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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Benard and Leslie Hendrix [Additional information was contributed by Winston and Margaret Sessions who surveyed this cemetery earlier and are related to many of the cemetery residents]. ====================================================================== May 2008 Proceed Northeast from Monroeville on AL 21/47 past Beatrice to where AL 21/47 split. Follow AL 47 to the east and then to the norhteast at Old Texas, still on AL 47. At mile marker 39, turn left on a dirt road and go about 2.6 miles to the cemetery on the right. The Solomon Cemetery is off the road about 20 yards and if you get to another dirt road to the right, you just passed it. Global Coordinates: N 31°48'17.3" W 086°59'43.8" This cemetery was surveyed in April of 2008. Parantheses ()indicate something that was added by the surveyor and an asterisk * indicates that a letter or numeral was unreadable. ====================================================================== BOOKER. Emma C. Born Mar. 2, 1851 Died Nov. 20, 1890 Wife of J. W. Booker Gone but not forgotten [Emma Katherine Ingram, daughter of Isaac Ingram and Polly Sills Robertson] [J. W. Booker is James Wesley Booker, son of Jackson Booker and Jeffelona Myrick] BOWEN, Ephriam Born (No date shown) Died May 15, 1901 Age 69 Years, Another link is broken in our household band But a chain is forming in a better land. BOWEN, Martha Born (No date given) Died Dec. 2, 1915 Age 86 yrs. Gone but not forgotten [Wife of Ephriam Bowen] BRANTLEY, Clarence Donald Born 1920 Died (No date shown) Son of Conrad & Amanda Brantley [Amanda Wright Brantley] [BURKETT, W. H. Born May 17, 1873 Died June 2, 1877] CALOWAY, R. J. Born Nov. 27, 1853 Died Apr. 9, 1879 [Rebecca J. Solomon - wife of Clements A. Calloway and daughter of John Abraham Solomon and Elizabeth Ella Myrick] EVERS, Robert L. Born 1857 Died 1924 My trust is in God [Robert Leonard Evers - husband of Melinda Laura "Linnie" Bailey and son of Reuben Jasper Evers and Sarah A. Solomon] [GRANT, Jennie Born May 19, 1857 Died June 19, 1884] [Wife of J. H. Grant] [Virginia "Jennie" Wythe - wife of John Grant] [John Grant was a son of John and Rebecca Grant and a brother to Debbie Grant, the wife of Freeman Washington Solomon] HINES, Adrene Valeria Born December 28, 1921 Died September 13, 1925 Daughter of Susan Wright and J. G. Hines "Suffer little children to come unto me" HINES, Susie A. Ingram Born June 8, 1885 Died Dec. 13, 1923 She was a kind and affectionate wife, A fond mother and a friend to all. INGRAM, J. W. Born Apr. 23, 1882 Died Sept. 4, 1905 Gone but not forgotten [Son of George W. Ingram and Martha Eveline Byrd] KING, Queen Victoria Born July 5, 1882 Died Aug. 19, 1884 From mother's arms to the arms of Jesus [Daughter of Mannie and Rebecca Ellen King] McCAY, A. L. Born Oct. 19, 1894 Died Sept. 29, 1912 Gone but not forgotten [McCOY] MFB No other information MGR No other information PETTIE, Martha Ellen Ingram Born June 10, 1859 Died Aug. 19, 1899 Wife of R. O. Pettie Here lies one who in life, Was a kind mother a true wife Showers by many on her blest, And piety among the best. [Daughter of James and Eliza Ingram] REMLEY, James H. Born Dec. 12. 184(5) Died Sept 24, 1(89)8 [He has gone to the Mansions of Rest] [Lattice house - roof fallen in] [Son of Michael and Mary Remley and husband of Mary "Mollie" Wright] [Mollie - daughter of John W. Wright and Eliza Ann Solomon] ROBINSON, Sophronia Matilda Riley Born 1843 Died 1880 ROBINSON, James Wyirt and wives (No other information) SESSIONS, A. E. Born Dec. 13, 1851 Died Mar. 31, 1875 [Ann Eliza Solomon - wife of George Washington Sessions and daughter of John Abraham Solomon and Elizabeth Myrick] SESSIONS, Claudius Born Aug. 17, 1896 Died Oct. 22, 1899 Only Sleeping [Son of Edward Wall Sessions and Amanda A. Feaster] [SESSIONS, G. W. Born December 1840 March 1878] [George Washington Sessions - husband of Ann Eliza Solomon and son of William Sessions and Jemima Cain] SESSIONS, Infant Daughter Born Oct. 1903 Died (no date shown) Daughter of E. W. & A. A. Sessions Gone so soon [Daughter of Edward Wall Sessions and Amanda A. Feaster] SILLS, Clemmon Born (no date shown) Died Aug. 19, 1865 Age 73 years [Born 1792 in Greenville County, Virginia] SILLS, Elizabeth Born Apr. 27, 1795 Died Aug. 14, 1879 [Elizabeth "Betsy" Thorton - wife of Clemmon Sills] SILLS, Julia Ann Born Aug. 21, 1830 Died Apr. 3, 1889 [Daughter of Clemmon Sills and Elizabeth Thornton] SOLOMON, Aelizabeth Alice Mooney Born Sept. 18, 1849 Died Sept. 7, 1889 [Wife of William T. Solomon and daughter of Arthur B. Mooney and Nancy Sills] SOLOMON, D. A. Grant Born Feb. 6, 1860 Died Dec. 5, 1926 Wife of F. W. Solomon Here lies one who in this life was a kind mother and a true wife [Debbie Alice Grant - wife of Freeman Washington Solomon, daughter of John and Rebecca Grant] SOLOMON, Elizabeth Born Oct. 1826 Died Jan. 25, 1910 [Elizabeth E. Myrick, wife of John Abraham Solomon, and daughter of John Myrick and Margaret Goodwin] SOLOMON, F. W. Born Mar. 21, 1857 Died Aug. 4, 1940 Lifes work well done he rests in peace [Freeman Washington Solomon - son of John Abraham Solomon and Elizabeth "Beth" Myrick and husband of Debbie Alice Grant] [SOLOMON, J. A. Born March Died September] [John Abraham Solomon - born March 1829/1830 - died September 1864] [Husband of Elizabeth "Beth" E. Myrick and son of John G. Solomon and Sarah Godbold] STACEY, Matilda Born Feb. 1822 Died Sept. 5, 1857 Wife of G. G. W. STACEY [Matilda Wright - wife of George Stacey and daughter of Daniel Wright and Ellender Godbold] UNMARKED (one of many) (no other information) UNREADABLE, E. A. So**** (no other readable information) WILKINSON, William David Born & Died March 21, 1924 Son of Levi & Daisie Wilkinson [Son of Levi Asa Wilkinson and Daisie Carlilla Walters. Levi Wilkinson was the son of David Ginnens Wilkinson and Grandson of Asa Wilkinson] WILLIAMSON, John Washington Born 1829 Died 1866 [Husband of Mariah Solomon] WRIGHT, A. (B.) Born 1890 Died 1891 WRIGHT, Annie Collins Born Nov. 12, 1868 Died Dec. 2, 1903 [Wife of John S. Wright, the son of Samuel Wright and Mary Caroline Solomon and the daughter of George A. and Carolina Collins] [NOTE: Next to Annie are the graves of two children, A. E. I. and H. D. Wright] WRIGHT, Annie Lillian Born Nov. 7, 1910 Died Dec. 24, 1910 From the arms of it's mother to the arms of Jesus WRIGHT, Eliza Born Apr. 1, 1822 Died July 8, 1903 [Eliza Ann Solomon - wife of John W. Wright and daughter of John G. Solomon and Sarah A. Godbold] WRIGHT, H. (C. [or D.]) Born 1900 Died 1901 WRIGHT, Infant Born & Died Apr. 6, 1899 Infant of L. C. & F. E. Wright Asleep in Jesus [Child of Leonard Cade Wright and Frances Elizabeth Stinson] WRIGHT, John Born May 10, 1818 Died July 16, 1907 [Husband of Eliza Ann Solomon and son of Daniel Wright and Ellender Godbold] WRIGHT, Leonard C. Born July 6, 1855 Died Mar. 19, 1915 Come Ye Blessed A kind wife mourns in thee a husband lost. Farewell my wife and children all. From you a father Christ doth call. Darling we miss thee. [Husband of Frances Elizabeth Stinson and son of Samuel Wright and Mary Caroline Solomon] WRIGHT, Samuel Born Sept. 2, 1822 Died Dec. 8, 1907 A tender father and a faithful friend. [Husband of Mary Caroline Solomon and son of Daniel Wright and Ellender Godbold] WRIGHT, Wm. J. Born Apr. 12, 1857 Died Oct. 13, 1913 Gone but not forgotten [Son of Samuel Wright and Mary Caroline Solomon]