Jackson County MsArchives Photo Tombstone.....Elder Family Cemetery, HISTORICAL SITE (Monument) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Creel Kendrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00018.html#0004458 June 11, 2005, 3:21 pm Cemetery: Elder Family Cemetery Name: HISTORICAL SITE (Monument) Elder Family Cemetery Date Of Photograph: 2005 Photo can be seen at: http://usgwarchives.net/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/elderfamily/elderfam951gph.jpg Image file size: 254.4 Kb HISTORICAL SITE (Monument) Elder Cemetery and Elder Ferry Mary B. Walker Elder Pickett - Ferry Woman Year died ELDER Samuel Tynge 1829 Eleanor J. 1830 John W. 1835 Son of James 1846 Mary M. 1853 John 1854 Son of James 1856 William G. 1886 Mary B. Walker Elder Pickett 1886 Harriet M. 1870 Lenna Elder Dodge 1892 Earle A. 1903 Elizabeth G. E. Livaudias 1878 Burissa E. 1917 Harriet D. 1924 PICKETT Hiram 1835 Mary 1837 DODGE Mary 1892 Orin 1906 LIVAUDAIS Amelia 1899 John (blank) Allan 1978 Edith (blank) Additional Comments: Elder Family Cemetery Elder Ferry Rd., Escatawpha, Jackson County, MS The cemetery was established by the Elder Family. It is a historical cemetery. This cemetery contains the oldest marked grave non-catholic in Jackson County. There are some current graves outside the original family plot. The cemetery was destroyed by Thyoil. They were required to restore the Elder family markers. Many other graves were lost. [Source: Harry McDonald] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/elderfamily/elderfam951gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb