HAMILTON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Hixson Cemetery (OLD) ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Tim Stowell ==================================================================== Hixson Cemetery (OLD) This cemetery is located on the outskirts of Hixson, Tenn about twelve miles north of Chattanooga. The land for the cemetery was given by Ephriam Hixson who was buried there in 1855, his being the oldest marked grave. However there are unmarked graves, said to be those of Indians that are much older. Page 1 of 5 ROGERS Rogers, Joseph - Jan 7, 1808 - Aug 12, 1855 Rogers, Rebecca - Wife of Joseph Rogers - April 5, 1806 - May 19, 1882 Rogers, J Foster - Oct 6, 1848 - Mar 18, 1906 - 'Only sleeping.' 'In my Father's House are many mansions.' - Hixson, Sarah Rogers - Nov 7, 1841 - Jan 18, 1908 - 'She is with her Savior and friends that have gone before.' Our darling - Rogers, Fred L - Son of E A and L E Rogers - Feb 9, 1905 - Oct 5, 1906 McKenzie, Smith - Wife of J F McKenzie - Sept 19, 1906 - June 25, 1933 - Mother Welsh, J C - Son of Mr and Mrs G W Welsh - Mar 27, 1921 - Mar 27, 1922 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Hale, Ella May - May 14, 1898 - Feb 18, 1922 - 'At rest.' Wilson, Martha Jane - Mar 19, 1861 - Dec 4, 1923 - 'We will meet again.' Wilson, Sam M W - 1855 - 1925 - 'We will meet again.' Dedmon, William - Infant son of M R and Grace Dedmon - April 16, 1922 Husband - Dedmon, M R - Sept 22, 1898 - Apr 27, 1924 Mannon, Cornelius - Sept 15, 1843 - Apr 18, 1920 - 'Dear Father, we miss thee.' Mannon, Luther - June 11, 1888 - Jan 13, 1917 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Page 2 of 5 Burkhart, Louisa Jane - Feb 8, 1848 - Jan 11, 1923 Burkhart, Wm. C - Oct 18, 1840 - June 1, 1922 - Father - 'At rest.' Goodson, Lizzie - Apr 30, 1873 - July 22, 1912 - 'She was the sunshine of our home.' Kofr, Edna May - Feb 2, 1916 - Oct 16, 1917 Father - Drigans, W M - May 31, 1855 - May 21, 1921 Mother - Drigans, Alice - Jan 28, 1869 - July 27, 1911 Hinds, C H - Sept 26, 1886 - Feb 11, 1922 - 'We will meet again.' Husband and Father - Spann, John M - Nov 22, 1862 - May 30, 1915 - 'A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled.' Wilson, Lula May - Daughter of F M and Mary Wilson - May 19, 1914 - July, 1915 McLehman, Bernice - Sept 4, 1923 - May 18, 1925 - 'A little while on earth she spent, 'till God for her an Angel sent.' Messick, U S - Apr 5, 1864 - Dec 25, 1913 - 'He giveth his beloved sleep.' Gilmore, Anna Messick - 1867 - 1935 Gilmore, John Andrew - 1866 - 1935 Elliot, M G - Nov 8, 1869 - Dec 20, 1918 Gadd, James A - Aug 27, 1886 - Feb 27, 1920 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Lewis, F T, Jr - Son of F T and Lula Lewis - July 1, 1920 - June 20, 1922 Lewis, Martha J - Jan 1, 1858 - Feb 24, 1923 Lewis, Thomas A - Jan 28, 1853 - Feb 22, 1926 Powell, D L - May 8, 1848 - Nov 28, 1923 His wife - Powell, N E - Nov 1, 1861 - Feb 19, 1923 - 'Dear Father and Mother, we miss thee.' Page 3 of 5 Powell, Rosa May - Mar 18, 1903 - Dec 24, 1904 - 'A little bud of love, to bloom with God above.' Thomas, L M - June 6, 1834 - Mar 25, 1919 Thomas, A J - Mar 3, 1885 - June 24, 1894 Thomas, George Preston - Son of A J and L M Thomas - Jan 26, 1871 - Jan 12, 1888 Barker, John H - Oct 27, 1850 - Mar 27, 1918 Hixson, Nora E - Oct 2, 1870 Hixson, Napoleon - Oct 2, 1869 - Jan 12, 1932 Watkins, Edith Marie - July 31, 1926 - Age 5 mos - 'Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.' Watkins, Thelma Alene - Dec 13, 1928 - Age 18 mos - 'Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.' Hixson, M Allen - 1918 - 1920 - 'A little time on earth she spent, 'till God fro her, an Angel sent.' Hixson, Carrie S - Wife of E F Hixson - Aug 19, 1886 - Apr 6, 1918 - 'Her happy soul has winged its way, to one sure bright eternal day.' Hixson, Hester - July 12, 1889 - Mar 29, 1917 - 'Come ye blessed.' 'Farewell my wife and children, all from you a Father Christ has called, - Hixson, James F - Dec 8, 1845 - Apr 30, 1913 - 'Living, he made the poor man's heart glad, and at his death, the sorrowing ones more sad.' Hixson, John F - Oct 6, 1877 - Dec 8, 1905 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Hixson, Claude - Son of John F and Ida Hixson - Sept 24, 1898 - Aug 8, 1900 Lewis, Geo. A - June 29, 1875 - May 29, 1921 Erected to memory of - Ford, Mary M - Mar 30, 1868 - Dec 18, 1889 - 'Bless the tie that in husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, deeply but silently lie an intuitive desire that inclines us Heavenward when we die.' Page 4 of 5 Lewis, Infant son of M J and H J Lewis - Born Apr 14, 1885 Lewis, Claude - Son of M J and H J Lewis - Oct 20, 1882 - July 15, 1883 Lewis, Clide - Son of M J and H J Lewis - Oct 20, 1882 - July 1, 1883 WEAVER Weaver, Infant son of W C and Alice Weaver - Apr 12, 1890 - Apr 25, 1890 - 'Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.' Baby - Hixson, Fannie Marie - Daughter of J L and D E Hixson - Oct 20, 1902 - Oct 25, 1902 Hixson, Allie E - Wife of M H Hixson - Aug 12, 1877 - Dec 11, 1920 Hixson, M H - Jan 6, 1874 - Nov 10, 1927 Hixson, Houston - Mar 22, 1829 - Oct 29, 1898 - 'Another link is broken in our family band, but a choice is farming in a better land.' Hixson, Nancy E - Wife of Houston Hixson - Sept 8, 1832 - Jan 16, 1893 Hixson, E Foster - 1860 -1924 Hudson, Safronia - Wife of E H Hudson and daughter of .---- - Oct 22, 1853 - July 14, 1877 - 'Blessed are they, who die in the Lord.' (Stone broken and cemented together.) Hixson, Johnnie - Son of H and N Hixson- Aug 30, 1867 -Aug 31, 1867 - 'Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.' Hixson, Willie - Son of H and N Hixson - Nov 28, 1856 - Feb 1, 1857 - (Verse worn off.) Hixson, Margaret - June 19, 1799 - Oct 9, 1888 Hixson, Ephriam - Oct 14, 1797 - Dec 25, 1855 Johnson, Sarah - Dec 21, 1831 - Dec 17, 1912 - Our Mother - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Page 5 of 5 Hixson, Houston - June 24, 1848 - Jan 7, 1909 - 'I know my Redeemer liveth, and has prepared a Place for me.' Hixson, David - Mar 9, 1820 - May 29, 1889 Sacred to the memory of - Hopkins, Flora - July 17, 1896 - Aug 6, 1896 - 'Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for such is the Kingdom of God.' Hixson, Rebecca - Sept 27, 1794 - Sept 22, 1859 Hixson, Houston - May 22, 1795 - Nov 18, 1868 Hamill, Sarah L - Daughter of Robert H and Mary Hamill - Mar 10, 1862 - Sept 11, 1886 - 'Gone to be an Angel.' Hamill, R H - Apr 6, 1821 - May 9, 1884 Hamill, Mary Goodlet Hixson - Wife of R H Hamill - Jan 22, 1827 - June 28, 1900 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Hamill, Kate - 1853 - 1919 -'From earth to Heaven.' Hamill, L B - Sept 17, 1885 - Feb 5, 1929 Hamill, Clara C - June 12, 1890 Hamil, Dasie - Sept 1879 - Age 16 years - 'Death is eternal life; why should we weep, for so He giveth his beloved sheep.' Hamil, Nacny E - Wife of J B Hamil - Sept 2, 1852 - Sept 4, 1894 - 'Farewell dear Mother, but not forever, Thee will be a glorious dawn' we shall meet to part no never on that resurrection morn.' Hamill, George W - Jan 21, 1877 - Sept 11, 1902 - 'Eternal rest grant to him a Lord, and let perpetual light shine on him.' Hamill, A J - May 24, 1884 - Sept 23, 1922 - 'The desire of man is his kindness.' Hamill, J G - May 1, 1853 - Dec 3, 1926 - 'At rest.'