TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA - CEMETERY Margaret's Grove Baptist Church ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Generalmanager@econelec.com James Daniel Cary Jr.] MARGARET'S GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Taliaferro Co. GA Margaret's Grove Church and Cemetery was named for Margaret (Mitchell) Rhodes. It was organized in 1898. Margaret Mitchell was born ca. 1814 in Virginia, daughter of John and Margaret Mitchell who moved to Greene Co., GA. with a large familiy of children in the early 1800s. Margaret married Wiley Rhodes, of Taliaferro Co., Dec. 17, 1840 in Greene Co., GA. (provided by: Rhoda Taylor Fone RhodaFone@aol.com) Directions: Take Highway 278, turn onto Margaret's Grove Church Road for about 3 miles. This will cross Bethany Church Road and the church and cemetery are on the right about 1/2 mile. =================== Andrews, Maude Rhodes 1877-1935 wife of W. L. Andrews (Daughter of George Thomas Rhodes and Corrine (Connie) S. Kent) Bentley, Anna C. (Lee Anna Cary) Mar 8, 1876- Oct 10, 1958 w/o John O. Bentley (Daughter of William Alexander Cary and Martha Elizabeth Moore) Bentley, J. Cary (John) 1900-1965 h/o Lillian Furgeson (Son of John Oscar Bentley and Lee Anna Cary) Bentley John O. (Oscar) Feb 18, 1866- Apr 12, 1930 h/o Anna C. Bentley (Lee Anna Cary) (Son of John David Bentley and Francis Wilhite) Bentley, Lillian F. (Furgeson) 1905-1970 w/o - John Cary Bentley Bentley, O. Herbert Feb 8, 1930- Feb 11, 1934 (Son of John Cary Bentley and Lillian Ferguson) Bentley, Robert J. 8 Feb 8, 1944 - Feb 11, 1944 (Son of John Cary Bentley and Lillian Ferguson) Cary, James Guy, Jr. Dec 6, 1915 - Apr 24, 1917 (Son of James Guy Cary and Bessie Estelle Hobbs) Cary, Leroy W. Feb 23, 1915- Nov 20, 1915 (Infant Son of William Watson Cary and Grace Elizabeth Davis) Cary, William A. (Alexander) Jan 23, 1850-May 2, 1912 (Son of Elisha E. Cary and Mildred Clemmons ) Note: William Alexander Cary was clerk for Margaret's Grove Baptist Church until his death. Moore, Mattie B. (Mattie F. Bentley) 1903-1984 w/o Ollie V. Moore (Mattie Francis Bentley is the daughter of John Oscar Bentley and Lee Anna Cary) Moore, Ollie V. 1901-1991 h/o Mattie F. Bentley Moore Ogletree, Mrs. E. H. Lucy Ann Moore, wife of Edmond H. Ogletree) 1854-1918 (Daughter of John Robert Moore and Martha Jane Inge) Rhodes, Ella L. (Ella J. Lunceford) May 1882-1921 w/o Grover C. Rhodes d/o John Columbus & Eudora More Lunceford Rhodes, Grover C. 1884-1943 h/o Ella J. Lunceford (Son of George Thomas Rhodes and Corrine (Connie) S. Kent) Taylor, E. C. (Ernest Claude Taylor) 13 Feb 1875-13 May 1951 h/o Mamie Rhodes Taylor, Mamie (Rhodes) Nov 29, 1872 -Jan 19, 1926 w/o E. C. Taylor Mamie Rhodes, daughter of George Thomas Rhodes and Corrine Kent. Mamie Rhodes married Ernest Claude Taylor. This is supported by 1920 census of Taliaferro County where Ernest Taylor and Mamie Taylor is listed with their three children. Wheeler, Blanche Rhodes 16 Feb 1889-10 Dec 1941 w/o Macon S. Wheeler (Daughter of George Thomas Rhodes and Corrine (Connie) S. Kent) ( George T. Rhodes and Corrine Kent, daughter of Dr. John Kent and Mary A Colclough were married Dec 21, 1871. George T. Rhodes is listed in the 1870 census for Taliaferro--County and living with his mother and two siblings, one year prior to his marriage to Corrine Kent.) Wheeler, Macon S. 22 Nov 1888 4 Aug 1969 h/o Blanche Rhodes Married: 15 Dec 1907 in Taliaferro Co. ================== ============== Source for basic tombstone information: Rest in Peace: A Cemetery Census of Taliaferro County - Wiley B. Jones 83 pages Wilkes Pub. Co. (Washington, Ga. 1984) (out of print)