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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Keith Janes ==================================================================== May 2002 Confederate Memorial Park Cemetery #1 Mountain Creek, Chilton County, Alabama (near the Autauga County border) To reach the cemetery, from I-65 North, take Exit 186 onto Hwy 31 North. Follow Hwy 31 North for 13 miles, and take a right onto Alabama Hwy 143. Follow Hwy 143 for about a half mile, and take a left onto Chilton County Road 63, which leads directly into the park. Or, from I-65 South, take Exit 205 onto Hwy 31 South. Follow Hwy 31 South for 9 miles, and take a left onto Alabama Hwy 143. Follow Hwy 143 for about a half mile, and take a left onto Chilton County Road 63, which leads directly into the park. Confederate Memorial Park was the site of Alabama's only Confederate veterans home. The facility was in operation from 1902 to 1939 for the care of elderly veterans and their wives and widows. Of the many hundreds who resided at the facility, 313 were buried in one of the two cemeteries located at this site. Cemetery #1 is the original cemetery, and was used from 1902 to 1911, when Cemetery #2 was opened. ==================================================================== (first (east end) row - from right (north) to left (south)) James W Boatner Pvt Co D 2 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 17 1843 Feb 25 1908 John B Meredith Pvt Co C 1 Batt Ala Arty Confederate States Army 1834 1907 Steven Whitaker Serg Co E 54 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Mar 8 1907 James M Jarrell Pvt Co H 14 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Mar 2 1902 Abner W Hawkins Pvt Co G 4 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Feb 20 1907 John J Scott Mus Co C 10 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Aug 21 1906 Ezekiel A Wimberly Pvt Co C 3 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Sep 19 1906 Charles H Tew Pvt Miller's Batt 9 Miss Cav Confederate States Army Jun 12 1838 Jul 14 1906 John H Salter Pvt Co 24 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 22 1906 Robert L Jones Pvt Co G 8 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Jan 3 1906 B W Walker Pvt Co F 2 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Dec 20 1905 George A Weaver Pvt Co K 4 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Dec 1 1837 Jun 15 1908 Walter M Gilkey 4th Serg Co B 40 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jun 15 1842 Mar 24 1908 R F Martin Pvt Co G 6 SC Inf Confederate States Army 1845 1905 Isom Washam Pvt Co G 12 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Apr 4 1905 Voldy Alston Pvt Co G 1 Special KY Cav Batt Confederate States Army Mar 30 1905 Philip P May Capt Co F 5 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Dec 5 1902 John A Lyons Pvt Co I 9 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Mar 26 1904 J H White Pvt Co E Cobb GA Legion Confederate States Army Aug 4 1904 William A Woodall Pvt Co H 4 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Aug 9 1904 Burwell R Stevens 3rd Serg Co B 5 GA Inf Confederate States Army Aug 24 1904 Alfred Rabby Pvt Co G 15 Confed Cav Confederate States Army Dec 8 1904 ==================================================================== (second row - from left (south) to right (north)) Robert F Martin Pvt Co H 33 Ala Inf Confederate States Army 1828 1905 John W Brown 2nd Serg Co D 61 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Mar 3 1905 W M Goolsby Pvt Co C 3 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 11 1905 A F Herrick Pvt Co F 1 LA Cav Confederate States Army Feb 1 1905 John W Raborn Pvt Co D 3 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Dec 11 1904 John R Oldham Pvt Co A 10 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 14 1905 Gabriel Capers Pvt Co C 40 Tenn Inf Confederate States Army Feb 11 1905 William M Thomas Pvt Co A 34 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jul 21 1905 Thomas Loring Chadwick Mus Co B 20 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jan 9 1906 Algernon S Johnson Pvt Co I 5 GA Inf Confederate States Army May 4 1839 Jun 16 1908 J Clark Rasberry Pvt Co C 2 Ala Engrs Confederate States Army Feb 28 1826 Aug 16 1908 John B Wallace Selden's Ala Lt Arty Confederate States Army Jan 15 1906 Walter A Ford Pvt Co F 6 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Nov 10 1905 James F Johnson Pvt Co E 20 GA Inf Confederate States Army Jul 26 1904 William H Feller Capt Co I 28 VA Inf Confederate States Army Nov 15 1906 John Binney Corp 1 Co C 4 Conf Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army Nov 12 1906 Woodson Simmons 3rd Lieut Co E 9 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Nov 14 1906 George W Thompson Pvt Jackson's MO Lt Arty Confederate States Army Apr 30 1833 Feb 16 1909 Frances M Riggs Pvt Co G 22 Tenn Inf Confederate States Army Nov 17 1907 George E Mason Pvt Co A 10 Confed Cav Confederate States Army Feb 27 1827 Jan 15 1908 John R Hardee Pvt Co K 6 Ala Inf Confederate States Army May 1 1827 Feb 25 1907 A McDowell Neville Pvt Selden's Ala Lt Arty Confederate States Army Feb 27 1908 ==================================================================== (third row - from right (north) to left (south)) James McGee Corp Co G 11 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 3 1910 John B McCrary Pvt Co I 17 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jan 14 1910 William H Conner Pvt Co F 3 Ala Cav Confederate States Army Jan 3 1910 Luther Wilson Pvt Co D 5 Texas Inf Confederate States Army Dec 30 1909 Ben Z Temple Pvt Co D 17 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Dec 26 1909 James M Ryalls Pvt Eufaula Ala Lt Arty Confederate States Army Sep 19 1909 David T Templin Pvt Co I 62 Tenn Inf Confederate States Army Aug 6 1909 William A Binns Pvt Co A 36 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Aug 1 1909 George A Cherry Pvt Ketchum's Ala Lt Arty Confederate States Army Jul 8 1909 Green Berry Whatley Pvt Co D 43 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jul 6 1908 Newton J Jones Pvt Co K 49 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jun 23 1909 Leonidas J McGehee Pvt Co C 46 GA Inf Confederate States Army Aug 3 1911 Joseph E Rasimie Pvt Co E 21 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Dec 4 1838 Jun 14 1909 Jasper Clark Pvt Selden's Ala Lt Arty Confederate States Army May 13 1909 Joseph W Hipp Pvt Co F 4 Ala Cav Confederate States Army May 17 1909 James Robinson Pvt Co C 2 GA Batt SS Confederate States Army Jan 12 1833 Jun 18 1909 James C Thorpe 2nd Lieut Co C 4 Ala Cav Confederate States Army May 8 1909 J L Abbott Pvt Co F 8 GA Inf Batt Confederate States Army Apr 26 1909 Joseph G Allen 1st Lieut Co H 51 Ala Partisan Rangers Confederate States Army Feb 28 1909 James L Graham Pvt Co E 50 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Nov 12 1908 Francis M Thomas Pvt Co A 3 GA Cav Confederate States Army Oct 29 1908 James P Bryan Pvt Co I 22 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Sep 26 1908 ==================================================================== (fourth row - from left (south) to right (north)) Willis A Mangham Serg Co A 30 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 1828 Feb 1910 Unknown Soldier Confederate States Army William B Langford Corp Co E 43 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Mar 3 1910 William R Griffin Pvt Co A 8 GA Inf Confederate States Army May 14 1833 Mar 8 1910 Robert Cruse OS Confederate States Navy CS Gunboat Morgan Apr 13 1910 Wade Hampton Teat Pvt Co F 38 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jan 15 1829 Apr 26 1910 Francis M Day Pvt Co G 36 Ala Inf Confederate States Army May 13 1910 Thomas W Marshall Pvt Co C 1 Batt GA Res Cav Confederate States Army Jul 18 1910 William H Ellsberry Pvt Co K 5 Ark Inf Confederate States Army May 12 1828 Aug 5 1910 Harvey C Burnett Serg Co I 10 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Oct 8 1910 Benjamin Tarver Pvt Co C 4 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Oct 12 1910 John M Killen Pvt Co B 51 Ala Partisan Rangers Confederate States Army Apr 28 1835 Dec 12 1910 George Elk Pvt Co I 6 Miss Inf Confederate States Army Feb 7 1911 James M Keith 1st Lieut Co E 54 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 27 1911 Jonathan Anderson Pvt Co C 23 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Apr 4 1911 Wooten M Simmons Pvt Co E 8 Hatch's Ala Cav Confederate States Army May 2 1844 Apr 13 1911 John T McNeal Pvt Co C 2 SC Cav Confederate States Army Apr 11 1911 John Cunningham Pvt Co B 4 SC Inf Confederate States Army Apr 30 1911 Wesley E Ezekiel Pvt Co C 10 Ala Inf Confederate States Army May 3 1838 Jun 16 1911 Claude Harwood Pvt Co A 8 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Feb 6 1840 Jul 24 1911 Volney E Bellamy 3rd Serg Co K 40 Ala Inf Confederate States Army Jul 20 1840 Aug 5 1911 ==================================================================== (fifth row (back row) - from right (north) to left (south)) Henry F Weathersbee Pvt Co G 13 Miss Inf Confederate States Army Apr 13 1910 Alfred Harris Pvt Co E 12 GA Inf Confederate States Army Jan 20 1915