Monroe County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Old Salem Baptist Church, 1999 Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mildred Stinson Brown martyb144@aol.com August 1999 The Old Salem Cemetery is located in the Old Salem Community, Monroe Co., AL. Turn right off of County Rd 47 at Mexia, AL onto Old Salem Rd – go approximately 3 miles and turn left at the Old Salem Baptist Church sign. You can’t miss it from that point. KEY: d/o = daughter of h/o = husband of i/o = infant of s/o = son of s/s = same stone with w/o = wife of Name Birth Date Death Date Other information Brown, Randall Cornelius 14 Dec 1881 28 Aug 1943 h/o Annie Bertha Taylor Brown Brown, Annie, Bertha Taylor 1 Dec 1881 3 Oct 1967 w/o Randall Cornelius Brown Brown, James Andrew Jackson 21 Oct 1899 19 Aug 1966 [s/o Annie Bertha Taylor & Randall Cornelius Brown] Brown, Ruth Deloney Dean 25 Aug 1898 2 Sep 1992 [w/o James Andrew Jackson Brown] Brown, Bruce Dale 21 Feb 1938 28 Nov 1986 Pvt US Army Brown, Infant 25 Jul 1941 25 Jul 1941 [d/o Ruth Deloney Dean & James Andrew Jackson Brown] Brown, Alvin Bernard 19 Jan 1929 31 Jul 1970 [s/o Ruth Deloney Dean & James Andrew Jackson Brown] Nettles, Iris Eulene Brown 22 Feb 1906 7 Mar 1981 [d/o Annie Bertha Taylor & Randall Cornelius Brown w/o Wallace Freeman Nettles] Nettles, Wallace Freeman 27 Mar 1900 28 Apr 1987 [h/o Iris Eulene Brown Nettles] Lloyd, James Barto, Sr. 24 Aug 1909 17 Oct 1974 Sawyer, Wilburn George 24 Feb 1907 4 Sep 1978 Brown, Juanite Voncille 15 Mar 1921 13 Apr 1995 Taylor, Pattie Brown 8 Jan 1883 27 Feb 1936 [w/o Elias Taylor, sister of Randall Cornelius Brown] Taylor, Elias 19 Jan 1878 5 Aug 1942 [h/o Pattie Brown Taylor, brother of Annie Bertha Taylor Brown] Sawyer, Alceon Taylor 13 Feb 1911 7 Jul 1978 [w/o Charles Sawyer, d/o Pattie Brown & Elias Taylor] Sawyer, Charles Lee 22 Jun 1906 11 Dec 1981 [h/o Alceon Taylor] Sawyer, Charles Elliott "Red" 30 Mar 1936 2 Nov 1988 [s/o Alceon Taylor & Charles Lee Sawyer] Was bound but now I am free James, Ima Brown 8 Nov 1886 5 Mar 1961 [w/o Joe P. James, sister of Randall Cornelius Brown] James, Joe P. 14 Feb 1877 20 Sep 1948 [h/o Ima Brown James] Taylor, Sumter 16 Jun 1882 7 Nov 1958 [brother of Annie Bertha Taylor] Taylor, Carlene Crapps 30 Jun 1884 27 Apr 1965 [w/o Sumter Taylor] Taylor, Hattie V. 5 Dec 1922 30 Oct 1990 Taylor, Lucy Irene 17 Jun 1907 30 Aug 1927 [d/o Carlene Crapps & Sumter Taylor] Taylor, Nettie Ernestine 11 Jan 1913 28 Jul 1918 Taylor, Jimmy R. 28 Sep 1955 20 Nov 1996 Penton, Dolvie 27 May 1912 20 Mar 1971 [Grave is not marked; however, family members know that this is his grave)] Stanton, Margarett J. 19 Nov 1867 17 Feb 1958 We were proud to call her mother Daniels, Thadeus No date No date Newberry, Edna Josephine 5 Jan 1874 20 Jul 1954 Hixon, John 1812 1880 McDonald, Haska 16 Oct 1922 5 Mar 1937 Cannon, Felix W. 16 Aug 1881 17 Feb 1972 s/s Zada A. Cannon [nee Crapps] Cannon, Zada A. 27 Jun 1875 2 Mar 1957 s/s Felix W. Cannon Crapps, Luke E. 21 Jun 1888 29 Apr 1957 Waldo, Guy Drew 6 Jul 1893 5 Mar 1890 The following seems to be a family plot, having four graves within the coping but only one grave was marked as follows: Brown, Eliot Ezelle 12 Sep 1871 21 Sep 1906 Cannon, Catherine 19 Nov 1899 25 Mar 1900 The following grave is located inside a fence with a top over the grave. Roberts, Walter M. 11 Sep 1877 2 Aug 1895 s/o S. M. & M. A. Roberts Newberry, Martha Thames McDonald Feb 1834 c May 1892 [the c was on the tombstone] McDonald, Charles J. 5 Feb 1832 26 Oct 1855 Newberry, James 1821 c 1881 Jones, Thomas No date No date Nettles, ?? 17 Nov 1844 27 Aug 1882 Fountain, Gatsey A. 27 Nov 1827 27 Apr 1900 Fountain, H. Wilson 22 Aug 1853 1 Jul 1880 Woodsman of the World marker Snider, William H. 13 Jan 1893 27 May 1921 Twas hard to give thee up but they will O God, be done. Snider, Florence 8 Dec 1866 25 Aug 1919 w/o J. O. Snider Family plot – one unreadable Snyder, Obanyan J. 14 Jul 1840 5 Sep 1878 Snider, William R. 20 Aug 1886 21 Dec 1886 s/o W. T. & B. L. Snider Thompson, Thomas 19 Jan 1813 4 Mar 1896 Taylor, Oneil Lee 22 Aug 1889 16 Jan 1891 Our Darling Baby Four other graves marked only by bricks The following eight graves are in a family plot: McDonald, Infant 31 May 1896 31 May 1896 i/o Mr. & Mrs. C. J. McDonald McDonald, Morton M. 12 Nov 1906 8 Aug 1979 s/s Neil H. McDonald McDonald, Neil H. 31 Aug 1913 s/s Morton M. McDonald McDonald, Leon 1 Mar 1904 5 Nov 1993 McDonald, Guy 12 Apr 1897 28 Jun 1976 Pvt US Army WW1 McDonald, Charles Francis 25 Aug 1890 14 Jul 1919 In defence of liberty HDG Dech 1st F.A. Brigade 1st Dif A.E.F. McDonald, Annie Strock 16 Feb 1869 19 Feb 1964 McDonald, C. J. 16 Jun 1856 20 Oct 1908 Urquhart, Evelyn 25 Mar 1901 6 Dec 1904 d/o J. W. & Lucy Urquhart Urquhart 14 Jun 1871 4 Nov 1881 s/o J. N. & F. L. Urquhart Taylor, Ed 28 Jul 1919 18 Sep 1890 Taylor, Hattie V. 6 Dec 1922 30 Oct 1990 Taylor, Rick Thomas 27 Dec 1956 5 Jan 1957 Bayles, Myra 31 Dec 1904 27 Aug 1982 [w/o Andy L. Bayles] Bayles, Andy L. 1893 1894 Pvt US Army WW1 Fountain, Green K. 29 Mar 1858 29 Sep 1896 Fountain, Sarah E. 6 Feb 1896 14 Jul 1896 Manning 5 Apr 1901 5 Apr 1901 s/o J. L. & Sudie A. Manning McCall, Thomas Alfonso 25 Jun 1902 20 Mar 1912 Cotten, Betty Wiggins 2 Oct 1881 29 Dec 1963 Wiggins, Nathan Esker 8 Mar 1879 8 Nov 1908 [s/o William N. & Martha E. Wiggins] Wiggins, Infant Jun 1908 Jun 1908 Wiggins, M. E., Mrs. 5 May 1853 28 Oct 1926 [Martha, w/o William N. Wiggins] Wiggins, W. N. 11 Nov 1852 1907 [William N. Wiggins] Inside an iron fence: Thompson, Wallace G. 22 Mar 1873 6 Aug 1899 s/o Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Thompson Cobb, William Christopher 8 Aug 1971 23 Dec 1996 Cobb, Aaron Michael 21 Apr 1888 21 Aug 1993 Stokes, Henry Clyde 15 Jan 1922 2 Feb 1960 Wiggins, Rollin L. 24 May 1885 17 Oct 1917 Woodman of the World marker Strock, Minnie Mae 5 Jan 1891 25 Apr 1976 Whitmore, Robert John 22 Feb 1929 10 Jan 1994 Lovitt, Calvin Carl 21 Aug 1913 18 Nov 1996 s/s Fannie O. Lovitt Lovitt, Fannie O. 24 Mar 1914 9 Dec 1997 s/s Calvin Carl Lovitt Coleman, Claude A. 19 Dec 1940 17 Dec 1990 Coleman, Carolyn L. 24 Mar 1938 Steadham, Carl L. 22 Sep 1937 1 Feb 1997 MSgt Vietnam Gree, Tonya Dawn 1 Jun 1973 9 Jan 1989 McDonald, Sarah E. 24 Dec 1892 23 May 1981 McDonald, William Travis 26 Sep 1889 9 Jan 1963 McDonald, William T. 8 Jun 1915 8 Feb 1987 MSgt 242D AAF Base Unit McDonald, Edward H. 24 Mar 1918 18 Jul 1998 Coleman, W. Leroy 1 Jul 1914 13 Aug 1996 Coleman, Gertrude H. 26 Feb 1916 22 Nov 1988 Coleman, Rollan J. 18 May 1955 21 May 1955 Frye, Dennis Sims 10 Jun 1928 Frye, Bernice Wiggins 7 Jul 1932 Frye, Dennis Eugene 25 May 1953 13 Jan 1980 McDonald, Celia Ruth 29 Jul 1967 5 Aug 1967 Beloved Twin Sister Atkins, Barbara 9 Sep 1906 13 Mar 1987 Strock, Mattie 1881 1966 Strock, Arthurine 1872 1920 Strock, Kitty 1884 1843 Strock, Mary E. 1847 1928 s/s Thomas R. Strock Strock, Thomas R. 1835 1919 s/s Mary E. Strock Strock, Willie 22 Sep 1891 15 Oct 1967 PFC 321 Infantry WW1 Strock, Stephen 1 Jul 1888 28 Nov 1968 Nettles, Russell 4 Jan 1904 10 Oct 1994 Sawyer, Sallie 15 Jan 1820 15 Aug 1906 w/o Ramsey Sawyer Anders, Frank 7 Nov 1858 31 May 1923 Dying is but going home McDennis, Pollard 22 Feb 1812 12 Jul 1895 Crawford, William D. 28 Nov 1835 7 Mar 1898 There are several unmarked graves and several unreadable headstones.