EBENEZER CEMETERY, Vernon, Washington County, Florida

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Ebenezer Church and Cemetery situated some eight miles east of Wausau,
is in the lovely Holmes Valley Section south of Chipley.  Started about
1850 by Jens Nissen of Denmark it has a colorful history.  Jens Nissen
(John Nelson) was born in Haderslev, Denmark, April 22, 1812.  When
twelve years of age he left home and shipped on a vessel. After years on
the sea the ship he was then on docked at New York.  The crew were given
shore leave and that evening in a bar-room a brawl developed which became
so intense that fearing some members had been killed, Jens and a pal, 
unable to speak the language, changing his name to John Nelson he bought
land South of Vernon in 1838, married the daughter of the man who had
befriended him and built a home.  With his wife he attended the Methodist
Church but was dissatisfied as he did not agree with the Methodists.  After
contacting members of the Baptist Faith he was instrumental in starting
a Church at the situation of the Mossy Head church.  About ten years later
a lady who was interested in seein the Church grow deeded forty acres of
land to the Church and Ebenezer.
			
ELLIOTT, L. M., b. Mar 14 1899 d. Sep 15 1903	
EVANS, Eliza, d. 1854, "first wife"
EVANS, Joanna, b. Apr 2 1877 d. Aug 6 1944	
EVANS, Walter P., b. Jan 29 1856 d. Dec 3 1908	

GAINER, G. T., b. Mar 10 1828 d. Aug 29 1902, "born in Econfina"
GAINER, Isabella, b. Dec 6 1832 d. Sep 2 1915	
GARDNER, Sallie Miller, b. Jul 10 1861 d. Feb 28 1938	

HARRELL, G. W., b. Apr 30 1888 d. Aug 5 1931	
HICKMAN, Charlie, b. May 10 1875 d. Jun 13 1910	
HICKMAN, W. C.	b. 1845	d. 1898	
HIGHTOWER, Infant, b. Jan 14 1888, "infant son of James R. & Laura F. Hightower"
HIGHTOWER, James R., b. Feb 3 1853 d. Nov 13 1937
HIGHTOWER, Laura F., b. Apr 13 1857 d. Aug 14 1924, "wife of James R. Hightower"
HIX, Sarah, b. Mar 19 1830 d. Jun 19 1900, "second wife"

LONG, Milledge L., d. Mar 27 1957, "age 65 years, 2 mos. 24 days"

MCDADE, Frank, d. Jan 1 1954, "age 32 yrs, 2 mos, 3 days"
MCFATTER, Marietta, b. Dec 10 1869 d. Apr 20 1900, "wife of L. D. McFatter"
MILLER, Ellen T., b. 1877 d. 1956, "wife of William H."
MILLER, Hubert Harold, d. Oct 15 1956, "age 27 yrs 4 mos, 2 days"
MILLER, John Clifton, b. Jan 2 1925 d. Aug 11 1934	
MILLER, Mary Frances, b. Jan 7 1904 d. Dec 31 1939	
MILLER, Oscar Alford, b. Jan 4 1931 d. Oct 24 1932, "son of Adam C. Miller"
MILLER, Sandra Kim, b. 1954 d. 1955	
MILLER, William H., b. Feb 3 1874 d. Jun 13 1927	
MORRIS, Annie E., b. Sep 27 1857 d. Aug 17 1929	
MORRIS, John G., b. Jan 25 1849 d. Aug 1 1895	

NELSON, R. D., b. Dec 14 1848 d. Oct 4 1878	
NISSEN, Jens, b. Apr 22 1812 d. Mar 18 189?	

PETERS, B. D., b. Sep 23 1960 d Oct 16 1895, "DOB must be 1860"
PETERS, Elvia M., b. Sep 16 1867 d. Sep 9 1886, "wife of J. T. Hightower"
PETERS, J. R., b. Jan 12 1827 d. Oct 5 1899
PETERS, Virginia Pearce, b. Jul 12 1843 d. Dec 16 1921, "wife of J. R. Peters"
PIPPEN, Owen L., b. Jan 3 1850 d. Jul 26 1904	

SIMMONS, James M., b. Aug 16 1857 d. Apr 27 1930	
SIMMONS, Sarah Jane, d. Apr 7 1951, "age 80 yrs, 9 mos, 29 days"
STEWART, John J., b. 1867 d. Jan 5 1889	

VICKERY, Annie Jane, b. Sep 15 1885 d. Apr 8 1945, "wife of W. R. Vickery"
VICKERY, Buford Lee, b. Mar 28 1919 d. Jul 7 1930, "son of R. L. Vickery"