HENDERSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Douglas Cemetery

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DOUGLAS CEMETERY

Henderson County, Tennessee



            This cemetery more properly should be named 

Douglass Cemetery as the two-S Douglass spelling is used on 

all except two markers replaced after 1976. Douglas Cemetery 

is located in the Union Cross community. Turn east on Palmer 

Road from State Highway 104. The cemetery is located at the 

end of Douglas Cemetery Road, less than 2 miles from 104. The 

first impression a visitor will have of the cemetery is of 

vandalism — many markers are toppled. But the cemetery has not 

been vandalized, merely neglected. A large percentage of the 

marked burials here occurred between 1895 and the 1920, then 

most of the families using the cemetery seem to have abandoned 

it. Over time the graves sunk in and no one filled them. The 

markers settled down into the depressions and toppled. At 

present the cemetery probably gets cut once a year. Grass was 

about 2-3 feet tall when David Donahue recorded this cemetery 

in November 2001.



            Brenda Fiddler and Marie and Jim Pierce recorded 

this cemetery circa 1976. Their record appears in Henderson 

County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (Memphis, R. H. 

Harris, 1976), Vol. I, p. 27. This earlier record is referred 

to as "Fiddler et al." in the notes below. They noted "at 

least 40 unmarked graves."



 



Birchett, Thelma, 1911-1912 [replacement]



Douglas, Harriette E., d. Dec. 29, 1922

Douglas, James A., d. Jan. 6, 1926 [replacement]



Douglas, Raymond Odell, July 12, 1915-Jan. 29, 1916 

[replacement]



Douglass, C. A., Sept. 1, 1888-May 30, 1911 (fallen)



Douglass, Catherine Samirah, Nov. 30, 1843-Nov. 30, 1871, 

"Wife of James" (broken) [pile of fragments 5 feet south of 

double marker for Harriette E. and James A. Douglas; dates 

readable in 2001 but name and relationship are as reported by 

Fiddler et al.]



Douglass, Darrel, no dates, "Son of W. H. & S. A. Douglass"



Douglass, Emily, Mar. 1822-Apr. 8, 1901, "Wife of P. H. 

Douglass" "Our father and mother are gone" (fallen) [Fiddler 

et al. report birth date as Mar. 22, 1822]



Douglass, John B., June 1849-July 8, 1850



Douglass, Lydia E., Apr. 30, 1874-Sept. 20, 1880, "Dau. of W. 

H. Sarah A. Douglass"



Douglass, Mary M., June 22, 1871-May 22, 1892, "Dau. of W. H. 

Douglass" (fallen)



Douglass, P. H., June 30, 1822-Apr. 22, 1900, "Husband of 

Emily Douglass" "Our father and mother are gone" (fallen)



Douglass, Sarah A., July 7, 1853-May 25, 1903, "Wife of 

William H. Douglass" (fallen) [matches markers for W. H. 

Douglass and C. A. Douglass; lying face down; dates from 

Fiddler et al.]



Douglass, W. H., Dec. 18, 1847-Dec. 26, 1932 (fallen)



Hale, John Van, d. Feb. 1950 [not found in 2001; reported by 

Fiddler et al.]



Harris, Caroline, Oct. 3, 1834-Oct. 5, 1907 (broken, fallen)



Harris, G. H., Nov. 19, 1840-Aug. 8, 1913 (fallen)



Harris, Mellie, July 1, 1875-July 4, 1891 (fallen, out of 

place)



Harris, Sallie, July 30, 1861-Mar. 23, 1916



McCoy, Hester, 1904-1904, Aged 11 days [recent temporary 

marker, near south end of cemetery, no good reference point]



McCoy, Martha L., Dec. 5, 1878-Aug. 17, 1905, "Wife of B. F. 

McCoy"



McCoy, Mary Frances, Apr. 1, 1879-Feb. 15, 1999



McCoy, Milton Henry, June 28, 1874-May 11, 1876



Pierce, Mamey E. L., June 11, 1909-July 11, 1909



Richardson, John William, 1873-1935, "Father" footstone 

[replacement]



Richardson, Lester F., 1897-1900, "Son" footstone

Richardson, Joseph E., 1875-1901, "Father" footstone 

[replacement]



Richardson, Mary [see Smith, Mary Richardson"



Richardson, Vera, June 29, 1900-June 8, 1901



Smith, Mary Richardson, 1877-1956



Thompson, ______, d. 1909, "Dau. of W. G. & Ollie Thompson"



Thompson, Ester Marie, July 9, 1914-Apr. 6, 1917 [not found in 

2001; reported by Fiddler et al.]



Thompson, Ollie Ester, Oct. 6, 1887-Apr. 6, 1918 [replacement]



Williams, James F., Feb. 26, 1895-Aug. 22, 1899



Williams, Rhoda J., Jan. 12, 1868-Sept. 7, 1952

Williams, Charlie H., Dec. 15, 1859-Feb. 22, 1927 

[replacement; Fiddler et al. recorded Williams, Rhoda Jane 

(Wife of Charley Hampton)"]



Wilson, Jennie, Jan. 14, 1872-July 30, 1904



Wilson, Julia, Aug. 10, 1876-Mar. 15, 1903



Wilson, Mary, June 3, 1868-Nov. 8, 1895



Wilson, Sarah, 1840-1924 [replacement]



Wilson, T. H., Sept. 21, 1835-Feb. 25, 1910



Wilson, Walter, June 12, 1878-Mar. 17, 1910



 



Unidentifiable



Esther Mae, July 9, 1914-Apr. 6, 1917 [replacement; middle of 

three graves]



Essie M______, 1901 [probably a McCoy, 1 yard south of 

temporary marker for Hester McCoy]