Monroe County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Smith-Bohannan Cemetery - Complete Survey

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This cemetery is located in Mexia, Monroe Co. AL. It can only be
entered by contacting the land owner. Please contact me, or the Monroe
County Heritage Society for further information if you want to visit 
the cemetery. At the time of this survey, there was no sign indicating 
the name of the cemetery and it was heavily overgrown as the photo 
will show. The landowner knew of no name for the cemetery. The 
location given in global coordinates is:
	    N 31°31'24.4"    W 087°22'34.3"

This cemetery was surveyed in April of 2003. 

Where an * is found, it indicates that the data was not readable. 
Parantheses ()indicate something that was added by the surveyor.


Smith, B. F.		Born	Jan. 27, 1855	Died	May 23, 1911
	(Engraved above the name and dates is)	At Rest
	(Engraved below the name and dates is)	Thy trials ended,
						Thy rest is won.

Smith, Hiram		(Born)	June 10, 1814	(Died)	June 29, 1889
	(Engraved on the headstone base below his name is)  FATHER
	(Dual headstone)
Smith, Matildia		(Born)	June 9, 1829	(Died)	June 23, 1910
	(Engraved on the headstone base below her name is)   MOTHER

Bohannan, Nancy		Born	Feb. 10, 1797	Died	June 18, 1877	
	(Engraved between her name and dates is)
					Wife of Armstead Bohannan
	(Engraved below the name and dates is)	She died as she lived,
						trusting in God.

Bohannan, Armstead	Born	1802		Died	Feb. 4, 1881.
	(Engraved below the name and dates is)	Blessed are the pure
						in heart for they
						shall see God.

Smith, Willie		Born	Mar. 3, 1885	Died	June 12, 1885
	(Engraved between his name and dates is)   Son of
						   B. F. & Amanda
						   Smith
	(Engraved below his name and dates is)	Our loved one

Bohannan, Elbert	Born	May 8, 1824	Died	July 17, 1908.
	(Engraved below his name and dates is)	In life (unreadable)
						(unreadable)

Smith, Bertha		Born	Apr. 3, 1889	Died	Aug. 5, 1890.
	(Engraved between her name and dates is)   Dau. of
						   B.F. & Amanda
						   Smith
	(Engraved below the name and dates is)	Only sleeping

Smith, Duncan		Born	July 8, 1892	Died	Mar. 22, 1900.
	(Engraved between his name and dates is)   Son of 
						   B. F. & Amanda
						   Smith
	(Engraved below his name and dates is)	Thy will be done.

Smith, Ester		Born	Mar. 26, 1903,	Died	Jan. 24, 1904.
	(Engraved between her name and dates is)   Dau. of
						   B.F. & Amanda
						   Smith
	(Engraved below her name and dates is)     (Unreadable) 

Unknown	(A portion of an unnamed grave border was also found)

(A square nail, used many years ago for building, was found about 25
	 feet north of the cemetery)

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