Bowling Green Cemetery
SEC. 1 T2N R2W
Decimal Degrees N 31.07775 W -91.268217
GPS N 31:04.665 W 91:16.093
Bowling Green Road off Woodville/Jackson, LA Road
Cemetery photographed by:
Linda Gene and Howard Lee Carter
-- November 11, 2004 & March 20, 2007 --
Edited by: W. Dave Anderson
GEORGE J. ADAMS
BORN IN EDGEFIELD S.C.
JULY 28, 1862
DIED IN NEW ORLEANS LA
OCT. 17, 1902
ADAMS
IN MEMORY OF
MARY BRAME
who fell asleep in certain
hope of a blessed recursion
Jan. 25th, 1860
aged 70 years
A Christian whose pure and
useful life was
love to God and filled with
good work.
IN MEMORY
OF
BEVERLY SCOTT
____
BORN DEC 19, 1847
DIED 0CT. 11, 1848
________
SON OF
JOHN W. & SARAH M.
BURRUSS
________
In christian hope
C. A. BURRUSS
Died
Feb. 14th 1834
AEt. 26 years
____
EDWARD McGEHEE BURRUSS
SON OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
AND
SARAH H. McGEHEE
BORN SEPTEMBER 12TH 1842.
DIED APRIL 2ND 1876
IN MEMORY
OF
ELIZABETH BRAME
WIFE OF
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS:
Born Sep. 3rd 1785
Died Mar. 29th 1929
____
OUR
FATHER
IN MEMORIAM
JOHN W. BURRUSS,
SON OF
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS,
AND
ELIZABETH BRAME,
BORN IN
CAROLINE COUNTY VIRGINIA,
OCTOBER 7, 1814.
A MAN OF STRONG MENTAL GRASP.
WHOLLY CULTIVATED WHOLLY REDEEMED.
A SERVANT OF CHRIST.
A SON OF GOD.
A LIGHT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD.
A TREASURE OF SYMPATHY TO HIS FRIENDS.
WITH THE WISDOM OF AGE
ENJOYING THE SENSIBILITY OF YOUTH,
AND GLORIFYING GOD BY DISPLAYING
IN HIS DAILY LIFE
THE TRIPLE NOBILITY
OF
NATURE, CULTURE & FAITH.
THUS LIVED THE MAN.
THEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE,
SHALL APPEAR,
THEN SHALL HE ALSO APPEAR WITH
HIM IN GLORY
COLOSS, 111.3.4
THUS DIED
THE SAINT.
OCTOBER 5 TH, 1866.
TO US, HIS CHILDREN, HE IS NOT DEAD, BUT EVER LIVES,
TO
WARN, TO ENCOURACE, TO INSTRUCT.
“THEN SHLL WE ALSO KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW
ON TO KNOW THE LORD.”
FOR
“WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT,
BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.”
PSALMS XXX.5.
JOHN W. BURRUSS, JR.
SON OF
SARAH McGEHEE,
AND
JOHN W. BURRUSS
BORN JUNE 9, 1844.
DIED JUNE 29, 1845.
____
“THE FLOWER FADETH,
AND WE ALL DO FADE AS A LEAF”
LOUISE E. LANDON
DAUGHTER OF
REV D. S. LANDON
OF GLEN’S FALLS
NEW YORK
1826
L. E. L.
WIFE OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
DIED 19TH SEPT.
1862
AS DAUGHTER AND SISTER
AS WIFE AND MOTHER
SHE MAKE HOME
HAPPY
MARY EUGENIA BURRUSS
DAUGHTER OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
AND
SARAH H. McGEHEE
BORN JULY 30, 1851
DIED JULY 25, 1885
SARAH HOUSTON McGEHEE
DAUGHTER
OF EDWARD McGEHEE
AND MARGT. L. COSBY
She never gave her Parents one regret
But when she died.
She that He loved so long & sees no more,
Loved & still loves _ not dead but gone before
THE WIFE
MARRIED
JAN, 4TH 1838
SARAH McGEHEE BURRUSS
WIFE OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
___
A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, to command.
The Reason firm, the temperaie Will.
Endurance foresight, strength & skill
And yet a Spirit, still & bright
With something of an angel light.
THE DAUGHTER
BORN
JAN. 25TH 1816
THE CHRISTIAN
DIED
MARCH 2ND 1855
E. B. CORLEY
March 1831
A Virginia Gentleman
an humble
Christian
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CURRY
HUGH B.
1872 --- 1939
ELVIRA BISLAND
1874 – 1935
SADIE
SARAH L. DOWLING
JUNE 19, 1839
FEB. 15, 1905
ELIZABETH P. HENDERSON
SEPT. 19, 1849
JULY 19, 1896
HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
IDA RICHARDSON
HOOD
OCT. 19, 1876
MARCH 24, 1961
LEONARD B. WATT, JR.
AUG. 4, 1913
NOV. 13, 1993
JOHN BURRUSS
KENNARD,
INFANT SON OF
JOHN H. KENNARD,
AND ANNE M G. BURRUSS
BORN
JUNE 12TH 1861
DIED
AUGUST 20TH 1861
ALBERT
LUCIANELLI
NEW YORK
F3
US NAVY
WORLD WAR I
SEPTEMBER 24 1896
MAY 24 1972
SUSIE McGEHEE
LUCIANELLI
SEPT. 17, 1912
JAN. 20,. 1982
LULA MASSEY MAGRUDER
OCT. 31, 1884
OCT. 22, 1970
A. G. McG.
A. M. McGEHEE
MAY 25, 1847
SEPT. 20, 1916
A. M. McGEHEE, JR.
SON OF
A. M. McGEHEE
AND
K.S. TOWLES
BORN
July 13, 1872
DIED
Oct. 1 1898
ABNER EDWARD
Infant son of
Edward & Mary B. McGehee
Born June 14th
Died Nov 12th 1848
In memory of
ABRAM McGEHEE
son of Micajah McGehee,
& Ann Scott,
born in Oglethorpe Co.
Georgia, Jan. 1st 1791,
died July 25th 1859
ANN CARTER
WIFE OF
E. J. McGEHEE
BORN
Jan. 26, 1825
DIED
Jan. 28, 1879
McGEHEE
ANN G. McNAIR
WIFE OF
C. G. McGEHEE
BORN DEC. 19TH 1880,
DIED JAN. 12TH 1884
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER
LIVETH.”
ANNA OVERTON WEBB
WIFE OF
E. L. McGEHEE
APRIL 10, 1850
JAN. 10, 1913
“HER NATURE WAS LOVE
HER CHILDREN RAISE UP
AND CALL HER BLESSED”
AUGUSTA EUGENIA McGEHEE
DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD McGEHEE,
AND
MARY BURRUSS
BORN
OCTOBER 17TH 1854
DIED
DECEMBER 16TH 1882
GENIE
A SLEEP IN JESUS BLESSED SLEEP
CAROLINE E. McGEHEE,
BORN AUG. 12TH 1877,
DIED AUG, 18TH 1877
CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
DECEMBER – 24 – 1867
CAROLINE E. McGEHEE
BORN
OCTOBER 20TH 1864
DIED
AUGUST 10TH 1883
CATHERINE ELIZA
SEPT. 26, 1839
APR. 29, 1918
WIFE OF
JOHN BURRUSS McGEHEE
DAUGHTER OF
JAMES A. STEWART
AND
JULIANA RANDOLPH
CHARLES G. McGEHEE
MAY 6, 1876 – JUNE 22, 1943
CHARLES G. McGEHEE DDS
JUNE 7, 1884
AUG. 30, 1942
I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I FINISHED
MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
CHARLES C.
SON OF
CHARLES G. & STELLA F.
McGEHEE.
BORN AUG. 30TH 1855
DIED SEPT. 4TH 1866
OUR DEAR CHARLIE
BOY
LOVELY FAULTLESS
CHILD GOD TOOK HIM
“IT IS WELL.”
2 KINGS 4 CHAPT. 26 VERSE
CHARLES GOODRICH
McGEHEE
BORN
SEPT. 23, 1823
DIED
SEPT. 30, 1903
EDWARD J. McGEHEE
BORN
January 29th , 1820
DIED
June 23d, 1860
EDWARD J. MCGEHEE
CO. D
21 MISS. INF.
C. S. A.
EDWARD L.
McGEHEE
APR. 4, 1852
AUG. 13, 1919
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THE STEPS OF A GOOD
MAN ARE ORDERED BY
THE LORD, AND HE
DELIGHTETH IN HIS WAY
PSALMS 37.23.
EDWARD L. McGEHEE M. D.
MACH 5, 1879
JANUARY 30, 1937
I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT FACE TO FACE
WHEN I HAVE CROSSED THE BAR
EDWARD McGEHEE
SON OF
MICAJAH McGEHEE
AND ANN SCOTT
BORN IN OCLETHORPE COUNTY,
GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 8, 1786.
DIED OCTOBER 1, 1880.
A RESIDENT OF WILKINSON COUNTY
72 YEARS
ELIZABETH B. McNAIR
WIFE OF
GEORGE T. McGEHEE
BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1836
MARRIED AUGUST 11, 1874
DIED FEBRUARY 21, 1892
LILY
MY WIFE
FRANCIS PEYTON
McGEHEE
APR. 11, 1907 – AUG. 3, 1970
IN
Memory of
FRANCIS WILLIAM
son of
EDWARD McGEHEE
& MARY BURRUSS,
Born April 16, 1831,
Died Oct. 1, 1843
____
IN MEMORIAM
GEORGE THOMAS
McGEHEE
BONR
SEPT. 25, 1833
DIED
FEB. 5, 1906
HARRIET ANN RICHARDS
Daughter of
Charles W. Goodrich, &
Ann Prentiss
Wife of Edward McGehee
born Dec. 8, 1802.
Married Dec. 9, 1823.
died Oct. 20, 1827.
THIS MEMORIAL TABLET IS ERECTED HER, BY HER
HUSBAND, TO COMMEMORATE HER PURE & LOVELY LIFE &
HER CHRISTIAN DEATH: WHILE HER SLEEPING DUST RESTS
IN THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND OF ABNER McGEHEE
NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA, THERE TO AWAIT THE
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST.
BY HER SIDE LIES HER INFANT DAGHTER
HARRIET, AGED ELEVEN MONTHS
HARRIET JUDITH
Daughter of
James H. & Judith E. McGehee
DIED
April 10, 1846,
aged 7 mos. & 3 days
IN MEMORY
OF
HARRIET LUCINDA
DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD & MARY B. McGEHEE.
DORN DEC. 11TH 1844.
DIED SEPT. 17TH 1851.
OUR HADDY
BLESSED & BELOVED
MOTHER
MARGARET PERCY
McGEHEE
BORN FEB. 20, 1848
DIED NOV. 1, 1928
FATHER
HARRY TRUMBULL
McGEHEE
BORN JAN. 11, 1845
DIED JAN. 14, 1924
McGEHEE
JAMES H.
Son of
ABRAHAM & HARRIET A. McGEHEE
DIED
March 4, 1846
age 26 years & 8 mos.
JAMES STEWART McGEHEE
MAR. 9, 1860 – SEPT. 15, 1945
JOHN BURRUSS McGEHEE
JAN 22, 1836 – FEB. 11, 1913
MARRIED
CATHERINE E. STEWART
JUNE 9, 1859, HAD SON
JAMES STEWART McGEHEE
MARCH 9, 1860
SON OF EDWARD McGEHEE
1786 – 1880
AND MARY HINES BURRUSS
THE FATHER OF LESPEDEZA INDUSTRY
EARLY INSISTENT AND LIBERAL,
ADVOCATE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY.
A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
JOHN WEBB McGEHEE, M. D.
NOVEMBER 14, 1875
MARCH 8, 1838
None knew thee but to love thee
None named thee but to praise
K. T. McG
KATE TOWLES
WIFE OF
A. M. McGEHEE
BORN
June 30, 1845,
DIED
May 6, 1894.
McGEHEE
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
MEMORIAL
LUCIUS DE YAMPERT
McGEHEE M. D.
1881—1935
MARY CORNELLIA
McGEHEE
OCT. 31, 1868
JULY 9, 1948
MOTHER
MARY H. BURRUSS
WIFE OF
EDWARD McGEHEE,
DAUGHTER OF
REV JOHN C. BURRUSS,
& ELIZABETH BRAME.
BORN IN CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
MARCH 21ST 1812
MARRIED
FEBRUARY 14TH 1829
DIED OCT 30TH 1873
MARY M. McGEHEE
AUG. 6, 1879 – DEC. 31, 1973
MARY MAGRUDER McGEHEE
JUNE 21, 1918 – FEB. 6, 2004
MARY
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
A. M. McGEHEE AND
KATE TOWLES
BORN JULY 24, 1888
DIED NOV. 9, 1908
MICAJAH
SON OF
EDWARD McGEHEE &
HARRIET A GOODRICH
BRON MAY 22, 1826
DIED AUGUST 21, 1880
ONE OF THE TWENTY TWO
SURVIVORS OF FREMONTS
EXPEDITION OVER THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS IN 1848
A CITIZEN OF CALIFORNIA
FROM 1849 TO 1872
Peggy Louisa
Wife of
EDWARD McGEHEE,
died 29, Jan. 1821
in the 33d year
of her age.
___
ALSO
James Jack,
their Son,
died 10th Oct. 1811,
aged 10 days.
___
And their Son,
James Hayes,
died 2nd May, 1819,
aged 13 months
and 16 days.
Their remains lie interred at their former
residence, ten miles east of this place.
This slab is erected here as a memorial
by her Husband, March 1859.
McGEHEE
PERCY CARTER
APRIL 20, 1885
NOV. 15, 1961
ORPHEA COLLENS
MARCH 10, 1886
FEB. 1, 1974
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT MICAJAH
McGEHEE
DECEMBER 14, 1858
APRIL 7, 1906
AND
SELAN HENDERSON
McGEHEE
MAY 15, 1847
AUG. 23, 1931
WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST
NOT NOW BUT THOU SHALL
KNOW HEREAFTER
STELLA F. McNAIR
WIFE OF CHARLES G. McGEHEE
DIED
December 9th, 1858
Aged 32 years.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spririt that
they may rest from their labours and their
works do follow them. Rev. S!V, 13, V.
THOMAS P.
McGEHEE
JUNE 8, 1920
AUG. 18, 1925
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Our only child
In memory of
WILLBUR FISK McGEHEE,
son of
Edward McGehee,
& Mary Burruss
born Sept. 25th 1839,
died Aug 1st 1859.
I shall be satisfied when I awake
With that likeness. Psalm XVII.15
WILLIAM BURRUSS
SON OF
EDWARD AND
MARY McGEHEE
DIED MAY 11TH 1830,
AGED 6 MONTHS.
GEORGE F. OSTEN
NOV. 3, 1911
APR. 18, 1978
JANE C. OSTEN
FEB. 14, 1915
APR. 24, 1992
ANNA GOODRICH McGEHEE
wife of
JOHN A. REDHEAD, JR.
FEB. 8, 1884
FEB. 11, 1951
JOHN A. REDHEAD, JR.
AUG. 21, 1882
MARCH 17, 1958
LEONORA CURRY
REDHEAD
DEC. 13, 1904
SEPT. 3, 1993
ROBERT McGEHEE
REDHEAD
JAN. 4, 1908
JAN. 15, 1973
ElIZABETH P. McGEHEE
Wife of
MASON SNOWDEN
July 28, 1877
Dec. 15, 1898
IN MEMORY OF
MARY L. McGEHEE
WIFE OF
S. H. SNOWDEN
WHO DIED SEPT. 3, 1883
_____
HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD & MARY B. McGEHEE
BORN SEPT. 30TH 1841
MASON SNOWDEN
AUG. 29, 1873
MAR. 22, 1917
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
ROBERT McG. SNOWDEN
Dec. 8, 1898
Feb. 7, 1899
IN MEMORY OF
S. H. SNOWDEN,
SON OF E. HAZARD SNOWDEN,
& ELIZABETH SMITH,
BORN MARCH 12TH 1836
DIED MARCH 9TH 1888
SAML. McG. SNOWDEN
March 27, 1897
July 31, 1898
WILBUR McGEHEE
SNOWDEN,
BORN
SEPT. 21, 1868
DIED
AUG. 17, 1877
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LILLIE WILLIE
MOTHER
CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
WIFE OF
DUNCAN STEWART
JANUARY – 6 – 1838
AUGUST – 31 – 1920
DUNCAN STEWART
SON OF
J. A. STEWART
AND
JULIANA RANDOLPH
BORN OCT. 7, 1836
DIED NOV. 21, 1905
GEORGE McGEHEE
STEWART M.D.
DEC. 12, 1862 – DEC. 27, 1938
HELEN JULIA WHITE
WIFE OF
GEORGE McGEHEE STEWART
OCT. 12, 1882 – NOV. 27 1936
HENRY MARTIN
STEWART
BORN SEPT. 25, 1872
ENTERED INTO REST
APR. 15, 1938
IDA RANDOLPH STEWART
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART
AND
CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
AUG – 31 – 1870
DEC – 9 – 1925
KATE BURRUSS
STEWART,
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART,
AND
CAROLINE E. McGEHEE,
BORN AUG. 12TH 1877,
DIED AUG, 18TH 1877
LOUISE FLORENCE STEWART
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART
AND
CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
DECEMBER – 24 – 1867
MARY BURRUSS STEWART
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART,
AND
CAROLINE E. McGEHEE
BORN
OCTOBER 20TH 1864
DIED
AUGUST 10TH 1883
PRENTISS GRAVES
STRICKER
JAN. 13, 1889
DEC. 27, 1967
ROWENA McGEHEE
STRICKER
AUG. 28, 1877
JAN. 20, 1956
AN UNKNOWN
TWO UNKNOWNS
THREE UNKNOWNS
UNKNOWN
BLANK MARKER
CYNTIHA
ANN McGEHEE
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Thou art gone to the grave
but we will not deplore
Though sorrow and
Born
May 11, 1812
___
Thou art gone to the grave
we no longer behold thee;
Nor tread the rough paths
of the world by thy side’
But the wide arms of mercy
are spread to enfold thee,
And sinners my die,
for the SLNLESS has died
___
Married
JOHN S. WALTON
November 27, 1833
___
Died
October 23, 1834
____
Thou are gone to the grave
but
SACRED
to the memory of
ROSALIE HALL
daughter of
JOSEPH G.
& ARMINTA P.
WALTON
who died Oct. 15, 1837
age 2 months & 4 days
___
This lovely flower so young and fair
Called hence by early doom,
Just came to show how sweet a flower,
In Paradise would bloom.
LEONARD B. WATT, JR.
AUG. 4, 1913
NOV. 13, 1993
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