Cherokee County, NC - Harshaw Methodist Church Cemetery - Part 1 ~~~~~~~~~~ Harshaw Methodist Church Cemetery Cherokee County, Murphy, North Carolina updated on 4-26-97 Alice Akin 12-16-1902 7-13-1904 Dau of SD & HD Akin We miss thee , Baby Son of 10-1-1889 9-8-1897 R.A. & A.R. Akin Our little boy Jack_ Darling we miss thee Ann R. Akin /1847 /1915 Robert A. Akin /1838 /1904 Laura A. Akin /1848 /1882 John M. Akin /1875 /1920 Children of JW & NM Axley 1 Mildred Axley 11-16-1906 12-10-1906 J.W. & N.M. Axley 2 Robert Clifton Axley 4--3-1904 7-1-1904 J.W. & N. M. Axley Thomas Lee Alston 7-17-1866 5-5-1917 Woodsmen of The World Memorial Earth hast no sorrow that heaven cannot heal Martha T. Axley 5-26-1811 6-10-1886 Wife of Felix Axley Felix Axley 9-17-1802 8-12-1858 Hus of Martha Axley Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Sue Etna Jane Axley 6-21-1878 4--3-1897 J.C. & Harriet Axley God gave, he took, he will restore Elisabeth M Axley 1-4-1861 8-18-1864 FP & MP Axley Parents She is beautiful in that happy land James Linden Axley 10-5-1875 7-11-1876 JC & HE Axley Gone to heaven above where all is peace joy and love Sacred to the memory of: James G. Axley 12-24-1831 8-18-1903 James C. Axley 4-29-1883 7-29-1885 In memory of our husband and father - all is well Sue M Axley 1-5-1849 8-29-1885 Hattie E. Axley 9-23-1948 5-17-1908 Wife of JC Axley Mother F.P.Axley 9-17-1838 1-28-1908 23rd psalm vs 1 th 4 Margaret Johnston Axley 11-27-1841 4-15-1925 Wife of Felix P.Axley Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them Sarah Mae Agar 2-23-1867 6-25-1902 Dau of JW&EI Cooper EARTH HATH NO SORROW THAT HEAVEN CANNOT HEAL Abram Waugh Axley /1844 /1912 Co A NC Cav CSA Elizabeth P Axley 5-22-1854 11-29-1918 Thy will be done John Hennesa Abernathy 10-30-1894 7-29-1896 Sallie Forney Abernathy 5-10-1896 10-30-1898 Willard W Axley /1876 /1958 George E Abbott 3-1-1862 2-9-1942 J D Abbott 6-27-1832 2-22-1924 G P Axley 12-29-1848 10-16-1905 Joseph Knox Axley 4-2-1870 10-22-1950 Felix Axley 5-20-1811 6-10-1886 Son of 5-3-1875 ML & SC Brittain Son of 5-26-1868 9-12-1870 Catherine Brittain Son of 8-31-1877 9-6-1877 ML & SC Brittain Franklin A Brittain 4-30-1882 3-28-1884 ML & SC Brittain Parents Sarah Catherine Brittain 5-22-1885 7-9-1915 Wife of ML Brittain Marcus Lafayette Brittain 4-1-1827 2-25-1904 Hus of SC Brittain At rest Annie Beck /1876 /1915 Wife of JS Beck Rachel Boman 2-29-1869 1-22-1912 Wife of JT Boman Such is the Kingdom of Heaven Willard C. Bates 9-9-1899 1-31-1981 Theodore N Bates 9-10-1864 3-27-1933 Louisa A Bates 3-24-1868 8-18-1909 Leslie O Bates 12-19-1894 11-27-1926 Served in WW I Battery F 340th Fld Art 89th Div A.E.F. 1918- Returned from overseas 5-24-1919 A L Bishop /1887 /1923 Harriett Bishop 1-10-1884 5-3-1956 Lawrence Bear 6-29-1884 10-31-1950 Vinny Leal Bogle 5-22-1877 9-4-1877 Dau of Rev E H & E Bogle Mattie Eslean Bogle 5-21-1875 7-31-1877 Dau of Rev E H & E Bogle Gen. Benjamin Stringfield/1777 8-19-1864 Celia Vance Brittain /1795 5-22-1879 W of Gen B S Brittain Phillip Vance Brittain /1823 9-26-1885 Son Gen & Mrs B S Brittain Lillie Ann Eliza Blackwell 3-18-1894 1-10-1896 Dau JW & MA Blackwell Lillie Ann Bishop / /1940 Calvin Bishop /1928 Dr J M Bell 3-6-1900 William Thomas Brittain 12-3-1838 1-8-1850 Frances Amanda Bryson 8-8-1859 11-27-1907 Hus W A Bryson Mary Virginia Bell 12-29-1909 7-12-1910 Dau M W & Grace C Bell Maud Meroney Brook-Smith 6-22-1871 6-16-1935 Muad's Babe nd nd Female Britain 1-26-1868 9-17-1870 Dau ML & SC Brittain Baby Cline nd nd Rev Clyde Cole 4-17-1906 9-9-1995 Hus of Deena Teaque Cole Peace in the Valley W T Corder 2-11-1895 1-12-1899 Sibyl Chambers 7-31-1910 8-22-1910 Dau R G & L O Chambers Our darling James Hilton Candler 2-17-1911 6-23-1911 Son C W & Annie J Candler Infant 7-1-1906 7-5-1906 Son C W & Annie J Candler Belva Ledford Clayton 5-22-1858 1-25-1935 Wife E M Clayton Gone but not forgotten E M Clayton 7-10-1859 3-18-1933 Gone but not forgotten James W Cooper 12-28-1832 11-25-1899 True to his God True to his friends he has gonr to his reward Emily Isabella Cooper 4-11-1837 10-25-1894 Wife of J W Cooper Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them Alice Cooper 6-27-1872 ? She lives in heaven James W Cooper 6-26-1877 5-29-1906 Robert Lafayette Cooper 5-21-1865 7-19-1904 There is peace sweet peace in the shadow of his wings G P Cooper ? ? in front right side of plot Thomas J Cooper 10-14-1804 8-15-1890 Hus of Frances Cooper our father Frances Cooper 4-13-1807 8-10-1875 Wife of Thomas J Cooper our mother Leon Edwin Cooper 12-30-1874 9/1886 Son of A L & M E Cooper Abram L Cooper /1847 /1921 Hortense Axley Cooper /1846 /1921 Margaret Carter 2-19-1889 1-5-1894 Laura Crisenberry /1859 4/23/05 Cornelia J Cooper 6-20-1888 3-11-1922 Winnie Mae Cooper 10-13-1911 7-8-1919 Dau of JB & Nellie Cooper Don Christopher 1-23-1903 5-28-1914 Son of NG & AL Christopher Our boys - beneath this stone in soft repose lay two little boys who died brave beneath the wave and are gone to eternal joys William Newton Cooper 11-29-1860 12-6-1921 James W & Emily H Cooper In memory of: Thomas Jefferson Cooper 12-20-1869 4-22-1945 Gertrude Cook 6-20-1900 12-12-1920 Naoma L Champion 6-26-1894 7-9-1906 Gone but not forgotten John Champion 2-5-1886 8-11-1918 W A Champion 1-7-1859 10-5-1946 Inez Champion 7-21-1904 8-10-1904 Gone so soon Deena Tegue Cole 7-11-1923 Wife of Rev Cole Thomas Winslow Davidson ? 3-7-1910 Son of Neil & Sallie Davidson Frank Dockery 8-24-1932 3-27-1933 Son of Carl & Mae Dockery Fred Dickey Jr 1-1-1906 10-14-1956 Robert & Brank Vance Davi11-22-1826 1-7-1871 Cora Indianola Davidson 9-20-1862 /1868 Age 6 yr 7 mo An angel bright did send who took our little Harmless dove to joys that never end Roszel Davidson 5-15-1851 9-15-1851 Joseph J Darr 7-29-1877 5-25-1878 Son Rev TE & Ella Darr Max Baer Denton 8-30-1932 2-1-1958 Killed in Argentina Pet Officer US Navy EN-2 Korea Bessie Mayfield Dickson /1881 /1961 Marie Jones Davis 6-24-1928 2-19-1947 None knew thee but to love thee Delia Dockery 9-20-1881 6-16-1911 Infant Daughter 8-29-1907 8-29-1907 Dau N Z & Annie DeWeese Eddie T Dickey 9-15-1896 2-2-1897 Son of AB & JE Dickey Joe E Brittain Dickey 9-12-1874 11-8-1907 Reid Davidson /1903 /1944 Cleo Champion Dailey 9-6-1907 9-20-1937 Betsy Davidson /1787 4-15-1861 In memory of Betsy Davidson I shall be satisfied whe I awake with my likeness Lt Col H H Davidson 3-27-1814 7-1-1889 The 39th NC Regiment Fred Dickey Jr 1-1-1906 10-14-1956 Diane Kephart Eberhardt 11-20-1941 7-7-1961 She was the sunshine of our home although she sleeps her memory doth live and cheering comfort to her mourners give Abram Enloe /1770 /1840 [reported to be Abraham Lincolns stepfather] Madge Elliott 5-26-1904 1-2-1905 Dau W A & E H Elliott [footstone says - Sister] Glenn Elliott 5-27-1893 8-8-1933 [footstone says Brother] W A Elliott 1-1-1860 6-20-1940 [footstone says Father] Effie Houston Elliott 2-25-1872 6-23-1957 [footstone says Mother] Leonidas A Enloe 10-30-1839 8-1-1852 M L & C E Enloe William M Enloe 3-9-1838 8-17-1852 M L & C E Enloe Joseph E Enloe 2-17-1840 11-18-1860 Turner A Enloe 4-11-1842 10-20-1860 R B Fish 11-30-1887 9/1/32 Charles W Fish 3-4-1875 11-23-1950 Gone but not forgotten Mercer Fain 5-19-1820 3-10-1893 Hus Caroline Fain A public spirited citizen Caroline Fain 4-15-1828 1-19-1897 Christian charity marked her path in life Clarisa E Fain 6-11-1849 5-10-1850 Dau of Mercer & Caroline Fain Jefferson D Fain 7-26-1861 6-9-1862 Thomas B Fain 11-27-1858 9-20-1862 Edgar S Fain 3-5-1885 3-5-1886 Annie J Fain 8-11-1891 9-6-1891 Clifton Fain 2-20-1899 11-20-1901 Son of A A & Ida Fain Little Clifton Pauline Fain 12-17-1894 12-8-1896 Dau of A A & Ida Fain Little Puline, too pure for earth Robert H Fain 9-29-1902 6-17-1903 Wade Fain 2-19-1905 5-28-1914 Son of A A & Ida Fain See: Don Christopher.... John Wrightson Ford 10-25-1870 11-18-1915 John Gray 1-23-1876 7-23-1902 Son of Rev & Mrs A T Bell Edward A Gennett 5-19-1837 7-22-1902 Daisy Helen Gennett 12-25-1899 12-17-1902 F A & Victoria By God's will Victoria Byers Gennett 10-11-1834 12-22-1873 Wife of F H Gennett Frank A Gennett /1872 /1948 Clyde B gennett 3-25-1895 8-14-1968 NC F2 US Navy WW I Anna Bell Gennett 3-11-1889 3-28-1980 Rosa Gibson 5-26-1882 5-30-1928 Eunice Gibson ? ? Joe Gibson 5-18-1886 5-18-1913 Walt Gibson ? ? Jim C Gibson 7-12-1887 12-18-1938 Gone but not forgotten John Gibson 12-28-1908 2-18-1957 Andrew Briggs Gillespie 12-11-1872 11-1-1941 E B (RAT) Gibson 3-9-1933 9-16-1970 Michael Jr Gibson 11-3-1956 6-20-1970 Son of Mr & Mrs Mack Gibson Asleep in Jesus L R Gibson 4-28-1880 2-24-1970 Gone but not forgotten--We will meet you again someday George L O ? ? Gus Leach Gibson 11-9-1911 1-9-1950 NC SI USNR WW II Maggie M Gibson 12-12-1879 6-11-1929 Precious Lord Take my hand--Gone but not forgotten William Garrett /1891 /1947 Bessie Garrett 1-8-1890 3-15-1979 Buster Gibson 5-1-1906 1-7-1987 Infant Son /1907 ? Son of C W & V Hall John E Howell 5-22-1881 11-3-1932 Daisy Howell 11-14-1904 3-5-1973 Ted" James Theodore Howel/1906 /1970 Theodore N Howell /1855 /1925 Virginia V Howell /1872 /1956 Elizabeth Ann Harshaw 3-8-1828 /1863 Wife of Joshua Harshaw Go home my friends dry up your tears I lay here till Christ He appears I will then rise and follow with immortal eyes Joshua Harshaw 10-8-1795 10-24-1876 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time when what we now deplore we'll*rise full immortal prime and bloom to fade no more then cease fond nature cease thy tears religion points on high where everlasting springs appear and*joys that can not die Abraham Taylor Harshaw 5-24-1819 4-4-1866 Son of Joshua Harshaw This blooming youth was snatched away by deaths resistless arm*Go home my friends don't weep for me while you on earth remain for when you drop *this dying flesh with Christ will meet again A J Hilman 8-30-1924 7-19-1926 Son of Asa & Ella J Harshaw Our little one is gone but not forgotten Robert A Henry 6-25-1897 11-13-1911 Susan A Henry 1-28-1861 4-19-1888 Chas W Henry 7-21-1882 12-10-1887 Bennie S Hensley 5-5-1892 2-20-1969 Wife of Baxter Hensley William Edgar Howell 1-10-1867 1-10-1940 Iva C Howell 5-20-1884 12-12-1973 Marie E Hilton 3-18-1839 6-10-1902 Theodore Varcelon Howell /1841 9-9-1852 Son of N G & Mary Howell "Ted" Infant Son nd 2-24-1922 JN & Mayes Hargood Nancy Hayes 2-22-1802 12-25-1839 Wife of G W Hayes S H Hughes 10-19-1844 4-10-1899 M T Hughes 7-11-1819 7-17-1845 Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep Pearlie Paschal Hughes 4-18-1875 8-13-1957 W. 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Blanche King Hastings 8-7-1885 4-12-1926 Wife of Henry Hastings Infant 4-5-1905 4-29-1905 Dau of C B & K A Hill He shall gather the lambs in his arms Kathleen Hill 9-30-1903 4-27-1904 Dau of C B & K A Hill Blanche Hill 4-27-1918 1-14-1919 Dau of C B & K A Hill Samuel Henry 1-1-1819 6-23-1899 There remaineth therefore rest for the people of God Mary A Henry 4-27-1820 11-15-1899 David Hennesa 9-3-1806 12-14-1885 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord Sarah V Howell 1-26-1911 2-3-1911 Dau of W E & Iva Howell W E Howell 4-15-1912 5-25-1912 Son of W E & Iva Howell Samuel Henry Hughes /1873 /1916 Father Lexie Mauney Hughes /1887 /1920 Mother Ethel Hill 5-28-1896 7-31-1897 Dau of C B & D A Hill Suffer the children to come unto me Harriet H Henry 12-13-1825 4-2-1865 Spencer Henry 5-3-1859 8-31-1862 Patrick Henry 4-2-1845 11-19-1862 Open to me the gates of righteousness I will praise the Lord I will go unto them ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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