Cemetery Stones

The Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery is filled with my relatives most of whom were Longs, Browns, Grahams, Reiters, Tyreys.  But, I did photographs some that weren't related (as far as I knew)

The stone above appears to say "Miller" but I don't know whose stone it was, but it was so different from most of them in the cemetery.

Isaac E.[Evans] Pounds 1842-1925 Martha M. [Trimble] 1856-1932  Their daughter Gertrude Pounds married my great uncle Clarence Long.

Mary Catherine Wilson Trimble is a distant cousin (her grandmother Mary Polly Graham Brown was my great-great-great grandmother).  She is the white haired lady standing behind the man with the white beard.  This photo is from the Jefferson County Association photo.

Mary Catherine Wilson Trimble or Tremble 1860-1935  She is pictured below in 1931 at a Family Reunion Photo in 1931---she is seated and dressed in black.

The Winers' stones look like pillows next to each other.  But, they are Mother and Son.

William Wade Winer March 22, 1876-1923

Our Mother Sophronia A. [Lee] Winer 1853-1906.  Sophronia is the daughter of Lewis Harrison Lee and Margaret Julia Graham.

I started researching this church because this is the resting place of my great-grandmother Mary Reiter Long, her parents Louis and Eliza Reiter and probably her grandmother Celecia Tyrey.  It is also the resting place of my Great-great grandparents Milton and Catherine Long.  I suspect in unmarked graves are also Mary Polly Graham and Henry Brown because their children and grandchildren fill many plots.  I also suspect Margaret McCarroll Graham is also here because about half the people in this cemetery are her descendants.  We know this church was formed in the 1820's, one of the first in Jefferson County, but at this time I don't have proof that those g-g-g grandparents and g-g-g-g grandmother are here, but I hope so.

Manion and McKay Grave Stones

In Memory of Paul E. Manion 1925-1945 Died at Sea, Attached U.S.S. P.C. 815.  According to this Wikipedia article, this ship collided with another ship in San Diego in 1945 and one person was lost at sea and presumed dead.  His name was not mentioned in the article, but I have to assume it was Paul E. Manion.  The ship, oddly enough, was at one time under the command of L.Ron Hubbard of Scientology fame. Paul's parents were Carrie Wilson (1856-1979 and William Clinton Manion (1869-1979).

He was not their only child to die young:  Ross D. 1908-1927  Ruth E. 1913-1937.  William Clinton Manion's first wife was Elizabeth Reiter whose stone can be seen here.

Valentine A. Manion (1838-1860) was the son of Susan Graham and John Samuel Manion.

Although this is clearly a Manion, but I am not sure who.

John F [Franklin] Manion Nov 10, 1864-May 13, 1925 and his wife Lucina McKee Sept 8, 1865-June 3, 1945  John F. Manion was the son of William G. Manion and Minerva McCulloch (Grandson of Susan Graham and John Samuel Manion).  Minerva's stone can be seen here.

Thomas J[Jefferson] Manion born June 18, 1831; died Feb. 9, 1908 was the husband of Mary [Ann Pounds] and also the son of Susan Graham and John Samuel Manion.  Although I am related to all of these Manions above (through Susan Graham), the McKays below were photographed because, I had read enough of the Bethlehem records to know they were the "movers and shakers" of the church.

Elizabeth G. [Wilson] McKay born Dec. 8, 1824 died Jan. 23, 1894 was the wife of John Michael McKay (1821-1891).

Rev. Robert W. McKay Feb. 7, 1903- Oct. 26, 1947  Berta Lee McKay Sept. 3, 1906-Nov. 8, 1998

Mary L McKay March 9, 1851-Nov. 2, 1937  Wm Robert McKay March 9, 1859-Nov. 2, 1938.  At this time, I don't know the maiden names of Mary and Berta Lee McKay.

Lees in Bethlehem Cemetery

 Isreal E. Lee born Dec. 28, 1843 Died Mar. 24, 1920 Matilda [Wilson] Lee born Mr. 19, 1855 Died Jan. 24, 1909  I'm sure his name was Israel Edward Lee.

 This is just a fragment, but I think this is a Lee born July 17, 1876; died April 14, 1887.

 John T. Lee 1843-1922 [John Thompson Lee] Frances Lee 1849-1932 [Margaret Frances McKay Lee]

J.Edward Lee [John Edward Lee] 1870-1897 Son of John Thompson Lee.

Gladys Lee Hart Castleberry Dec. 23, 1900-Oct. 15, 1990 [Granddaughter of John Thompson Lee; daughter of Charles Oliver Lee]

Mary E. [Johns] Lee 1877-1940 Charles O. [Oliver] Lee 1871-1938