Anson County, NC - Tyson-Wheless Cemetery Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Thomas Wayne Biddy t_biddy@yahoo.com Tyson-Wheless Cemetery Location: It is about 7.1 miles from Wadesboro, North Carolina Take Highway 52 to the dirt road that goes up the hill to the Tyson - Wheless Cemetery. The dirt road is just before a bridge and that bridge is just before Cemetery Road (which goes to Bethlehem cemetery.) Jehu Tyson (1750 - 1844) Mildred Moye (1752 - aft. 1830, wife of Jehu) '''''''''''' Samuel Tyson (Apr. 22, 1774 - Dec. 21, 1850, son of Jehu and Mildred) Elizabeth Edwards (Dec. 4, 1776 - July 26, 1844, wife of Samuel) Sarah A. McLendon (Jan. 2, 183? - Feb. 5, 1832, dau of John and Nancy Tyson McLendon. Nancy was the dau of Samuel and Elizabeth.) Lemuel Tyson (Apr. 19, 1799 - June 14, 1893, son of Samuel and Elizabeth) Loruhamah (Louise) (dates unknown, wife of Lemuel) Lemuel Tyson, Jr. (May 17, 1846 - Jan 6, 1862, son of Lemuel and Loruhamah) Thomas Tyson (Sept. 11, 1840 - Sept. 26, 1918, son of Lemuel and Loruhamah) Mahalia (Jan. 12, 1852 - Mar. 10, 1945, wife of Thomas) Samuel Tyson (Jan. 31, 1851 - Feb. 10, 1925, son of Lemuel and Loruhamah) Edney (Mar. 25, 1850 - May 15, 1902, wife of Samuel) Samuel P Tyson (Feb. 18, 1893 - Jan. 18, 1937, son of Samuel and Edney) E. B. Tyson (Jan. 18, 1891 - July 1, 1934, son of Samuel and Edney) Charlie Tyson (Nov. 28, 1888 - July 21, 1906, son of Samuel and Edney) '''''''''''' Joel Tyson (1793 - 1864, son of Jehu and Mildred) Charlotte Threadgill (1819 - 1859, wife of Joel) Andrew J. Tyson (1848 - 1861, son of Joel and Charlotte) Mildred (1844 - 1861, dau. of Joel and Charlotte) '''''''''''' Martha A. Tyson (d. Aug 15, 1845 at age 14) She is the daughter of John and Mary Tyson; John is the son of William the son of Jehu and Mildred) Note: We believe that William, son of Jehu, is buried in one of the unmarked graves '''''''''''' Arthur B. Wheless (Feb. 23, 1832 - Jan. 6, 1906) Emma Tyson (July 15, 1851 - May 30, 1936, wife of A.B. and dau. of Joel Tyson) Note: Arthur B and Emma were the parents of DeWitt, John Taylor, William Andrew and James W.- Nellie (1897, dau of Frank B. and Cora Wheless. Frank B. was a son of Arthur B. and Emma; Frank and Cora are buried in Red Hill Church Cemetery.) DeWitt T. Wheless (Oct. 2, 1889 - Feb. 16, 1961, son of Arthur B. and Emma) Osie Lee (June 2, 1893 - Feb. 3, 1986, wife of DeWitt) Infant son of DeWitt and Osie (d. Feb. 18, 1927) John Taylor Wheless (Aug. 23, 1870 - June 20, 1959, son of Arthur B. and Emma) James W. Wheless (July 15, 1882 - Jan. 8, 1963, son of Arthur B. and Emma) William Andrew Wheless (Aug. 12, 1874 - Nov. 3, 1952, son of Arthur B. and Emma) Addie Violet Cagle (May 24, 1899 - Oct. 28, 1926, wife of W.A. Wheless) Infant dau. of W. A. & Violet Infant son of W. A. & Violet Alma Devane (Apr. 13, 1920 - Feb. 15, 1923, dau. of W. A. & Violet) Ray Cline Brewer (Apr. 16, 1919 - June 29, 1992, husband of Ollie Wheless. Ollie Elizabeth is dau of William Andrew Wheless and Addie Violet Cagle) Sarah Ingram (1838 - 1910)