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Entrance pillars (ccb)
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CEMETERY HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP |
SUMMONS COMES TO JOIN THE INNUMERABLE CARAVAN THAT MOVES TO PALE THE REALMS OF SHADE, WHERE EACH SHALL TAKE HIS CHAMBER IN THE SILENT HALLS OF DEATH, THOU GO NOT, LIKE THE QUARRY-SLAVE AT NIGHT, SCOURGED TO HIS DUNGEON. |
The photographs in this portion of the archives were taken by:
Cathleen Coats Barker (ccb)
| T.J. and A.B. Davidson view
1(ccb)
view 2(ccb) photos taken 1999 Sacred to the Memory of T. J. Davidson Born in Maury Co. Tenn. July 16, 1824 Died in Water Valley Miss. April 14, 1874 Aged 49 Yrs. 8 Mos. 28 Days |
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| Note: My second great grandfather is Thomas Davidson.
He was married to Jeffersonia Elizabeth (Lawshe) Davidson who is buried
in Concordia Cemetery, Bolivar County, MS. Thomas Davidson is the son of
John Osimus Davidson and Ruth Ragsdale and Grandson of Ruth Clements and
John Davidson, a revolutionary war ancestor buried in Tennessee.
Thomas Davidson's parents are buried in College Hill Cemetery in Oxford
Mississippi.
(Thomas Jefferson) T J Davidson's marker is shared with his brother A. B. Davidson and is an obelisk monument. It also has a CSA marker in front of it. It is behind the graves of William Overton Carr and his wife Mary L. Davidson in Oakhill Cemetery. (ccb) A. B. Davidson (Albert Blount Davidson), which is on the other side of the obelisk of his brother, Thomas Jefferson Davidson. Both men are sons of Ruth Ragsdale and John Osimus Davidson. (ccb) Sacred to the Memory A. B. Davidson
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| Mary Lavinia Davidson, daughter
of Thomas Jefferson Davidson and Jeffie (Jeffersonia Elizabeth) Lawshe.
Mary Lavinia Davidson is the sister of my great grandmother, 'Lovie' Jeffersonia
Elizabeth Davidson Coats. (ccb)
Mary L. Davidson Wife of William O. Carr June 1, 1857- June 17, 1835 |
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| Mary's husband William Overton Carr, son of Madison Henry
Carr and Mourning Elizabeth Pearson. (ccb)
William Overton Carr Feb 19, 1854- June 13, 1908 His many virtues form the noblest moment to his memory |
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| Madison Henry Carr (son of
Virginia Hawkins & William Austin Carr, II) and his wife Mourning
Elizabeth Pearson. (ccb)
M. H. Carr Oct.8,1826-Apr.12, 1895 His Wife Morning E. Pearson Sept.6, 1834-Nov.5,1888
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| Note: Susan Cole is the wife of Benjamin Hawkins Carr. Benjamin
Hawkins Carr is the son of Mary Downs and Henry Carr and the brother of
William Austin Carr, II. (ccb)
Susan Wife of B. H. Carr Born Sept 12, 1819- Died June 2, 1894 Prepare to meet me. (ccb) |
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| Note: Georgia Livingston Carr is the wife of 'Wash' Washington A. Carr,
who is the son of Susan Cole and Benjamin Hawkins Carr. At top there
is an inscription - partial transcription (ccb)
The golden ------------ ---------- open wide A gentle voice said
come. At Rest
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| John F. Son of B. H. & Susan Carr
Born Dec 24, 1854 Aged 2 Yrs. 7 Mo. (ccb)
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| Georgia V. Dau. of Son of B. H. &
Susan Carr Born March 13, 1853 Aged 4 Yrs. 4 Mo. (ccb)
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| These are children of Madison Henry Carr [son of William Austin Carr,
II and Virginia Hawkins]
and his wife Mourning Elizabeth Pearson Carr [daughter of Isaac Pearson & Sarah Bailey] Lewis V. Son of M. H. & M. E. Carr Born Dec. 11, 1856 Died Jun 29, 1858 (ccb) Infant Son of M. H. & M. E. Carr ? -Dec. 12, 1855 (ccb) Mary Carr (ccb) |
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| Note: William Austin Carr, II, [son of Henry Carr and Mary Downs] and
his wife Virginia Hawkins,
[daughter of Benjamin Hawkins and Lavinia Downs] and their son Francis J. Carr, which is on the same obelisk as his mother. Virginia Hawkins Carr is my 3rd Great Grandmother's sister, Cherokee Hawkins Lawshe.(ccb) |
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| WM. A. Carr Born March 5, 1803 -Died Aug
13, 1857(ccb)
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| Virginia Wife of W. A. Carr Born March 6,
1811-Died Oct. 3, 1851(ccb)
Francis J. Son of W. A. & V. Carr Born April 19, 1847 Died May 12, 1852(ccb) |
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