HENSEY CEMETERY, Greenville, Madison County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Joseph T. Burval, e-mail: JBurval@mindspring.com COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright (c) 1990 by Joseph T. Burval, Publisher. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Publisher. The publisher donates the contents of this file in digital format to USGenWeb Project Archives for inclusion in USGenWeb's Digital Library (Archives) for the purpose of making this work freely available to researchers under the rules and policies of The USGenWeb Project. USGENWEB 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 cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. CORRECTIONS AND ERRORS: Comments from readers concerning errors or additions to the data should be addressed to Joseph T. Burval, 1995 Parkwood Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314, USA or e-mail at JBurval@mindspring.com ******************************************************************************* INTRODUCTION The tombstone inscriptions for the cemetery below are the same as those contained in the book "Madison County Florida Cemeteries" authored by Joseph T. Eichelberger (Privately Published: J. T. Burval, Charleston, WV (1990)). In some cases, additions and corrections have been made. They are digitally reproduced here to make this information available to the USGenWeb Project Archives. Mr. Eichelberger surveyed all the cemeteries of Madison County, Florida known to him over an eight year period from about 1985 to 1993. In most cases, the date of the survey, as well as, the date of his second survey used to verify his data is included at the end of the listing. The reader will note the detail that Mr. Eichelberger has used to record the inscriptions in this work. This work is more than a listing of names and dates. It is the next best thing to actually seeing the gravesite in person. Its content shows the author's obvious extraordinary effort to preserve what he called the "flavor" of the tombstone by recording full inscriptions. His work includes misspellings, error notation and describing the marker's location so it can be found by the reader. Often a description of the tombstone, especially if it was unusual or damaged is included. A truly outstanding work, which will serve to preserve our heritage. Mr. Eichelberger very concisely and modestly explained his work in part as follows: "This project has been a one-man effort. As a result the readings and the typing have not been checked by a second party. To make matters worse, the elapsed time between reading the tombstones and typing the listing from notes has been rather great. Reading old notes written hurriedly in the field can be a trying experience, especially if the writer's handwriting isn't too neat." "An effort was made to preserve the "flavor" of the inscriptions by retaining misspellings and errors. In general, no attempt was made to correct any data, but occasionally observations have been inserted. These are in square brackets [] except where no confusion should result. It is hoped that few errors have been introduced in recording and typing the data, but surely some have been." It is a pleasure to donate this work to the USGenWeb Project Archives to make this very valuable information available to all researchers interested in Madison County. J. T. Burval Charleston, West Virginia October 27, 1998 ******************************************************************************* SYMBOLS USED: A "/" is used to indicate a new line on the tombstone. A "//" indicates a new section of the tombstone. "FHMM" means funeral home metal marker. "CRI" means cannot read inscription. A "#" indicates a cross as used on stones and memorials, and denotes military Service. Brackets [] indicate the authors comments and are used to distinguish comments from the tombstone inscription. Two names side by side indicate either a common headstone or two headstones on a common pedestal. Two names side by side with a third name below and indented, indicate that all three names are included on a common headstone or that all three headstones are on a common pedestal. ******************************************************************************* HENSEY CEMETERY FROM US 221 IN GREENVILLE, GO WEST 3.0 MILES ON US 90 TO DIRT ROAD. TURN SOUTH .2 MILES. CEMETERY IS AT END OF ROAD ON LEFT. BEGIN AT FRONT (WEST END) DAY FLOYD F. LEILA Y. FEB 3,1897 FEB 28,1918 NOV 29,1980 [AT FOOT:] #/FLOYD F DAY/PVT US ARMY/WORLD WAR I/FEB 3 1897 NOV 29 1980 ALSO A BEGGS FHMM WITH SAME INFORMATION AS ON THE MONUMENT. [GONE IN 1989.] FULMER EMMA MURIEL BURNETTE CLAUDE W. FEB 24,1940 FEB 6,1919 OCT 25,1987 KNOWLES CHARLES CLANTON ETHEL REBA "CLINTON" CONE MAR 21,1914 OCT 7,1911 MAR 25,1987 MELTON E./MACON/APRIL 1,1918/MAY 1,1918 MAMIE V. MACON,AUG 15,1927/APRIL 31,1928 P.B.MACON/APRIL 25,1867/DEC 21,1943 GRANDMA/LOLA V. MACON/NOV 14,1887/DEC 9,1970 NORTH END SECOND ROW. PROCEED SOUTH. ARH[?] F. ROATH/SEP 3 1866 FEB[?] 9 ???? J.D. ROATH/JULY 18,1861/NOV 8,1952 MAMIE/MACON/AUG 15 1927/APR - 1928 [STONE IS DOWN] J.W. ROATH/JAN 11,1886/DEC 11,1916 LIZA ROATH/DEATH - 1918 [ADULT'S GRAVE] JULIA/SPARKS/DIED/DEC 15,1962 [ADULT'S GRAVE] LINTON/SPARKS/DIED/JUNE 30,1965 [ADULT'S GRAVE] LYDIA MAE/THIGPEN/APRIL 19,1919/JULY 19,1933/AT REST PAULINE BORN TO/MARCUS & JULIA/DAY/NOV 23,1923/NOV 16,1926 #/A D BISHOP/FLORIDA/PVT US ARMY/WORLD WAR II/AUG 3 1900 NOV 20 1970 JULIA THIGPEN DAY/BISHOP/AUG 28,1902/FEB 6,1987 FATHER//MARCUS M./DAY/NOV 9,1890/MARCH 5,1938 THIRD ROW. RETURN TO NORTH END. BEGGS FHMM: MR. D.W. CONE/APRIL 10,1914/JULY 31,1976 TOMMY L. CONE/FEB 22-28,1948/TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN CONE E.E. MARY A. JULY 21,1879 DEC 30,1883 NOV 30,1937 SEPT 3,1969 MATTIE LOU/CONE/JULY 20,1919/SEPT 18,1892 [ALSO BEGGS FHMM AT HEAD OF GRAVE. SAME INFORMATION.] WILLIAM RILIE/SON OF MR. AND/MRS. A.J. THIG/PEN. BORN DEC/15.1920. DIED/MAY 24,1924/ASLEEP IN/JESUS RUBY/LETCHWORTH/WIFE OF/A.J. THIGPEN/MAR 17,1899/MAR 23,1931/AT REST FATHER//W.R. THIGPEN/DEC 19,1868/SEPT 19,1917/AT REST MARY A. THIGPEN/JAN 4,1836/JAN 9,1918/AT REST TOM THIGPEN/JULY 25,1897/OCT 14,1918/A LOVING BROTHER MOTHER//JANIE CONE/WIFE OF/W.R. THIGPEN/OCT 25,1871/AUG 14,1948 AT REST//OUR DEAR/MOTHER/LIZZIE/MOODY/JAN 16,1872/JUNE 18,1963 BEGGS FHMM: MR. CHARLES [CLARK?] MOODY/M__ _.1896/MAY 19,1955 [NOT VERY READABLE.] THE NEXT FOUR STONES HAVE BEEN ADDED BY 1989: 1) HOWARD TINDELL 2) JERRY TINDELL 3) DOS TINDELL 4) EVA TINDELL SOUTH END. FOURTH ROW KENNETH WAYNE O'QUINN/APRIL 20,1972/JUNE 26,1978 GABRIEL MOODY/CO. C/2 FLA. CAV [PROBABLY CSA. THIS IS AN OLD STONE, AND IS SET ON A BRICK BASE.] TWO BRICKS MAY MARK THE HEAD OF A GRAVE. BEGGS FHMM: M____ITA [MARGARITA? MRS. ANITA?] A__ [ANN?] PARKER/NOV 11,1877/OCT 31,1948[?] BEGGS FHMM: EDWARD PARKER/OCT 15,1905/DEC 26,1966 JOE E. CONE/JULY 25,1870/MAR 6,1948/AT REST SARAH A. CONE/APRIL 10,1840/SEPT 20,1908/AT REST FLORIDA LEE/CONE/JUNE 1,1847/SEPT 25,1913/AT REST #/JACK ETHRIDGE/ALABAMA/PVT US ARMY/WORLD WAR I/JULY 2 1889 NOV 7 1959 NORTH END ****** THE FOLLOWING THREE ENTRIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BY 1989, BY THE THREE NEW ENTRIES BELOW THEM: TWO SHAPED CYPRESS MARKERS DENOTE AN ADULT'S GRAVE. SHAPED CYPRESS MARKER AND FIELDSTONE DENOTE THE GRAVE OF AN ADULT. TWO SHAPED CYPRESS MARKERS DENOTE A GRAVE, PROBABLY THAT OF A YOUNGSTER. ***** LOQENA CATHEN/OQUINN/BORN 5-21-1922 DANA MAE OQUINN/BORN 9-5-______ [ALSO A SHAPED CYPRESS MARKER.] ALLIE MAE OQUINN/BORN/8-12-1901 [ALSO A SHAPED CYPRESS MARKER.] ULYSSES GRANT/O'QUINN/OCT 25,1896/DEC 3,1967/AT REST PIPE AND BOARD MARK THE GRAVE OF A CHILD. RETURN TO SOUTH END. FIFTH ROW. FATHER//G.W. PARKER,SR./AUG 8,1879/OCT 24,1957/AT REST MOTHER//MARY/PARKER/NOV 3,1875/MAY 3,1935/A TENDER MOTHER AND/A FAITHFUL FRIEND PARKER OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN G.W. ANNIE LEE MAY 19,1909 MAY 3,1912 DEC 8,1986 #/WILLIAM W. HOLLAND/CO H/8 REGT/FLA VOLS/CSA/NOV 2 1841 SEPT 2 1913 GEORGE B. GILLEON/AUG 16,1882/JAN 4,1961 [UNREADABLE BEGGS FHMM AT FOOT OF GRAVE.] EDWARD F./HOUCK/OCT 25,1895/NOV 1,1956/ASLEEP IN JESUS DELIA THIGPEN/HOUCK/MAR 9,1899/AUG 25,1983/SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS THREE INFANTS' GRAVES. SLABS AND RAISED HEADS. NO IDENTIFICATION. THEY ARE ADJACENT TO THE ABOVE GRAVE. NORTH END ADA F. GILL/NOV 28,1903/OCT 15,1971/GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BEGGS FHMM: INFANT MALE PARKER/SEPT 22,1987 [AT FOOT OF GRAVE OF G.W. PARKER IN PREVIOUS ROW.] SARAH THIGPEN/APR 24,1873/JAN 17,1963 JOHN/HENRY/THIGPEN/JUNE 9,1872/DEC 2,1943/THO LOST TO SIGHT/TO MEMORY DEAR "VINNIE"/MARY T./BISHOP/SEPT 16,1898/JUNE 24,1878 RICHARD C./BISHOP/AUG 27,1896/SEPT 6,1954/AT REST SOUTH END AGAIN. SIXTH ROW. TAYLOR DADDY MAMA CORRINA V. THIGPEN JULY 4,1915 AUG 27,1986 NORMAN WILLIAM TAYLOR/DEC 26,1948/DEC 29,1948 SCOTT PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND JAMES H. OCT 27,1923 SEPT 25,1985 NOW GO EAST 6 PACES TO SOUTH END OF NEXT ROW FATHER/CALVIN E./SISTRUNK/OCT 22,1934/AUG 12,1985//"SARGE" [AT FOOT:] #/CALVIN E SISTRUNK/TSGT US AIR FORCE/OCT 22 1934 AUG 12 1985 SISTRUNK MARY B. JOHN S. JAN 15,1907 MARCH 28,1900 NOV 3,1984 NOV 18,1973 AT FOOT: #/JOHN S SISTRUNK FLORIDA/PFC US ARMY MARCH 28 1900 NOVEMBER 18,1973 BEGGS FHMM: MR. ARLES O'QUINN/DEC 6,1892/MAY 11[?],1971 [VERY DIFFICULT TO READ] [GRAVE IS OUTLINED BY BRICKS.] #/JIM THOMAS BUSH/US ARMY/WORLD WAR II/DEC 5 1911 DEC 29,1976 [GRAVE OUTLINED BY CONCRETE BLOCKS.] BEGGS FHMM: LOUISE O'QUINN BUSH/MAY 10,1921/OCTOBER 6,1975 [CONCRETE SLAB.] BEGGS FHMM: JASPER WILLIAM BLACK/AUGUST 28,1943/FEBRUARY 11.1989 LORAINE/PETERSON GO NORTH 9 PACES JANE INEZ/HILL/MAR 20,1956/MAY 9,1957/AT REST [THERE IS A BEGGD FHMM AT THE FOOT. THE LITTLE THAT I CAN READ AGREES WITH THE MONUMENT.] IRON PIPE MARKS GRAVE. [CHUNK OF CONCRETE HAS BEEN ADDED BY 1989.] LOIS ANN/DUGGER/MAY 24,1947/DEC 14,1947 VASE AND ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS MARK ANOTHER GRAVE. [GONE BY 1989.] CONCRETE POST COULD BE A LOT MARKER OR A GRAVE MARKER. [GONE BY 1989.] ARBOR VITIAE AT HEAD. BEGGS FHMM: MR. WESLEY ENGLISH/APR 22,1908/SEPT 16,1960 [IN 1989, REPLACED BY CONCRETE SLAB AND CONCRETE MONUMENT: WESLEY ENGLISH/4-26-1908/9-17-1960] [NOTE DISCREPANCIES IN DATES.] ARBOR VITIAE AT HEAD. BEGGS FHMM: SHELLIE DIANE KNOWLES[?]/SEPT 2,1972/SEPT 3,1972 [BY 1989, TWO MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED: (1) HAZEL MARIE/ENGLISH [[INFANT'S GRAVE]], AND (2) SHELLY DIANE/KNOWLES/9-2-1972/9-3-1972 [GRAVES ARE END TO END.] ADULT'S GRAVE. ARBOR VITIAE AT HEAD, SHAPED CYPRESS BOARD AT FOOT. [BY 1989, THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A CONCRETE MONUMENT:] ANDREW ENGLISH ADULT'S GRAVE. ARBOR VITIAE AT HEAD, BRICK AT FOOT. [BY 1989, THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A CONCRETE MONUMENT:] JOSEPHINE ENGLISH FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES GO SOUTH 4 PACES - MRS. N.A.J. SISTRUNK/1856 - 1910 BEGGS FHMM [DIFFICULT TO READ]: JOHN LEONARD SISTRUNK/APRIL[?] 15[?].1874[?]/JAN[?] 28,1957 [GONE IN 1989.] MY MOTHER/OLLIE V./SISTRUNK/1881 - 1945 LITTLE/CHARLES L./SISTRUNK,JR./DEC 18,1935/FEB 24,1937 [GRAVE OUTLINED BY CONCRETE BLOCKS.] ADULT'S GRAVE COVERED BY GRAVEL. POT OF ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AT HEAD. [THIS GRAVE WAS NOT RECORDED IN 1985. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A NEW GRAVE, HOWEVER.] END OF CEMETERY RECORDED 29 MARCH 1985 CHECKED 12 MAY 1989