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| I rejoined Ms.43 and continued north looking for another distributary into the unknown between it and MS 13 and US 11. |
| The new "Ole Stewart Cemetery" sign caught my eye and I was ready for a cemetery visit. The operative word here is "visit". From the signs location I looked back across the road and caught the flowering pear tree and the top of the old barn. |
| USGenWeb says this cemetery was not accessible. Now it is. There has been some activity there and rightfully so. |
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"This old cemetery was on the George Washington Stewart property.
Burial dates range from 1864 to 1936. Many of the stones are missing or badly damaged". Below is a list from the Gen Web location. Graves I've pictured will be in Yellow Writing. Below, most of the information is the GenWeb site. Row 1 - Near Gate Elizabeth Stuart 8 Feb 1885 17 Apr 1908 wife of U. Walker "Safely anchored in the harbor of eternal rest" James Calvin Died Jul 31, 1903 son of U.E. & M.L. Stuart Aged 20 y 5 mo 23 days Unidentified Large Mound with stob markers - appears to be double graves Two stobs and a brick (baby grave) - Unidentified Two broken raised slabs: Elizabeth Stewart was born Dec. 1, 1826 Died July 5, 1864 Next to her, broken up: George W. Stewart dates illegible Row 2 Unmarked grave Metal marker broken in half (Mr. Argie Stewart said this is the grave of Hiram Stewart, father of George Washington Stewart. Marker destroyed by a woods fire many years ago) Row 3 High marble marker: Missouri Stewart 14 Sep 1851 2 Dec 1932 "She fought a good fight She finished her course She kept the faith" Thomas Stewart 22 Jan 1854 13 Oct 1922 "A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our house Which never can be filled" Row 4 Sarah Ann 22 Jan 1836 12 Jan 1909 wife of Hampton S. Stewart "Lord she was thine and not my own Thou hast done me no wrong" Monroe 22 Aug 1893 19 Jan 1911 Son of Thos. & M.J. In Memory of Wilmon C. 30 May 1880 30 May 1881 Son of Thomas & Missouri Stewart In Memory of Manerva C. 14 Sep 1871 6 Sep 1875 daughter of Thomas & Missouri Row 5 Children of P.J. & E.J. Harvey: Thomas H. 22 Feb 1872 6 Jul 1872 Mary A. M. 24 Oct 1873 1 Oct 1875 In Memory of James E. Born 7 Jan 1859 age 8 months son of E.P. & Nancy Stewart In Memory of Mary E. Born 1 Jan 1860 age 3 months dau. of E.P. & Nancy Stewart A stob and two rocks (child's grave) Row 6 Two rocks (markers) with broken headstone between HIR Died __ years aged __ years "May the Resurrection find thee On the Bosom of Thy God" Row 7 Hiram Stewart Died 11 Jan 1899? Age 90 years "Honored, beloved, and wept, Here Mother Lies" Three round stones (to the left of above grave) First one is a child's grave Row 8 Mattie E. 27 Jan 1904 5 May 1907 daughter of H.H. & C.I. Stewart "Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven" Infant dau. of 12 Dec 1901 12 Dec 1901 T.C. & C.E. Burge Several spaces A native stone and stob (adult grave) Row 9 In Memory of Monroe J. 25 Mar 1890 21 May 1900 Son of J.M. & M.S. Newman "Gone But Not Forgotten" In Memory of Daniel W. 16 Apr 1902 30 Jun 1902 Son of J.M. & M.S. Newman "Asleep in Jesus" Row 10 R. L. Bourn 1890 1915 Family plot with raised concrete border: Stob "Come Ye Blessed" with open gates Mary Jane 22 Nov 1847 3 Jun 1923 Wife of W. C. Stewart "Her Many Virtues Form the Noblest Monument to her Memory" "Come Ye Blessed" with open gates and a star in the center W. C. Stewart 1 Nov 1844 14 Aug 1907 "His Many Virtues Form the Noblest Monument to his Memory" Stob Row 11 Stob (baby grave) Stob and brick (adult grave) Two new looking markers: George W. Chadwick 1830 1893 Winnie V. Chadwick 1845 1936 Just past Winnie: Empty Metal Marker - very rusted and a stob Two new looking markers: Sherma Claire Boone 20 Jan 1896 24 Jan 1896 Georgia Ann Boone |
| From the MS Gen Web Site "Location: Off Highway 43 North between Highway 26 and Columbia, MS, in the woods across from Mr. Argie Stewart's house. In 1996 there was no driveable road to cemetery". |
| Missouri Stewart |
| Baby: James E. Stewart |
| Baby: Mary E. Stewart |
| Manerva Stewart, almost 4 years old. Missouri's and Thomas's daughter. |
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