ROUSE CEMETERY
           Columbus County, NC


Submitted by Dave High, June 1998
North Carolina, Columbus County, NC
All rights reserved, 1998.

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This cemetery is located next to the woods in the field beside Royce Ray's
house, 3858 Red Hill Road. The cemetery is delineated by a partial fence on
the corners of the small plot. Some markers are broken, and some may be
missing. It was free of brush but in need of mowing. It was surveyed by
David B. High on May 20, 1998.

01 Charles D. Parker, 6/14/1907-7/29/1982

02 Ira Baldwin, 11/23/1885-5/20/1950

03 Mother, Lucy B. [Baldwin], 7.14.1886-9/15/1959

04 Smithy Jane Rouse Baldwin, 9/30/1852-10/15/1923

Daughter of J. W. Rouse, who was head of household of the only Rouse family
in Columbus County in the 1860 Census. She was 5th of 7 children listed in
the census, and was 8 years old at the time of the census. Smithy had 3
sisters and three brothers still at home when the census was taken..

05 William H Baldwin, NC Heavy Artillery, CSA, no dates

06 Henry Clay Baldwin, NC Pvt, Evac Hospital, WW I, 3/6/1896-9/1/1952

07 Infant son of Bertha M & Henry C. Baldwin, 6/18/1932

08 Bertha Estell Baldwin, 12/3/1922-11/10/1936

09 Robert E. Eason, 1910-1949

10 Mae Eason Creech, 1881-1937

11 Peight Eason, 9/18/1867-7/1/1915

12 Mary E. [Rouse] wife of Dr. C. G. Wyche, 1840-1921

Another daughter of J. W. Rouse, apparently already married at the time of
the 1860 Census.

13 Dr. Cyril G. Wyche, 1825-1910

Was asked to stay in Whiteville rather than going into the CSA during the
Civil War, because of the shortage of physicians.

14 Walter Green Hayes, NC Pvt 56th Depot Brigade, WW I,
10/30/1890-2/22/1962

15 Andrew N. Hayes, 1/27/1888-3/15/1949

16 Thomas C. Hayes, 8/19/1883-2/17/1952

17 Retha H. Letha, 5/27/1920-

18 J. Elwood Hayes, 6/27/1910-2/20/1983, husband of #17

                               
              ©1998 Jerome Smith, Columbus County Coordinator
         Columbus County, North Carolina, USA All rights reserved.


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