SHELBY COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Raleigh Cemetery (partial) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda B. Watson Partial listing & incomplete data due to deteriorating tombstones. This cemetery is in very bad condition. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raleigh Cemetery ("Old Raleigh Cemetery") Shelby County, Tennessee Location - In the heart of Raleigh, now a suburb of Memphis. Stage Rd. & Jackson Ave., Cela Rd. deadens into the cemetery. Historical Society Sign: Here are buried some members of the generation that settled Shelby County. The County Court had been formed less than five years when, in 1824 Raleigh was surveyed as the place to which courts would be moved because of its central location. Academies and churches were built. Until about 1840 it was one of the towns that might have become this region's big city. Later it was widely known as mineral springs spa. Abbie P. Alexander Dec. 17, 1832 Oct. 13, 1916 Mother P. H. Baird Died October 23, 1848 Aged 67 Years Maria G.Beal Born Dec. 16, 1839 Died Nov. 28, 1900 Wife of Prof. R. F. Beal, Born Sabina Ohio, Died Ft. Smith, Ark. Anne BeLoate 1931 1932 John D. Blagden Feb. 29. 1860 July 1, 1936 Ola G. Blagden May 31, 1875 April 25, 1961 Annie Bradsher Born Mar. 26, 185(4?) Died Feb. 24, 1915 His Wife J. C. (O.) Bradsher Born Jan. 22, 1847 Rev. Reuben Burrow Born Apr. 8, 1822 Died Jan. 18, 1888 J. M. Coleman Sept, 1830 Sept. 5, 1905 Susan E. Coleman Jan. 19, 1833 Died Nov. 26, 1890 Wife of J. M. Coleman Isabella G. Copeland Died Sept. 26, 1845 Consort of Newton W. Copeland & Daughter of Rev.?. M. Kerk? Aged 21? Charles L. Crisp 1857 1939 Jannie H. Crisp 1860 1893 James Daugherty Born May 9, 1901 Died Sept. 27, 1845 Born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Aged 44 Years, 4 Months and 18 Days. "My dear weeping sisters My Brother and Friends…." Teresa Josephine Daugherty March 17, 1810 Virginia L. Davenport Nov. 28, 1847 June 16, 1916 Wife of Rev. T. J. Davenport Benj. Dungan Born July 4, 1785 Died June 21, 1860 Cecil Elmore Age 1 Year Georgia Elmore Age 4 Months Susie Elmore Age 9 Months W. H. Elmore Age 21 Years William Elmore Age 96 Years. Also listed on stone with Mrs. L. B. Miller & Madora Elmore Young Edwin E. Folwell Died Oct. 18, 1873 Aged 11 Yrs, ? Mos, 25 d's, sons of Sam & Z.Z. Folwell William B. Folwell Died Oct. 25, 1873 Aged 13 Yrs, 3 Mos, 2 d's Z. Z. Messick Folwell Died Oct. 22, 1873 Wife of Sam. Folwell, Aged 41 Yrs. 6 Mos. 23 d's Albert Godbey Born Feb 26, 1910 Our Brother William (H?) Godbey Born Oct, 7, 1857 Died Jan. 27, 19?5 Woodmen of the World Memorial Etta May Gragg Born May, 1881 Died Aug 10, 1881 Dau. Of W. H. & H. Gragg Henrietta Dungan Gragg Born March 1861? Died ? 25, 18?? Wife of W. H. Gragg Anna G. Gray Born Nov. 15, 1797 Died Oct. 9, 1854 Born in Abbiesville ? Disct, SC, Died in Raleigh, Tenn. Fred Greehling Died Oct. 15, 1903 Ida M. Greehling Died Aug. 23, 1909 Paul Greehling Died Apr. 19, 1898 Bethel M. Green Apr. 9, 1866 Nov. 12, 1931 Father Nannie M. Green Oct. 2, 1871 Mar. 22, 1945 Mother N. M. & A. M. Harrison Aug. 21, 1879 Jan. 29, 1880 Daughter of J. K. Hicks July 22, 1833 ? Infant of Alice Hood Sept. Jan Mother Hallie May Hood Born May, 1879 Died July, 1879 Children of James & Alice James Hood Born Sept. 14, 1847 Died Sept. 18, 1911 Sterling Turner Hood Born May 1875 Died Feb. 1888 Children of James & Alice Richard Earry Jerden Feb., 12, 1937 Feb. 15, 1937 Rev. Ben. W. Johnston Born Dec. 10, 1797 Died Oct. 28, 1877 Aged 79 Yrs, 10 Mos. 18 D's. Born At Louisville, Ky Died At Bartlett, Tenn Sarah A. Jones Born Nov. 29, 1843 Died Jluy 9, 1873 Wife of W. H. Jones Dusha King Born April 22, 1802 Died April 23, 1875 Wife of J. B. King. Born in Jackson, Mo. Eunice Schevenell King Born July 19, 1849 Died Aug. 21, 1901 Wife of S. A. King, Born in Athens, GA Dr. William Duncan Lewis 1835 Died Dec 24, 1880 2nd Lieut Co A 21 Tenn Inf Confederate States Army. Aged 55 Years Theresa E. Lindsey Feb. 15, 1933 Apr. 30, 1933 And Baby Mary A. Means Born Feby. 17, 1815 Died March 21, 1870 Wife of Thos. A. Means Mrs. L. B. Miller Age 72 Years. Also listed on stone with William Elmore & Madora Elmore Young Olivia R. Moore Dec, 7, 1871 Dec. 31, 1913 Mother Henry A. Mosby Jan. 22, 1891 Oct. 30. 1985 Daddy S. Ella Mosby Oct, 28, 1895 Jan. 6, 1975 Mother Mrs. M. H. Poe Mar. 8, 1895 Jan. 9, 1934 Daughter of J. S. and Emma South Oscar Powers Mar. 4, 1912 Mar. 4, 1914 C. R. Purser May 8, 1825 June 4, 1867 Born in Craven County, North Carolina, Aged 42 Yrs & 26 d's Hattie B. Means Purser Born April 19, 1839 Died Nov. 27, 1881 Wife of C. R. Purcer John C. Schmit Born Sep. 11 08 Died Sep. 15 19 Emma E. South Jan. 27, 1867 May 12, 1958 Joe. S. South 1875 1932 George D. Spencer Born Jan. 20, 1835 or 1855 Died Oct. 18, 1907 Martha J. Roberts Spencer Born Oct. 1888(?) Died Oct. 4, 1811 ? Susan E. Tant 1882 1941 Mother William H Tant Father Linnie A. Thomas Oct. 10, 1845 Sept. 26, 1885 Robt. J. Thomas Feb. 3, 1845 Mar. 2, 1910 Charles Spurgeon Vasser July 29, 1995 Apr, 16, 1953 Mary E. Ward Born Aug. 27, 1846 Nov. 27, 1877 Wife Of Dr. W. D. Lewis Lotta Gates Whittier Born Jan 16, 1877 July 3, 1916 Wife of Bernard B. Whittier, Daughter of Geo. W. and Sally Gates Madora Elmore Young Age 22 Years. Also listed on stone with William Elmore & Mrs. L. B. Miller