Clay County Al Archives Cemeteries.....Hughes Cemetery aka Ebenezer ************************************************ 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: Linda Ayres May 2003 Updated 2020 Ebenezer/Hughes Cemetery Township 18, Range 8, Section 18 Clay County Alabama This information is for personal research ONLY. This information is NOT to be copied on any Cemetery Website. Please respect my work by not claiming it as your own. Name: Dates: Parents/Maiden Name: Thomas Frances Louise Dabbs Aug 13, 1930 Dec 29, 2005 [D/o Robert Lee Dabbs & Ethel Riddle] Dabbs, Hody Lane Thomas May 11, 1965 Dec 10, 1983 Dabbs, James T. Dec 06, 1945 Sep 12, 1995 [S/o John & Ann Dabbs] Dabbs, Ann P. Apr 22, 1918 Apr 23, 1994 [Ann Pierce] Dabbs, John Thomas Apr 24, 1908 Nov 15, 1973 [S/o Robert Dabbs & Susan E. Newman] Dabbs, Robert Lee Jun 15, 1892 Apr 14, 1965 [S/o Robert Dabbs & Susan E. Newman] Dabbs, Homer H. Dec 09, 1939 Jun 18, 1980 Dabbs, William Earl May 14, 1923 Jun 05, 1977 [S/o Robert L. Dabbs & Ethel Nixon] Dabbs, Clifford Lee Mar 01, 1914 Aug 16, 1991 [S/o Robert L. Dabbs & Ethel Nixon] Dabbs, Enrique D'Hamilton May 07, 1956 Feb 21, 2014 Nowland, Bellzoro Sep 13, 1843 Aug 16, 1896 [Bellzoro Williamson] Nowland, Joseph Robert Feb 05, 1823 Oct-1905 Hudgins, Maxine J. Dec 11, 1927 Mar 16, 1994 [D/o Daniel B. C. Hughes & Pearl Hill] Hudgins, Cecil S. May 23, 1923 Oct 03, 1968 [S/o Robert Hudgins & Bell Underwood] Brown, Juliana Kay Jan 21, 1958 Apr 29, 1984 [D/o Cecil Hudgins & Maxine Hughes] Mertens, Janet H. Jan 10, 1953 Jul 25, 2015 [D/o Cecil Hudgins & Maxine Hughes] Hughes, Henry Paul May 23, 1940 Jan 13, 1998 [S/o Daniel Hughes & Pearl Hill] Hughes, Patsy A. Jul 17, 1943-OD [D/o Hugh Mayfield & Dora Crosson] Eden, Dora H. May 31, 1895 Nov 01, 1970 [D/o Ruben & Laura Hughes] Eden, Rueben T. Aug 24, 1891 May 09, 1933 [S/o John Eden & Nancy Ball] Hughes, Laura W. Dec 08, 1861 Apr 27, 1920 [D/o Wm & Adeline Wade] Hughes, Ruben R. Jul 06, 1853 Jul 03, 1916 [S/o John O. Hughes] Hughes, Haskel M. Dec 21, 1933 Dec 20, 2009 [S/o Daniel B.C. Hughes & Pearl Hill] Hughes, Jessica Hughlene Nov 17, 1982 Apr 22, 2005 UNMARKED GRAVE: Hughes, John Toliver 1834-Feb 07, 1919 [S/o Wm Hughes & Sopfronia Golden] UNMARKED GRAVE: Hughes, Lucy 1845-Apr 07, 1921 [D/o John Tolbert] UNMARKED GRAVE: Munday Tiah B. 1897-1921 [D/o John L. Wyatt & Emma B. Wade] [W/o Arthur Munday] UNMARKED GRAVE: Oliver, James Marcus Jan 09, 1887 Mar 01, 1924 [S/o James A. Oliver & Edna Morrison] UNMARKED GRAVE: Oliver, Lois Feb 23, 1919 Sep 27, 1923 [D/o J. Marcus Oliver & Fannie Edger] UNMARKED GRAVE: Wyatt, Emma 1868-1922 [D/o Wm H. & Adeline Wade] An article was written about this cemetery by George Smith in the Anniston Star, Sunday Feb 22, 1981 in which he interviews Lucille Hughes about a stolen headstone. She reported that someone had stolen the Confederate headstone which she had purchased and placed at the head of her grandfather's grave "five years ago". The headstone was for John Tolover Hughes He was born 1834, he died in 1919. He married 1. Unknown, He married 2. Lucy Jane Tolbert born 1845, died 1921. "Only an iron rod, driven into the rain-softened ground, marked the head of the old soldier's grave. There are no markers at all on the brush-covered mounds on each side of the old man's grave. Beneath them are the two wives he had" The article gives an account of how she and other relatives and volunteers gathered together to clean up the cemetery for her father James Marcus Hughes. At the time of the article there were only two marked graves in this old forgotten cemetery. Father Marcus Oliver, Jan 9, 1887 - March 1, 1924 Daughter Lois Oliver Feb 23, 1919 - Sept 27, 1923. Marcus Oliver had died just five months after his 4 year old daughter. Lucille reported in this article that there was at least one other Oliver buried there "The only Confederate soldier buried there besides my grandfather" "Several members of the Hughes family are buried on top of the scrubby ridge. Also Wilkersons and Wilson and Nowland. Others probably have kin there too." George reports that there are no markers, only slowly vanishing mounds. There is one other marker, homemade one of cement with seashells on the face but no legend. Lucille said "it was Richard Wilkerson. He had seven small children when he died".