Middleton Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: D. A. Bass-Frazier ==================================================================== February 1999 MIDDLETON CEMETERY, MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA If going North on SR 29, it is several miles past Concord Cemetery. Turn Right on dirt road that has wider entranceway. (Names listed roughly from left front to right. Graves laid out more or less in a horseshoe shape. Annotated on 11 June 1998 by D. A. Bass-Frazier; 3409 Parliament Court, Mobile, AL 36695-6221; dabf@zebra.net.) From: dabf To: PAMELA LONG Subject: Re: Cemetery Registration Date: Saturday, January 30, 1999 2:36 PM Elizabeth L. Driscoll Hays Born October 18, 1905 Died June 15, 1942 Fletcher B. Hays PFC US Army World War I 1897 1977 Headstone overturned face down; single grave. Ada Gaskey Hoskin 1864-1942 Gone but not forgotten (broken parts of a headstone are behind this headstone) Nancy (Tiny) McNeil Feb 13, 1855 Sept 12, 1931 William (Bill) McNeil Jan 4, 1852 June 5, 1927 Grave marked by a large rock Looks like parts of markers for 3-4 graves In Memory of Pemmie Wife of Malachi Holley Born . . . . 1836 Died Feb 15, 1900 Honored Beloved and wept Here Mother lies Grave located to right side of Pemmie Holley's marked with raised cement top; top broken and sections caved in. Grave located at foot of Pemmie Holley's; could not read headstone. Grave located to the right of the above-cited; large concrete slab with an urn on top but no name(s) found. To the right of Pemmie Holley: Grave that appears to have been raised concrete similar to the grave with the raised cement top but now badly broken and fallen in. **** Four slabs marking four children lay side by side within section bordered by raised curb. Marker which looks much newer is between middle slabs: Daughters of Cecil and Myra Hayes Ruth Juliet Lois Patsy **** Lora E wife of L. A. Hayes Jan 5 (could not read date) ??? Mother ? ISA G?LE M Hays July 25, 1855 Mar 10, 1913 Illegible writing at bottom Father William M Hayes Apl 12, 1859 Mar 5, 1905 Illegible writing at bottom Following graves are inside section bordered by raised curb. * indicates newer headstone placed on top of older concrete slab. Daniel Driscoll * Sept 20, 1866 Nov 11, 1940 Elizabeth Pugh Driscoll * June 28, 1871 Jan 26, 1952 Jeremiah G. Driscoll May 2, 1901 Nov 26, 1971 Jesse Driscoll * July 11, 1899 Dec 24, 1924 Marry A. Dau. of E. & D. Driscoll Born Feb 23, 1896 Died Jan 21, 1912 None knew thee but to love thee Immediately in front of the above graves which were within the raised curbing: Sacred to the Memory of J Driscall, Born ____sland 1820 Died May 18__ Age 71 years In Memory of Millie wife of J. Driscoll Born June 29 1836 Died June 13 1900 **** PVT Jackson Middleton Co. D 1 Regt Con Cav CSA 1842 1863 [this CSA marker placed as memorial by Laula Middleton May 1996] Martha wife of J. G. Middleton John G. Middleton Co E 1 Ala. Arty CSA Farewell Elizabeth wife of J G Middleton ???? died Sep 27, 1881 Illegible writing below Headstone broken and very worn footstone: E A M Three following had newer headstones on concrete slabs Grandmother Mary Anderson Sept 7, 1857 Oct 14, 1925 Grandfather William A. Anderson May 15, 1904 Uncle Earnest Anderson Oct 11, 1886 [noticeably shorter grave] To right of Earnest Anderson is a rusted funeral marker Three raised concrete covered graves; broken headstones, cannot read any names; one is badly broken up. John Morgan Nancy Morgan Jane Morgan At the back edge of the cemetery; obelisk off a base made of pretty marble: Jessie Hayes Born Aug 15, 1827 Died Sept 6, 1903 Willis Middleton 1797-1889 [new headstone placed over area with broken pieces of original headstone] Sunken spot the approximate size of a headstone base to the right of Willis Middleton In Memory of Malachi Holley Born 1832 Died Apr 22, 1870 Though thou art gone And thy fair form lies mouldering in the dust Fond memory clings to Thee In memory of Mathew Anderson born in Abbeville SC March 15, 1809 died in Monroe Co Nov 24, 1893 In memory of Drucilla B. Anderson wife of Mathew Anderson born at Abbeville, SC Sept 25, ??? [headstone broken but held upright with a metal support] Inside a metal fence: Mrs. C. P. Anderson Sept 21, 1862 Nov 20, 1923 She was a kind and affectionate wife, A kind mother and friend to all Come unto me C. P. Anderson Apr 11, 1848 Dec 20, 1916 A kind husband and loving father As gone but not forgotten Elizabeth daughter of Luke Derbin, wife of Eli Stroud slain by Indians at the Ogley Massacre in 1819 Elizabeth daughter of Joseph East wife of Eli Stroud Died 1829 Harriett Green McCorvey Oct 12, 1907 June 4, 1993 loving and devoted wife of Jack McCorvey Ruby L. Green Jan 3, 1910 Dec 12, 1993 [has Eastern Star emblem] Joe Cecil Green Dec 15, 1911 May 8, 1993 [has Mason emblem] Mother Savanah Green 1888 May 20, 1960 We will meet again Marvin Green June 29, 1891 Feb 16, 1974 [newer headstone on older slab] From:"Mary Alice Thomas" To:" I can identify John and Nancy Morgan. Nancy was the eldest child of Jane Middleton and Joel Anderson. NOTE: Jane Middleton was the daughter of Willis and Pemmy Foxworth Middleton & sister to John G.