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ALGenWeb File Manager - Carolyn Golowka -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Jane Nichols, January 2001 STAPLES/FRAZIER CEMETERY THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED OFF THE OLD LARKINSVILLE RD IN SCOTTSBORO. THERE APPEARS TO BE 5 DIFFERENT CEMETERIES ENCLOSED IN FENCES, BUT I AM TOLD THEY ARE ALL CALLED THE STAPLES/FRAZIER CEMETERY. I AM LISTING THEM BY FENCED IN AREAS. TWO ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DIRT ROAD AND 3 ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIRT ROAD. YOU CAN TELL THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER GRAVES NOT INSIDE THE FENCES UNMARKED AND MANY INSIDE THE FENCES UNMARKED OR WITH ROCKS ONLY. THIS FIRST FENCED IN AREA IS THE LAST ONE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DIRT ROAD AND CLOSEST TO THE MOUNTAIN AND APPEARS TO BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. ALLIE CAMPBELL 1-30-1889 7-22-1889 LOVEDA CAMPBELL 5-2-1890 8-24-1891 BOYD CAMPBELL 4-7-1899 4-24-1899 ANNIE CAMPBELL 4-7-1899 6-17-1900 FLEETWOOD CAMPBELL 11-29-1887 9-21-1907 SYDNEY CAMPBELL 8-2-1867 2-16-1923 JAMES A. CAMPBELL 11-15-1859 6-27-1914 LENA CAMPBELL STAPLES 1896 1968 EGBERT G. SISK 10-27-1879 7-15-1909 CLIFFORD SISK 12-21-1902 4-16-1916 ADA L. SMART 7-10-1914 8-20-1914 MATTIE SMART, WIFE OF 1891 1914 B.F. SMART ADA SMART 10-5-1900 2-14-1924 LUE ELLEN FRAZIER 5-17-1896 10-22-1928 MABLE E. SMART 11-25-1919 12-18-1925 DAU. OF MR. & MRS. S.D. SMART ANNA L. SMART 5-12-1886 7-11-1939 JAMES E. SMART 5-11-1886 4-21-1969 LENA V. SMART 2-25-1910 6-21-1986 H.B. & EVIE SMARTS SIX CHILDREN NO NAMES OR DATES HOP TURNER THOMPSON 8-21-1914 10-31-1915 SON OF MR. & MRS. E.N. THOMPSON LOUE OCTAVIA SMART 5-28-1916 6-12-1916 GEORGE W. SMART 5-19-1912 5-5-1934 PEARLIE D. SMART 8-31-1890 3-15-1935 MAMIE SMART 6-9-1892 4-22-1975 THIS WAS ALL THE HEADSTONES IN THE FENCE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER GRAVES. THIS SECOND FENCED IN AREA IS NEXT TO THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT BEFORE YOU GET TO IT, BUT HAS NO ENTRANCE GATE TO GET IN IT AND DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. DAVID A. STAPLES 1-7-1886 1-22-1937 LIT M. STAPLES 12-28-1890 1-31-1950 ALA PFC 168 INF 42 DIV WWI LAURA ANN MOODY STAPLES 4-21-1858 6-29-1916 WIFE OF D.L. STAPLES DAVID L. STAPLES NO DATES CO E 4 ALA CAV C.S.A. JOHN L. STAPLES 8-8-1868 12-28-1936 IDA REBECCA KELLY 2-27-1873 2-23-1889 MARRIED TO JOHN L. STAPLES ON 12-23-1889 CAREY A. STAPLES 6-6-1820 5-25-1903 BLANCHE MARTIN 6-29-1865 7-15-1871 TATE WALLACE 4-24-1858 8-27-1881 DAVID WALLACE 1-29-1867 10-31-1870 NINIAN P. WALLACE 5-21-1824 1-19-1877 MRS. T.J. WALLACE 11-6-1833 10-24-1916 MARY YOUNG, WIFE OF 3-17-1845 11-5-1871 D.L. STAPLES GEO. W. BLACKWELL 5-3-1843 10-25-1888 CHARLOTT M. BLACKWELL 8-19-1802 2-22-1882 ELIZABETH ALLAN, WIFE 1892 1913 OF C.E. KELLY KATHLEEN ALLAN 4-23-1899 1-30-1900 ROBERT EARL ALLAN 1-3-1871 2-28-1922 MADORA McCUTCHEN ALLAN 2-1868 N/A JENNIE LYNN STAPLES 9-30-1887 6-1-1888 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL 12-20-1845 8-2-1913 WIFE OF CAREY A.STAPLES MARY J. BURROW 2-17-1867 1-30-1917 JOHN P. BURROW 11-20-1863 12-15-1931 THIS IS ALL THE ONES WITH HEADSTONES, BUT ARE MANY UNMARKED GRAVES AND ROCKS IN THIS FENCE. THIS FENCED IN AREA IS THE FIRST ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIRT ROAD, AND APPEARS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. JAMES EDWARDS 12-29-1937 10-20-1967 ELLA DILLARD 3-22-1879 3-11-1972 BY JAMES D. SPIVEY THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO STONES, BUT THERE ARE OTHER GRAVES UNMARKED. BETWEEN THE LAST CEM. AND THIS NEXT ONE IS A LARGE AREA THAT APPEARS TO HAVE UNMARKED GRAVES AND A FEW ROCKS MARKING SOME. THIS FENCED IN AREA IS THE SECOND ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIRT ROAD AND APPEARS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. CHARLIE GIFFORD 1875 1933 MARY CLINES 1938 1943 LECHIA ANNETTE WATSON 7-14-1975 2-12-1976 LESTER EDWARD WATSON 6-7-1919 3-7-1987 JESSIE CLINES WATSON 10-21-1922 2-15-1997 DAVID L. WATSON 2-6-1872 10-17-1950 EDITH BURROW WATSON 4-24-1913 4-14-1937 ROY B. WATSON 11-24-1896 10-22-1918 ROBERT BURROW 1-6-1866 4-16-1939 AMANDA BURROW 2-23-1869 4-9-1956 FANNIE PEARL WATSON 12-12-1922 7-28-1952 THOMAS WALKER WATSON 12-9-1878 9-10-1928 BEATRICE BURROW WATSON 5-4-1887 5-14-1954 CHARLES T. WATSON 4-3-1917 11-14-1918 BRENDA KAY, INF. DAU. 10-13-1945 1-12-1946 OF ELMER & OMA BURROW MOLLY OPHELIA WILSON 4-29-1910 9-18-1944 BRENDA KAYE WATSON 7-28-1952 8-11-1952 CLINTON J. SOUTHEARD 5-26-1940 6-16-1940 LIZZIE BEA SOUTHEARD 7-7-1929 10-29-1949 BETTY JO SOUTHEARD 3-12-1939 3-24-1939 EVA PEARL SOUTHEARD 2-24-1937 5-9-1938 MARY C. WATSON 12-9-1933 12-24-1933 THERE ARE ALSO MANY UNMARKED GRAVES IN THIS AREA AND SOME MARKED WITH ROCKS. THIS NEXT FENCED IN AREA IS OVER TO THE SIDE OR BEHIND THE LAST ONE AND IS VERY GROWN UP AND DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST ONE. JOSEPHINE PHILLIPS 6-8-1863 5-16-1864 W. SHEPPIE PHILLIPS 8-21-1858 1-19-1862 INF. DAU. OF C.G. & 5-16-1872 ONLY DATE M.J. SHELTON INF. SON OF W. & S. 10-26-1909 ONLY DATE FRAZIER DORTHY SYD FRAZIER 1887 1941 SAM. W. FRAZIER 6-8-1884 12-25-1948 ARIE C. HUNT 8-30-1821 2-5-1902 MRS. A.M. FRAZIER 3-12-1841 6-14-1911 S.W. FRAZIER 11-28-1837 5-17-1910 ROSA LOU PAYNE 8-1-1872 5-6-1907 DAU. OF S.W. & A.M. FRAZIER MARTHA HUNT 1-8-1823 4-15-1901 MARTHA HUNT 11-21-1827 4-20-1900 (THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT STONES WITH THE NAME MARTHA HUNT) SHEPARD SHELTON 6-1-1791 2-29-1876 ROSINA CHAPMAN, WIFE OF 7-10-1802 7-16-1886 SHEPARD SHELTON ELIZA J. PHILLIPS 7-17-1836 10-5-1873 JOSEPH PHILLIPS NO DATES HUGH LEE PHILLIPS 10-1-1860 3-6-1862 G.W.I. NO DATES THERE ARE MANY GRAVES IN THIS AREA UNMARKED AND MANY WITH ROCKS. ALL OF THESE ARE IN A COW PASTURE AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LARGE GATE TO GET TO THE GRAVESITES. THIS LAND IS OWNED BY WEBB'S. MRS. WEBB TOLD ME THEY OWN THE LAND, BUT NOT THE CEMETERIES AND PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERIES AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THE LARGE GATE TO THE PASTURE CLOSED AND DON'T LET THEIR COWS OUT. SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT CEMETERIES AND THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE MTN. WAS THE STAPLES, BUT SHE WASN'T SURE OF THE NAME OF THE OTHER ONE. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT AT ONE TIME THERE MAY HAVE BEEN THREE SEPARATE CEMETERIES, BUT I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. TRANSCRIBED BY JANE TALLEY NICHOLS 1-10-2001. HELPED BY RANDY NICHOLS, SUE ALLEN PITTMAN, AND JOHN E. PITTMAN.