HAMILTON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Sivley Cemetery ==================================================================== 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 ==================================================================== Sivley Cemetery The Sivley Cemetery is located about five miles northwest of Chattanooga. Follow the Dayton Pike until reaching the Signal Mountain 'W' road which is one half mile to the Mountain Creek Chruch and schoolhouse. The land was given by W L and J G Sivley. The grave of Elizabeth Sivley is the oldest grave. She was buried in 1849. There are seventy five very old unmakred graves. Page 1 of 6 SIVLEY Sivley, Margerete - Wife of Daniel Sivley - Mar 29, 1819 - Jan 2, 1899 Sivley, Elizabeth - Wife of Daniel Sivley - Jan 11, 1799 - 1849 Sivley, Daniel - 1798 - May 7, 1863 Sivley, B F - Son of B F Sivley and C Sivley - Mar 25, 1916 - Sept 23, 1917 Sivley, J R - Son of B F and C Sivley - Mar 25, 1916 - Sept 23, 1917 Sivley, Claud B - Daughter of F G and Ann Sivley - May 20, 1887 - Aug 1, 1912 Brown, Ellen Mae - Apr 8, 1912 - July 26, 1931 - 'At rest.' Boy - Brown, M B - May 5, 1920 - Sept 2, 1934 Moss, Martha - May 4, 1839 - Sept 19, 1916 Bower, Henry G - Son of Francis and Margaret Bower - May 2, 1866 - Oct 19, 1901 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Bower, Infant son of Henry and Lula Bower - 'Only sleeping.' Skinner, William - 1866 - 1911 His wife, Skinner, Martha Snelson - 1867 - 1926 - 'Our beloved parents.' Travis, J H - Feb 16, 1848 - Mar 5, 1917 - 'In God we trust.' Roddy, Jane - Wife of J H Travis - July 28, 1844 - Oct 10, 1901 - 57 yrs - 2 mos 12 d. - 'Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest, whose making is supremely blest; no fear, no woe shall dim that hour which manifest a Savior's power.' Page 2 of 6 Cummings, Mary Jane - Feb 8, 1839 - Feb 28, 1907 - 'Come ye blessed.' Cox, B Wilber - Son of J W and B C Cox - Aug 6, 1917 - Jan 24, 1919 - 'Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.' Rogers, James M - Jan 6, 1836 - Nov 13, 1909 Rogers, Gas - Mar 25, 1910 - Nov 28, 1936 - 'At rest.' Fox, Cynthia - Aug 1, 1855 - June 30, 1928 - 'God bless mother.' (Grayson.) Brown, Emma - Wife of J H Grayson - July 27, 1879 - Nov 22, 1932 Wilbanks, Virgil - June 7, 1900 - Nov 9, 1924 - 'Its only Jesus and His love can sole me today. You are absent now, but present still, since God has called you away.' Voils, R L - July 16, 1887 - Feb 28, 1914 - 'My husband - at rest.' Voils, F M - Nov 6, 1856 - July 25, 1914 'Our father - at rest.' - Voils, Allen A - Son of F M and Ethel Voils - Feb 22, 1914 - Feb 14, 1917 Voils, Joseph B - Son of F M and Fannie Voils - April 5, 1902 - Feb 17, 1917 Voils, Ida May Brannon - Wife of W E Voils - July 18, 1898 - Dec 3, 1917 Voils, Charlie L - April 7, 1882 - Feb 5, 1921 Bowman, Isaac - 1857 - 1920 Bowman, Clarence - May 4, 1914 - Aug 17, 1932 Edwards, Elijah - May 10, 1849 - Feb 18, 1918 Edwards, Josephia - Mar 7, 1852 - Jan 30, 1918 Brown, Robert A - July 6, 1923 - Aug 21, 1924 Colman, Emma - 1866 - 1923 Phillips, Elizabeth - Wife of L G Phillips - Dec 31, 1869 - Dec 27, 1928 Page 3 of 6 Rogers, Rachel F - April 8, 1919 - Mar 2, 1937 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Colbaugh, Walter Clay - Son of J L and Mary Colbaugh - Oct 26, 1894 - Dec 2, 1894 - 'Darling we miss thee.' Evens, Mary Ann (or Evans) - Wife of A G Evens (Evans) - Dec 11, 1822 - Jan 19, 1898 Godsey, John E - Oct 30, 1821 - Dec 17, 1884 Godsey, Hannah - Wife of John E Godsey - Dec 13, 1820 - Mar 2, 1888 Tittle, James I - Aug 23, 1895 - Feb 15, 1929 Thompson, J I - Nov 12, 1846 - Aug 21, 1918 - 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.' Bush, J R - Dec 21, 1886 - Dec 9, 1907 - 'Gone but not forgotten.' Lawson, Henry H - 1869 - 1904 Lane, J W - June 2, 1831 - Oct 17, 1895 Mother - Lane, Hannah - Mar 13, 1839 - Mar 13, 1918 - 'At rest.' Brown, Luvirda - Aug 1, 1894 - Oct 11, 1907 - 'Father and mother, God is loving me.' Brown, Lillie Mae - Daughter of J A and E F Brown - Jan 26, 1893 - Dec 23, 1913 - 'Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest.' Williams, Mary Mildred - Wife of Chas. E Williams - Mar 24, 1918 - Age 18 yrs. - 'Gone, ye blessed.' Downey, Sarrah E - Dec 16, 1874 - Oct 18, 1928 Linkous, Nancy E - April 10, 1859 - Mar 25, 1890 Ewton, Mrs. Gertrude J - Aug 11, 1872 - Sept 23, 1910 Our darling - Boling, ____ - Son of W P and Jennie Boling - Nov 23, 1903 Evans, J B - July 18, 1887 - Nov 28, 1878 Page 4 of 6 Henton, Josiah - Mar 8, 1862 - June 6, 1897 Evens, Augustes - April, 1880 - Age 75 yrs. 5 mos. Davis, Corp'l Jere - Co. E - 6th Tenn MTD Inf. Calmen, 1 St. S'gt. Evane - Co. G - 1 Tenn Cav. Brown, Mattie Jane - April 4, 1886 - Oct 24, 1894 - 'Asleep in Jesus.' Stubblefield, Infant son of John and Mary Stubblefield - Mar 5, 1906 - Age 4 mos. Edward, Thomas O - April 7, 1875 - Mar 11, 1896 In memory of Edward, J W - Nov 6, 1877 - Feb 25, 1902 Voiles, E F Youngblood - Wife of F M Voiles - July 16, 1860 - Feb 21, 1912 Voiles, R L - July 16, 1867 - Feb 28, 1914 Nichols, J M - Oct 2, 1852 - July 26, 1934 - 'In thee O' Lord have I put my trust.' Godsey, Hannah - Feb 16, 1885 - June 3, 1886 Godsey, Grace - July 7, 1898 - Jan 11, 1898 Godsey, Matt. - June 28, 1904 - Dec 28, 1904 - (Children of Matt and Sallie Godsey.) Godsey, Kittie - Daugther of John E and Hanna Godsey - June 26, 1851 - Nov 14, 1897 Godsey, Ethel - Daughter of T J and Minnie Godsey - Nov 25, 1912 - Sept 5, 1914 Anderson, S W - Nov 13, 1851 - Jan 2, 1909 - 'Gone ye blessed.' Sivley, Daniel Augustus - June 12, 1883 - Oct 21, 1918 Sivley, Rose Maggie Lee - Mar 2, 1895 - Oct 16, 1918 - 'In God we trust.' Sivley, William L - Dec 25, 1858 - July 8, 1931 Sivley, Martha - Wife of W L Sivley - Nov 21, 1852 - Apr 18, 1920 Page 5 of 6 Boling, James - Son of H B and Isebell Boling - Mar 31, 1878 - May 21, 1906 - 'A precious one from us has gone, a voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled. God in His wisdom has recalled the boon His love has given, and though the body slumbers here, the soul is safe in Heaven.' Boling, Harrison - April 17, 1847 Boling, Isabell - Nov 7, 1857 - Sept 23, 1916 Rigsby, Martha - Wife of J W Rigsby - Jan 26, 1868 - Dec 24, 1923 Rigsby, John W - Nov 14, 1855 - April 1, 1934 Stulce, Lucinda - Sept 22, 1832 - Oct 24, 1891 In memory of my husband - Erwin, Billey - Jan 29, 1862 - Jan 13, 1903 - 'Death may the hand of life unloose can't dissolve my love.' 'In my Father's House are many Mansions. - Sivley, Daniel - June 8, 1836 - Oct 12, 1901 - 'A light from our household is gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our hearts that never can be filled.' Sivley, Joe - Son of F G and Ann Sivley - June 2, 1889 - May 2, 1909 Burkett, Lua A - Wife of T D Burkett - June 1, 1884 - Feb 16, 1910 Lawson, Martha J - 1868 - 1924 Combs, D C - Mar 14, 1844 - Feb 4, 1920 - U V C 5th Ky Inf. - 'At rest.' Dale, Stephen - Dec 19, 1846 - may 21, 1904 Brock, J A - June 11, 1858 - Feb 28, 1934 Shelton, Mrs. Ellen - July 15, 1861 - July 22, 1899 - Age 38 yrs. 7 dys. Henry, Marshall - Son of L and Della Henry - June 21, 1913 - Nov 7, 1918 Henry, Martin - Son of I L and Della Henry - Mar 26, 1912 - Aug 13, 1912 Mitchell, James B - July 8, 1852 - Sept 16, 1911 - 'God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well.' Page 6 of 6 Godsey, William - Jan 28, 1854 - July 6, 1919 Godsey, Minerva P - Mar 27, 1856 Brown, Susan Jones (Jane) - Wife of J M Brown - Jan 19, 1862 - Jan 10, 1917 - 'At rest.' Sivley, Mabel - Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W F Sivley - Apr 18, 1937 - Mar 14, 1937 - 'A beautiful star in Paradise.' Sivley, Vesta - Wife of W F Sivley - Aug 30, 1890 - Mar 19, 1926 Godsey, Dilon - July, 1895 - Sept 30, 1912 Godsey, Orla - Jan 5, 1898 - Dec 29, 1913 Godsey, S B - June 14, 1861 - July 3, 1915 Henry, Miller F - Sept 10, 1853 - Oct 8, 1915 Henry, Nettie Farmer - Wife of Miller F Henry - June 1, 1858 - Sept 1, 1930 Henry, Estell - Sept 16, 1897 - Sept 5, 1918 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'