Anthony-Baker Family Cemetery, Cherokee, Alabama ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Quinton M. Anthony April 2002 Updated July 7, 2005 Anthony - Baker Family Cemetery located below Centre, Cherokee Co. Alabama, USA Information gathered by Quinton M. Anthony and his daughter, Martina Anthony - April 2002 Also, additional corrections and information were provided by James Arthur Anthony. The Anthony-Baker Cemetery sits on an acre of land currently owned by a Baker. The land was previously owned by the Anthonys many years ago, but was sold to a Baker. Part of the deed set aside an acre of land that anyone descended of them could be buried there. Directions to the Anthony-Baker Cemetery: Take Hwy 411 East in Centre, Alabama, take a right at Hwy 9 South. Go 1.9 miles south to Cherokee Co. Road 128 and take a right. Go 4/10 of a mile, take a left onto a dirt path onto an old cotton, sometimes soybean, field on Baker Farm. Additional information added by Quinton M. Anthony and James Arthur Anthony is noted in parenthesis. Two or more names per grave means they share a tombstone. The Anthony-Baker Cemetery is laid out as follows: [Left to Right] Row 1: Footmarkers 1 - 4 for Row 2: Footmarkers 1 & 2 - unmarked Footmarker 3 - B.P.A. (Barney Pace Anthony) Footmarker 4 - A.C.A. (Anna Catherine Anthony) Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information Anthony, William Carl Jan 14, 1895 Mar 2, 1972 Married Nov 20, 1927 (son of H. F. Anthony) Anthony, Ilar G. Dec 2, 1902 Aug 5, 1975 (born Ilar Gossett, wife of William Carl Anthony) Anthony, John A. Oct 10, 1931 Dec 25, 1986 (John Alexander Anthony, son of William and Ilar Anthony) Anthohn, James M. Anthony Nov 9, 1933 Aug 8, 1999 (James Madison Anthony, son of William & Ilar Anthony) Anthony, Mary E. Feb 12, 1943 No date (born Mary Elizabeth Morgan) Row 2: Eads, Zeke W. 1893 1967 (Zeke W. Eads, Feb. 27, 1893 - Nov. 1967) Eads, Maggie E. Eads 1900 1935 (born Maggie E. Anthony) Anthony, Barney Pace Mar 8, 1903 May 18, 1931 (son of Henry Forney & Anna Anthony) Anthony, H.F. Anthony May 8, 1853 Oct 24, 1940 (Henry "Caps" Forney Anthon, actually born in 1863, an attempt to change the 5 to 6 was made at purchase, died at age 77) Anthony, Anna C. Dec 20, 1864 Feb 25, 1935 (born Anna Catherine Williams) Anthony, Fannie May 28, 1853 Aug 5, 1940 Haggard, Lawrence A. Feb 22, 1930 Oct 22, 1979 Haggard, Dorothy A. Sep 1, 1935 Jul 5, 2005 Reed, Jimmy Sep 14, 1957 Sep 15, 1956 Son of Herman & Nina Reed Row 3: Eads, Son No date No date Son of Mr. & Mrs. Z. W. Eads Eads, Daughter No date No date Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Z. W. Eads Eads, Daughter No date No date Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Z. W. Eads Anthony, Infant No date No date Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Anthony Anthonh, John Ackins Apr 2, 1910 May 15, 1912 Son of H. F. Anthony Anthony, Infant Jan (the rest was unreadable, but the information was provided by Arthur Anthony: Amanda, daughter of A.T. and M.P. Baker, Jan. 25, 1875 - Jan. 26, 1875) Bone, Annie Mar 31, 1872 Mar 27, 1900 Baker, Andy T. Jan 10, 1842 Nov 11, 1909 (Memorial Ston furnised by the Sons & Daughters of the Confederacy) Baker, Henry T. 1879 1936 Baker, Pearl Blair 1884 1939 Baker, Henry Blair 1912 1934 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Baker Kelley, Jack Baker Feb 15, 1944 Feb 18, 1944 Son of J. M. & Bessie Lee Kelley Row 4: Little, Zebron M., Dr. 1832 1898 (Dr. Little is the only one not related to anyone else in the Cemetery. He is from Cedartown, Georgia , he drowned in Terrapin Creek in a time of a flood. His body was recovered near the Cemetery. Due to poor traveling conditions at the time and the deterioration of the body, he was buried there.) Anthony, Infant No date No date Child of H. F. Anthony Anthony, Infant No date No date Child of H. F. Anthony Anthony, Infant No date No date Child of H. F. Anthony Anthony, Nancy ( abt 1810) Mar 18, 1880 Aged 71 years (Nancy Stephens Anthony, wife to Joseph B. Anthony) Anthony, Henry W. Anthony Dec 25, 1829 Apr 29, 1875 (Henry Walter Anthony) Anthony, Martha Dec 1, 1828 May 19, 1900 Wife of H.W. Anthony (Martha Tatum Anthony) Baker, Andy T. Baker Oct 1, 1842 Nov 11, 1909 (Andrew Thomas Baker) Anthony, Mary 1852 1931 Wife of A.T. Baker Simmons, Fannie Mar 15, 1870 Feb 22, 1924 Mother; Daughter of A. T. Baker Row 5: Boundary Marker