NEWBERRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - MIDDLETON BOLAND FAMILY CEMETERY

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Submitted by:
Daniel S. Shull, Jr. 
email: d.shull@ieee.org

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Contributed by
Daniel S. Shull, Jr. (d.shull@ieee.org),
a Great Great Grandson of Middleton Boland


MIDDLETON BOLAND FAMILY CEMETERY
Little Mountain, Newberry County, SC

This is a small family cemetery located in a wooded area west of  Little Mountain, SC.

Directions:  From Interstate 26, exit #85, take SC 202 west toward Little Mountain.  
Travel 1.7 miles to intersection of US 76 in downtown Little Mountain.  Turn 
right (west) on US 76.  Travel 0.4 miles where Mt. Tabor Road will fork to the 
right (following the railroad).  Go 0.4 miles on Mt. Tabor Road and look for a 
primitive one-lane road into the woods on your left.  Proceed about 100 yards 
into the woods where the road ends.  

On your right is the Middleton Boland Family Cemetery.  The burial area is a 
rectangle approximately 20 by 30 feet, surrounded by an iron fence.

FIRST ROW, left to right:
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[1]         ANNIE BARBARA FRICK
                    Born
                Oct. 7, 1812
                    Died
               Nov. 17, 1894
             Aged 82 Yrs. 1 Mo. &
                   10 Days

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[2]                BARBARA
                   Wife of
                  M. BOLAND
                    BORN
                 June 5, 1830
                    DIED
                 Jan. 9, 1897
          Aged 66 Yrs. 7 Mos. 4 Days 

     Weep not, oh weep not, children dear,
     For me, whose last remains lie here,
     For Jesus, I on earth did love,
     and now I dwell with him above.

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[3]              MIDDLETON
                  BOLAND
                   DIED
              April 19, 1895
               Age 69 Years
             Months & 21 Days
                  
       Father's body sleeps in sacred
       rest and waits till called to rise
       in glory dressed.  His happy 
       spirit lingers not below.
       It dwells above where there
       joys forever flow.

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SECOND ROW, Left to Right:
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[4]           LOUISA  ALICE
               Daughter of
             M.& A.B. Boland
            Born June 17, 1855
            Died July 25, 1856

          Suffer little children
          to come unto me.  

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[5]          ELLEN M. BOLAND
               Daughter of
             M. & A.B. Boland
                  Born
               Dec. 8, 1859
                  Died
              July 10, 1877

           Blessed are the dead
           which die in the Lord.

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THIRD ROW:
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[6]            LULA BEATRESS
                Daughter of
            A.N. & M.A. BOLAND
                   DIED
               May 18, 1883
               Aged 10 days

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NOTES: 
  
[1] Mother of Mrs. Middleton Boland

[3] Middleton Boland was born June 20, 1826.  The grave is also marked by a 
metal Southern Cross of Honor emblem, commemorating Middleton Boland's service 
in the Confederate army.  

[4] Fourth child (second daughter) of Middleton & Barbara Boland.

[5] Sixth child (third daughter) of Middleton & Barbara Boland.

[6] Granddaughter of Middleton & Barbara Boland.  Daughter of Abram Noah Boland 
and Martha A. Miller Boland.

Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and Mt. Tabor Cemetery are located 0.4 miles further 
west on Mt. Tabor Road.  The graves of other relatives may be found there.  
Middleton Boland's third child (first daughter), Rachael Happy Boland, and 
her husband, John Anderson Shealy, are memorialized in one of the stained glass 
windows, and the couple is buried in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.


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