 1874 |
15 Nov 1922 |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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Row 9 |
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Matheny, John Henry |
18 Mar 1927 |
15 July 1980 |
PVT US Army WWII |
Fortune, Holton C |
5 June 1918 |
one date |
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Donald - no other name |
no dates |
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small flat marker, like Joe |
Andrews, Mary J |
9 Sep 1932 |
one date |
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Joe - no other name |
no dates |
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small flat marker, like Donald |
Unmarked child's grave |
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Gray plot: |
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Gray, Billy Gene |
25 Oct 1935 |
9 July 1953 |
(son of Clarence & Gladys Watson) |
end Gray plot |
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Cowan plot: |
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Cowan, Jessie Leamon |
5 July 1909 |
30 May 1985 |
stone identical to John D; (twin to Samuel Leon; sons of Samuel Jessie and Ruth) |
Cowan, John D |
1 Apr 1912 |
30 Mar 1985 |
stone identical to Jessie Leamon; (son of Samuel Jessie and Ruth) |
Cowan, Ruth McDougald |
19 Sep 1874 |
25 Mar 1959 |
'She was the sunshine of our home.' |
Cowan, Samuel Jessie |
22 June 1863 |
8 Feb 1938 |
'A loving husband & father and a kind friend to all.' |
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(son of Polly Ann Gray & Samuel Cowan) |
Unreadable infant stone |
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could be read with a rubbing |
Watson, son |
24 Dec 1937 |
one date |
son of Mr & Mrs John (prob. son of Ollie, dau of Samuel Jessie and Ruth McDougald, who reportedly married John Watson) |
end Cowan plot |
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Smith plot: |
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Smith, Mattie H |
1871 |
1949 |
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Smith, F Danial (sic) |
1866 |
1913 |
name & dates incised on slab |
Smith, Hozy C |
1888 |
1901 |
name & dates incised on slab |
end Smith plot |
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Smith plot: |
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Unreadable infant stone |
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could be read with a rubbing |
Smith, Willie |
1904 |
1923 |
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end Smith plot |
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Row 10 |
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Brownlee, Sam |
3 June 1902 |
4 July 1980 |
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Brownlee, Annie |
22 July 1902 |
8 Feb 1982 |
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Motley, John H |
1905 |
1984 |
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Motley, James E |
1934 |
1941 |
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Motley, Franklyn D |
Jan 1938 |
Nov 1938 |
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Barton, W E |
1900 |
1918? |
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Gray plot: |
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Double stone: |
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Gray, Dora |
13 Apr 1879 |
13 Sep 1956 |
(Mary Valdora Brewer) |
Gray, A J 'Jack' |
4 Mar 1872 |
4 Feb 1934 |
(Andrew Jackson Gray, Jr) |
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Gray, A J |
18 Jan 1836 |
18 Sep 1908 |
(Andrew Jackson Gray, Sr) |
Gray, Cleo |
20 Mar 1916 |
29 Oct 1921 |
(dau of AJ, Jr, and Dora) |
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Double stone: |
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Gray, Willie Jackson |
17 June 1899 |
8 May 1984 |
(son of AJ, Jr, and Dora) |
Gray, Maggie B |
8 June 1901 |
12 July 1985 |
(maiden name Michaux) |
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Double stone: |
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Gray, T E (Gene) |
29 Dec 1907 |
7 July 1989 |
(Terryl Eugene, son of AJ, Jr, & Dora) |
Gray, Gladys R (Dabney) |
15 Sep 1911 |
24 June 1993 |
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end Gray plot |
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Haynes plot adjoins Gray plot |
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no visible graves |
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Row 11 |
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Fortune plot: |
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Fortune, Charles T |
16 Oct 1912 |
one date |
stone identical to Eugene's |
Fortune, Eugene |
15 Nov 1909 |
20 Oct 1976 |
stone identical to Charles' |
end Fortune plot |
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Fortune, Louie Don, Sr |
30 Aug 1949 |
12 Apr 1990 |
SP4 US Army Vietnam |
unmarked adult slab |
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Lord, William J |
28 Jan 1891 |
7 Mar 1917 |
died at Nogales, Ariz. |
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Raised slab is broken. |
Two unmarked adult slabs |
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Row 12 |
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Fortune plot : |
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(connected to Fortune plot on Row 11) |
Fortune, Ida Lee |
Feb 1915 |
Nov 1929 |
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Fortune, Annie Lee |
1 Nov 1881 |
17 Dec 1944 |
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Fortune, Angus |
25 Mar 1871 |
2 May 1957 |
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Fortune, Barney |
29 Nov 1906 |
15 Apr 1984 |
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Fortune, Sara |
2 Feb 1913 |
18 Nov 1970 |
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end Fortune plot |
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Whitaker, Janes N |
22 Nov 1877 |
27 May 1961 |
Alabama PVT CO H 2 REGT Ala Inf Spanish-American War |
Whitaker, Gay Nell |
1921 |
1945 |
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Double stone: |
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Whitaker, Thomas L |
23 Feb 1880 |
14 Nov 1962 |
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Whitaker, Ola Jane |
15 Oct 1904 |
2 May 1984 |
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Motley, Minnie J |
1869 |
1950 |
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Unmarked infant slab |
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Whitaker, N A |
no dates |
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CO F 32 GA Inf CSA |
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Leddon plot: |
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Leddon, Baby |
1899 |
1901 |
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Green, Rachel |
1844 |
1915 |
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end Leddon plot |
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Row 13 |
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Howell, John Wendell |
3 June 1943 |
19 Nov 1944 |
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Leddon plot: |
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Leddon, Lela Mae |
29 Nov 1909 |
Jan 1911 |
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Leddon, John Edward |
30 Sep 1881 |
17 Mar 1965 |
(son of Polly Ann Gray and George Washington Leddon, Sr.) |
Leddon, Ida Nettie |
23 Nov 1887 |
6 July 1972 |
(maiden name Killingsworth) |
end Leddon plot |
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Whitaker, Jerry L |
1954 |
1981 |
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Whitaker, Inez Medley |
7 Oct 1933 |
26 July 1988 |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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Killingsworth, Mary Frances |
3 Mar 1873 |
29 May 1902 |
wife of James A Killingsworth |
(At the foot of Polly Ann Gray on Row 14.) (According to article on pg 252 of Heritage of Geneva County, she is Mary Frances Boggs.) | |||
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Leddon plot: |
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Leddon, Malissa Hardwick |
no dates |
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dau of OS & TL Leddon |
Leddon, Jeff Wilkerson |
no dates |
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son of OS & TL Leddon |
Leddon, two infants |
no dates |
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sons of OS & TL Leddon; (Oscar, son of Polly Ann Gray and George Washington Leddon, Sr., married Tyra L) |
end Leddon plot |
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Row 14 |
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Whitaker, Zora B |
13 June 1905 |
27 Dec 1984 |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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Leddon, John A |
1832 |
1863 |
PVT CO G 54 Ala Inf CSA |
Leddon, Jacob W |
1839 |
1862 |
PVT CO D 4 Ala Inf CSA |
Leddon, G W |
27 Sep 1842 |
12 Nov 1928 |
PVT CO D 54 Ala Inf CSA; (CSA stone has 27 Oct 1842 for birth) |
Gray, Pollie Ann |
29 Jan 1844 |
5 Feb 1901 |
wife of G W Leddon; (dau of Joseph and Mary J Gray) |
Unmarked infant slab |
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Leddon, Rittie Lee |
12 Feb 1896 |
18 Feb 1896 |
dau of A R & Laura Leddon; (Alfred R, son of Polly Ann Gray and George Washington Leddon, Sr.) |
Standley, William Curtis |
28 May 1897 |
3 Mar 1901 |
son of W C and M V Standley |
Stanley, Mary V |
19 May 1870 |
25 May 1915 |
wife of W C Stanley; (Mary Virginia, dau of Polly Ann Gray and George Washington Leddon, Sr.) |
Two unmarked adult slabs |
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Row 15 |
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Leddon plot: |
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Leddon, William Floyd, Jr |
Aug 1946 |
one date |
son of Floyd & Polly Leddon |
Greese, Willine L |
20 Oct 1930 |
23 May 1999 |
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Double stone: |
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Leddon, William Floyd |
20 Mar 1908 |
12 May 1987 |
married 10 Aug 1929 |
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(son of John Edward and Ida Nettie Leddon) |
Leddon, Polly McDuffie |
6 May 1910 |
9 Feb 1996 |
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end Leddon plot |
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Leddon plot: |
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Leddon, Ralph A |
23 Nov 1906 |
25 Jan 1967 |
Alabama PFC BTRY B 204 FA BN WWII |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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Unmarked infant slab |
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end Leddon plot |
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Leddon, G W, Jr |
17 Sep 1867 |
30 May 1911 |
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Liddon, ????? |
16 Dec 1908 |
11 Nov 1915 |
given name unreadable |
Ledden, infant of CW & EE |
1 June 1896 |
2 June 1896 |
G? W and Effie? |
Brooks, Herbert B |
2 Apr 1900 |
9 Feb 1903 |
son of F F & Mary F Brooks |
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This stone is broken and lying on the ground. |
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Row 16 |
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Clemmons plot: |
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Clemmons, Cater J |
1890 |
1959 |
(Cater Jernigan, son of John J Clemmons and Fannie C Tate) |
Clemmons, Anna B |
1886 |
1950 |
(Anna Brewer; second wife of Cater J) |
Clemmons, Mattie B |
1891 |
1915 |
(Mattie Brewer; first wife of Cater J. Mattie and Anna were sisters. Mattie died in childbirth.) |
Clemmons, Dessie Lee |
1915 |
one date |
(dau of Cater J and Mattie) |
Clemmons, Herbert |
no dates |
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(b. abt 1910: 1920 census) |
Clemmons, Steve |
no dates |
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(b. abt 1908: 1930 census) |
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(Herbert and Steve Calhoun, sons of Anna Brewer and first husband, Aaron S Calhoun) |
Grant, Beulah P |
2 Dec 1895 |
25 Dec 1953 |
mother; (dau of John J Clemmons and Fannie C Tate) |
Grant, Cleo J |
6 Nov 1917 |
23 May 1945 |
(son of Beulah & GW Grant) |
Three infants |
no dates |
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Clemmons, Dan |
10 Apr 1899 |
21 Dec 1931 |
son of John J & Fannie Clemmons |
Clemmons, Fannie |
9 Feb 1867 |
26 Apr 1933 |
wife of J J Clemmons; (Maiden name Tate; appears on 1870 census as 9 mo. old, born in Oct.) |
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Clemmons, J J |
1 Mar 1861 |
11 Nov 1904 |
(John J, son of Jackson Clemmons and Elizabeth Jernigan) |
Clemmons, Rufus E |
20 Oct 1897 |
21 Oct 1897 |
son of J J & F C Clemmons; (Twin brother Walter Lee Clemmons died 29 Apr 1979) |
Three or possibly 4 unmarked graves |
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(Reported by Clemmons family members to be children of John Clemmons' sister who married a Fountain, probably Annie who married Matthew Fountain). |
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Fountain, Joe E |
1891 |
1956 |
(son of Annie Clemmons and Matthew) |
Sewell, Jessie Lee |
2 Mar 1949 |
9 Dec 1956 |
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Unmarked adult slab |
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This page was last updated on: 11 Mar 2010