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Cedar Grove Cemetery
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Cedar
Grove Cemetery is located in southern Suwannee County near
Branford and OBrien Florida. Follow Hwy 129 from Branford
toward Live Oak, Florida. County signs leading to the
Cemetery begin at the caution light as you come to OBrien
on Hwy 129. The cemetery is located deep in a wooded grove
and graves are in great need of attention though it appears
some work has recently been done on the cemetery. Some older
graves are found further back in the woods and will be
missed at first glance. Many dozens of graves are unmarked,
some have only funeral home grave placement markers, (FM),
and a great number of these are no longer readable. Some
concrete slabs have only scratched names and partial dates
that are often no longer discernable.
No reliable history of the cemetery is available to the
recorder at his time and will have to be added when
discovered. Grave placement and secondary information
suggest that the cemetery was originally connected with a
Primitive Baptist Church, perhaps of the same name, that no
longer exists. The older graves located in the woods and
several fenced in areas seem to contain graves of White
families and several Confederate Veterans while the larger
cleared area is Black. Rumor has it that many slaves were
buried here and graves were often marked with wood and
sticks though no evidence remains, as not much care seems to
have been used in clearing the larger area. Broken slabs are
seen along some of the cemetery borders.
When unmarked graves are near marked graves they are listed
as unmarked under the name of the near marked grave. FM is
meant to indicate a funeral marker. Revisions may be
necessary.
Contributed by Clayton & Susan Buchanan
suclay@alltel.net
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ALENN/GLENN (THE 1st LETTER NOT DISCERNABLE)
Dolly Alenn or Glenn (hand written on cement marker no
dates)
BARNETT
Robert Horace 11/30/1885 10/29/1886
BARROW
Elizabeth Boyd bn. in Lowdes, Ga. Abt. 1843; wife of J J
Barrow; mother of Julia Barnes
John James 1840 1899. Company H; 8th Regiment Florida
Infantry; CSA
BASS
Claude A. 2/6/1881 1/18/1910
BOLES
Josie 2/1/1901 11/17/1980
BOYD
Macon 12/24/1841 - 1/9/1910. 10th Florida Infantry; CSA.
(Listed as Boyd Macon on CSA marker)
Emmaline 1850 1901
BRADLEY
Mrs. Mayola 9/1/1992 2/3/1948
Next grave to left unmarked (mother)
BROWN
Ottic 12/3/1895 6/28/1982
BRYAN
Lee 4/30/1935 9/14/1963
BUDDY
Mr. George 10/??/??
(2) Graves to right unmarked
CADNE?CLARK
Addie 9/23/1918 11/6/1991
COWART
Rev. William H. 1/9/1841 12/15/1922 Company D Corp;
Florida Infantry; CSA
Martha 3/5/1845 5/17/1917
DAVIS
Narissus G Davis; wife of J.W. Davis; 1860 7/15/1884;
24yrs
T. J. 2/11/1863 6/24/1891
Ponelopy 7/29/1836 12/3/1873
Mandren 2/12/1857 12/3/1873
James A. 1814 1815
Anna 1885 1887
Frances 1888 1889
Elizabeth Hall 1849 1926
Lewis Baxton 1853 -1922
Infant grave unreadable
To left another grave, probably Davis infant; no marker In
memory of Infant daughter of L. C. Davis and Wife; 9/21/1912
DORTCH
Charlie 12/15/1930 3/29/1999
DUNHAM
Joseph 1/12/1815 11/15/1887
EDWARDS
Thomas J.;( No dates); Company E; Florida Infantry; CSA
Grave to the left is marked F. E. (probably Edwards)
Clarence E. 12/18/1871 4/2/1884
William H. 10/27/1834 2/7/1872; 37 yrs
Sara 6/14/1814 2/7/1872; 58yrs
EVANS
Idella 11/4/1903 11/19/1944
John 5/28/1890 (only date given)
FENNEL
Rev. J. J. 12/6/1891 1/21/1981
Mrs. Mamie 1898 6/1940
GIBSON
Ruth Mae 7/20/1932 7/27/1991
Willie 2/22/1930 7/23/2000
GLENN/ALENN
Dolly Glenn or Alenn (no dates), scribbled on gravestone in
woods
GROFF
Elizabeth A. 5/5/1848 4/2/1927; wife of C. H. Groff
Charles H. 12/13/1847 10/10/1886
HAINES
Shelton 7/27/1908 5/27/1985
HALL
Harriet Sears 1853 1925
James Milledge 1851 1941
Two graves to the left unmarked
Cleveland (no dates) son of Milledge & Harriet
Olin (no dates) son of Milledge & Harriet
Kedron (no dates) son of Milledge & Harriet
Walter (no dates) son of Milledge & Harriet
Ruby (no dates) daughter of Milledge & Harriet
Rose (no dates) daughter of Milledge & Harriet
James Milledge Hezekiah b. 1815 in SC; Son of Jacob & Mary
Hall
Sarah Ann Elizabeth b. 1820 in Ga; daughter of Malcolm &
Sarah McClelland
Notes: there is a new monument set to James & Sarah Hall
naming their birth and parents as listed along with a
marriage date 2/14/1836; settled in Fl., in 1861. There are
several other head and foot markers of one brick each to
either side that may indicate graves, (parents of one or
both or their original resting places).
HARRIS
Donald 9/24/1950 8/16/1988
Grave above unmarked
HAYNES
Lula J. 1906 4/192?
Lula 1877 1930
S. H. (unreadable)
Gladys J. 11/15/1917 4/7/1981
HENRY
Will 1/23/1960 (only date) PFC; US Army; WWI
HOLLAND
Annie 12/6/1903 10/17/1949
Grave above unmarked
JACKSON
Brenda 12/28/1954 12/31/1997
Albert 2/18/1933 1/26/2000; US Army; Korea
Mary 11/12/1937 1/28/2002
JEFFERY
Stephen 8/5/1892 4/22/1947;US Field Artillery; WWI
KENNEDY
Phill R. 8/4/1904 9/20/1959
Grave to left no marker
Ollie 7/16/1905 8/14/1993
Grave below FM only; unreadable
Nathaniel 1/25/1928 7/7/2000
Mamie 10/2/1904 12/3/1987
(Unreadable name) 9/12/1900 4/6/1954
LAWRENCE
Blanch 1902 3/31/1974
Several Graves below unmarked
LEE
Bryan J. 1/23/1871 5/1/1913
Elether 10/7/1894 3/6/1919; daughter of B. J. & Mattie Lee
Mattie 8/29/1868 6/12/1947
Cora V. 7/24/1887 4/10/1970
James Marion 1877 1962
Kizzie M. 2/1/1878 12/4/1916; wife of J. M. Lee
Ola 10/??/?? (Unreadable)
Mary Lela 7/25/1900 7/7/1987
Delma Leona 7/28/1922 2/26/1993
To the right a broken stone; at foot marked A. L.
Herman 10/25/1928 3/20/1929; infant son of O. L. & Violet
Lee
MULLEN
Mrs. Ella 1870 1951
Bro. Roben died 2/1953
NELSON
Daquan Lenard 10/2/1999 11/7/1999
ODONIEL
Infant son of J. W. & M. A. ODoniel 7/22/1892 7/27/1892
PURDY
Richard 8/29/1915 1/18/1998
Grave to left marker broken
Fannie 9/8/1884 9/5/1992 (almost 108 according to marker)
(3) Graves to left no marker or broken
ROBERTS
Willie 2/15/1897 2/23/1964; PVT, Quarter Master Corp; WWI
Mary 9/13/1877 (only marked date)
Bennie 8/16/1893, (83) 1/29/1975
J. L. 1884 8/1938
Frank 6/10/1877 (only marked date)
ROBINSON
Willie 3/15/1902 8/16/1957; 57 yrs
Ms. Regy 1883 12/3/1967; 84yrs
Charlie 1868 1974; (grave shows 106 yrs)
RYAN
Verline Estella 9/8/1951 5/20/1995
Charlie James 11/16/1927 12/24/1991; US Army, WWII
Mae C. 11/23/1906 2/17/1975
Grave to left no marker
SHELMAN
Ms. Minnie 1890/1 2/9/1964; 73 yrs
Grave to left unmarked
SMITH
Rebecca E. 11/17/186? /9 7/7/1939; wife of James C. Smith
THOMAS
W. M. 10/1/1872 1/12/1957
Vester 5/20/1919 2/20/1991; US Army, WWII
Otis J. 2/28/1913 1/13/1988
WEED
Rodie d. 1967 (nothing else readable)
Grave to left unmarked
WIGGINS
Bryson 6/4/1917 11/14/1999
Claudis J. 2/6/1915 7/20/1982
Frances 10/16/1921 4/14/1950
Kattie Mac 10/12/1916 7/8/1988
William 1/17/1881 11/22/1953
WILLIAMS
Mamie Wilson 12/8/1882 3/28/1984
Grave to left no marker
Simon 10/6/1910 8/14/1982
Della M. 10/12/1926 10/15/1987
Noah Bernice 8/8/1935 12/26/1985
WILSON
Julia A. 1863 1928; mother
Grave to left unmarked
Simon P. 2/15/1860/68 11/15/1937
E. A. d 10/26/1918
Ralph 9/2? /19(11)/? 6/13/19(21)/?
To the right one unmarked looks like Wilson
Same area large slab w/ (4) small blank Markers
James 1/15/1862 2/1/1947
VARN
Bertha E. 11/28/1873 9/21/1919
Infant son of W. W. & Bertha E Varn 10/28/1896 10/29/1896
Note: dozens of unmarked and unrecognizable graves, some
with unreadable FMs are not listed here. |
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