Southern Graves

WorldVitalRecords is offering free access to Colonial, Revolutionary War, and Daughters of the American Revolution databases through November 30th. This includes 200 free databases covering vital, court, and military records through the Revolutionary War. You can search everything from information on Mayflower families to lineages submitted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some noted databases: - Abstracts Of Wills And Inventories, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1742 - 1801 - Abstracts Of Wills, Inventories, And Administration Accounts Of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757 - 1800 - American Wills Proved In London, 1611 - 1775 - Births, Deaths And Sponsors, 1717 - 1778 From The Albemarle Parish Register Of Surry And Sussex Counties, Virginia - Calendar Of Wills, 1626 - 1836 - Death Notices In The South-Carolina Gazette, 1732 - 1775 - Genealogical Abstracts From 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers - Known Military Dead During The American Revolutionary War, 1775 - 1783 - S...

Laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery at Asheville, North Carolina are members of the Colonel Stephen Lee family. Transcription of the obelisk topped tombstone: Mrs. Caroline Lee Died Dec 18th, 1855 Age 48 Years Caroline Lee Died Aug 10th, 1857 Age 21 Years Emily K. Lee Died June 15th, 1893 Age 62 Years In Memory Of Col. Chas C., Thomas, Stephen, and Joseph. Sons of Stephen & Caroline Lee, Who Died In The Southern Cause. Blessed Are The Dead Who Die In The Lord. In Memory Of Col. Stephen Lee Born in Charleston, SC June 7th, 1801 Died in Asheville, NC Aug 2nd, 1879 Here is what the Riverside Cemetery Walking Tour has to say about Col. Stephen Lee: "Colonel Stephen Lee, a distant relative of General Robert E. Lee, left Charleston to open a school in Asheville in 1846. His school, known as 'Lee's Select School for Boys' became famous across the south for its discipline and curriculum. He spent his entire life teaching at his school except for...

Clara E. Chunn Wife of Robt H. Chapman, D.D. Born Oct 12, 1812 Married Oct 18, 1831 Died Aug 13, 1858 Riverside Cemetery; Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina According to the text from the Riverside Cemetery Walking Tour , Clara's grave was moved to Riverside Cemetery from the Episcopal Church on Church Street. Chunn's Cove in Asheville was named for her.

This mausoleum is located at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. I neglected to write down all the information of the readable inscriptions, as I was in a hurry. Nonetheless, I was able to get the following with my digital camera: Ella Pace McElveen Wife of G. W. McElveen Born Rogersville, Tenn May 1860 Died June 1899 Our Mother Parolee Blevins Pace Born Rogersville, Tenn Mar 31, 1836 Died Waco, Texas Jan 26, 1921 I photographed this mausoleum because I thought it was neat how the woman sculpted at the top appeared to be coming out of the greenery.

The Buchanan monument at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina is more than meets the eye. There is a large angel sculpture atop the monument, carved entirely out of limestone left over from the construction of the Biltmore Estates by Fred Miles, a stone carver for the Biltmore. At each of the four corners below the angel are cherub faces. And farther down are pairs of faces, again at each of the four corners. These faces seem to represent the Buchanan family -- an adult male, adult female, and children. In Memory of William Allen Buchanan Born in Kingston, Jamaica Died September 8, 1871 Aged 49 Years -------------- And His Beloved Wife Sarah Elizabeth Died December 27, 1915 Aged 83 Years And bring thee peace. ---------------------- Also In memory of Their Daughter Georgiana 1862 - 1930 In The Peace of God -------------------- William Allen Buchanan Born June 7, 1856 Died Nov 5, 1931 At Rest -------- Also In Memory Of Stella Bucha...

B. F. Addison Killed By a Desperado Nov 13, 1906 Aged 56 Years Gone But Not Forgotten Mr. Ben Addison, a black merchant, was laid to rest in the designated "colored" section of Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. On the cold winter night of 13 November 1906, a crazed drunken man named Will Harris went on a shooting rampage that left five men dead. One unfortunate victim was Ben Addison. Mr. Addison owned a store at 53 Eagle street in downtown Asheville. He was shot when he opened his door to see what the commotion was about. [Source: text from "Riverside Cemetery Walking Tour," which uses a script from a video entitled "Journey Beyond the Gates," produced by the students of Charles D. Owen High School -- the 1997 Advanced Placement U. S. History Class]

In Memory Of Eighteen German Sailors Who Died In The United States Army Hospital At Asheville 1918-1919 Nicht grossern Vorteil wusst'ich zu nennen Als des'Feindes Verdienst erkennen. No greater gain for the human spirit Than a sense of our foeman's merit. Karl Von Aspern Karl Bening Adam Biffar Wilhelm Denecke Karl Flum Fritz Hoffman Hans Jakobi Karl Kilper Emil Kobe Karl Koschmieder Heinrich Lochow Hermann Menzel Johann Wilhelm Meyer Johann Meyerhoff Viktor Wilhelm Rieke Richard Paul Schlause Wilhelm Stockhausen Fritz Hermann Wahnschaffe Erected By Kiffin Rockwell Post American Legion The memorial transcribed above is located at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. Text from the Riverside Cemetery Walking Tour : "Riverside Cemetery is the final resting place for World War I German Prisoners of War. Several thousand sailors were first transferred from Ellis Island to a detention center in Hot Springs, North Carolina. A typho...

About a month ago, while visiting Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina, I come across the grave of Daniel Ogden pictured here. I was actually on my way to see a more "prominent" memorial in the cemetery when I noticed Daniel's gravestone was fallen over and lying on the ground. I snapped a few photos, simply because I always get the urge to document stones that look to be in trouble. When I got home, I found a sweet epitaph for Daniel etched in the stone. I also snagged a little more information about him with a bit of research. Daniel W. Ogden Feb 10, 1882 July 19, 1917 It is sad that one we cherish Should be taken from our home, But the Joys that do not perish Live in memory alone. All the years we've spent together, All the happy golden hours, Shall be cherished in remembrance; Fragrant sweets from memories' flowers. I found Daniel in the North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 collection at Ancestry. It states Daniel was bor...

H. Clay Wilson 1856 - 1900 A man of many virtues and few faults. Riverside Cemetery Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina Photos © 2009 S. Lincecum

Gen. James Green Martin Born in Elizabeth City, N.C. February 14, 1819 Died in Asheville, N.C. October 4, 1878 Brevet Major, U.S.A. for gallant conduct in Mexico, 1847. Brig. Gen. C.S.A. Army of Northern Va. 1864. General-In-Chief, N.C. Troops, 1861. In Command of Western N.C. 1865. General Martin was laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery; Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was a son of Dr. William Martin and Sophia Dange. General Martin was known as "Old One Wing" because he lost an arm in the Mexican War. - James Green Martin on Wikipedia

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), son of Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim, was laid to rest upon his death at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. Better known as O. Henry , Porter was a well-known short story author. One of his most famous stories is "The Gift of the Magi." One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next Day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. There are a few obituaries and funeral notices regarding Mr. Port...

This TERRY mausoleum is located in Riverside Cemetery; Asheville, North Carolina. It was erected for Franklin Silas Terry and his wife Lillian Estelle Slocomb. They were the owners of the grand estate in Black Mountain, NC called In-The-Oaks , named after the oak leaf in the SLOCOMB family coat of arms. A beautiful characteristic of this mausoleum is the detailed bronze door.

Ancestry.com recently released some more images of original military records. According to the website, the Ireland Casualties of World War I, 1914-1918 database "contains the book, Ireland’s Memorial Records - an 8 volume set compiled by The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial, originally published in 1923. These volumes provide information on over 49,000 Irish men and women who died in the Great War." More recent additions include an update to the Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 , as well as a new collection of approximately 1.2 million death records -- Paris & Vicinity, France, Death Notices, 1860-1902 . The latter "contains death extracts from the historic department of Seine, France from 1860-1902. The extracts were compiled from newspaper and other death notices by ARFIDO S.A., a French genealogical and heir research association. Information extracted includes name of deceased, their death date, and death place." You'll need to kno...

Embree Hoss Blackard Sr., D.D. 1900 - 1995 Riverside Cemetery Asheville, North Carolina When visiting Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina, I came across an emblem I had not seen before. It represented the United Methodist Clergy and was attached to the BLACKARD family stone. A bit of research revealed Mr. Embree Hoss Blackard had been a member of the clergy for 70 years, longer than anyone in the Western North Carolina Conference (at the time of his death in 1995). According to his obituary in the 6 August 1995 Charlotte Observer (North Carolina), Dr. Blackard was a native of Trenton, Tennessee, and a son of the late Reverend Doctor James W. Blackard and Louisa White Blackard. Information obtained from the Riverside Cemetery website states he was married to Margaret Griffith who died in 1975 and Frances Blair Blackard who died in June 1995. Also buried in the Blackard family lot is Margaret Griffith Blackard (1897-1975) and Embree Hoss Blackard, Jr., M.D. (19...

Ms. Amber Leigh left a comment yesterday on the most recent In Case You Missed It post, and I'm highlighting it here so hopefully more readers will see it. "...I'm writing from StoryCorps , America's largest nonprofit national oral history project. I thought you and your readers would be interested in listening to StoryCorps' latest story to broadcast on NPR this morning. Sam Reed, a mortician and the caretaker of Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery talks about how his interest in the funeral business started at a young age. You can take a listen here: http://www.storycorps.org/listen/stories/sam-reed . StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. Since 2003, tens of thousands of people from across the country have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share and is also archived for generations to com...

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I'm a little behind in posting this, but there's still time! Ancestry is providing free access to their "creepiest collections" of cemetery and gravestone data through November 5th. You may search them directly from this Halloween landing page. One of the featured collections is Selected U.S. Headstone Photos , containing "more than 74,000 headstones (some with multiple names) for individuals who died in the early 19th century through the present day." Other collections of southern graves included: · Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; · Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions; · Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions: Graniteville; · Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records; · Alabama Cemetery Records; · Barbour County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions; · Bullock Co., AL, Old Confederate Cemetery; · Cemetery Records of Choctaw County, Alabama; · Cemetery Records of Dale C...