Edgewood Cemetery (Greer City Cemetery)

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<big>'''[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2135478/edgewood-cemetery Edgewood Cemetery]''' </big>is located at Jason and Cannon Streets in downtown Greer, S.C. It is behind the Episcopal church and beside Greer City Park. Edgewood is listed as "Greer City Cemetery" in [https://goo.gl/maps/zB2eVdLUwgTdMd6U8 Google Maps].

''Edgewood Cemetery is a very important historical resource. It was Greer's first cemetery, and contains Greer's first burial. Many of the first founding residents of the city are here. The cemetery is also the resting place for some of Greer's most dramatic stories — including at least three murders, one of which is the only policeman killed in the line of duty in Greer. As a result, this is an important cemetery to study.''

The hyperlinks in this document will take you to the Find-a-Grave website for Edgewood Cemetery. There you will find pictures of gravestones, census records, death certificates, marriage licenses, obituaries, last will & testaments, draft cards, news articles and more. You can also learn more about the family members, as many are linked to parents, spouses, siblings, and children.

=='''SECTION A'''==

==== '''A-1 – ''David Cannon, owner''''' ====

===== '''Markers in A-1''' =====

{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14167259/david-cannon David Cannon]'''
|Jan 5, 1823
|July 14, 1916
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14167325/pertima-angeline-cannon Pertima Angeline ''Dill'' Cannon]'''
|April 20, 1830
|Feb 20, 1915
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14167353/louis-h-cannon Louis H. Cannon]'''
|April 12, 1872
|April 13, 1928
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14167381/harriet-glenn Harriet "Hattie" Cannon Glenn]'''
|Aug 1, 1863
|Feb 19, 1950
|
|}

*'''David Cannon''' was the oldest child of Larkin & Mary ''Mostella'' Cannon and was born by the Mostella Mills. Pertima Dill was the daughter of George & Prudence ''Loftis'' Dill. David is listed in the 1880 census as a farmer by trade. In 1875, David and Pertima moved to Greer and were one of the about 15 original founding families. David purchased large amounts of land in and around Greer. He donated the land for this cemetery and the church beside it — at the time, a Baptist church. That church, which became First Baptist Church of Greer, outgrew this small location and moved to Emma Street (now Poinsett). The Cannon family continued to be influential members of the community from that first day to the present. The Cannons were the parents of 5 children: Mary Mathursa (Dill), Jason, Harriet (Glenn), Ida (Ballenger), and Louis. Three of the six Cannon children are buried in Edgewood: Hattie (Glenn) and Louis are buried in this plot, while Elizabeth (Westmoreland) is buried in the family plot with her husband (Plot B-4). Edgewood Cemetery is located on Jason Street off Cannon Street.
*'''"Hattie" Glenn:''' Miss Hattie married Manning Oscar Glenn on December 26, 1929. She was his second wife, while he her first husband at age 66. Manning was a carpenter. They lived at the Cannon Home on Hill Street. He preceded her in death, and she was living at 102 Cannon Street when she passed. He is buried by his first wife. Neither Louis, who was a bachelor, nor Hattie had children. Louis worked as a cotton buyer in Macon, Georgia, and his brother Jason lived in Atlanta, Georgia.

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===='''A-2 – ''William Pinkney Taylor, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-2'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463194/william-pinckney-taylor William P. Taylor]'''
|Aug 6, 1845
|Dec 4, 1881
|''Amiable and beloved husband farewell. Thy years were few but thy virtues many. They are recorded not on this perishing stone but on the book of life and in the hearts of thy afflicted.''
|}

*'''William Pinckney Taylor''' William Taylor was the son of George Washington and Nancy Green ''Cunningham'' Taylor, the husband of Alice Clemma ''Turner'' Taylor (m. 1875), and the father of Esten Calhoun and James William. His uncle, Alfred Taylor, was the founder of Taylor's Station, the train that changed the Chick Springs area and began the town of Taylors. William Taylor, along with David Cannon, was a founding subscriber for the Baptist church that was first located where the Episcopalian Church now sits. William sawed the lumber of the first building, which blew down 3 months after building, and he was critical in funding the rebuild. According to the 1880 census, Taylor was a farmer. He was also a successful businessman in partnership with Isaac Lewis Green (plot A-4) in “Green and Taylor, Manufacturers of Yarn and Shirting and Dealers in General Merchandise.” Taylor died a tragic unexpected early death, leaving a young wife, Alice, and two young children. A lovely tribute was given by Dr. Furman after his death, as recorded in the book 'A Strong Tower'. (See ''Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center'', by Belcher and Hiatt, p 24; ''A Strong Tower: The Centennial History of the First Baptist Church of Greer, South Carolina 1880-1980'', by Joe Dew Kinard, p 18.)
*'''So what happened to Alice Taylor?''' Alice (b. 4/20/1857 d. 6/30/1941) was the daughter of Randolph (16992353) and Elinor ''Wingo'' (16992483) Turner. Alice was married at 18 and widowed at 24 with two children, Esten Calhoun (b. 9/30/1879) and James William (b. 11/5/1881 - 1 month before his father's death). Alice raised her boys as a single mom and did not remarry until decades later, sometime between 1910 and 1920 according to census records, to become Alice Foster, the second wife of Edwin Dodd Foster. Alice's death certificate records her burial as "at Greer", which first referred to Edgewood Cemetery, but could also be Mountain View or other nearby cemeteries. She lived 20 years longer than her second husband, so it's possible her sons had her buried by their father. Alice's second husband, Edwin, is buried in the same church cemetery as her parents. There is no known family plot in Mountain View. NOTE: John Thomas Taylor, owner of plot A-7, was likely a second cousin, but the connection isn't clear. William's middle name was Pinckney, and John Thomas' grandfather was Zion Pinckney. The Pinckney name is in both family lines and common in this area.

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===='''A-3 — ''William Alexander Cunningham, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-3''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463664/william-alexander-cunningham William A. Cunningham]'''
|1837
|1895
|Corp Co I SC Vols Hampton Legion Confederate States Army
|-
|'''Stonewall Chapter CSA UDC'''
|1861
|1885
|
|}

*'''William Alexander Cunningham''' is somewhat a mystery, partly due to the loss of 1890 census records and the lack of obituaries before 1900. William served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War and mustered April 9, 1865. I believe his parents were Asa Columbus (b. 1808) & Malinda ''Foster'' (b. 1811) Cunningham. In 1865, he married Carolina Elizabeth "Carrie" ''Pennington'' (b. 1837), daughter of William Jefferson (8498026) & Mary Ann ''Bruce'' (8498025) Pennington, and sister to Cunningham Pennington (Plot C-11). I have not located her grave. If this information is correct, William and Carrie's children up until 1880 were Lena, Thomas Earl, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (Shoaf), Emily C., and Annie L. (Hutto). He had passed before the 1900 census. I do not know his relationship to the other Cunninghams in Edgewood Cemetery.
*'''Stonewall Chapter CSA UDC:''' This is a marker only; it bears no name. CSA is the Confederate States of America; UDC is the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The Stonewall Plaque is no longer located in this plot; this is where it was recorded in a 2000 survey by the DAR.

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===='''A-4 – ''Isaac Lewis Greene, owner'''''====

====='''Markers in A-4''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10464373/isaac-lewis-greene Isaac Lewis Greene]'''
|Oct 31, 1835
|Apr 1, 1911
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10464405/mary-etta-greene Mary Etta Ballenger Greene]'''
|Mar 21, 1838
|Apr 24, 1924
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486816/r-lee-greene R. Lee Greene]'''
|Sept 15, 1867
|July 16, 1887
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10464419/anna-elizabeth-greene Anna Elizabeth Greene]'''
|Feb 22, 1860
|Mar 27, 1940
|
|}

====='''Above-ground Vault''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14007009/augustus-b-holtzclaw Augustus B. "Gus" Holtzclaw]'''
|1868
|1942
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14006980/corrie-holtzclaw Corrie Greene Holtzclaw]'''
|1872
|1942
|
|}

* Isaac Lewis Greene was the business partner of W. P. Taylor (plot A-2, above): “Green and Taylor, Manufacturers of Yarn and Shirting and Dealers in General Merchandise.”

* Isaac Lewis married Mary Etta ''Ballenger''. Their son, R. Lee, and daughter, Anna Elizabeth Greene, are buried in the above ground tomb with them. Their daughter, Corrie, is buried by her husband, Augustus "Gus" Holtzclaw, in the same plot. Miss Anna was a school teacher. She wrote ''"A Short Sketch of the Town of Greers, SC"'' in 1896 and published it in 1937, just a few years before her death. It is available at the Greenville County Library. Their daughter Emma ''Greene'' Moseley owns a nearby plot (A-9) where her husband, Alfred, and niece, Marie (daughter of her sister, Edna) are buried. According to her death certificate, she is also buried in Edgewood Cemetery, though there is no gravestone.

* Both Holtzclaw and Greene family members can be found in the Greene Family Cemetery in Greer. Lewis and Mary's second child, Lula, is buried there (b. 5/26/1865 d. 6/1/1867).

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===='''A-5 – ''Alfred Franklin "Frank" Burgiss, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-4'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463248/alfred-franklin-burgiss Alfred Franklin "Frank" Burgiss]'''
|'''Oct 4, 1857'''
|'''Sept 10, 1911'''
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463230/minnie-burgiss Minnie Cunningham Burgiss]'''
| '''June 13, 1868'''
|'''Oct 10, 1954'''
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463271/n-f-burgiss N. F., Son of A. F. & M. C. Burgiss]'''
|'''Sept 3, 1889'''
|'''Dec 1, 1891'''
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486804/infant-burgiss Infant Dau of A. F. & M. C. Burgiss]'''
|'''Nov 22, 1891'''
|'''Dec 1, 1891'''
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463297/minnie-earle-burgiss Minnie Earle, Dau of A. F. & M. C. Burgiss]'''
|'''Oct 3, 1900'''
|'''July 19, 1914'''
|
|}

* The patriarch here is Frank Burgiss, the brother of W. W. Burgess (referenced later). Frank was deeply influential in Greer; two key roles in his life were president of Greer Mill, and later Mayor of the city. He is one of the reasons Greer never had a lynching: he prevented one by hiding a black citizen and partnered with sheriff P. D. Gilreath to secret him away to Greenville.
* N. F. may be Nicholas Franklin, after his grandfather.

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==== '''A-6 – ''Legrand Capers Zimmerman, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-6'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39933880/legrand-capers-zimmerman 1st Sgt Legrand Capers Zimmerman]'''
|Nov 19, 1838
|Feb 9, 1920
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39933940/rosana-zimmerman Rosana "Rosa" ''Few'' Zimmerman]'''
| Oct 18, 1844
|Feb 10, 1920
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463703/legrand-columbus-zimmerman Legrand Columbus Zimmerman]'''
|Mar 28, 1878
|Oct 6, 1894
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17275785/infant-zimmerman Infant Zimmerman]'''
|Mar 4, 1883
|Oct 27, 1883
|Little brother
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14008383/mamie-hyman Mamie ''Zimmerman'', Wife of R. F. Hyman]'''
|July 15, 1869
|Sept 21, 1894
|''(Inscription hard to read.)''
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463732/john-f-zimmerman John F. Zimmerman]'''
| Aug 1, 1847
|Oct 6, 1905
|He was a gentleman.
|}

'''Double stone – L. C. & Rosa'''

* Legrand Capers served in the Confederate Army as a 1st Sergeant in the Palmetto Sharp Shooters. He and Rosa ''Few'' Zimmerman were the parents of at least 9 children, several of whom are buried in Edgewood, including Mary "Mamie" ''Zimmerman'' Hyman, Elizabeth ''Zimmerman'' Black, Legrand Columbus, and Infant Zimmerman. Legrand served as Mayor of Greer from 1887-1892.
* Rosa ''Few'' Zimmerman was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Mary ''Bramlett'' Few (buried in the Few Family Cemetery). In December 1900, Mrs. L. C. (Rosa) Zimmerman lost a purse in Greer with $77 in it.
* Legrand Columbus was an architect in Greer and designed the home of J. H. Walker, also a mayor in Greer and buried in Edgewood. (City of Greer Historic Resources Survey, p 76.)
* John F. Zimmerman, who was buried in their plot, was Legrand Caper's brother.

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==== '''A-7 – ''J. T. Taylor, owner''''' (John Thomas Taylor) ====

====='''Markers in A-7''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14007922/bertha-taylor Bertha Carman Taylor], Wife of J. T. Taylor '''
|'''May 7, 1871'''
|'''Jan 23, 1902'''
|''Her last words was, I am ready, "Be ye also ready."''
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463675/lillie-eugenia-taylor Lillie Eugenia Taylor], Dau of J. T. and B. Taylor'''
|'''Apr 14, 1900'''
|'''June 19, 1901'''
|
|}

* Bertha was the 2nd wife of John Thomas Taylor (18661-1940). He was married 3 times and had many children. Bertha died just 7 months after their daughter Lillie Eugenia died.

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==== '''A-8 – ''McKitrick, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-8''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463648/nancy-malinda-carman '''Nancy Malinda ''Underwood''''']''', Wife of J. L. Carman'''
|'''Summer 1847'''
|
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463652/john-landrum-carman John Landrum Carman]'''
|'''Dec 16, 1848'''
|'''Dec 6, 1905'''
|
|}

* Nancy Malinda was born in the Summer 1847, and she died after the 1880 census and before the 1900 census. She had an older sister named Nancy who never married.
* John Landrum Carman was the first blacksmith in town, opening up shop in 1874 on two original lots of the Shumate survey on Trade Street, north of the railroad tracks. By 1880 he had built a house on the property and employed two Black apprentices to help him. His brother, David Hoke Carman, took over the business in 1905.
* In 1880, citizens formed a joint stock company, the Greer Educational Association, to build an adequate school for the town. J. L. Carman was on the first board of directors. He was also elected an officer of the Greer chapter of the Independent Order of Good Templars in 1883; they were primarily responsible for fighting the damaging influences of liquor in Greer in that time period.

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==== '''A-9 – ''Mrs. Emma Moseley, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-9'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
!Born
! Died
! Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486949/alfred-j-moseley Alfred J. Moseley]'''
|Sept 28, 1854
| Jan 10, 1895
|Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God.
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243870980/emma-moseley Emma Greene Moseley] '''[no stone]
|Dec 28, 1862
|Nov 29, 1954
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486868/marie-thompson Marie], Daughter of W. M. & Edna Thompson'''
|April 17, 1895
|May 8, 1896
|
|}

* Emma ''Greene'' Moseley, wife of Alfred J. Moseley, was the daughter of Isaac Lewis and Mary Etta ''Ballenger'' Greene (Plot A-4). According to her death certificate, Emma Moseley was buried in Edgewood Cemetery. She is the owner of the plot where her husband Alfred was buried, so it's presumed that is where she is buried as well. I have not found record of her and Alfred having children. After Alfred died, she returned to living with her parents and her sister, Miss Anna. Marie Thompson, also buried in the plot, was the 1-year-old daughter of William Morgan & Edna ''Greene'' Thompson. Edna was Emma's sister.

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==== '''A-10 – ''James Jackson Wood, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-10'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463637/james-jackson-wood James Jackson Wood]'''
|Sept 1, 1845
|Oct 28, 1927
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486877/mary-j-wood Mary J. Cunningham], Wife of J. J. Wood'''
| Aug 31, 1841
|Aug 25, 1898
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648435/george-edward-cunningham George Cunningham]'''
|Aug 10, 1814
|Feb 3, 1891
|Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648408/martha-o-cunningham Martha O.], Wife of George Cunningham'''
|Oct 15, 1815
|Jan 20, 1896
|Asleep in Jesus
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648419/hubert-l-cunningham Hubert L. Cunningham]'''
|June 12, 1856
|Mar 6, 1890
|He is not dead but sleepeth.
|}

* George & Martha ''Moore'' Cunningham are the parents of Mary ''Cunningham'' Wood and Hubert Cunningham, as well as several other children: Nancy Caroline (m. Henry Gross), Amanda E. (unmarried), Martha (m. Martin F. Dillard), Emma Ann (m. Henry V. Westmoreland), and Washington Perry (m. Mary C. "Mamie" Sudduth).

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==== '''A-11 – ''Mrs. Nancy Morrow, owner''''' ====

===== '''Markers in A-11''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14008874/nancy-w-morrow Nancy W. Rector], Wife of R. G. Morrow'''
|Dec 27, 1828
|Jan 19, 1897
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14008783/sarrah-jane-morrow Sarrah Jane Morrow], Dau of R. G. & N. R. Morrow'''
|May 22, 1857
|May 5, 1881
|This was the first grave put in this cemetery
|}

===== '''Double stone''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14008973/james-r-morrow James Robert "Bob" Morrow]'''
|1865
|1900
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14009017/roxie-morrow Roxie Timmons Morrow]'''
|1869
|1948
|Married Nov 4, 1888 [Heart carved on the stone]
|}

* Nancy ''Rector'' Morrow was married to Rufus G. Morrow (74923355), who was a blacksmith. They had 5 children: Sarah Jane, William Elliott, Mary E., James Robert, and Eliza "Lidy". He served as a PVT in the 11th Regiment in the South Carolina Infantry 9th Volunteers. Rufus was captured as a Prisoner of War during the Civil War. He was captured near Town Creek on February 26, 1865, and received from Fort Anderson on February 28, 1865. He died in July 1865 and is buried in the Rector Family Cemetery #02.

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===='''A-12 – ''Gabriel Marion Davis, owner'''''====

===== '''Markers in A-12''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14106235/susannah-m-davis Susannah M. Stone], Wife of G. M. Davis'''
|Oct 31, 1845
|Dec 4, 1885
|Aged 40 yrs 1 mo 4 d's
Asleep in Jesus
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14106324/thomas-mace-davis Thomas Mace], Son of G. M. & M. A. Davis'''
|July 25, 1887
|Sept 21, 1888
|We will wait till Jesus comes.
|}

* Susannah was the first wife of Gabriel Marion Davis. They had 3 children while living in North Carolina: Robert Morgan (b. 1868), Louis Marion (b. 1875), and Martha D. "Mattie" ''Davis'' Wilson (b. 1880). Gabriel's second wife was Mary Ann ''Wood'' Davis. Thomas Mace was the first child of Gabriel Marion and Mary Ann Davis. They had 5 more children: Charlie M., James Mack, Marjorie "Sunie" (Bradley), Mamie A. (Ross), and Ella (Wooten).

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===='''A-13 – ''John Henry Payne, owner'''''====

====='''Markers in A-13'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649312/john-henry_perry-payne John Henry Payne, Sr.]'''
|Oct 28, 1857
|Mar 5, 1937
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649390/ida-payne Sylvia Ida Ashmore], Wife of J. H. Payne'''
| Sept 25, 1857
|Nov 15, 1886
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649373/anna-payne Rosanna "Anna" Ellis], Wife of J. H. Payne'''
|
|Jan 30, 1900
|age 32 years
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649274/mollie-payne Mollie], Dau of J. H. & A. Payne'''
|Oct 17, 1890
|June 30, 1891
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649350/harriett-payne Harriett "Hattie" McCauley], Wife of John Henry Payne'''
|Sept 5, 1887
|Sept 29, 1944
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649206/ailene-payne Ailene], Dau of J. H. & Hattie Payne'''
| June 28, 1914
|Sept 21, 1914
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649243/joe-johnson-payne Joe Johnson], Son of J. H. & Hattie Payne'''
| Dec 18, 1905
|Aug 3, 1906
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649297/infant-payne Infant Daughter] of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Payne, Jr.'''
| Feb 19, 1936
|Feb 19, 1936
|
|}

* Ida Ashmore was the first wife of John Henry Payne Sr. They had one child, Annie E. Skinner. Ida's sister, Leorah, was the first wife of John's brother, Aaron, but she also died young, as did his second wife, Anna (see B-2). Both brothers married 3 times. John's second wife, Anna, was the daughter of Pleasant M. & Josina ''Duncan'' Ellis. Her first name was Rosanna, and Anna was a nickname. I haven't found her parents' graves to connect the family, but her siblings were Mary Ann (Henderson) (b 1850), Martha "Mattie" (Duncan) (b 1854) (19058078), Sarah Rebecca (Wood) (b 1856) (17043109), Thomas Jefferson (b 1859) (19510375), and Carolina Virginia (Connely) (173115774) (b 1868). According to the census info, Anna was born in 1863. In 1900, after her death in January, Anna's widowed mother, Josina Ellis, was living with John Henry and likely helping care for her grandchildren. John's 3rd wife, Hattie, was the mother of Ailene and Joe, who died young, as well as Ernestine (Terry), Paul McSwain, John Henry Jr, and Thomas Earl. The Infant Dau of John Henry Jr. and his wife Mary ''Rollins'' Payne was the granddaughter of J. H. Sr. and Hattie.

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===='''A-14 – ''James Edward Patterson, owner'''''====

====='''Markers in A-14'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648919/james-edward-patterson James Edward Patterson]'''
|Oct 28, 1857
|Mar 5, 1937
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648874/janie-della-patterson Janie McKinney Patterson]'''
| Sept 25, 1857
|Nov 15, 1886
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648852/laura-josephine-patterson Laura Josephine Patterson]'''
|
|Jan 30, 1900
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649029/willie-mae-patterson Willie Mae Patterson]'''
|Oct 17, 1890
|June 30, 1891
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649018/marie-moreland-patterson Marie Moreland Patterson]'''
|Sept 5, 1887
|Sept 29, 1944
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245240753/jamie-patterson Jamie Patterson] [shared stone]'''
| June 28, 1914
|Sept 21, 1914
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648939/janie-patterson Janie Patterson] [shared stone]'''
| Dec 18, 1905
|Aug 3, 1906
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17648832/lou-e-belk Lucinda "Lou" E. McKinney]'''
| Feb 19, 1936
|Feb 19, 1936
|Wife of Rev. J.A. Belk [Sister of Janie McKinney Patterson]
''"He that believed in me though he were dead yet shall he live."''
|}

* James Edward & Janie Della ''McKinney'' Patterson were the parents of 9 children: Mary Alda (Boulware), Laura Josephine, Lula Belle, Willie Mae, Rutherford McKinney, twins Jamie & Janie (their namesakes), Marie Moreland, and Bessie Earl. Jamie, Janie and Marie died as infants, and Willie Mae as a child. Laura, Lula Belle & Bessie never married and lived to be 91, 101, & 102, respectively. Alda lived to be 95 and Rutherford 86. Lou McKinney Belk, who is buried in the Patterson plot, was Janie's sister who lived with them as a widow. I haven't determined her relationship to the Belk family with the department store.

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==== '''A-15 – ''E. E. Mosteller, owner''''' (Elizabeth Elaine Mosteller)====

====='''Markers in A-15''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14002677/elizabeth-e-mosteller Elizabeth Elaine "Eliza" Bruce], Wife of P. H. Mosteller'''
|'''Oct 29, 1826'''
|'''Jan 30, 1897'''
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14002003/linnie-mosteller Melinda "Linnie"], Daughter of P. H. & E. E. Mosteller'''
|'''Aug 25, 1862'''
|'''July 6, 1890'''
|
|}

* Phillip H. and Elizabeth Elaine "Elize" ''Bruce'' Mosteller were the parents of Henryetta (Bates), Vardry, Frances Elizabeth (Wheeler), John H., Spartan David, Melinda "Linnie" (listed above), and Ola (Farmer). (See C-15 for Ola.) Phillip, Vardry, John, and Spartan were buried in the Mosteller Cemetery with other family, including Phillip's parents and grandparents who were born in the 1700s.

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===='''A-16 – ''N. Cannon (Noah), owner''''' (Noah Marvin Cannon I)====

====='''Markers in A-16'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! DIed
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011941/noah-cannon Noah Marvin Cannon]'''
|Apr 20, 1828
|Sept 6, 1911
|Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011829/eugenia-a-cannon Eugenia A. "Jennie" Goodlett Cannon]'''
| Mar 2, 1849
|Feb 23. 1910
|They rest from their labors and their works do follow [Rev. 14:15]
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14012161/infant-cannon Infant Son of N. & E. A. Cannon]'''
|Aug 17, 1881
|Sept 15, 1881
|Safe in the arms of Jesus
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011391/noah-marvin-cannon Noah Marvin Cannon, II]'''
|Jan 17, 1879
|July 19, 1928
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011158/amelia-varena-cannon Amelia Varena Cunningham Cannon]'''
|Feb 26, 1885
|Oct 30, 1905
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011410/sarah-jane-cannon Sarah Jane "Janie" Finch Cannon]'''
| Aug 31, 1889
|Sept 20, 1956
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011430/noah-marvin-cannon Noah Marvin Cannon, III]'''
| Feb 2, 1915
|May 14, 1949
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011256/naomi-bishop Naomi Cannon Bishop]'''
| Aug 25, 1913
|May 31, 1896
|Wife of Jno S Bishop, 82 yrs 3 mos 28 days
''Like Christ she conquered in the strife and reigns with him on high.''
|}

* Noah Marvin Cannon I married his first wife, Elvira M. ''Kilpatrick'', in Rutherford, NC, in September 1852, and she died in October 1855. She was the mother of their son James Alvin, likely named after Elvira's father, James Warrior Kilpatrick. After the Civil War, Noah purchased land where present-day Fountain Inn sits, opened a store there and by some accounts is credited as the founder of the little village. Eventually, he left the store to his son James to run and moved to Greer. James became the postmaster in Fountain Inn and served the town for 49 years - a national record at the time. Noah married Eugenia "Jennie" ''Goodlett'' Cannon, his second wife and they raised their family in Greer. Noah & Eugenia have several descendants in Edgewood. Their infant son was the first to die in their family, and he was buried just 4 months after Sarrah Morrow. I haven't located their first son, William A. Cannon. They had two daughters, Frances Maude (Few) and Minnie Tecoa (Gaines), buried in other plots (see sections D-3 and D-11). Their son Noah Marvin II is buried here with his first wife, Amelia Varena, and his second wife, Sarah Jane. Noah Marvin III was the son of Noah II and Janie and shares their gravestone. Sadly, he was shot and killed by his girlfriend's father (articles on his page).

* Naomi ''Cannon'' Bishop was Noah Cannon's older sister. At present, Naomi's footstone, reading N. B., rests at the end of Infant Cannon's grave, while her stone has been placed behind his next to his parents. Sadly, Edgewood Cemetery was ransacked by vandals in 1983 and sixty-five markers were broken, dislodged, &/or otherwise harmed. Several markers lay strewn about the cemetery, including those of Infant Cannon and Naomi Bishop. Either the gravestones were misplaced or the footstone was misplaced.

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==== '''A-17 – ''John Hollis Wyatt, owner'''''====

====='''Markers in A-9'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
!Born
! Died
! Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011638/william-henry-wyatt William Henry]'''
|Jan 13, 1880
| Sept 29, 1886
|''Little time on earth he spent, Till God for him his angels sent.''
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647870/ellie-v-wyatt Elisa "Ellie" V. Wyatt]'''
|Nov 27, 1882
|Oct 5, 1886
|''Happy infant Early blest; Rest in peaceful slumber rest.''
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647890/eddie-c-wyatt Edward "Eddie" C. Wyatt]'''
|Oct 26, 1884
|Oct 2, 1886
|''Love is a little lamb.''
|}

* William, Ellie and Eddie were the first 3 children of John and Margaret Wyatt. Tragically, they all died within a week, so it was likely from disease. They have a shared gravestone. According to the 1900 census for Beech Springs Township, Greer: John A. Wyatt, b. Apr 1856, age 43 with Margaret M., b. Feb. 1866, age 34. Margaret and John were married 19 yrs. as of 1900, meaning they were married when she was 15 and he was 24. By 1900, Margaret had born 9 children in 20 years and 6 were living. The children on the census were Minnie E., Clyde S., S. Belle, Leon M., Earle, and Clara M. Agnes, their 10th, was born about 1902. (Possible middle names for some children are Clyde Sanders, Leon Montgomery, and Agnes Irene.) Some of their children moved to Georgia, where John is buried, and onto Texas, where Margaret is buried. John's parents and brother are buried in Plot A-22, while his sister, Missouri, is in Plot C-8.

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===='''A-18 – ''Chas. King, owner''''' (Charles King)====

====='''Markers in A-18'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649467/george-w-king George W. King]'''
|Aug 26, 1816
|Apr 28, 1879
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649482/nancy-king Nancy Bailey King], His Wife'''
| Aug 29, 1819
|Jan 21, 1891
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649500/amanda-caroline-king Amanda Caroline "Carrie" King]'''
|Dec 22, 1844
|Mar 25, 1910
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139624838/charles-l-king Charles L. King]'''
|1860
|Aug 29, 1944
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139623268/lillie-king Lillie Dunnehoo King]'''
|June 16, 1859
|Apr 21, 1941
|
|}

* George and Nancy ''Bailey'' King were the parents of Horace, Amanda "Carrie", Mary (Nash) and Charles. Nancy was the older sister of William Clark Bailey, who was a key figure in the early history of Greer. Bailey family members, including her parents and brother and sister-in-law, Victoria Elizabeth ''Cunningham'' Bailey, are buried in the Bailey-Cunningham Family Cemetery. Charles L. King is the owner of this plot and likely purchased it to bury his father. There is a shared stone for his parents and sister Carrie that would have been erected years later. (It's possible this stone replaced earlier stones that were damaged when Edgewood Cemetery was ransacked by vandals.) According to death certificates, he and his wife Lillie are also buried in Edgewood Cemetery, but no gravestones have been located.

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===='''A-19 – ''T. E. Dill, owner'''''====

====='''Markers in A-19'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17649054/alma-aness-dill Alma Aness], Daughter of T. E. & M. A. Dill'''
|Jan 29, 1891
|Feb 28, 1891
|Take this little lamb said he And fold it in my breast
Protection it should find in me And be forever blest.
|}

* I haven't been able verified the parents of Alma, but it's possible they were Theron E. (17716074) and Martha ''Ballew'' (46315558) Dill. Theron's first wife died in 1886, and Alma was born in 1891. Theron and Martha lived in and are buried in Greer. Alternatively, it could be a daughter of Theron Earle Dill, Jr., who was born in 1862; however, we have no record of him getting married or having children.

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===='''''A-20 – George Hughes, owner''''' (George Hughes)====

====='''Markers in A-20'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14001785/george-washington-hughes George Washington Hughes]'''
|Mar 4, 1853
|Nov 20, 1898
|
|}

* This is one of the most tragic stories in the cemetery: George Hughes was a successful Jeweler in the city of Greer. He fell in love with Mattie, who was later thought to be the most beautiful woman in South Carolina. George and Mattie married when she was 15 and he was 30. They were married for 15 years when, during an argument in their home after she had been drinking, Mattie shot him in the chest. Their 7-year-old son Leo, begging, "Mama, don't shoot Papa," was a witness. Mattie was acquitted and moved on to live a life of crime — ending with her death in an insane asylum. Read the full story with newspaper support at the biography of his wife, Martha "Mattie" Ann Waldrop Hughes.

* So what happened their son, Leo? In 1900, he was living in Duncan in the home of his uncle and aunt, George's younger brother, Thomas G. (42049780) and his wife, Mary Ann ''Moore'' (42049693) Hughes. Thomas and Mary Ann were 23 and 30. According to his uncle's obituary and census records, they adopted him and later adopted other nieces or nephews. Leo named his first son Howard Thomas - his wife's maiden name and his Uncle's name. Leo went on to live a full life — he went to college, got married, became a father, was drafted for WWI, worked as a coal miner and a motorman, lost his first wife, married his second wife, had more children, was drafted for WWII, worked as a coal personnel director, retired. Leo had 8 children with his two wives. He destroyed all photos of his mother. I hope he found peace.

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===='''A-21 – ''D. C. Bennett, Bishop, owners'''''====

'''No markers, no graves.'''

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===='''A-22 – ''R. D. Wyatt, owner''''' (Robert D. Wyatt)====

====='''Markers in A-9'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
!Born
! Died
! Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11879527/robert-d-wyatt Robert D. Wyatt]'''
|Aug 18, 1807
| Apr 28, 1888
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11879520/elizabeth-wyatt Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moulton Wyatt]'''
|Oct 7. 1823
|Jan 22, 1909
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11879523/e-pinckney-wyatt E. Pinckney Wyatt]'''
|May 30, 1850
|Feb 22, 1901
|Death is another life.
|}

* Robert and Elizabeth Wyatt were the parents of E. Pinckney, John Hollis, Julia Ellen (Keller), and Sarah Missouri (Mason). John Hollis was the father of William, Ellie and Eddie that are buried in Plot A-17. Missouri is buried with her family in Plot C-8.

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==== '''A-23 –''' '''''Frank L. Tillotson, owner'''''====

<br />
====='''Markers in A-23''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[Marker] Pitts'''
|
|
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36734832/jordan-buford-pitts Jordan Buford Pitts Sr.]'''
|Sept 29, 1861
|May 7, 1941
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647516/addie-pitts Addie Tillotson Pitts]'''
|Sept 8, 1869
|Sept 12, 1948
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647525/jordan-buford-pitts J. B. Jr.], Son of J. B. & Addie Pitts'''
|Aug 17, 1905
|Oct 14, 1909
|
|}

* Jordan Buford and Addie Tillotson Pitts were the parents of at least 8 children: Nannie Mae (Clary), Mertie (Johnson), Arthur Eugene, Addie Viola (Bowers), Moss Hayes, Hazel (Hooper), Jordan Buford Jr., and Montie Lee (Hall). Addie was the daughter of Landrum and Nancy ''Davis'' Tillotson. Frank L. Tillotson, the owner of the plot, may have been her brother.

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===='''A-24 – ''John & Lou James, owners''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-23''' =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647456/john-h-james John James]'''
|Aug 3, 1833
|June 22, 1904
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647472/nancy-louise-james Nancy Louise "Lou" Jones James]'''
|Dec 11, 1857
|Jan 25, 1944
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647445/kate-james Kate], Dau of John & Lou James'''
|Aug 28, 1891
|Apr 7, 1893
|Our love one gone Borne to Jesus,
She buddeth on earth To bloom in heaven.
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17647433/may-james May], Dau of John & Lou James'''
|Aug 12, 1896
|June 9, 1897
|Beautiful, lovely She was but given
A fair bud on earth to blossom in heaven.
|}

* John James was married first to the mother of his older sons, Thomas Harrison and John Cromer. John and his second wife, Lou, had Kate and May, who died young, as well as Mattie (Greene) and Minnie (Hahn). May, who died in 1897, was the twin of Mattie.

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===='''A-25 – ''James Robert Dobson, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in A-25'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14001716/james-robert-dobson James Robert Dobson]'''
|May 16, 1847
|Apr 6, 1900
|Gone but not forgotten.
|}

* James was the son of Rayner Ransom Dobson and Susannah Conner Dobson.

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== '''SECTION B''' ==

==== '''B-1 – ''William Francis Cunningham, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in B-1'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[Cunningham stone and marker]'''
|
|
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14006632/william-francis-cunningham William Francis "Frank" Cunningham]'''
| Feb 1, 1855
|Apr 10, 1892
|Tis ours to miss thee all our years and tender memories of the keep; Thine in the Lord to rest for so He giveth His beloved sleep.
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14006912/infant-cunningham Infant ... of W. F. & Ida Cunningham]'''
|[unknown]
|[unknown]
|[Stone is on the ground by W. F.'s stone]
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463516/hartwell-lowery-beacham Hartwell Lowery Beacham]'''
|1817
|1891
|Pvt. Palmetto Sharp Shooters, Confederate States Army
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463536/mariah-louise-beacham Mariah Louise Shepherd Beacham]'''
|1818
|1897
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463485/archibald-lester-beacham Archibald Lester "Archie" Beacham]'''
| 1850
|1928
|
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463466/elizabeth-ann-beacham Elizabeth Ann Fowler Beacham]'''
| 1853
|1942
|
|}

* Frank Cunningham was the owner of this plot. He likely purchased it to bury his infant son or daughter, but the dates on the stone are not legible.
* Frank's wife was [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85450325/ida-marie-boozer?_gl=1*1wijdrv*_ga*MTgxMTk2MjU0MS4xNjMzNzA5MDc5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3ODkyODM4Mi4xMDUuMS4xNjc4OTI5Nzc1LjMzLjAuMA..*_ga_B2YGR3SSMB*MjNmM2U5NzEtNmYwYS00ZjM1LWJmMjktZWRhYTdmMjg4OGRmLjY3LjEuMTY3ODkyOTc3Ni4zMi4wLjA. Ida Marie Goodlett Cunningham]. When Frank died in February of 1855, Ida was just pregnant (very possibly didn't even realize it at the time of his death); she gave birth to their daughter, Marie, in October. Marie lived until 1980; the infant child buried here would have been from a pregnancy prior to Frank's death.
* Some time between 1900 and 1910, Ida remarried, becoming Ida Boozer. Her new husband, Arthur George Boozer, then died in 1927. Ida passed away Dec. 6, 1951, and was buried in the Boozer family plot in Springwood Cemetery, Greenville.
* Hartwell Beacham's sister was Ida's mother, Alice Elvira Beacham Goodlett — in other words, Hartwell was Ida's uncle.
* Mariah was Hartwell's wife. They had eight children, but only Archibald and his wife Elizabeth are buried here with them.

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==== '''B-2 – ''Aaron E. Payne, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in B-2'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! Born
! Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486932/leorah-c-payne Leorah C. Ashmore Payne]''', wife of A.E. Payne
|Apr 4, 1854
|June 18, 1894
|Asleep in Jesus.
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10463595/william-arthur-payne William Arthur Payne]'''
| Jan. 10, 1880
|Feb. 21, 1948
|WAP [illegible diamond shape]
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13999619/elizabeth-payne Elizabeth "Lizzie" McCarter Payne]'''
|June 2, 1865
|May 28, 1907
|
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17276061/marshall-mccarter-payne Marshall McCarter Payne]'''
|Mar 28, 1900
|Oct 16, 1901
|Our loved one.
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13999216/hannah-m-payne Hannah M. Howard Payne]''', wife of Wesley Payne
|
|Feb 20, 1905
|Prepare to meet me in heaven
|-
| '''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14000244/wilton-vashti-greer?_gl=1*8ajdvy*_ga*MTgxMTk2MjU0MS4xNjMzNzA5MDc5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3ODkyODM4Mi4xMDUuMS4xNjc4OTMwODgzLjEyLjAuMA..*_ga_B2YGR3SSMB*MjNmM2U5NzEtNmYwYS00ZjM1LWJmMjktZWRhYTdmMjg4OGRmLjY3LjEuMTY3ODkzMDg4NC4xMS4wLjA. Wilton Vashti Greer]''', Dau. of R.H. & D.E. Greer
| Oct 1, 1903
|Dec 1, 1903
|In heaven there is one angel more
|}

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==== '''B-3 – ''Robert Benjamin Mason, owner''''' ====

====='''Markers in B-3'''=====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Born
!Died
!Epitaph
|-
|'''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13997864/clara-belle-mason Clara Belle Mason]'''
|April 17, 1896
|Aug 22,1898
|Daughter of R. B. and Ida Mason. [Footstone: CBM]
|}

* Little Clara Belle is one of the sad stories of Edgewood. The daughter of Robert Benjamin and Ida ''Hudson'' Mason, at just 2 years, 4 months of age, Clara Belle was killed when she wandered away from her parents and onto the railroad tracks. She was struck by a northbound train, between Greer's and Duncan. (Article 8.24.1898. The State)

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==== '''B-4. ''T. T. Westmoreland, owner''''' ====
* '''Thaddeus T. Westmoreland, 1840-1909'''
* '''Elizabeth T. Cannon, wife of Thaddeus T. Westmoreland, 1854-1940'''
* '''Maida Westmoreland, wife of C.D. Sudduth, July 25, 1890-Oct. 5. 1972'''

Thaddeus Westmoreland was the older brother of Henry Westmoreland, the first doctor in Greer. They were sons of S. R. and Elizabeth Westmoreland, who farmed in Clear Springs, an area south of Greer near Simpsonville.

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==== '''B-5. ''J. T. McClure, owner. Nothing there.''''' ====

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==== '''B-6. ''I. K. Robison, owner''''' ====
'''Isham K. Robison, b. Apr. 25, 1820; d. Aug. 20, 1891'''

'''"He is not dead but sleep who die in the Lord"'''

'''other side of the stone –'''

'''Martha Anderson, Feb. 15, 1837-Jan. 9, 1920'''

'''Infant son of S.H. & AL. Robison, Aug. 24, 1898'''

'''Infant son of S.H. & AL. Robison (date?)'''

Isham Robinson and Martha Ann Anderson (his third wife; why she retained her maiden name is not known) moved from Cashville to Greer in 1878. A family history describes Isham as "a good man—contented, energetic, prosperous—and a model husband and father, who had served in Charleston in the state troops. Their son, John Anderson Robinson, was born in 1869; he worked his way up through the ranks of the textile mill industry until he became president of the Greer Manufacturing Company and manager of all three mills in Greer.

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==== '''B-7. ''W. W. Burgiss, owner''''' ====
'''No graves'''

William Wesley Burgess (biography) was the first president of Victor Mill. He became a major real estate investor in Greer, in Greenville County, and in the West Palm Beach area of Florida. He became Greenville County's first major philanthropist, entirely funding the Greenville Shriner's Children's Hospital and the W.W. Burgess Charities, which remains in operation to this day. He did not use these gravesites as his family relocated in Greenville and have prominent monumental edifice in Springwood Cemetery in Greenville.

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==== '''B-8. ''Calvin Farmer, owner''''' ====
'''Sarah, wife of J. C. Farmer, born Jan. 12, 1845, died Apr. 6, 1897'''

'''J. C. Farmer, Nov. 24, 1845-Nov. 27,'''

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==== '''B-9. L.R. Mason, owner''' ====
'''Lewis Redmon Mason, Sept. 9, 1879-Sept. 19, 1944'''

'''Noettie Peace, wife of Lewis R. Mason, July 3, 1884-Dec. 29, 1980'''

'''"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."'''

'''Earl, son of L. R. & N. A. Mason, June 1. 1915-Nov. 15. 1929'''

'''Lewis Jr., son of L. R. & N. A. Mason, July 3, 1922-Aug. 11, 1923'''

'''Grettie May, dau. of L. R. & N. A. Mason, Dec. 26. 1908-Oct. 28. 1911'''

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==== '''B-10. ''no owner listed. nothing there.''''' ====

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==== '''B-11. ''W. E. Walker, owner''''' ====
'''Etta C. Hughes, wife of Dr. W. E. Walker, Dec. 11, 1852-May 23, 1892'''

'''Footstones: E.CH.W.; M.E.W; W.E.W.'''

'''Minnie E., wife of W. E. Walker, July 26, 1868-Mar 11, 1903'''

'''(sketch on the stone. "in my Father's house are many mansions")'''

'''W. E. Walker, Aug. 21, 1852-Aug. 14, 1921'''

'''D. E. Walker, son of W. E. & E. C. Walker, Feb. 18, 1882-Feb. 25, 1907'''

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==== '''B-12. ''M. L. Marchant, owner''''' ====
'''Wm. M. Marchant, June 12. 1873-Feb. 15. 1928'''

'''Mary Bessie Marchant, born Sept. 18, 1822, died Aug. 23, 1898'''

'''Mary wife of M.L. Marchant, Jan. June'''

'''Martin Luther Marchant, born Aug. [1892 – error], died Jan. 22. 1897'''

Martin Luther Marchant was one of the twelve founding principals of the Victor Manufacturing Company in 1895. Of those, he was the most knowledgeable and experienced in mill operations; he had come from Graniteville, the state's premier cotton factory, to work at Batesville, one of the oldest. However, he died before the mill was operational. His home still stands at 104 Marchant Street in Greer. His son, Dr. Robert Lee Marchant, built the Greer Drug Company (Rexall Drug) on the corner of Trade and Victoria.

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==== '''B-13. ''Mrs. A. C. Black, owner''''' ====
'''Pearl Coffey, wife of W. L. Black, Jan. 7, 1900-Aug. 29, 1922'''

'''(letters BLACK on stone)'''

'''Elizabeth Zimmerman Black, Dec. 16, 1874-Aug. 28, 1900'''

'''Albert Clifford Black Nov. 8, 1870-June 11, 1898'''

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==== '''B-14. ''J. M. Flynn, owner''''' ====
'''Clarence W., son of J. M. & Hattie N. Flynn, Oct. 16, 1903-Mar. 11, 1962'''

'''"rest in peace"'''

'''Mary Hemphill, wife of Clarence W. Flynn, May 15, 1905-Sept. 20, 1979'''

'''James Mamon Flynn, Mar. 22, 1879-Sept. 21, 1948'''

'''Hattie Neely, wife of J.M. Flynn, May 30, 1885-Feb. 8, 1964'''

'''"Earth has no sorrows that Heaven can not heal."'''

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==== '''B-15. ''no owner listed. nothing there.''''' ====

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==== '''B-16. ''W. M. Ross, owner''''' ====
'''Martha J. Wood, wife of W. M. Ross, Nov. 3, 1847-Nov 2., 1923 "Our dear mother"'''

'''W. Morgan Ross, Dec. 18,1845-July 12, 1893 "Safe in his father's home above"'''

'''M.Emma, dau. of W.M. & M.J. Ross, Oct. 8, 1873-Aug. 17, 1908 "She was the sunshine of our home"'''

'''footstones: WMR; MIW; MER'''

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==== '''B-17. ''Wm. Ross, owner''''' ====
'''no graves'''

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==== '''B-18. ''P. M. Ellis, owner''''' ====
'''no graves'''

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==== '''B-19. ''J. J. Campbell, owner''''' ====
'''Stone - Campbelle'''

'''Child's grave: Charlton J., son of J.J. & BE. Campbelle, Jan. 22, 1911-Jan. 3, 1912'''

'''"Twas but a flower too good for earth Transplanted into heaven."'''

'''Footstone - CJC'''

'''Byrdie Campbell, 1892-1986'''

'''(on temporary marker, right side of Campbelle stone)'''

'''Footstones: J.J. Campbelle, May 12, 1889-Nov. 30, 1918'''

'''Byrdie Mason, wife of John J. Campbelle, Apr. 3, 1892-July 6, 1986'''

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==== '''B-20. ''No owner listed – marked "Occupied" on plat''''' ====
'''No graves. One small square stone.'''

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==== '''B-21. ''Sim. Burnett, owner''''' ====
'''No graves.'''

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==== '''B-22. ''I. A. Mayfield, owner''''' ====
'''Headstone - Mayfield'''

'''Four footstones.'''

'''First born of Isham & Annie Mayfield, Jan. 6, 1897'''

'''Annie C. Lipscomb, wife of Isham A. Mayfield, Aug 3, 1875-July 11, 1898'''

'''Little Martin, son of Isham & Annie Mayfield, Jan. 26, 1898-Sept. 19, 1898'''

'''Isham A. Mayfield, Aug. 5, 1862-June 25, 1912. Woodmen of the World insignia'''

'''Eula Alexander, wife of Isham A. Mayfield, Apr. 18, 1878-Oct. 27, 1965'''

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==== '''B-23. ''W. W. Forest, owner''''' ====
'''Stone: W. W. Forest, 1830-1907 "May he rest in peace"'''

'''L. J., wife of W. W. Forest, born Dec. 13, 1841'''

'''Mula E., daughter of W. W. & L. J. Forest, born June 23, 1823; died Dec. 20, 1897'''

'''(broken stone) "Borne by...…hands and forever there with Christ to stay.'''

'''Footstones: LEF., WWF'''

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==== '''B-24. ''Mrs. H. C. Cox, owner''''' ====
'''Stone: Harrett Cox, May 28, 1867-Aug. 22, 1909'''

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==== '''B-25. ''Grady de Young, owner''''' ====
'''Stone: Carnice, June 14, 1912-June 15, 1912'''

'''James, Apr. 23, 1914-June 9, 1915'''

'''Children of Grady and Maud DeYoung'''

'''"Happy infants early blest Rest is peaceful slumber rest"'''

'''Stone: Henry Grady DeYoung, 1891-1959 erected by a brother, P.L. DeYoung'''

== '''SECTION C''' ==

==== '''C-1. ''James Reynolds, owner''''' ====
'''No headstones. Marker: Reynolds. Two footstones marked R'''

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==== '''C-2. ''Mrs. Forrester, owner''''' ====
'''No markings, no graves'''

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==== '''C-3. ''D. D. Davenport, owner''''' ====
'''Stone. Davenport. David, son of M. C. & Clara Davenport'''

'''Nov 11, 1904 - May 28, 1906. Footstone - David'''

'''Malcolm Clifton Davenport, b. Jan 13, 1879; d. Apr 25, 1916'''

'''Clara M., wife of M. C. Davenport, b. Mar 16, 1878: d. June 18, 1927'''

'''Martha A. West, wife of D. D. Davenport, b. July 27, 1840; d. March 22, 1917'''

'''D. D. Davenport, b. Aug 20, 1844; d. June 30, 1919'''

'''Thomas West, son of M. C. & Clara Davenport, b. June 14, 1910; d. June 3, 1911'''

D.D. Davenport, a Civil War veteran, was Greer's first millionaire and philanthropist, one of the most impactful leaders in early Greer. He was born in North Carolina, and operated a general store near Holly Springs. In 1875 he was briefly a postmaster at Mountain Ridge in Spartanburg County. He moved to Greer and became a partner in a mercantile company. He purchased land at the south end of town, on which he constructed stables and store buildings which he then rented out. After he bought out his partner, by 1890 he was doing $100,000 annually in dry goods and groceries. In spring 1885 he built and operated a cotton gin; he had been a cotton buyer in the Greer market from the beginning. He then chartered the Greer Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer Company in 1896, one of Greer's most enduring enterprises. By 1910 his investments included Greenville real estate. He became a partner in the American Home Fire Insurance Company. He is most recognized now for his home, which still stands impressively as a historical landmark at 100 Randall Street; and for his significant humanitarianism, including charity, founding a home for girls, and culminating in the building of a school which first housed the high school, and later came to be Davenport Junior High. He died before the school was constructed.

Clara Marchant Davenport was the daughter of Martin Luther Marchant, listed above.

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==== '''C-4. ''J. H. Walker, owner''''' ====
'''John H. Walker. 1879-1967'''

'''Edna Tolula Westmoreland, wife of John H. Walker, 1881-1939 DAR marker'''

'''William T. Walker, 1909-1988'''

'''Eulalia Sharp Ives, wife of William T. Walker, b. July 4, 1913; d. June 5, 1996'''

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==== '''C-5. ''O. P. Smith, owner''''' ====
'''Little Cyril, son of O. P. & Effie Smith, b. April 2, 1895; d. April 6, 1896'''

'''Alvin Wardlaw Smith, b. June 29, 1900; d. Oct 5, 1905'''

'''Margaret Oliver Smith, b. Nov 17, 1907; d. May 6, 1934'''

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==== '''C-6. ''D. H. Carman, owner''''' ====
'''John, son of D. H. & N. B. Carman, b. Oct 31, 1894; d. Apr 8, 1895'''

'''Sons:'''

'''Alfred, b. Jan 22, 1927; d. Jan 23, 1927'''

'''Allen, b. Jan 22, 1927; d. Jan 24, 1927'''

'''"Sons of F.C. and Doris B. Carman"'''

'''D. Hoke Carman, b. June 22, 1857; d. June 30, 1940'''

'''Nora Belle, wife of D. H. Carman, b. Apr 21, 1867; d. July 14, 1915'''

'''"She was the sunshine of our home"'''

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==== '''C-7. ''Name of owner on plat not legible''''' ====
'''Four footstones.'''

'''Mother Duncan; Jane Duncan; Preston Duncan; Perry Duncan'''

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==== '''C-8. ''Palmer A. Mason, owner''''' ====
'''Missour Wyatt, wife of Nathaniel Mason, b. Apr 18, 1867; d. June 10, 1897'''

'''"'Twas but a flower Too good for earth Transplanted into heaven"'''

'''Nathaniel Mason, b. Aug 25, 1867; d. Mar 23, 1955'''

'''"In his will is our peace"'''

'''Mason. Palmer P. Mason, b. May 24, 1892; d. Oct 26, 1918'''

'''Floyd, son of N. T. & S. M. Mason, b. Mar 24, 1897; d. Jan 29, 1924'''

'''"Gone but not forgotten"'''

'''Military marker.'''

'''Ollie Leo Mason, PFC Army, World War I PH, b. Dec 27, 1894; d. Feb 24, 1963'''

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==== '''C-9. ''Name not fully visible on plat. Only initials P. E. are legible.''''' ====
'''Rowena Westmoreland, b. Oct 18, 1871; d. June 12, 1943'''

'''"She left our home but not our hearts"'''

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==== '''C-10. ''Geo. Mulkey, owner''''' ====
'''Ruth, dau of George & Virginia Mulkey; Jan 20, 1898'''

'''Oliver, son of George & Eugenia Mulkey, b. Apr 1, 1903; d. June 28, 1906'''

'''Stone: Mulkey-Harris'''

'''J. A. Harris, b. Jan 6, 1885; d. May 12, 1962'''

'''Eugenia Mulkey Harris, b. July 3, 1885; d. Nov 17, 1944'''

'''Gordon Hunter Mulkey, b. Dec 3, 1904; d. Dec 26, 1985'''

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==== '''C-11. ''C. Pennington, owner''''' ====
'''Stone. Pennington.'''

'''Mother. Eliza Jamie Pennington, b. July 13, 1841; d. July 20, 1915'''

'''Father. C. Pennington, b. Mar 9, 1835; d. Apr 3, 1897'''

'''"Although they sleep, their memory doth live"'''

'''Edith M., Daughter of W.& M. Foster, b. Sept 4, 1902; d. Aug 14, 1904'''

'''"In Aftertime we'll meet her"'''

'''Mary E. Pennington, b. Apr 12, 1889; b. Mar 18, 1907'''

'''"She believed and sleeps in Jesus"'''

'''Mattie Jane Foster, b. Feb 26, 1872; d. Jan 30, 1941'''

'''"A tender mother and faithful friend"'''

Mattie was the wife of Willis Foster, a police officer murdered while she was a young wife with three children. The city of Greer made sure that she and her family were well cared for the rest of her life. Mattie was the daughter of Chris and Eliza Pennington, listed above. Edith was their daughter; she died just before her second birthday on August 14, 1904 — horribly, just six weeks after her father was murdered (July 2). Mattie must have been crushed.

'''Stone.'''

'''W. Foster, b. Oct 18, 1857; d. July 2, 1904'''

'''"Erected by the citizens of Greer to the memory of policeman Foster who was assassinated on July 2, 1904 while in the discharge of his duty"'''

'''"Though thou art gone, fond memory clings to thee."'''

Willis "Zonk" Foster (biography) is the only policeman killed in the line of duty in Greer.

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==== '''C-12. ''J. W. Flinn, owner''''' ====
'''Laura Melissa, daughter of J. W. & S. J. Flynn, b. July 22, 1877; d. Oct 15, 1897'''

'''"Beautiful, lovely She was but given'''

'''A fair bud to earth To blossom in heaven"'''

'''Isabell A. Flinn, born Oct 24, 1824; died Sept 17, 1902'''

'''"At rest"'''

'''Serg Miles W. Flinn, Co. 1, 34 NC INF, CSA, 1825. 1907'''

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==== '''C-13. ''W. J. McCain, owner''''' ====
'''Father.'''

'''William J. McCain. b. Nov 30. 1840: d. Oct 9 1916'''

'''"A friend to his country and a believer in Christ"'''

'''Mother.'''

'''Mary Hamilton, wife of W.J. McCain, b. May 12, 1846; d. Apr 17, 1901'''

'''"She was a kind and affectionate wife. a fond mother & a friend to all"'''

W.J. McCain was Greer’s magistrate elected/appointed in 1900. In Greenville News Jun 27 1902, p5, Robinson and Sogdon, charged with the shooting of Night Watchman Ray at Franklin Mill “last Saturday night.” Ray survived the shooting and identified the two men as those who had attacked him; but McCain dismissed the charges, resulting in some “unfavorable comment.”

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==== '''C-14 ''G. W. Davis, owner''''' ====
'''Rev. George W. Davis, b. Aug 19, 1857; d. Jan 29, 1927'''

'''Mildred A. Cothran, wife of Rev. George W. Davis, b. Dec 10, 1857; d. Jan 23, 1923'''

'''"We miss thee from our home dear parents'''

'''We miss thy kind and willing hand'''

'''Our home is dark without thee'''

'''We miss thee everywhere."'''

'''Hattie D. Poole. b. Oct 15. 1877: d. Mar 24. 1936'''

'''"Asleep in Jesus"'''

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==== '''C-15. ''A. P. Farmer, owner''''' ====
'''Mother.'''

'''Pauline Farmer Eskridge, 1889-1929'''

'''Beatrice Farmer Littlefield 1885-1932'''

'''"She has done what she could"'''

'''Ola, wife of A. P. Farmer, born Aug 5, 1862, died Aug 25, 1898'''

'''A. P. Farmer, b. June 26, 1863; d Aug 1, 1912'''

'''"Dear Father, tho' we miss you much, we know you rest in God."'''

'''Woodmen of the World memorial insignia'''

'''On grave of Ola Farmer:'''

'''"A hand from our household is gone,'''

'''A voice we love is stilled'''

'''A place is vacant in our hearts'''

'''And never can be filled."'''

'''Earl, son of A. P. & L. M. Farmer, b. Dec 5, 1905: d. Oct 9. 1908'''

'''"Darling, 'We miss thee'"'''

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==== '''C-16. ''B. J. Davis, owner''''' ====
'''W. F. Davis, b. Feb 19, 1877: d. July 22, 1898'''

'''G. M. Davis, b. July 25, 1886; d. Dec 13, 1913'''

'''Mother.'''

'''R. Victoria Hendrix, wife of Rev. B. J. Davis, b. May 5, 1854; d. Jan 12, 1939'''

'''Rev. Berry J. Davis, b. Aug 1, 1851; d. Aug 6, 1898'''

'''Mary E. Davis, wife of E.N. Hodencamp, b. Nov 21, 1874; d. Dec 25, 1915'''

'''"In my fathers house are many mansions"'''

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==== '''C-17. ''C. L. Lever, owner''''' ====
'''Caroline S., wife of R. W. Greer, b. Feb 15, 1845; d. Nov 10, 1904'''

'''"Her end was peace. Meet me in heaven."'''

'''Children of G. L. & P. A. Lever'''

'''Infant dau, b. June 2, 1901: d. June 3. 1901'''

'''"Our shortlived flower returned again to God"'''

'''Robert Earl, b. Dec 11, 1899; d. July 30, 1900'''

'''"Weep not father and mother for me,'''

'''For I am waiting in glory for thee."'''

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==== '''C-18. ''J. W. Coker, owner''''' ====
'''Mary, wife of J. W. Coker, b. Feb 13, 1852; died Feb 12, 1903'''

'''"Weep not, she is at rest."'''

'''Walter H. Coker, Mar 18. 1875 - Oct 17. 1953'''

'''James W. Coker, b. May 28, 1847; d. Aug 9, 1912'''

'''"Gone but not forgotten"'''

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==== '''C-19. ''C. E. Vaughn, owner''''' ====
'''No graves'''

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==== '''C-20. ''Plat has the word "occupied" on it''''' ====
'''No graves marked'''

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==== '''C-21. ''P.D. & Eliza Sutton, owner''''' ====
'''Lillie, dau of P. D. & Eliza Sutton'''

'''b. Feb 10, 1895; d. Jan 26, 1899'''

'''"Asleep in Jesus"'''

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==== '''C-22. ''J. R. Hutchings (Note: spelling is different from that on graves)''''' ====
'''Sue, dau of J. R. Hutchison, b. Sept 9, 1885; d. Sept 12, 1906'''

'''"Weep not, she is not dead but sleeping"'''

'''S. Jane Norman, wife of J. R. Hutchison, b. Aug 31, 1840; d. Apr 13, 1912'''

'''"Asleep in Jesus"'''

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==== '''C-23. ''Lanham, owner''''' ====
'''Georgia Mae Kirby, wife of B. B. Moore, b. Apr 26, 1910; d. Apr 9, 1943'''

'''"Asleep in Jesus"'''

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==== '''C-24. ''J. J. Reeves, owner''''' ====
'''No graves'''

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==== '''C-25. ''Odell Giles, owner''''' ====
'''Susan M., dau of J. W. & Odell Giles, b. Oct 16, 1906; d. May 6, 1908'''

'''John Giles, b. Jan 16, 1885; d. May 28, 1948'''

'''Odell Westmoreland, wife of John W. Giles, b. Dec 31, 1891; d. Mar 1, 1953'''

'''Sanford W. Giles, Tec 5 US Army, World War II. Feb 29, 1916 - Apr 21, 1985'''

'''Sanford Alexander Mark, infant son of Mark & Stephanie Foster'''

'''July 21, 1989'''

== '''SECTION D''' ==

==== '''D-1.''' '''''Effie P. Smith, owner''''' ====
'''Note: this is incorporated into plot C5'''

'''Double marker:'''

'''Oliver Palmer Smith, Oct. 1, 1853–May 18, 1927'''

'''Effie Phillips Smith, June 7, 1876–July 29, 1942'''

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==== '''D-2.''' '''''B.F. Few, owner''''' ====
'''Two standing stones:'''

'''Sallie Few Marchant, b. May 24, 1870; died Apr 23, 1898. Marchant'''

'''Rev. Robert Alston Few, b. Jan. 6, 1865; d. Aug 8, 1897.'''

'''"He giveth his beloved sleep"'''

'''Few'''

'''Large flat marker:'''

'''Father. Benjamin Franklin Few, physician and surgeon, May 11, 1830-Jan 22, 1923'''

'''Mother. Rachel Kendrick wife of Benjamin F. Few, Feb. 25, 1840-Nov. 7, 1922'''

'''Family: Robert Alston Few, member, South Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South'''

'''Jan 6, 1865-Aug 8, 1897'''

'''William Preston Few, President Duke University, Dec 29, 1867-Oct 16, 1940'''

'''Entomb Memorial Chapel'''

'''Sallie Few Marchant, May 24, 1870-Apr 23, 1898'''

'''Ignatius Pierce Few, Mar 28, 1872-July 9, 1954'''

'''Ellie Few'''

B.F. Few was the second doctor in Greer (after H. V. Westmoreland). He operated a pharmacy on the corner of Main and Poinsett, about where the bank is now (though closer to the corner). He was a Civil War veteran: Company G 16th SC Regiment, Oct 1861-May 1862. Company * 13th NC Regiment discharged near Greensboro, NC 1 May 1865.

As noted above, his son William became president of Duke University.

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==== '''D-3.''' '''''B. F. Few, owner''''' ====
'''Two markers:'''

'''Fannie Cannon Few, wife of I. P. Few. June 21. 1872-Nov 26, 1953'''

'''Ignatius Pierce Few, March 28, 1872-July 9, 1954'''

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==== '''D-4.''' '''''J. S. Lewis, owner''''' ====
'''No graves'''

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==== '''D-5. ''T.W. Flynn, owner''''' ====
'''Stone. Joe W. Flynn, Feb. 26, 1856-Nov 7, 1912'''

'''His wife Jane Nodine, July 11, 1855-Aug 11, 1932'''

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==== '''D-6.''' '''''John P. Smith, owner''''' ====
'''Two stones.'''

'''Mary Jane, wife of J. P. Smith, born Feb. 17, 1853. died Dec 27, 1897 "Weep not she is at rest"'''

'''Mother'''

'''John P. Smith, July 13, 1845-Sept 2, 1905 "May he rest in peace"'''

'''Father'''

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==== '''D-7. ''E. J. Cunningham, owner''''' ====
'''Alta Aleane Cunningham, Nov 22, 1889-June 16, 1977'''

'''Minnie Green Cunningham, Aug 5, 1868-Apr 30, 1955'''

'''George Lewis Cunningham, Aug 3, 1904-Dec 2, 1973'''

'''Small stone'''

'''Joe, son of E.J. & M.E. Cunningham; July 13, 1897-Jan 18, 1899'''

'''"We trust in God to meet thee again."'''

The Cunningham family have had significant impact on Greer throughout its history. I'll just note that Alta Cunningham is here; she started as a milliner on Trade Street and ended up owning and operating perhaps the most significant women's store in Greer for many decades, named after her.

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==== '''D-8.''' '''''J. H. Ellege, owner''''' ====
'''Mary P. Elledge, Sept 27, 1825-Oct 20, 1899'''

'''Wife of James M. Elledge, Sept 9, 1823-Mar 24, 1856 Daughter of John and Martha Babb Culbertson'''

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==== '''D-9. ''S. P. Westmoreland, owner''''' ====
'''Susan E., wife of S. P. Westmoreland, Aug 24, 1848-July 24, 1910'''

'''"They loved her, yes, But Jesus loved her more'''

'''To yonder shining shore The golden gates have open'''

'''The gentle voice said come'''

'''And with farewell unspoken She calmly entered home"'''

'''S. P. Westmoreland, Sept 15, 1843 -Jul 12, 1910'''

'''"None knew thee but to love thee"'''

'''Footmarkers: SPW'''

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==== '''D-10. ''E. C. Tinsley, owner''''' ====
'''Four stones.'''

'''Eber C Tinsley, Sept 25, 1884-Apr 12, 1958 "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you."'''

'''Smyth son of EC. & May Tinsley, Dec 16, 1911-July 25, 1912'''

'''Martha L. dau. of E.C. & May Tinsley, Feb 2, 1923-Nov 30, 1929'''

'''May Westmoreland wife of Eber C. Tinsley, June 20, 1887-Dec 4, 1963'''

'''"What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever."'''

'''Footstone: Father'''

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==== '''D-11. ''O.A. Gaines, owner''''' ====
'''Small Stone: Lucia, daughter of DA & MT Gaines, Born Oct 23 d. Nov. 6, 1901'''

'''Olin A. Gaines, Nov 29, 1866-Aug 17, 1936'''

'''Minnie T. Cannon, wife of Olin A. Gaines, June 26. 1874-Feb 28. 1910'''

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==== '''D-12.''' '''''J. A. Robison, owner''''' ====
'''Stone. Robinson. Four markers.'''

'''May S. Robinson, Dec. 13, 1884-May 7, 1963'''

'''John A. Robinson, July 26. 1869-Feb. 19. 1964'''

'''Ola Turbyfill Robinson, Nov 24, 1870-Sept 4, 1910'''

'''Milton Robinson, June 26. 1900-March 31. 1902'''

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==== '''D-13.''' '''''John Garlin, owner''''' ====
'''Stone. John Garlin, b. Oct 20, 1839 d. Oct 29, 1904'''

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==== '''D-14. ''John Ray, owner''''' ====
'''Double stone and two single stones'''

'''John Ray, Dec 7, 1857-Feb 9, 1942'''

'''TeCora LaFoy, wife of John Ray, June 17, 1867-Jan 24, 1946 "At rest"'''

'''Footstones: Father, Mother'''

'''Ruth T., daughter of Geo W. & M.E. Ray, Apr 30, 1913-Mar 23, 1926'''

'''"Another time we'll meet her"'''

'''Footstone: RTR'''

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==== '''D-15. ''W. B. Greer, owner''''' ====
'''Two stones, one marker'''

'''W. A. Greer, July 2, 1875-Nov 19. 1914 "May he rest in peace" Footstone, no initials'''

'''Minnie Steveson, June 18, 1877-Mar 7, 1946 "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"'''

'''Marker: Palmer Burnett, South Carolina, Pvt 321 Inf 81 Div, World War I PH June 21, 1897-May 27, 1949'''

'''Note: at the edge of plot 15, facing the other way:'''

'''Stone. Mary Melissa Ensley'''

'''Jan 20, 1854-Feb 4, 1930 "Another time we'll meet her"'''

'''Footstone: MME'''

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==== '''D-16. ''J. R. Strickland, owner''''' ====
'''Two stones'''

'''Nellie. dau of J.R & Josie Strickland Oct 13. 1906-Dec 5. 1907 "Gone home"'''

'''Melvin, son of J.R. & Josie Strickland, Jan 3, 1915-Mar 6. 1915 "Gone so soon"'''

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==== '''D-17. ''S. P. Bozanos, owner''''' ====
'''No graves'''

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==== '''D-18. ''W. E. Lowe, owner''''' ====
'''Two stones'''

'''Martha Elizabeth wife of W G Lowe, Dec. 5, 1848-May 23, 1912'''

'''"Asleep in Jesus blessed Sleep from which none ever wake to weep"'''

'''W. E. Lowe. Jun 29, 1853-Oct 5, 1913 "We trust in God to meet thee again"'''

'''Marker: Lowe'''

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==== '''D-19. ''T. W. Stokes, owner''''' ====
'''Stone'''

'''T. W. Stokes, Dec 29, 1871-July 17, 1915'''

'''"Sleep Father and take thy rest'''

'''God called thee home'''

'''He thought it best"'''

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==== '''D-20.''' '''''Evans et al (charity), owners''''' ====
'''Double stone'''

'''Ensley "in loving memory"'''

'''Thomas Oneal, May 24, 1880-Mar 10, 1930'''

'''Myrtle Belle, Apr 15, 1883-Sept 8, 1968'''

'''Marker: MS'''

'''Footstone - WAG (Note: it is possible that this stone was relocated)'''

'''Note: at edge of plot 20: Stone. James Edgar Beeks, Dec 12, 1930 "At rest"'''

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==== '''D-21. ''Frank Wood, owner''''' ====
'''No graves'''

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==== '''D-22. ''J. P. Waters, owner''''' ====
'''Three stones, one a double stone'''

'''Mary E wife of J.P. Waters, Sept 5, 1883-June 20, 1930'''

'''John P. Waters, June 12, 1881-July 29. 1928'''

'''"O twill be sweet to meet on that blest shore, all sorrow passed all pain forever o'er"'''

'''Three footmarkers: MEW, JPW, ______'''

'''Daniel Akue Dorn, South Carolina, PFC US Army, World War II, Apr 11, 1941- Sept 6, 1969'''

'''Note: these dates are correctly recorded. The 1941 and 1969 years are confusing. Veteran's insignia.'''

'''Small stone'''

'''Sabel, dau. of W. O. & Evelyn Waters, Sept 1, 1919-Sept 5, 1919'''

'''"Budded on earth To blossom in heaven."'''

'''S. E. son of J.P. & M.E. Waters; Jan 22, 1813 - Feb 12, 1813'''

'''"Darling we miss thee"'''

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==== '''D-23.''' '''''C. B. Henderson, owner''''' ====
'''One marker [handwritten note: on the DAR form:] Grace (Aunt)'''

'''Grace dau of C. B. & R. H. Henderson, Dec 31, 1905-Sept 3, 1906'''

'''"Budded on earth to bloom in heaven"'''

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==== '''D-24. ''No owner. Plot marked "occupied"''''' ====

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==== '''D-25. ''No owner. Plot marked "occupied. charity"''''' ====
One of these last two graves, likely D-25, is the resting place of Dot Dodson, a 21-year-old mysterious woman from out of town murdered by a lover, who paid for her burial here — which was attended by more than 1,000 people, after more than 5,000 had viewed her remains on display at Wood Mortuary. The event drew immense attention from across the upstate and is well-recorded in dozens of newspaper articles. I'm working on building her biography.

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==== There are several Mayors of Greer buried in Edgewood Cemetery, including: ====

* Legrand Capers Zimmerman 1887-1892
* Thaddeus Westmoreland 1892-1896
* Frank Burgiss 1896-1904; 1905-1909
* J. H. Walker 1919-1920; 1943-1945

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