Pinellas County FlArchives Cemeteries.....Rousseau Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ron Harn rharn1@tampabay.rr.com July 2009 ROUSSEAU CEMETERY Located in Clearwater, Florida approximately 1 mile south of Gulf to Bay Boulevard,(SR 60) on South Hercules Avenue,the Rousseau Cemetery established in 1870 is one of the oldest private family cemeteries in Pinellas County, Florida. The cemetery is the final resting place for some of the most notable pioneers in Pinellas County History. Families including ALLEN, BLANTON, BOOTH, HARN, KERSEY, MCMULLEN, ROUSSEAU, SEVER and TAYLOR are represented here. It is with sincere pride and honor that we present our "Family Cemetery" survey to the USGENWEB TOMBSTONE PROJECT for registry on this volunteer maintained web site. ALLEN, Flora, b. 1901 d. 1917 ALLEN, Florence Harn, b. 1874 d. 1904 ALLEN, Hilliard T., b. 1866 d. 1913 ALLEN, Sarah H., b. 1884 d. 1957 BARNES, John C., b. 1869 d. 1938 BARNES, Perry, b. 1835 d. 1907 "FATHER GONE TO REST" BLACK, Anna, b. ? d. 1911 (Head stone missing) BLACK, John E., b. ? d. 1913 (Head stone missing) BLANTON, L.L., b. Jul 29 1846 d. Apr 18 1892 BOOTH, Julia Sever, b. Sep 9 1906 d. Nov 12 1935 "Beloved wife of Leland B. Booth" BOOTH, Mary, b. Nov 11 1935 d. Nov 11 1935 "Beloved daughter of Leland B. and Julia S." BURNETT, James, b. 1887 d. 1964 (Masonic Emblem) BURNETT, Ida Lilian Harn, b. 1894 d. 1985 (Eastern Star Emblem) CARRUTH, Rhoda Ann, b. Jan 6 1802 d. Oct 24 1881 "DEPARTED THIS LIFE" CLARKE, Agnes V., b. 1894 d. 1979 CLARKE, Frank A., b. 1886 d. 1965 "CHAMP" CROWLEY, Infant, b. Jul 21 1902 d. Jul 24 1902 "BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN" CROWLEY, Mildred Louise, b. Jul 12 1899 d. May 9 1900 "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME" CROWSON, Robert S., b. April 2 1848 d. 1917 (Flat granite marker,"Confederate Soldier") CSA Marker missing. EVANS, Virginia Caroline Rousseau, b. Feb 26 1848 d. May 1 1895 "47 yrs 2 mo 5 days", "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" FUSSELL, Mollie Kersey, b. 1892 d. 1923 GIBSON, Patricia E. (Patti), b. Feb 19 1966 d. Mar 18 1968 "I PRAY THEE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP" HARN, Ann Tobitha Crum, b. Jun 15 1812 d. May 6 1885 "BORN EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA" (Wife of Henry Harn) HARN, Carolyn Ann Richman, b. Nov 16 1946 d. Jan 30 1991 "THE STRENGTH OF A WOMAN MADE US WHO WE ARE" HARN, Claude Yulee Sr., b. Sep 3 1886 d. Mar 16 1936 HARN, Claude Yulee Jr., b. Oct 5 1921 d. May 15 1925 HARN, Clifton Corrine Wheeler, b. Jun 27 1915 d. Dec 19 1989 HARN, Diane Ruth Driscoll, b. Aug 19 1929 d. May 2 1991 HARN, Elizabeth, b. 1847 d. Jul 17 1880 "AGE 33 YRS, WIFE OF WJ HARN" HARN, Elizabeth Ailene, b. Mar 20 1931 (Still Living as of June 10, 2009) HARN, Erin Pennington, b. May 11 1903 d. Mar 2 1983 HARN, Georgia A., b. 1872 d. Nov 9 1906 "AGE 34 YRS, WIFE OF WJ HARN" HARN, Henry Frederick, b. Jul 1 1897 d. Dec 25 1964 HARN, Henry, b. May 19 1801 d. Dec 25 1875 "BORN BRYAN COUNTY,GEORGIA "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF" "Came to Florida 1824" (Second person to be buried here). HARN, James Edgar, b. Aug 11 1899 d. Jul 10 1981 HARN, James Frederick, b. Dec 26 1926 d. Dec 29 1999 HARN, James Yulee, b. May 12 1852 d. Mar 11 1924 HARN, Joseph Michael b. March 26, 1954 d. July 6, 2009 HARN, Joseph Pennington, b. Oct 21 1928 d. February 5, 2008 HARN, Mary Elizabeth Bain, b. Sep 29 1886 d. Sep 25 1977 HARN, Maurice Bain, b. Jul 24 1915 d. Jun 22 1972 HARN, Maurice Lester, b. Apr 17 1904 d, Jan 27 1966 HARN, May Elizabeth Goodman, b. Apr 18 1905 d. Aug 25 2002 HARN, Ida Viola Rousseau, b. Jan 10 1866 d. Apr 21 1960 HARN, Robert Birten b. 1927 d. 2006 HARN, William John, b. Jan 23 1846 d. Nov 8 1919 (Confederate Soldier, CSA marker missing) HARTMAN, Emily Hudnell, b. 1906 d. 1974 "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH" HARTMAN, Ernest W., b. 1899 d. 1969, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH" HENDERSON, Minnie Kersey, b. 1870 d. 1956 HOLLEY, Metta Johnson, b. 1921 d. 1968 HOLLINGSWORTH, Bessie V., b. Feb 19 1886 d. Aug 30 1964 "WE WILL MEET AGAIN" HOLLINGSWORTH, Dorothy J., b. Jun 14 1924 (Still living as of March 1, 2003) HOLLINGSWORTH, Eldon, b. Dec 22 1919 d. Jun 15 1923 "OUR DARLING" HOLLINGSWORTH, Henry Z., b. Mar 16 1922 d. Jun 6 1990 "WE WILL MEET AGAIN" HOLLINGSWORTH, Infant, b. Aug 5 1959 d. Aug 5 1959 "SON OF DOROTHY AND HENRY" HOLLINGSWORTH, Zora S., b. Sep 26 1876 d. Jan 14 1941 HUDNELL, Dorothy, b. 1918 d. 1925 "CHILDREN OF W.L. & E.E. HUDNELL" HUDNELL, Edith E., b. 1888 d. 1975 "WELL DONE MY CHILD" HUDNELL, Sidney, b. 1920 d. 1925 "CHILDREN OF W.L. & E.E. HUDNELL" KERSEY, George L., b. 1867 d. 1915 LASHLEY,Larry Joe, b. Sep 17 1946 d. December 11, 2002 MARTIN, Robert R., b. Sep 17 1874 d. May 18 1876 "SWEET BABE THY SPIRIT DOTH NOW REST,THY SUFFERING IS NOW OVER" MAXWELL, Esther Viola Harn, b. Aug 23 1918 d. October 9 1999 "Back to My Beloved Clearwater" MAXWELL, Reed, b. Dec 7 1918 d. May 26, 2009 MCMULLEN, Evalena E., b. Feb 16 1880 d. Mar 19 1883 "Children of J.M. MCMULLEN" MCMULLEN, Jason E., b. Mar 7 1882 d. Mar 19 1883 "Children of J.M. MCMULLEN","WITHIN THIS CONSECRATED GROUND TWO INFANT ANGELS SLEEP BUT WHEN THE TRUMP OF GOD SOUND THEY'LL RISE AND GLORY REAP" MCMULLEN, Hazel, b. Apr 7 1917 d. Apr 29 1976 MERRILL, Margaret, b. 1896 d. 1973 NELSON, Daisy Lee Carruth, b. 1874 d. 1956 "MOTHER" RHODES, Jasper J., b. Jun 30 1887 d. Jun 19 1965 RHODES, Minnie A., b. Oct 16 1892 d. Jul 31 1959 ROUSSEAU, Ann Henrietta, b. May 27 1901 d. Feb 29 1980 ROUSSEAU, Annie M., b. 1871 d. 1959 ROUSSEAU, Catherine B. Dec 28 1905 d. Apr 15 1994 ROUSSEAU, Charles Wesley, b. 1871 d. 1937 ROUSSEAU, Cotesworth E., b. 1860 d. 1937 ROUSSEAU, Dora Ann, b. Jun 29 1845 d. Jan 21 1915 "MOTHER, THY MEMORY SHALL EVER BE A GUIDING LIGHT TO HEAVEN" ROUSSEAU, Ernest, b. Aug 21 1894 d. Jul 6 1960 "PFC 8TH CO DEPOT BRIGADE WORLD WAR I" ROUSSEAU, Infant, b. Feb 1 1895 d. Feb 1 1895 "INFANT DAUGHTER OF W.O. ROUSSEAU AND WIFE" ROUSSEAU, Infant, b. Dec 22 1896 d. Jan 18 1897 "INFANT SON OF W.O. ROUSSEAU AND WIFE" ROUSSEAU, Louis E., b. Feb 28 1893 d. Feb 6 1948 "FLORIDA S, 2C USNRF WORLD WAR I" ROUSSEAU, Mary Ann (Mrs), b. Jul 21 1826 d. Oct 6 1890 "64 YRS 2 MOS 15 DAYS", "WE SHALL MEET AGAIN IN A BRIGHTER TIME THAN THIS WHEN THE ANGUISH OF THIS WORLD OF OURS IS LOST IN DEATHLESS BLISS" ROUSSEAU, Robert Martin, b. 1898 d. 1960 ROUSSEAU, Stonewall Jackson, b. Sep 15 1863 d. Sep 21 1883 "AGE 20 YRS 6 DAYS", "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" ROUSSEAU, Sarah Emily, b. 1865 d. 1954 "IN LOVING MEMORY IN GOD'S CARE" ROUSSEAU, Thaddeus Dean, b. Dec 29 1854 d. Sep 15 1915 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" ROUSSEAU, William Walter "Will", b. Feb 10 1858 d. Jan 15 1934 ROUSSEAU, WILLIAM HENRY (Captain), b. Mar 9 1818 d. Jan 24 1870 "AGE 51YRS 10 MOS 15 DAYS", "MARK THE PERFECT MAN AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE" PSALMS XXXVI VERSE 27,CSA MARKER MISSING. MASONIC EMBLEM INTACT.The Cemetery is named for this individual as he was the 1st person buried here. SEVER, Henry W., b. Oct 15 1852 d. May 24 1927 "ASLEEP IN JESUS PEACEFUL REST" SEVER, Infant, b. Sep 24 1900 d. Sep 24 1900 "INFANT SON OF H.W. AND JULIA SEVER "SWEET BABE AT REST" SEVER, J.McKenzie, b. 1893 d. 1961 "IN LOVING CARE IN GOD'S CARE" SEVER, John E., b. Nov 17 1884 d. Dec 16 1884 "AGE 29DAYS" SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT FOR SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" SEVER, Julia R., b. Mar 20 1862 d. Sep 28 1949 "ASLEEP IN JESUS PEACEFUL REST" SEVER, L. Lucille, b. Jun 10 1908 d. May 11 1953 SEVER, L. Wilbur, b. 1901 d. 1966 SEVER, M. Eason, b. Aug 28 1904 d. Jul 28 1997 SEVER, Sarah B., b. 1908 d. 1991 SEVER, William H., b. Dec 29 1889 d. Jun 14 1892, "INFANT SON OF H.W. AND JULIA R."ASLEEP IN BLESSED JESUS SLEEP" SMITH, Harris Robeson, b. Aug 19 1919 d. Oct 15 2001 SMITH, Perry Evelyn "Patty" McMullen, b. Jul 31 1918 d. Dec 11 1995 TAYLOR, Georgia Ann Harn, b. May 1 1844 d. Dec 1 1913 "WIFE OF JOHN S. TAYLOR JR." LET OUR FATHER'S WILL BE DONE" (Daughter of Henry Harn) TAYLOR, John S. Jr., b. Oct 12 1844 d. Jul 25 1928 TAYLOR, John S. Sr., b. May 20 1813 d. Jul 30 1894 "ASLEEP IN BLESSED JESUS SLEEP FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKES" MASONIC EMBLEM WAGNER, Gregory Walter, b. 1961 (Still living as of June 10, 2009) "GGGreat Grandson of William Henry Rousseau and Henry Harn" "God's Special Angel" WICK, W.V."Will", b. 1881 d. 1919 (Head stone missing) WICKS, Joan Rousseau, b. 1943 (Still living as of March 1, 2003) "Wife of Kenneth Wicks" WICKS, Kenneth Lee, b. 1934 d. 1974 Submitted September 15 1999 by RON HARN GGreat Grandson of WILLIAM HENRY ROUSSEAU (1818-1870) the 1st person buried here and the individual for whom this Family Cemetery is named.The initial survey of the cemetery was performed in March 1991 by RON HARN. Subsequent to that,the cemetery has been surveyed and re-surveyed by the following individuals we would would like to acknowledge. They are: Ailene Harn surveyed the cemetery in 1995, Linda Carpenter photographed and indexed the cemetery in 1995,Lesleigh Laite Butts performed a re-survey in 1998 and Jerry J. Butts who assisted with this re-survey in 1998. (Updated July 10, 2009)