Edgewood Cemetery (Greer City Cemetery)

Edgewood Cemetery is on land donated by David Cannon. It was David’s wish that he be buried on this beautiful land. The cemetery was created in September 1880, 4 years after the town of Greer’s Depot was incorporated on March 25, 1876. Many of these families had already been living in the area for decades, even back to the Revolutionary War. The cemetery is located on Jason Street (named after David Cannon’s son) off Cannon Street in downtown Greer, S.C. It is behind the Episcopal church, beside Greer City Park, and across from Greer City Hall. Edgewood is listed as "Greer City Cemetery" in Google Maps.

Edgewood Cemetery is an important historical resource. It was Greer's first designated cemetery and contains Downtown Greer's first recorded burial. Many of the founding residents of the city are here, including mayors, farmers, doctors, blacksmiths, mill workers, ministers, housewives, teachers and more. Greer was a mill town, and there's an extensive tie to the mill and railroad seen through census records, obituaries and death certificates. The saddest graves are of those who died young, and there are many in Edgewood. The cemetery is also the resting place for some of Greer's most dramatic stories, all with the common element of moonshine, including at least five murders — a man shot by his wife, the only policeman killed in the line of duty in Greer, a young woman murdered by a lover, a man shot by his girlfriend’s father, and a veteran killed by a friend — as well as two suspicious deaths. In Edgewood, you'll find the origins of many of the street names you see as you drive around downtown Greer and the surrounding countryside. The cemetery itself is a story of change. It began as the cemetery for the First Baptist Church, but when that church grew and changed locations to Poinsett Street, it became associated with the Methodist Church, and later, the Episcopalian Church of the Good Shepherd came to meet there. So, here lie Baptists, Methodists and Episcopalians together. Edgewood is the resting place of Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as men who fought in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War – and the families who loved them. There's so much history in this one cemetery!

The hyperlinks in this document will take you to the Find-a-Grave website for Edgewood Cemetery where you can learn more about those buried in Edgewood, as well as see family connections — parents, spouses, siblings, and children. You will also find the sources of information through pictures of gravestones, census records, birth & death certificates, marriage records, obituaries, last will & testaments, draft cards, news articles, pictures and more. These records were largely drawn from Ancestry and Newspapers.

The names recorded here are, as much as possible, full given names with nicknames, so often differ from the actual gravestone where initials were used. Italicized names are maiden names. In lists of children, names in parenthesis are married names. Much can be learned through the given names about family connections, as many of the names we consider first names started out as surnames and were used to carry on family connection.

Edgewood Surveys:

• In September 1978, the Greenville Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society did a survey of Edgewood Cemetery (Greenville, South Carolina Cemetery Survey, Vol. 4 - greenville.scgen.org).
• In Summer 2000, Mrs. Donald S. Robinson and Mrs. William H. Jordan from the Joyce Scott Chapter of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) did an onsite survey of Edgewood Cemetery using a plat map from Wood Mortuary to organize the information in plots.
• In 2005-2006, Monica Woodward did an onsite survey making use of the South Carolina Genealogical Survey to add Edgewood Cemetery records the Find-a-Grave website online.
• In 2021-2023, David Lovegrove, Director of Greer Heritage Museum, did ample research into many of the families in Edgewood and early Greer.
• In 2022-2023, Kristi Palmer, a volunteer with Greer Heritage Museum, did a thorough study combining these previous cemetery studies with onsite survey, as well as adding documents from Ancestry and Newspapers, and research from other resources to Find-a-Grave and to create this document.

SECTION A

A-1 – David Cannon, owner

Markers in A-1

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
David Cannon	Jan 5, 1823	Jul 14, 1916
Pertima Angeline Dill Cannon	Apr 20, 1830	Feb 20, 1915
Harriet "Hattie" Cannon Glenn	Aug 1, 1863	Feb 19, 1950
Louis H. Cannon	Apr 12, 1872	Apr 13, 1928

• David Cannon, the owner of this plot, was the oldest child of Larkin and Mary Mostella Cannon and was born by the Mostella Mills. Pertima Angeline Dill Cannon was the daughter of George and Prudence Loftis Dill. The Cannons were the parents of 6 children: Mary Mathursa (Dill), Elizabeth T. (Westmoreland), Jason, Harriet (Glenn), Ida (Ballenger), and Louis H. Mary’s husband, Wilson Elford Dill, was her mother Pertima’s first cousin. Pertima's father, George Dill, and Wilson's father, John Dill, were brothers, the sons of Solomon and Lydia Dill. In 1875, David and Pertima moved to Greer and were one of the about 15 original founding families. David is listed in the 1880 census as a farmer by trade. 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, later outgrew this small location and moved to Emma Street (now Poinsett). Edgewood Cemetery is located on Jason Street (named after his oldest son) off Cannon Street. The Cannon family continued to be influential members of the community from that first day to the present.
• Harriet "Hattie" Cannon Glenn married Manning Oscar Glenn on December 26, 1929. She was his second wife, while he was 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 is buried by his first wife. Hattie was living at 102 Cannon Street when she passed. He is buried by his first wife.
• Louis H. Cannon worked as a cotton buyer in Macon, Georgia, while his brother, Captain Jason Cannon, lived in Atlanta, Georgia and worked for 30 years as a railway conductor. Neither Louis, who was a bachelor, nor Hattie, who married later in life, had children.
• Connections: 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). I have not yet discovered if David Cannon is related to Noah Cannon in Plot A-16. I don't yet know the connections, but David was born at the Mostella Mills, so he must be related through his mother, Mary Mostella Cannon, to the Mostellas. Phillip H. Mosteller was the husband of Elizabeth Elaine "Eliza" Bruce Mosteller, in Plot A-15, and the father of Ola Mosteller Farmer in Plot C-15.

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A-2 – William Perry Taylor, owner

Markers in A-2

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
William Perry 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 friends.

• William Perry Taylor was the son of George Washington and Nancy Green Cunningham Taylor, the husband of Alice Clemma Turner (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 for the first church, 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 and 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.) Note: On some records, his middle name is recorded as Pinckney.
• So, what happened to Alice Taylor? Alice was the daughter of Randolph and Elinor Wingo Turner. Alice was married at 18 and widowed at 24 with two children — 2-year-old Esten Calhoun and 1-month-old James William. Alice raised her boys as a single mom and did not remarry until 3 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, who died in 1921 and he is buried by his first wife in the same church cemetery as Alice's parents. She is not buried there. It's possible her sons had her buried by their father in the plot he owned. There is no known family plot in Mountain View. I included her in the Unmarked Graves at the end of this document.
• Connections: John Thomas Taylor, owner of Plot A-7, was William's first cousin once removed. William's dad, George Washington Taylor, was the older brother of John's grandpa, Zion Pinckney Taylor, through his son Wesley Perry. George and Zion's parents were James and Sarah Bramlett Taylor. I am still exploring his relationship to the Cunninghams in Edgewood Cemetery. As Nancy Green Cunningham Taylor’s son, he was the first cousin of William Alexander Cunningham in Plot A-3, as William’s father was Asa Columbus Cunningham, Nancy’s brother. He would also be the nephew of George Edward Cunningham in Plot A-10, Nancy and Asa’s brother.

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A-3 – William Alexander Cunningham, owner

Markers in A-3

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
William Alexander Cunningham	1837	1895	Corp Co I SC Vols Hampton Legion Confederate States Army
Stonewall Chapter CSA UDC	1861	1885
Unknown

• 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 Cunningham Sr. (b. 1802-08) and Malinda Jones Foster (b. 1808-11), and his brother was Asa Columbus Cunningham Jr. (8498097). In 1865, he married Carolina Elizabeth "Carrie" Pennington (b. 1837), the daughter of William Jefferson Pennington and Mary Ann Bruce, and sister of Cunningham Pennington. Cunningham named one of his sons William Alexander. I have not located Carrie's grave, but entered her as Burial Unknown. William and Carrie's children up until the 1880 census were Lena, Thomas Earl, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (Shoaf), Emily C., and Annie L. (Hutto). Her nephew, Byron Wingo, the son of her sister Mary, was living with them. Byron (age 7) was orphaned, as both of his parents had died a few years earlier. His siblings must have been with other family members. William died before the 1900 census, and I haven't found information on Carrie passed 1880. William's stone is a military stone to honor his service in the Civil War.
• Stonewall Chapter CSA UDC: This is a marker only and 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, but this is where it was recorded in a 2000 survey by the DAR.
• Unknown is a mystery in Edgewood. This is an overturned stone which I gained permission to inspect. The back of the stone is covered in moss, and as the stone has lain facedown, the front is greatly damaged. The face of this stone has a plaster layer as well as beveled edging and molded sides, but there is no obvious engraving on the front or back. Further research needs to be done to know how to safely check the face of the stone for markings and determine its age without causing further damage. It was surely one of the 65 stones vandalized in 1983, as it was dislodged or broken from it's base. The stone is lying in the Plot of William Alexander Cunningham. As William was married to Carolina Elizabeth "Carrie" Pennington, and her burial has not been located, it is plausible this could be her gravestone. Or it could be William's. His military stone may have been placed later, so this could be his original gravestone. Since the stone is dislodged, it could also belong to the wife of William P. Taylor, Alice Clemma Turner Taylor Foster, who might have been buried in Plot A-2. Alice's burial has also not been located, though records show she was buried in 'a cemetery at Greer'. She is not buried by her 2nd husband (who's buried by his first wife). Her sons likely had her buried in the family plot by their father. However, the age and style of stone precede Alice's death in 1941, so it seems more likely that it's Carrie's. The stones that suffered most in the vandalism were the older stones, as they are thinner and easier to break.
• Connections: Cunningham Pennington, in Plot C-11, was his brother-in-law. I am still exploring his relationship to the other Cunninghams in Edgewood Cemetery. If he was Asa Columbus Cunningham’s son, then he’s the first cousin of William Perry Taylor in Plot A-2, as William’s mother, Nancy Green Cunningham Taylor, was Asa’s sister. He would also be the nephew of George Edward Cunningham in Plot A-10, Nancy and Asa’s brother.

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A-4 – Isaac Lewis Greene, owner

Markers in A-4

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Greene Mausoleum
Isaac Lewis Greene	Oct 31, 1835	Apr 1, 1911
Mary Etta Ballenger Greene	Mar 21, 1839	Apr 24, 1924
Anna Elizabeth Greene	Feb 22, 1860	Mar 27, 1940
R. Lee Greene	Sep 15, 1867	Jul 16, 1887
Shared Stone
Augustus B. "Gus" Holtzclaw	1868	Aug 29, 1942
Corrie M. Greene Holtzclaw	Feb 1, 1872	Jan 4, 1942

• Isaac Lewis Greene was the son of John Green and Mary James. Isaac married Mary Etta Ballenger, the daughter of William Ballenger and Mary Hopson Goodlett. Isaac and Mary Etta were the parents of Anna Elizabeth, Emma (Moseley), Lula, R. Lee, A.C., Corrie M. (Holtzclaw), Juliette Maude (Keating), and Edna (Thompson). Two of their children are buried in the Greene Family Cemetery in Greer: Lula (b. 5/26/1865 d. 6/1/1867) and A.C. (b. 12/9/1870 d. 3/4/1871). Both Holtzclaw and Greene family members can be found in the Greene Family Cemetery in Greer, including Isaac's parents and some siblings. Their son, R. Lee Greene, and daughter, Anna Elizabeth Greene, are buried in the above ground tomb with them. Their daughter, Corrie, is buried by her husband, Gus Holtzclaw, in the same plot. Miss Anna was a schoolteacher. 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 Greer Heritage Museum Archives. Isaac's paternal grandparents were George Green (1731-1807) and Elizabeth Underwood (1734-1820), married in 1762 in Fauquier, County, Virginia. Sergeant George served in Lamb's Co. of Artillery in the Revolutionary War.
• Augustus B. "Gus" Holtzclaw was married to Corrie M. Greene Holtzclaw. They were the parents of Mary (Walker) and George Augustus. Gus was the son of Captain George William Holtzclaw and Malinda Catherine Few. Captain Holtzclaw was a Confederate veteran, having served as captain of Company F, 16^th South Carolina Infantry for the 4 years of the Civil War. Gus's mother, Malinda Catherine Few Holtzclaw, was the granddaughter of William Few Sr., so he is related to all the Fews in Edgewood. Augustus and Corrie were second cousins once removed. His great grandmother, Alise Green Holtzclaw, was the sister of her paternal grandfather, John Green.
• Connections: The Greene's 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. Their daughter Juliette Maude Greene Keating, wife of Greer mayor and architect Thomas Keating, is also buried in Edgewood in an unmarked grave (see Unmarked Graves at the end of this document). Isaac's mother was Mary James Green, so there are likely connections to the James family members in Plot A-24, as both families were in the Brushy Creek area. Mary Etta's mother was a Goodlett and their are many possible connections in Edgewood, including Plots A-16 and B-1. Isaac Lewis Greene was the business partner of William Perry Taylor in Plot A-2: “Green and Taylor, Manufacturers of Yarn and Shirting and Dealers in General Merchandise”. Augustus B. Holtzclaw is related to the many Few connections in Edgewood. His mother, Malinda Catherine Few Holtzclaw was first cousin to Rosana "Rosa" Few Zimmerman (Plot A-6), and Dr. Benjamin Franklin and Rachel Malinda Kendrick Few (Plot D-2). For more information on the Fews, see Connections on Plot D-2.

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A-5 – Alfred Franklin Burgiss, owner

Markers in A-5

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Alfred Franklin "Frank" Burgiss Sr.	Oct 4, 1857	Sep 10, 1911
Minnie Victoria Cunningham Burgiss	Jun 13, 1868	Oct 10, 1954
N. F. Burgiss	Sep 3, 1889	Dec 3, 1889	Son of A. F. & M. C. Burgiss
Infant Daughter Burgiss	Nov 22, 1891	Dec 1, 1891	Infant Dau of A. F. & M. C. Burgiss
Minnie Earle Burgiss	Oct 3, 1900	Jul 19, 1914	Dau of A. F. & M. C. Burgiss

• Alfred Franklin "Frank" Burgiss Sr. was married to Minnie Victoria Cunningham Burgiss. Frank was the son of Nicholas F. Burgiss and Mary Evelyn Gilreath. Minnie was the daughter of Maj. John William Cunningham and Sophronia Caroline Prince. Frank and Minnie were the parents of their infant son N. F., Infant Daughter, Carrie Evelyn, Mary (Robinson), Hattie Lee, Minnie Earle, Frances Vineta, and Alfred Franklin Jr. Frank Sr. was deeply influential in Greer; two key roles in his life were President of Greer Mill, and later serving twice as Mayor of Greer, from 1896-1904 and 1905-1909. He is one of the reasons Greer never had a lynching, as he prevented one by hiding a black citizen and partnered with Sheriff P. D. Gilreath to secret him away to Greenville. Minnie was living at the family home on 206 W. Poinsett when she died.
• N. F. Burgiss, Frank and Minnie's infant son, their first born, may have been named Nicholas Franklin after his paternal grandfather. The name of Infant Daughter Burgiss is unknown, but she died only two years after her brother. Minnie Earle Burgiss died from typhoid at the young age of 13 years old. Her closest friend and classmate had died just 2 months earlier.
• Connections: Alfred Franklin was brother to William Wesley Burgiss, owner of Plot B-7. Minnie Cunningham Burgiss was the sister of William Francis Cunningham, in Plot B-1.

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A-6 – Legrand Capers Zimmerman, owner

Markers in A-6

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared Stone: L. C. & Rosa
1st Sgt Legrand Capers Zimmerman	Nov 19, 1838	Feb 9, 1920
Rosana "Rosa" Few Zimmerman	Oct 18, 1844	Feb 10, 1920
Mary "Mamie" Zimmerman Hyman	Jul 15, 1869	Sep 21, 1894	Wife of R. F. Hyman Just as I am, thy love unknown Hath broken every barrier downNow to be thine, yea thine aloneO Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Legrand Columbus Zimmerman	Mar 28, 1878	Oct 6, 1894
Infant Son Zimmerman	Mar 4, 1883	Oct 27, 1883	Little Brother
John F. Zimmerman	Aug 1, 1847	Oct 6, 1905	He was a gentleman.

• Legrand Capers Zimmerman, the son of Jacob Zimmerman and Mary Ann Riley, married Rosana “Rosa” Few Zimmerman, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Bramlett Few (buried in the Few Family Cemetery). Legrand served in the Confederate Army as a 1^st Sergeant in the Palmetto Sharp Shooters. He served as Mayor of Greer from 1887-1892. Legrand and Rosa were the parents of at least 10 children, several of whom are buried in Edgewood. In December 1900, Mrs. L. C. (Rosa) Zimmerman lost a purse in Greer with $77 in it – a large sum of money in that day. Legrand and Rosa died one day apart and had a double funeral.
• Rosana "Rosa" Few Zimmerman was the daughter of Benjamin 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.
• Mary “Mamie” Zimmerman Hyman was married to R. F. Hyman, whose identity is currently unknown. Mamie died when she was only 25. Because her marriage and death were between the 1880 and 1900 census records, little is known of her life. The inscription on her gravestone is a verse from the hymn ‘Just as I Am’, written by Charlotte Elliott in 1835.
• Legrand Columbus Zimmerman was an architect in Greer and designed the home of John Henry Walker (Plot C-4), also a Mayor of Greer and buried in Edgewood. The craftsman bungalow home still sits at 105 Randall Street, across from the Davenport House. (City of Greer Historic Resources Survey, p 76.)
• John F. Zimmerman, also buried in this plot, was Legrand Caper's brother.
• Connections: Rosa Zimmerman was the first cousin of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Few and his wife, Rachel Malinda Kendrick Few (Plot D-2). They were all the grandchildren of William Few Sr. and Susannah Tubb. Benjamin was the son of their son William Jr. (m. Sarah Ferguson), Rosa was the daughter of their son Benjamin Few (m. Mary Bramlett), and Rachel was the daughter of their daughter Susannah Few Kendrick (m. Alston Wood Kendrick). They were the great grandchildren of James "The Regulator" Few (Read the story at Plot D-2), and the great great nieces and nephews of his brother William Few, Signer of the Constitution for the state of Georgia. Their children were second cousins. Augustus B. "Gus" Holtzclaw (Plot A-4) was the son of Malinda Catherine Few Holtzclaw, also first cousin to Rosa, Benjamin and Rachel.

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A-7 – John Thomas Taylor, owner

Markers in A-7

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Bertha A. Carman Taylor	May 7, 1871	Jan 28, 1902	Wife of J. T. Taylor Her last words was, I am ready, "Be ye also ready."
Lillie Eugenia Taylor	Apr 14, 1900	Jun 19, 1901	Dau of J. T. and B. Taylor
(unknown)			T (grave marker)

• John Thomas Taylor, the owner of this plot, was the son of Wesley Perry Taylor and Mary Hawkins. He likely purchased this plot to bury his infant daughter, and then his second wife, Bertha, died seven months later.
• Bertha A. Carman Taylor was the second wife of John Thomas Taylor (1861-1940). She was the daughter of John Landrum Carman and Nancy Malinda Underwood Carman. Her last words, shown here as inscribed on her gravestone, reference Matthew 24:44. Lillie Eugenia Taylor died at 14 months old. Bertha died only 7 months later. John and Bertha's son, John Hawkins Taylor (b. Dec 1897), had just turn 4 when Bertha died. John Thomas married a third time and had at least 12 children with his 3 wives.
• There's a 'T' as a place holder next to Bertha Taylor's grave, but no indication of who it was. It's not in the right place to be a footstone, so may be a grave marker.
• Connections: Bertha's parents, John Landrum and Nancy Malinda Underwood Carman, are in Plot A-8. William Perry Taylor, owner of Plot A-2, was John's first cousin once removed. William's dad, George Washington Taylor, was the older brother of John's grandpa, Zion Pinckney Taylor, through his son Wesley Perry. George and Zion's parents were James and Sarah Bramlett Taylor. John's mother, Mary Hawkins Taylor, was the daughter of Silas Raglin Hawkins, the half-brother of Elmina Hawkins Ross, the mother of William Morgan Ross, in Plot B-16, and his sister, Nancy Elizabeth Ross Kingsmore, the first wife of John H. James, owner of Plot A-23.

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A-8 – McKitrick, owner

Markers in A-8

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John Landrum Carman	Dec 16, 1848	Dec 6, 1905
Nancy Malinda Underwood Carman	1847	(1880-1900)	Wife of J. L. Carman

• The first mystery here is who was McKitrick that owned this plot, and what was his connection to the Carmans? The only McKitrick with a known connection to Edgewood is John Pinckney "Pink" McKitrick, but a connection to the Carmans is undiscovered. Also, although Pink is buried in Edgewood, he's buried in an unmarked grave, so it's unknown if this was his plot or if it belonged to another McKitrick. See Unmarked Graves at the end of this document for more about Pink.
• John Landrum Carman, the son of John M. Carman and Eleanor Adaline Bruce, 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. On the 1900 census, their brother Michael (or Mitchell) was also working as a blacksmith. 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.
• Nancy Malinda Underwood Carman, daughter of Milton Underwood and Harriet Stewart, was the wife of John Landrum Carman. Her birth and death dates are unknown. Census records indicate she was born in the Summer 1847, and she died after the 1880 census and before the 1900 census. Again, the lack of an 1890 census leaves mystery. Malinda had an older sister named Nancy Underwood who never married, and while her dates are known, she's not the same person.
• Connections: John and Nancy Malinda Carman were the parents of Bertha Carman Taylor and grandparents of Lillie Eugenia, in Plot A-7. John was the brother of David Hoke Carman (Plot C-6). Elizabeth Elaine Bruce Mosteller (Plot A-15) was their aunt, sister of their mother Eleanor Adaline Bruce Carman, and her daughters Mary Melinda "Linnie" (Plot A-15) and Ola Mosteller Farmer (Plot C-15) were their cousins. Nancy's mother, Harriet Stewart Underwood, was related to May Stewart Robinson in Plot D-12. Harriet was the daughter of William Edward and Nancy Ponder Stewart, May's great grandparents.

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A-9 – Mrs. Emma Moseley, owner

Markers in A-9

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Alfred J. Moseley	Sep 28, 1854	Jan 10, 1895	Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Emma Greene Moseley	Dec 28, 1862	Nov 29, 1954	(No stone.)
Marie Thompson	Apr 17, 1895	May 8, 1896	Daughter of W. M. & Edna Thompson Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.
(unknown)			Square stone (grave marker)

• Alfred J. Moseley married after the 1880 census and died before the 1900 census. The inscription on his gravestone is found in Matthew 5:8.
• 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 was the 1-year-old daughter of William Morgan Thompson and Edna Greene. Edna was Emma's sister, so Marie was her niece, as well as the granddaughter of Isaac Lewis and Mary Etta Ballenger Greene (Plot A-4). The inscription on her gravestone is from Luke 18:16-17. William’s mother was Mary Elizabeth Morgan Thompson, and her sister was Ellen Morgan Stewart, mother of May Stewart Robinson in Plot D-12. May was William’s first cousin.
• The square stone marker could be a grave marker for Emma's burial. However, it's to the left of Marie's grave, while Alfred is to the right. It's not in the right place to be a footstone.
• Connections: Emma's parents and siblings, Marie's grandparents, aunt and uncle, are in Plot A-4. Marie's father, William Morgan Thompson, was the first cousin of May Stewart Robinson (Plot D-12). Their mothers were sisters. Another sister, Juliette Maude Greene Keating, is buried in Edgewood in an unmarked grave.

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A-10 – James Jackson Wood, owner

Markers in A-10

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
James Jackson Wood	Sep 1, 1845	Oct 28, 1927
Mary Jane Cunningham Wood	Aug 31, 1841	Aug 25, 1898	Wife of J. J. Wood
George Edward Cunningham	Aug 10, 1814	Feb 3, 1891	Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Martha O. Moore Cunningham	Oct 15, 1815	Jan 20, 1896	Wife of George Cunningham Asleep in Jesus.
Hubert L. Cunningham	Jun 12, 1856	Mar 6, 1890	He is not dead but sleepeth.

• James Jackson Wood, owner of this plot, was the husband of Mary Jane Cunningham Wood, whose parents are buried here. James was a Confederate veteran, having enlisted with Company A, Earle's Battery, White's Battalion. He served under Captain William E. Earle in January 1863. Receiving no wounds during his service, he continued his duty until surrender May 5, 1865.
• George Edward Cunningham was the son of William and Nancy Ann Green Cunningham, and the husband of Martha O. Moore Cunningham. George and Martha were the parents of George William, Nancy Caroline (m. Henry Gross), Mary Jane (m. James J. Wood), Amanda Elizabeth, Martha Amelia (m. Martin F. Dillard), Emma Ann (m. Henry V. Westmoreland), Washington Perry (m. Mary C. "Mamie" Sudduth), and Hubert L. The inscription on George's gravestone is from Revelation 14:13, the inscription on Martha's is from 1 Thessalonians 4:14, and the inscription on Hubert's references Matthew 9:24.
• Connections: James's sister, Martha Jane Wood Ross, is in Plot B-16. Their mother was Sarrah E. Greer Wood. There are Greers in B-2, C-17, D-15, but I have not explored connections. George and Martha’s daughter Emma married Henry V. Westmoreland, the younger brother of Thaddeus T. Westmoreland in Plot B-4. George’s sister Nancy Green Cunningham Taylor was the mother of William Perry Taylor in Plot A-2, making George his uncle. Their brother Asa Cunningham was the father of William Alexander Cunningham in Plot A-3, making him a nephew as well. There are likely other Cunningham and Green connections.

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A-11 – Mrs. Nancy W. Morrow, owner

Markers in A-11

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Nancy W. Rector Morrow	Dec 27, 1828	Jan 19, 1897	Wife of R. G. Morrow
Sarrah Jane Morrow	May 22, 1857	May 5, 1881	Dau of R. G. & N. R. Morrow This was the first grave put in this cemetery.
James Robert "Bob" Morrow	1865	1900	Double Stone Married Nov 4, 1888 (in heart carved in stone)
Roxie Timmons Morrow	Nov 7, 1869	Mar 28, 1948

• Nancy W. Rector Morrow was married to Rufus G. Morrow, who was a blacksmith. They had 5 children: Sarah Jane, William Elliott, Mary E., James Robert, and Eliza "Lidy". Rufus served as a Private in the 11^th Regiment in the South Carolina Infantry 9^th 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.
• Sarrah Jane Morrow was the first to be buried in Edgewood Cemetery after it was an official cemetery. (It's thought the Cannon family had already buried others there). Sarrah was likely named after her maternal grandmother, Sarah Rector, b. 1787 in North Carolina.

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A-12 – Gabriel Marion Davis, owner

Markers in A-12

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Susannah M. Stone Davis	Oct 31, 1845	Dec 4, 1885	Wife of G. M. Davis Aged 40 yrs 1 mo & 4 d's Asleep in Jesus.
Thomas Mace Davis	Jul 25, 1887	Sep 21, 1888	Son of G. M. & M. A. Davis We will wait till Jesus comes.

• Susannah M. Stone Davis 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 "Mattie" Davis (Wilson) (b. 1880). Her inscription is from 1 Thessalonians 4:14.
• Thomas Mace Davis was the first child of Gabriel Marion and his second wife, Mary Ann Wood Davis. Gabriel and Mary Ann had 5 more children: Charlie M., James Mack, Marjorie "Sunie" (Bradley), Mamie A. (Ross), and Ella (Wooten).
• Connections: There are other Davises and Woods in Edgewood, but I haven't found any connection.

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A-13 – John Henry Perry Payne, owner

Markers in A-13

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John Henry Perry Payne, Sr.	Oct 28, 1857	Mar 5, 1937
Sylvia Ida Ashmore Payne	Sep 25, 1857	Nov 15, 1886	Wife of J. H. Payne
Rosanna "Anna" Ellis Payne	(unknown)	Jan 30, 1900	Wife of J. H. Payne Age 32 years.
Mollie Payne	Oct 17, 1890	Jun 30, 1891	Dau of J. H. & A. Payne
Harriett Leavea "Hattie" McCauley Payne	Sep 5, 1877	Sep 29, 1944	Wife of John Henry Payne
Ailene Payne	Jun 28, 1914	Sep 21, 1914	Dau of J. H. & Hattie Payne
Joe Johnson Payne	Dec 18, 1905	Aug 3, 1906	Son of J. H. & Hattie Payne
Infant Daughter Payne	Feb 19, 1936	Feb 19, 1936	Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Payne Jr.

• John Henry Perry Payne Sr. was first married to Sylvia Ida Ashmore Payne. They had one child, Annie E. (Skinner). Ida's sister, Leorah, was the first wife of John's brother, Aaron Ezekiel Payne, but she also died young. Both brothers lost two wives, as well as several children, and were married 3 times. Aaron Payne's family is in Plot B-2.
• Rosanna "Anna" Ellis Payne was John's second wife and the mother of Mollie Payne. Anna was the daughter of Pleasant M. and Josina Duncan Ellis. Her first name was Rosanna, and Anna was a nickname (or her name was Rose Anna). While her gravestone says she was 32, putting her birth in 1867-1868, several census records put her birth in 1862-1863, meaning she was 37 when she died. In 1900, after her death in January, Anna's widowed mother, Josina (Josephine/Sina) Ellis, was living with John Henry and likely helping care for her grandchildren. I haven't found Anna's parents' graves to connect the family, but her father Pleasant Ellis likely owned Plot B-18 (the Plat Map says P. M. Ellis); and though it's thought to be unoccupied maybe it isn't – maybe Pleasant and Josina are in Edgewood. Anna's 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 (Connelly) (173115774) (b. 1868).
• Harriet Leavea "Hattie" McCauley Payne, John's third wife, was the mother of Ailene Payne and Joe Johnson Payne, who died young, as well as Ernestine (Terry), Paul McSwain, John Henry Jr, and Thomas Earl.
• Infant Daughter Payne was the daughter of John Henry Jr. and his wife Mary Rollins Payne, and the granddaughter of John Henry Sr. and Hattie.
• Connections: John’s brother, Aaron Ezekiel Payne, was the owner of Plot B-2, where many of his family members are buried. Rosanna “Anna” Ellis Payne’s father, Pleasant M. Ellis, likely owned of Plot B-18.

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A-14 – James Edward Patterson, owner

Markers in A-14

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
James Edward Patterson	Jul 21, 1853	Mar 8, 1937
Janie Della McKinney Patterson	Jul 31, 1850	Dec 20, 1938
Laura Josephine Patterson	Nov 18, 1878	May 12, 1970
Willie Mae Patterson	Apr 26, 1883	Nov 9, 1893
Janie Patterson	Jun 17, 1888	May 4, 1889	(Shared stone for twins.)
Jamie Patterson	Jun 17, 1888	May 9, 1889
Marie Moreland Patterson	Dec 25, 1889	May 12, 1890
Lucinda "Lou" E. McKinney Belk	Oct 3, 1848	Apr 21, 1916	Wife of Rev. J. A. Belk "He that believed in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."

• James Edward Patterson and Janie Della McKinney Patterson were the parents of 9 children: Mary Alda (Boulware), Laura Josephine, Lula Belle, Willie Mae, Rutherford McKinney, twins Janie & Jamie (their namesakes), Marie Moreland, and Bessie Earl. Jamie, Janie and Marie died as infants and Willie Mae as a child. Laura, Lula Belle and Bessie never married and lived to be 91, 101, and 102, respectively. Alda lived to be 95 and Rutherford 86. James was the son of Elisha Sylvanius and "Naamah" Cannon Patterson. Naamah's given name is unclear. Find-a-Grave has Naomi E., but I don't find confirmation for that. The 1880 Census shows Simeon Cannon as a brother-in-law living with the Elisha S. Patterson family. This would be Simeon Russell Cannon (215348803), making him Naamah's brother. Simeon's parents were Lewis Cannon (224796194) and Elizabeth Templeman (224796264) from the Cannon Camp Ground United Methodist Church. The parents' pages list the names and birthdates of their children, with Nancy born in 1813. Naamah is obviously a nickname, but she's recorded as Nancy, Annie, and Amy on various records. If this is Nancy, then she was the sister of Naomi Cannon Bishop and Noah Cannon. James Edward's obituary says that he was born and reared in the Cannon Camp Ground, giving further evidence to his mother being from this Cannon family.
• Lucinda "Lou" McKinney Belk, who is buried in the Patterson plot, was Janie's sister who lived with them as a widow. She was the second wife of Rev. Julius Belk and had no children of her own. I haven't determined if her husband was related to the Belk family with the department store.
• Connections: James was the nephew of Noah Cannon I and Naomi Amy Cannon Bishop in Plot A-16.

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A-15 – Elizabeth Elaine Mosteller, owner

Markers in A-15

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Elizabeth Elaine "Eliza" Bruce Mosteller	Oct 29, 1826	Jan 30, 1897	Wife of P. H. Mosteller
Mary Melinda "Linnie" Mosteller	Aug 25, 1859	Jul 6, 1890	Daughter of P. H. & E. E. Mosteller

• Elizabeth Elaine "Eliza" Bruce Mosteller was married to Phillip H. Mosteller. They were the parents of Henryetta (Bates), Vardry, Frances Elizabeth (Wheeler), John H., Spartan David, Mary Melinda "Linnie", and Ola (Farmer). Phillip enlisted as a Confederate soldier on July 1, 1861 as a Private with Company B, South Carolina 11^th Infantry, 9^th Volunteers. He wrote his Last Will & Testament in Sept. 1864, and was taken captive in Feb. 1865. He died 5 months later, but I don't know the cause of death. 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.
• Connections: Elizabeth Elaine "Eliza" Bruce Mosteller was the mother of Ola Mosteller Farmer (Plot C-15), and the aunt of John Landrum Carman (Plot A-8) and David Hoke Carman (Plot C-6). Their mother Eleanor Adaline Bruce Carman was her sister. Linnie was their cousin.

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A-16 – Noah Marvin Cannon I, owner

Markers in A-16

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Noah Cannon I	Apr 20, 1828	Sep 6, 1911	Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.Father
Eugenia Adiline "Jennie" Goodlett Cannon	Mar 2, 1849	Feb 23. 1910	"They rest from their labors and their works do follow them."Rev. 14:15Mother
Infant Son Cannon	Aug 17, 1881	Sep 15, 1881	Son of N. & E. A. Cannon Safe in the arms of Jesus.
Noah Marvin Cannon II	Jan 17, 1879	Jul 19, 1928
Amelia Varena "Rena" Cunningham Cannon	Feb 26, 1883	Oct 30, 1905
Sarah Jane "Janie" Finch Cannon	Aug 31, 1889	Sep 20, 1956
Noah Marvin Cannon III	Feb 2, 1915	May 14, 1949	(Shared stone with his parents.)
Naomi Amy 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 Cannon I was the son of Lewis Cannon and Elizabeth Templeman Cannon. Noah 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 (age 19-68) – a national record at the time. Noah's inscription is the first half of Revelation 14:13.
• Eugenia Adiline "Jennie" Goodlett Cannon was the daughter of Colonel William Hiram Goodlett and Francis Rush (1821-1875), and the granddaughter of Major Spartan David Goodlett I. There's Goodlett family history on her grandfather's page. Jennie was the second wife of Noah Cannon, and they had at least 6 children. Noah and 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,- the second burial in Edgewood. I haven't located their first son, William A. Cannon. They had two daughters, Frances Maude (Few) and Minnie Tecoa (Gaines), also buried in Edgewood. Jennie's inscription is from the second half of Revelation 14:13. (The reference on her gravestone, Rev 14:15, is incorrect.)
• Noah Marvin Cannon II, Noah and Jennie's son, is buried here with both of his wives. His first wife, Amelia Varena "Rena" Cunningham Cannon, was the daughter of Jesse Preston Cunningham and Florence Lyles "Floy" Goodlett. Noah and Rena were second cousins through their mothers, as their grandfathers, William Hiram Goodlett and Colonel Spartan David Goodlett II, were brothers. They married December 18, 1902. I find no records of children or how she died. Noah's second wife, Sarah Jane "Janie" Finch Cannon was the daughter of James Benjamin Finch and Sarah Elizabeth Willis. Noah and Janie had 6 children: Martha Eugenia (Bowker), Virginia (Hinson), Noah Marvin III, Ina Louise (Bowker), Margaret Helen (Moon), and Janie Lee (Sosobee).
• Noah Marvin III was the son of Noah II and Janie and shares their gravestone. Noah lived in a common law marriage with Luree McCullough, daughter of J. H. “Slim” McDonald. Slim took issue with them living together unmarried, and when they were all drinking together, he pulled out a gun. Noah was shot and killed by his girlfriend's father - his death a homicide (articles on his page).
• Naomi Amy 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. The headstones being mixed could explain why "Bishop" was handwritten on Plot A-21.
• Connections: Noah and Eugenia were also the parents of Frances Maude "Fannie" Cannon Few in Plot D-3, as well as Minnie Tecoa Cannon Gaines in Plot D-11. Noah and Naomi were the uncle and aunt of James Edward Patterson in Plot A-14. Eugenia Goodlett Cannon was the first cousin of Ida Goodlett Cunningham Boozer, the first wife of William Francis Cunningham in Plot B-1. Eugenia and Ida's fathers were brothers, the sons of Major Spartan David Goodlett I (his impressive obituary can be found on his page). Amelia Varena "Rena" Cunningham Cannon's mother Florence Lyles Goodlett Cunningham was the daughter of Colonel Spartan David Goodlett II, Major Spartan David's son.

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A-17 – John Hollis Wyatt, owner

Markers in A-17

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
William Henry Wyatt	Jan 13, 1880	Sep 29, 1886	Little time on earth he spent, Till God for him his angels sent.
Elisa V. "Ellie" Wyatt	Nov 27, 1882	Oct 5, 1886	Happy infant Early blest; Rest in peaceful slumber rest.
Edward C. "Eddie" Wyatt	Oct 26, 1884	Oct 2, 1886	Love is a little lamb.

• John Hollis Wyatt, owner of this plot, married Margaret Malinda Allen Wyatt. 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 years as of 1900, meaning they were married when she was 15 and he was 24. By 1900, Margaret had borne 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. Their tenth child, Agnes, 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.
• William Henry Wyatt, Elisa V. "Ellie" Wyatt, and Edward C. "Eddie" Wyatt 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.
• Connections: John's parents, Robert D. and Elizabeth Moulton Wyatt, and brother, E. Pinckney Wyatt, are buried in Plot A-22, while his sister, Sarah Missouri Wyatt Mason, is in Plot C-8.

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A-18 – Charles Lemon King, owner

Markers in A-18

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
George W. King	Aug 26, 1816	Apr 28, 1879	(Memorial Cenotaph. Not buried here.)
Nancy Bailey King	Aug 29, 1819	Jan 21, 1891	His Wife
Amanda Caroline "Carrie" King	Dec 22, 1844	Mar 25, 1910
Charles Lemon "Charlie" King	Feb 14, 1860	Aug 29, 1944
Lillie Dunnehoo King	Jun 16, 1859	Apr 21, 1941

• George W. King and Nancy Bailey King were the parents of Horace Lafayette, Amanda Caroline "Carrie", Georgeanna, Mary Ann (Nash), and Charles Lemon "Charlie". 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. George died before Edgewood Cemetery was created in 1880, so he's not buried here, rather this is a memorial cenotaph.
• Charles Lemon "Charlie" King is the owner of this plot and likely purchased it to bury his mother, as his father passed when he was a teen. There is a shared stone for his parents and sister Carrie that would have been erected years later by other descendants. (It's possible this stone replaced earlier stones that were damaged when Edgewood Cemetery was ransacked by vandals in 1983.) According to death certificates, Charlie and his wife Lillie are also buried in Edgewood Cemetery, but no gravestones have been located. In 1900, Charlie's sister Carrie lived with his family, and he and Lillie had 8 children: George Lee, Elizabeth "Bessie" (Rutledge), Frank W., Maida (Patterson), Margaret Belle (Peters), Sarah "Sallie" E. (?), Alma E. (Peters), and Charles Andrew.
• Lillie Dunnehoo King was the daughter of Andrew J. Dunnehoo and Sarah Ann "Sallie" Walker Dunnehoo. Her mother, "Sallie", was the daughter of Jacob Walker (244214496) and Lelia Miller Walker. Jacob Walker was the scion of the Walker family in North Carolina. There's an extensive write up of the family history, going from the American Revolution back to King Henry VIII, on his Find-a-Grave page. Her mother's page contains information regarding a connection to Sons of the American Revolution. Lillie's great uncle was Felix Walker (11392784), a United States Congressman. You can read on his page of his fascinating connection to Buncombe - the name of Revolutionary War Colonel Edward Buncombe, the origins of the term 'bunkum' or 'bunk', meaning nonsense, and a main street running through Greer.
• Connections: Lucy Matilda King Thomas is buried in an Unmarked Grave (see end of document). A relationship to the Kings hasn’t been determined.

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A-19 – Theron Earl Dill, owner

Markers in A-19

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Alma Aness Dill	Jan 29, 1891	Feb 28, 1891	Daughter of T. E. & M. A. Dill Take this little lamb said he And fold it in my breast Protection it should find in me And be forever blest.

• Theron Earl Dill, owner of this plot, was married to Minnie Arlena Moon Dill. Theron's parents were Theron E. and Nancy Mary Ward Dill. Theron and Mary lived in and are buried in Greer. Minnie's mother was Lucinda Caroline Moon Gosnell.
• Alma Aness Dill was born between the census records and at a time when death certificates and obituaries were rare, especially for infants. According to her gravestone, she was the 1-month-old daughter of T. E. & M. A. Dill. By 1894, Theron and Minnie had moved their family to Texas. The 1900 Census record shows Minnie had birthed 5 children and 4 were living. Alma is the one they had lost. The 1910 census records show they had 8 children and 6 lived, as their son William Henry also died young, not long after the 1900 census. They had one more son after the 1910 census, for a total of 9 children. Their children were Pearl May (Searcy), Alma Aness, Eugene D., Julius Morgan, William Henry, Gladys L. (Compton Hicks), Myrtice (Koller), Zuma (Zona?), and Fred Earl.
• Connections: I have not explored connections to Pertima Angeline Dill Cannon in Plot A-1.

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A-20 – George Washington Hughes, owner

Markers in A-20

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
George Washington Hughes	Mar 4, 1853	Nov 20, 1898

• The death of George Washington Hughes is one of the most tragic stories in the cemetery. George was a successful Jeweler in the city of Greer. He fell in love with Martha Ann "Mattie" Waldrop, 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. You can read the full story at the biography of George Washington Hughes with newspaper articles on his wife, Martha Ann "Mattie" Waldrop Hughes, on the Greer Heritage Museum site.
• So, what happened to their son, Leo? In 1900, Leo Charles Hughes was living in Duncan in the home of his uncle and aunt, George's younger brother, Thomas G. Hughes and his wife, Mary Ann Moore Hughes. Thomas and Mary Ann were 30 and 23. According to his uncle and aunt's obituaries and census records, they adopted him and later adopted other nieces or nephews, but had no other children. After Leo had grown, Mary Ann's younger brother, George Moore, died in WWI, having been gassed twice in France, and Thomas and Mary Ann adopted his 3 children: Graham, Gladys and Robert. With all the tragedy, there was still the love of family. Leo named his first son Howard Thomas, a combination of his wife's maiden name and his uncle's name, and Graham and Gladys named their first daughters Mary and Mary Ann. 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 manager, and eventually retired. Leo had 8-10 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, owner (Bishop - handwritten)

No graves.

• D. C. Bennett is a mystery of Edgewood. He didn’t use this plot. The Bennett name was prominent in this area, but I haven’t determined who this was with any certainty. One possibility is Dr. Decatur Curtis Bennett (8197832).
• "Bishop" was handwritten later on the plat map in this square. Naomi Amy Cannon Bishop is buried in her brother’s plot, Plot A-16, next to this plot. The cemetery was vandalized in 1983, and the Cannon headstones were broken and dislodged. It's possible her headstone was originally where the Infant Son Cannon headstone is, since her footstone is there; however, it's still in the Cannon plot.

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A-22 – Robert D. Wyatt, owner

Markers in A-22

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Robert D. Wyatt	Aug 18, 1807	Apr 28, 1888
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moulton Wyatt	Oct 7, 1823	Jan 22, 1909	She believed and sleeps in Jesus.
E. Pinckney Wyatt	May 30, 1850	Feb 22, 1901	Death is another life.

• Robert D. Wyatt and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moulton Wyatt were the parents of E. Pinckney, John Hollis, Julia Ellen (Keller), and Sarah Missouri (Mason).
• E. Pinckney Wyatt wrote his Last Will & Testament 4 ½ months before his death, leaving everything to his mother, with whom he lived. Isham Alexander Mayfield (Plot B-22), postmaster and notary, was a witness to his Will.
• Connections: Robert and Lizzie's grandchildren, William, Ellie and Eddie, the children of their son John Hollis, are buried in Plot A-17. Their daughter, Sarah Missouri Wyatt Mason, is buried with her family in Plot C-8.

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A-23 – Frank L. Tillotson, owner

Markers in A-23

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Marker: Pitts
Jordan Buford Pitts Sr.	Sep 29, 1861	May 7, 1941
Addie Tillotson Pitts	Sep 8, 1869	Sep 12, 1948	Wife of J. B. Pitts
Jordan Buford Pitts Jr.	Aug 17, 1905	Oct 14, 1909	Son of J. B. & Addie Pitts

• Frank L. Tillotson, the owner of the plot, may have been the brother of Addie Tillotson Pitts, buried here.
• Jordan Buford Pitts Sr. 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. Jordan was the son of Drayton Tobias Jordan and Mary Jane Duncan Pitts.
• Connections: There’s a possible connection to Mary Morgan Duncan and her children in Plot C-7, but it hasn’t been confirmed. The connection would be through Jordan’s mother, Mary Jane Duncan Pitts. Her father Joseph Berry may have been brother to James Madison Duncan, the husband of Mary Morgan Duncan, but this connection is not confirmed. Likewise, Addie’s mother was Nancy Davis Tillotson, so it’s possible she’s related to the other Davises in Edgewood.

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A-24 – John H. James & Nancy Louise James, owners

Markers in A-24

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John H. James	Aug 3, 1833	Jun 22, 1904	Footstone: J.J.
Nancy Louise "Lou" Jones James	Dec 11, 1857	Jan 25, 1944	Wife of John James
Kate James	Aug 28, 1891	Apr 7, 1893	Dau of John & Lou James Our loved one gone Borne to Jesus, She buddeth on earth To bloom in heaven.
May James	Aug 12, 1896	Jun 9, 1897	Dau of John & Lou James Beautiful, lovely She was but given A fair bud to earth, To blossom in heaven.

• John H. James was the son of Joseph James Jr. and his first wife. John was first to Nancy Elizabeth Ross (113389568), the mother of his older son, John Cromer. Nancy was the daughter of Wylie Ross and Elmina Hawkins (a twin), and the sister of William Morgan Ross. Elizabeth was next married to John Dill, had two daughters, and later married Edward Kingsmore. John and his second wife, Nancy Louise "Lou" Jones James, were married in 1887 when she was 29 and he was 53 (according to census records). They had four daughters: Kate, May, Mattie (Greene) and Minnie (Hahn). Kate James and May James died young. May, who died in 1897, was the twin of Mattie. It's possible the twins were named Mary and Martha, as May and Mattie were common nicknames for the names Mary and Martha. There were several sisters named Mary and Martha that are connected to Edgewood.
• Connections: John was the brother-in-law of William Morgan Ross, Plot B-16, as William's sister Nancy Elizabeth Ross Kingsmore was John's first wife. Their mother was a Hawkins, which gives several connections in Edgewood.

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A-25 – James Robert Dobson, owner

Markers in A-25

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
James Robert Dobson	May 16, 1847	Apr 6, 1900	Gone but not forgotten.

• James Robert Dobson was the son of Rayner Ransom Dobson and Susannah Conner Dobson. His parents preceded him in death, but he had 10 siblings and only 1 passed away before him. No wife or children are listed on census records.

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SECTION B

B-1 – William Francis Cunningham, owner

Markers in B-1

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Marker: Cunningham
William Francis "Frank" Cunningham	Feb 1, 1855	Apr 10, 1892	Farewell beloved husband, till we meet beyond the river.Back: 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.
Infant Cunningham		(pre-1892)	First Born of W. F. & Ida Cunningham
Hartwell Lowery BeachamHeartwell L. Beacham	1817	1891	Pvt. Palmetto Sharp Shooters, Confederate States Army Stone placed by family: Heartwell L. Beacham 1817-1891
Mariah Louise Shepherd Beacham	1818	Jan 6, 1897	Wife of H. L. Beacham
Archibald Lester "Archie" Beacham	May 1850	July 16, 1928
Elizabeth Ann Fowler Beacham	Aug 6, 1853	Feb 20, 1942	Wife of Archie L. Beacham

• William Francis "Frank" Cunningham, the owner of this plot, was the son of Major John and Sophronia Caroline Prince Cunningham. On the 1880 census, Frank's brother John recorded their parents as having been born in Ireland. They had at least 9 children, including Frank's sister Minnie Cunningham Burgiss (Plot A-5). Frank married Ida Marie Goodlett. Ida was the sister of Spartan Goodlett, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodlett and Gustavus/Augustus Goodlett.
• Infant Cunningham was Frank and Ida's first born. Frank likely purchased this plot to bury their infant son or daughter. The stone reads First Born of W. F. & Ida Cunningham, but there are no dates on the stone, and it is lying on the ground next to Frank's stone.
• So, what happened to Ida Cunningham? Ida was 3 months along expecting their second child when Frank died at just 37 years old. Six months later, Marie Franklin Cunningham, her father's namesake, was born. Sometime between 1900 and 1910, Ida and Marie lived with Ida's parents until she remarried, becoming Ida Boozer. Her new husband, Arthur George Boozer, had immigrated from England. They had no children and he died in 1927. Marie married Thomas Harrison Cunningham. Ida passed away Dec. 6, 1951, and was buried in the Boozer family plot in Springwood Cemetery, Greenville.
• Hartwell Lowery Beacham was married to Mariah Louise Shepherd Beacham, and they had eleven children. He was a Confederate soldier, having served with the Palmetto Sharp Shooters. Five of their sons served, and two of them died in the War. The original Medieval French/English spelling of the surname was Beauchamp, which his son Phillip changed to after the War. Hartwell was Ida Goodlett Cunningham's uncle, as Ida's mother, Alice Elvira Beacham Goodlett, was his sister.
• Archibald Lester "Archie" Beacham was married to Elizabeth Ann Fowler Beacham, and they had 9 children. Archie was Hartwell and Mariah's son. He was named after his maternal grandfather.
• Connections: Frank's sister was Minnie Cunningham Burgiss (Plot A-5). Eugenia Goodlett Cannon, in Plot A-16, was the first cousin of Ida Goodlett Cunningham Boozer, the first wife of William Francis Cunningham. Eugenia and Ida's fathers were brothers, the sons of Major Spartan David Goodlett I (his impressive obituary can be found on his page). Amelia Varena "Rena" Cunningham Cannon's mother Florence Lyles Goodlett Cunningham was the daughter of Colonel Spartan David Goodlett II, Major Spartan David's son. There may be other Cunningham and Goodlett connections.

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B-2 – Aaron Ezekiel Payne, owner

Markers in B-2

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Leorah C. Ashmore Payne	Apr 4, 1854	Jun 18, 1894	Wife of A. E. Payne Asleep in Jesus.
William Arthur Payne	Jan 10, 1880	Feb 21, 1948	Footstone: WAP
Daisy Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie" McCarter Payne	Jun 2, 1865	May 28, 1907
Marshall McCarter Payne	Mar 28, 1900	Oct 16, 1901	Son of A. E. & D. A. E. Payne Our loved one.
Hannah M. Howard Payne	Feb 1828	Feb 20, 1905	Wife of Wesly Payne Prepare to meet me in heaven.
Wilton Vashti Greer	Oct 1, 1903	Dec 1, 1903	Dau. of R. H. & D. E. Greer In heaven there is one angel more.

• Aaron Ezekiel Payne is the owner of this plot where he buried his first two wives, two of their children, his granddaughter, and his mother.
• Leorah C. Ashmore Payne, Aaron's first wife, had Henry Franklin, William Arthur Payne, Dora Eleanor (Greer), and Ashmore Hendrix. Leorah was the sister of his brother John Henry Perry Payne's first wife, Ida. Both Aaron and John lost their first two wives and were married 3 times. John's family is in Plot A-13.
• Daisy Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie" McCarter Payne was Aaron's second wife and Marshall McCarter Payne was their only child. Lizzie was the daughter of Thomas Alexander McCarter and Emily Jane Batson.
• Aaron's third wife was Annice Greene McCarter Payne, the widow of Myles E. McCarter, and they had no children together. Annice was the daughter of Captain Andrew Jackson Greene and Everriller Edwards. Aaron and Annice are buried in a cemetery in Greenville.
• Hannah M. Howard Payne was married to Wesley Howard Payne. Wesley was born in 1810 and died Aug 7, 1859, in Greer, Greenville County. I haven't located his grave. Wesley and Hannah had two sons: Aaron Ezekiel Payne and John Henry Perry Payne. Aaron's middle name was from his maternal grandfather, Ezekiel Howard. In the 1900 census, Hannah was living with Aaron's family. John's family is in Plot A-13.
• Wilton Vashti Greer was Aaron and Leorah's granddaughter. Dora Eleanor "Ellie" Payne and Robert Henry Greer were married in 1902, and Wilton Vashti was their first child.
• Connections: John Henry Perry Payne, Hannah's son and Aaron's brother, is in Plot A-13 with his family. There are Greers in B-2, C-17, D-15, as well as A-10 and B-16 through their mother. I have not pursued connections.

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B-3 – Robert Benjamin Mason, owner

Markers in B-3

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Clara Belle Mason	Apr 17, 1896	Aug 22,1898	Daughter of R. B. and Ida Mason Footstone: CBM

• Little Clara Belle Mason 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: The State, 8.24.1898.) Clara Belle was their third and youngest child at the time of the accident. Robert and Ida had 8 children.
• Connections: There are a lot of Masons in Edgewood, but I haven't determined Clara Belle's relationship to them.

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B-4 – Thaddeus T. Westmoreland, owner

Markers in B-4

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Thaddeus T. Westmoreland	Nov 2, 1840	Mar 11, 1909
Elizabeth T. Cannon Westmoreland	Dec 9, 1854	Jan 11, 1940	Wife of Thaddeus T. Westmoreland
Maida Mathursia Westmoreland Sudduth	Jul 25, 1890	Oct 5, 1972	Wife of C. D. Sudduth

• Thaddeus T. Westmoreland was married to Elizabeth T. Cannon Westmoreland. Thaddeus was the son of Simeon Ransom and Elizabeth Brockman Westmoreland, who farmed in Clear Springs, an area south of Greer near Simpsonville. Elizabeth was the daughter of David and Pertima Angeline Dill Cannon. A Confederate Veteran, Thaddeus served in Company E 2^nd SC Cavalry under Captain A. H. Dean. Thaddeus was a farmer and statesman. He was appionted as constable in 1881 and served as Mayor of Greer from 1892-1896. He was the older brother of Henry Verias Westmoreland, the first doctor in Greer. You can read more about the Westmorelands in Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt.
• Maida Mathursia Westmoreland Sudduth was the second wife of Croel David Sudduth. They married later and had no children together. He was buried by his first wife.
• Connections: Thaddeus and Elizabeth’s daughter Edna Tolula Westmoreland Walker is in Plot C-4 with her husband, Dr. John Henry Walker, and son, Dr. William Thaddeus Walker. Elizabeth’s parents, David and Pertima Angeline Dill Cannon, sister, Harriet “Hattie” Cannon Glenn, and brother, Louis H. Cannon, are in Plot A-1.
  

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B-5 – J. T. McClure, owner

No graves.

• There's no information to connect who J. T. McClure may have been, but one possibility is John Taylor McClure (104998928) who lived in the Glassy Mountain area, Landrum, Spartanburg County, from 1895-1984. There are several Glassy Mountain connections in Edgewood.
  

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B-6 – Isham Kendrick Robison, owner

Markers in B-6

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Isham Kendrick Robison	Apr 25, 1820	Aug 20, 1891	He is not dead but sleepeth who die in the Lord.On back of stone: Remember friends as you pass by, That all mankind are born to die, Then let your cares on Christ be cast, That you may dwell with Him at last.Kind angels watch his sleeping dust Till Jesus comes to raise the just.Then may he wake with sweet surprise And in his Saviour's image rise.
Martha Ann Anderson Robison	Feb 15, 1837	Jan 9, 1920	Wife of I. K. Robison A tender mother and a faithful friend.
Infant Son Robison		Aug 24, 1898	Infant Son of S. H. & A. E. Robison

• Isham Kendrick Robison and his third wife Martha Ann Anderson Robison moved from Cashville to Greer in 1878. Martha was the daughter of John Anderson and Nancy Alexander. Isham and Martha were the parents of Mary L. (Gibson), Carolina Josephine (Wood), Eliza Ann (Wood), William James, John Anderson, Isham Oliver, Samuel Henry, Edward Miller, and Ann Weatra (Groce). 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."
• Infant Son Robison was Isham and Martha's grandson, the child of their son Samuel Henry and his wife Adrew Esstella Duncan Robison. With only one date given, it's likely the baby was born and died on the same day.
• Connections: Isham and Martha's son, John Anderson Robinson (Plot D-12) was born in 1869. (Note the change of spelling in the last name.) John 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. There's a possible Alexander family connection through Martha's mom, Nancy Alexander Anderson, to Eula Jennie Alexander Mayfield (Plot B-22).

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B-7 – William Wesley Burgiss, owner

No graves.

• William Wesley Burgiss was the owner of this plot. You can a short biography about William Wesley Burgiss on the Greer Heritage Museum site. William was the son of Nicholas F. Burgiss and Mary Evelyn Gilreath, and the brother of Alfred Franklin Burgiss. William married Etta Bailey, the daughter of William Clark Bailey, the first mayor of Greer, and Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham. William Burgiss 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. The Burgiss family did not use this plot, as they relocated to Greenville and have a prominent monumental edifice in Springwood Cemetery in Greenville.
• Connections: William was the brother of Alfred Franklin "Frank" Burgiss (Plot A-5). Etta Bailey Burgiss was the sister of Fannie Bailey Smith, whose in-laws own Plot D-6.

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B-8 – Jesse Calvin Farmer, owner

Markers in B-8

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Jesse Calvin Farmer	Nov 24, 1845	Nov 27, 1923
Sarah Elizabeth Dunegan Farmer	Jun 12, 1845	Apr 6, 1897	Wife of J. C. Farmer

• Jesse Calvin Farmer and his first wife Sarah Elizabeth Dunegan Farmer had at least 6 children: Thomas Benjamin, Corrie I. (Armstrong), Mamie A. (Turner), Sallie M. (Miller), Jesse D., and Lillie Mae (Edge). Jesse was the oldest son of Joshua Dotson Farmer (8451677) and Sarah "Sallie" Center (10366526). Joshua and Sallie had 7 children before he was enlisted in the Civil War. He died in 1864 when Jesse was 19, and Sallie later married Matthew Ballew. Sarah Elizabeth Dunegan Farmer might have been the daughter of Phillip S. Dunagan (28833995) (and Sarah Coggins?), but records are scarce. According to the 1910 census, Jesse married his second wife, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mitchell, around 1900. This was Lizzie's second marriage as well. They had 2 children, Gladys (McKinney) and George Calvin, plus she had lost one.
• Connections: Jesse may be related to Augustus Poole Farmer, in Plot C-15, but the connection is undetermined.
  

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B-9 – Lewis Redmon Mason, owner

Markers in B-9

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Lewis Redmon Mason	Sep 9, 1879	Sep 19, 1944
Annie Noettie Peace Mason	Jul 3, 1884	Dec 29, 1980	Wife of Lewis R. Mason "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."
Grettie May Mason	Dec 26, 1908	Oct 28, 1911	Dau. of L. R. & N. A. Mason
Bluford Earl Mason	Jun 1, 1915	Nov 15, 1929	Son of L. R. & N. A. Mason
Lewis Mason Jr.	Jul 3, 1922	Aug 11, 1923	Son of L. R. & N. A. Mason

• Lewis Redmon Mason and Annie Noettie Peace Mason had 9 children. Grettie May Mason and Lewis Mason Jr. died as toddlers. Bluford Earl Mason was tragically struck by a train while driving a car across the tracks at age 14.
• Annie Noettie Peace Mason lived to be 96 years old. Before Noettie was born, her parents lost all 5 of their children, ages 1-7, to diphtheria within 10 days. They went on to have 6 more children. In Noettie's life, she suffered the loss of 3 children, her husband, her parents, and she outlived the 5 siblings she grew up with. Noettie lived at 814 Poinsett Street at the time of her death. Her inscription is Psalm 23:1.
• Connections: There are other Masons in Edgewood, but I haven't determined a relationship.

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B-11 – William Eston Walker, owner

Markers in B-11

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Dr. William Eston Walker	Aug 21, 1852	Aug 14, 1921	In Thee, O Lord, have I put my trust.Footstone: WEW
Henrietta C. "Etta" Hughes Walker	Dec 11, 1852	May 23, 1892	Wife of Dr. W. E. Walker Footstone: ECHW
Duncan E. Walker	Feb 18, 1882	Feb 25, 1907	Son of W. E. & E. C. Walker
Eliza Minnie Kennerly Walker	Jul 26, 1868	Mar 11, 1903	Wife of W. E. Walker "In my Father's house are many mansions." Footstone: MEW

• Dr. William Eston Walker was a leading physician and businessman in Greer. He was twice married, first to Henrietta C. "Etta" Hughes Walker, and they had two sons, Duncan E. and John Henry. His second wife was Eliza Minnie Kennerly Walker, and they had one son, Morris Kennerly. Duncan died when he was 25. John Henry became a doctor and pharmacist. Morris moved to Georgia and became a dentist. William's inscription is from Psalm 31:1.
• Connections: William and Etta's son, Dr. John Henry Walker, is in his family Plot C-4.
  

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B-12 – Martin Luther Marchant, owner

Markers in B-12

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Martin Luther Marchant I	Aug 14, 1832	Jan 22, 1897
Mary A. Smith Marchant	Jan 30, 1844	Jun 14, 1906	Wife of M. L. Marchant
William Wesley Marchant	Jun 12, 1873	Feb 15, 1928
Mary Bessie Marchant	Sep 18, 1882	Aug 23, 1898

• Martin Luther Marchant was married to Mary A. Smith Marchant. Martin and Mary had 8 children. Martin 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. Read the Marchant Family history at Greer Heritage Museum.
• William Wesley Marchant was Martin and Mary's son. William was married to Julia Agnes Wood, and they had two sons. Their younger son died at age 11, and only 4 months later, William was drafted to WWI. William and Agnes later divorced, and she remarried.
• Mary Bessie Marchant, Martin and Mary's daughter, died the month before her 16^th birthday.
• Connections: Martin and Mary’s daughter Clara M. Marchant Davenport is buried with her family (Plot C-3). Their daughter-in-law, Sallie Leona Few Marchant, the first wife of their son Martin Luther Marchant II, is buried with the Few family in Plot D-2. There are other Smiths in Edgewood that may be related.

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B-13 – Mrs. Albert Clifford Black, owner

Markers in B-13

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Albert Clifford Black	Nov 3, 1870	June 11, 1899
Elizabeth Zimmerman Black	Dec 16, 1874	Aug 23, 1900
Pearl Esdie Coffey Black	Jan 7, 1900	Aug 29, 1922	Wife of W. L. Black

• Albert Clifford Black and Elizabeth Zimmerman Black had one son, Walton LeGrand Black, named after Elizabeth's father, Legrand Capers Zimmerman (Plot A-6). Albert died when Walton was 14 months old, and Elizabeth died the next year when he was 2 years, 3 months old. Elizabeth seemed to know she would die as she wrote her Last Will & Testament in May 1900, leaving everything to her only child, her son Walton, and naming her mother Rosa Zimmerman as his guardian. They had lived in Elizabeth's parents' home since her husband's death 1 year prior. Legrand and Rosa lived until 1920 when Walton was 21, married and a father.
• Pearl Esdie Coffey Black was the first wife of Walton Legrand Black. Walton and Pearl married in 1919 and had two children, Elizabeth "Betty" Coffey (Jones) and Walton Legrand Jr. Elizabeth was likely named after Walton's mother who died when he was only two. Walton Jr. was born by caesarian section July 23, 1922. Pearl got septicemia from the c-section and died when he was 1 month old, and Betty was two years old. Walton Sr. was orphaned as a baby, lost his grandparents who raised him, and was now widowed with a 1-month-old son and a 2-year-old daughter.
• Walton married his second wife, Clara Wiggins McIver, in 1924, and they had children together. His third wife was Ruth Inez Vannoy.
• Connections: Elizabeth’s parents and siblings are in Plot A-6.
  

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B-14 – James Mannon Flynn, owner

Markers in B-14

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
James "Jim" Mannon Flynn	Mar 22, 1879	Sep 21, 1948	Shared Stone: Wife of J. M. Flynn Earth has no sorrows that Heaven cannot heal.
Hattie Iola Neely Flynn	May 30, 1885	Feb 8, 1964
Clarence Wofford "Fly" Flynn	Oct 16, 1903	Mar 11, 1962	Son of J. M. & Hattie N. Flynn Rest in peace.
Mary Hemphill Flynn	May 15, 1905	Sep 20, 1979	Wife of Clarence W. Flynn
Evelyn L. Flynn	Dec 15, 1910	Oct 30, 1911	Dau. of J. M. & Hattie Flynn Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.

• James Mannon "Jim" Flynn was married to Hattie Iola Neely Flynn. Jim likely purchased this plot to bury their infant daughter, Evelyn L. Flynn.
• Clarence Wofford “Fly” Flynn, Jim and Hattie's son, was married to Mary Hemphill Flynn. They had 3 sons: Charles Malcolm, Billy Eugene, and Donald Kenneth.
• Connections: James was the son of Joseph Wofford and Sarah Jane Nodine Flynn. Joe owns plots C-12 and D-5. James's paternal grandparents, Sgt. Miles W. and Isabella Robbins Flinn are buried in Plot C-12, as is his sister Laura Melissa Flynn. His parents are buried in Plot D-5. Hattie was the daughter of Clarence M. and Frances "Fannie" Taylor Neely. Fannie was the daughter of Zion Pinckney and sister of Wesley Perry, so she was the first cousin of William Perry Taylor (A-2) and the aunt of John Thomas Taylor (A-7). Hattie was William's first cousin once removed, and John's first cousin.
  

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B-16 – William Morgan Ross, owner

Markers in B-16

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared stone			Carved on 3 sides
William Morgan Ross	Dec 18, 1845	Jul 12, 1893	Safe in his father's home above.Footstone: WMR
Martha Jane Wood Ross	Nov 3, 1847	Nov 2, 1923	Our dear mother.Footstone: MJW
Mary Emma Ross	Oct 8, 1873	Aug 17, 1908	She was the sunshine of our home.Footstone: MER

• William Morgan Ross served in the Civil War with his dad, Wiley W. Ross, as a private in Company F 16^th Reg SC Volunteer Infantry. He was married to Martha Jane Wood Ross. They had at least 6 children: William Thomas, Jason P., Mary Emma, Guy Rivers, Jeptha Walker, and Tweetie Pauline.
• Mary Emma Ross never married and lived with her parents - to their obvious delight.
• Connections: Martha's brother, James Jackson Wood, is in Plot A-10. Their mother was Sarrah E. Greer Wood. There are Greers in B-2, C-17, D-15, but I have not explored connections.
  

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B-17 – William Ross, owner

No graves.

• William Ross is a mystery. According to the plat map, W. M. Ross owns Plot B-16 and Wm. Ross owns Plot B-17. This could be the same person.

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B-18 – Pleasant M. Ellis, owner

No graves.

• Pleasant M. Ellis was the father of Rosanna "Anna" Ellis Payne (Plot A-13). This plot has no gravestones, so is thought to be unoccupied, but maybe it isn't. I haven't located Pleasant and Josina's (Josephine) graves, so maybe they are in Edgewood.

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B-19 – John James Campbelle, owner

Markers in B-19

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John James Campbelle	May 12, 1889	Nov 30, 1918
Byrdie Estelle Mason Campbelle	Apr 3, 1892	Jul 6, 1986	Wife of John J. Campbelle
Charlton J. Campbelle	Jan 22, 1911	Jan 3, 1912	Son of J. J. & B. E. Campbelle Twas but a flower too good for earth Transplanted into heaven. Footstone: CJC
Paul Furman Campbelle	Mar 12, 1916	Mar 10, 2005

• John James Campbelle was married to Byrdie Estelle Mason Campbelle. They had 5 sons together. Their first son, Charlton J. Campbelle, died before his first birthday. John James died of pneumonia, leaving Byrdie with 4 sons. They moved into her parents' home temporarily and are found there on the 1920 census.
• Paul Furman Campbelle was a World War II vet. I find no record of marriage or children.
• Connections: Byrdie was the sister of Lewis Redmon Mason (Plot B-9).

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B-20 – No owner listed.

No graves.

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)	Grave Marker: One small square stone.

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B-21 – Sim. Burnett, owner

No graves.

• Simpson B. Burnett (115871951) may have been the owner of this plot, but there's no information to confirm this possibility. The only Burnett buried in Edgewood is Palmer Burnett, son of Pinckney Burnett Jr. Palmer's buried next to his mother, Minnie Greer Stevenson (Plot D-13). I don't know if Pinckney and Sim are related; they were both from Spartanburg.

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B-22 – Isham Alexander Mayfield, owner

Markers in B-22

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Headstone: Mayfield
Isham Alexander Mayfield	Aug 5, 1862	Jun 25, 1912	Woodmen of the World (memorial insignia)
Annie C. Lipscomb Mayfield	Aug 3, 1875	Jul 11, 1898	Wife of Isham A. Mayfield
Infant Mayfield	Jan 6, 1897	Jan 6, 1897	First Born of Isham & Annie Mayfield
Martin Mayfield	Jan 26, 1898	Sep 19, 1898	Little MartinSon of Isham & Annie Mayfield
Eula Jennie Alexander Mayfield	Apr 18, 1878	Oct 27, 1965	Wife of Isham A. Mayfield

• Isham Alexander Mayfield was the only child of Isham Jefferson Mayfield and Mary Elizabeth Lister. Jefferson was part of the Confederate Company B, 22^nd Regiment of SC Volunteer Infantry. Jefferson's company was at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, VA, and on July 30, 1864, he, along with numerous cousins and friends, was killed in the explosion. Isham's mother remarried and had 5 more children.
• Isham was first married to Annie C. Lipscomb Mayfield. They had two children, and both died as infants. Their first born, Infant Mayfield, was the first buried here and is likely why Isham bought this plot. Him wife Annie died when their son Martin Mayfield was 5 months old, and Little Martin died a couple months later. A couple of years after Annie and their infants passed away, Isham became the postmaster of Greer, a position he held for 12 years until his untimely death.
• Isham's second wife was Eula Jennie Alexander Mayfield. Isham and Jennie had 3 boys and 3 girls. In the morning hours of June 25, 1912, Isham's wife Eula, his sister Mary Alice Dempsey who lived with them, and his oldest son Thomas heard Isham screaming for help - three people in three different bedrooms of a large home. They searched but could not find him, and a search party was called. Sadly, he was found drowned in the bottom of the 45-foot deep well. The cause of death was determined to be that he was sleep walking and threw himself in the well, however things don't add up since he screamed for help.
  

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B-23 – William W. Forest, owner

Markers in B-23

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
William W. Forest	1830	1907	May he rest in peace.Footstone: WWF
Louisa Jane Ward Forest	Dec 13, 1841	Jun 13, 1920	Wife of W. W. Forest
Lula Evelina Forest	Jun 23, 1873	Dec 20, 1897	Daughter of W. W. & L. J. Forest Borne by angel's hands away; Forever there with Christ to stay. Footstone: LEF

• William W. Forest was married to Louisa Jane Ward Forest. Jane was the daughter of Erwin Ward and Elizabeth Ann McDowell. At the time of the 1900 census, William and Jane had been married 40 years and eight children - five of whom were living. Six of their children were John Henry, Elizabeth (Newby), Lula Evelina, Salena "Lena" (Glenn), Benjamin Franklin "Frank", and Jesse Oscar. Their daughter Lula Evelina Forest died before the 1900 census when she was 24. I haven't found their daughter Elizabeth's grave, but she was married to Joseph Leroy "Lee" Newby, and they had two children, Lillian "Lillie" (Batson) (142078596) and William Thomas (8467898), before she died around 1894, also before the 1900 census. After William passed away, Jane lived with their daughter Lena and her family.

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B-24 – Mrs. Harrett C. Cox, owner

Markers in B-24

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Harrett C. Cox	May 26, 1867	Aug 22, 1909	There are no partings in heaven.

• Harrett C. Cox is a mystery. I have not been able to discover who she was married to or who placed her stone and chose an inscription. It's obvious that someone took care. Typically, the women that own the plots in Edgewood were widows, which she seems to have been. Her name is clearly spelled Harrett on the stone, though Harriett is the common female name (I've looked up both). I haven't located any records for her.

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B-25 – Henry Grady DeYoung, owner

Markers in B-25

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Henry Grady DeYoung	Sep 29,1891	Sep 11, 1959	Erected by a brother, P. L. DeYoung
Carnice DeYoung	Jun 14, 1912	Jun 15, 1912	Shared Stone: Children of Grady & Maud DeYoung Happy infants early blestRest in peaceful slumber, rest.
James DeYoung	Apr 23, 1914	Jun 9, 1915

• Henry Grady DeYoung was married to Maude Littlefield. Two of their five children died as babies: Carnice DeYoung and James DeYoung. They also had Benjamin Franklin, Claude, and a daughter who became Mrs. R. E. Grass. Maude was still living in Greer when he passed, but he had relocated to Florida. His death certificate says he was widowed, but they may have been divorced.
• Connections: I don't know if there's a connection between Maud Littlefield DeYoung and Beatrice Farmer Littlefield's (Plot C-15) husband.

SECTION C

C-1 – James Reynolds, owner

No headstones.

Markers in B-25

• James Reynolds is another mystery of Edgewood. I have no information on who James Reynolds was or who, it seems, is buried in this plot. Another mystery to solve! There is a name marker for Reynolds, as well as 4 markers engraved with ‘R’ at the corners of the plot.

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C-2 – Mrs. Forrester, owner

No graves.

• Who was Mrs. Forrester? I have not found any information to make a connection to who this might have been. As all the ‘Mrs.’ who purchased plots in Edgewood were widows, I wonder, did Mrs. Forrester purchase this plot to bury her husband? Perhaps she moved to live with her children.

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C-3 – David Daniel Davenport, owner

Markers in C-3

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
David Daniel Davenport	Aug 20, 1844	Jun 30, 1919	Footstone: D.D.D.
Martha Ann "Mattie" West Davenport	Jul 27, 1840	Mar 22, 1917	Wife of D. D. Davenport Footstone: M.A.D.
Malcolm Clifton "Cliff" Davenport I	Jan 13, 1879	Apr 25, 1916	Footstone: M.C.D.
Clara M. Marchant Davenport	Mar 16, 1878	Jun 18, 1927	Footstone: CMD
David D. Davenport	Nov 11, 1904	May 28, 1906	Son of M. C. & Clara M. Davenport Footstone: David
Thomas West Davenport	Jun 14, 1910	Jun 3, 1911	Son of M. C. & Clara M. Davenport

• David Daniel Davenport Jr. was married to Martha Ann “Mattie” West Davenport. David was the son of David Daniel Davenport Sr. and Lodicia D. King Davenport, while Mattie was the daughter of Thomas A. West and Lydia Danford West. David and Mattie had two children, Mabel A. "May" (Wood) and Malcolm Clifton "Cliff". Mabel married John D. Wood, a business partner of her father who opened Wood Mortuary in 1902. May died in 1896 at only 19 years old. David and Mattie's son Cliff (below) also died early, at only 37 years old. Both children died before their parents. David, a Civil War veteran, was Greer's first millionaire and philanthropist and 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, which was managed by Oliver Palmer Smith (Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt, p. 53). 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 Tudor style 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 giving $50,000 for the building of a school which first housed Greer High School, and later came to be Davenport Junior High.
• Malcolm Clifton “Cliff” Davenport I, David and Mattie’s son, who was named after his father’s brother, was married to Clara M. Marchant Davenport. Clara was the daughter of Martin Luther and Mary Smith Marchant in Plot B-12. Malcolm and Clara had seven children. Their son David D. Davenport was named after his paternal grandfather and great grandfather, while Thomas West Davenport was named after his paternal great grandfather. Sadly, as is true of many plots in Edgewood, the babies were the first to be buried here. Like his father, Cliff had an interest in Greenville property, but he died at only 37, leaving Clara a widow with 5 children: Constance (Dooley), Malcolm Clifton Jr., Luther Marchant "Pete", Martha Ann (Josephy), and Daniel Denby. Read more about Cliff and Clara Marchant Davenport and the rest of the Marchant Family on the Marchant page at the Greer Heritage Museum site.
• Connections: David Daniel Davenport's mother was a King, born in North Carolina, but it's unclear if there's a connection to George King's family, as he was born in Connecticut. Clara Marchant Davenport's parents, Martin Luther and Mary Smith Marchant, her sister Mary Bessie and brother William Wesley are buried in Plot B-12. Her sister-in-law, Sarah Leona "Sallie" Few Marchant is buried in Plot D-2. Oliver Palmer Smith, in Plot D-1, managed Greer Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer Company, owned by David.

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C-4 – John Henry Walker, owner

Markers in C-4

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Dr. John Henry Walker	Dec 9, 1879	Dec 3, 1967
Edna Tolula Westmoreland Walker	Jan 21, 1881	May 7, 1939	Wife of John H. Walker DAR Marker
Dr. William Thaddeus Walker	Oct 1, 1909	Oct 2, 1988
Eulalia Sharp Ives Walker	Jul 4, 1913	Jun 5, 1996

• Dr. John Henry Walker was married to Edna Tolula Westmoreland Walker, and they had one son. Dr. Walker was very active in the medical and pharmaceutical community in Greer. He was a director of the Bank of Greer, and, like his father-in-law, William Bailey, he served as the Mayor of Greer, from 1919-1920 and again 1943-1945. Edna has a DAR marker by her gravestone. The Walkers lived at 105 Randall Street, across the street from the Tudor style Davenport House, in a craftsman bungalow style home designed for them by the architect Legrand Columbus Zimmerman (Plot A-6). (City of Greer Historic Resources Survey, p 76.)
• Dr. William Thaddeus Walker was named after his grandfathers, William Eston Walker and Thaddeus T. Westmoreland. Like his father and uncle, he also became a doctor. Eulalia Sharp Ives Walker, was William’s wife, a graduate of Furman University, and bookkeeper for Greer Drug Co. Dr. William and Eulalia also lived at 105 Randall Street, at least in their later years.
• Connections: John Henry was the son of William Eston and Henrietta C. "Ettta" Hughes Walker, and brother of Duncan E. Walker, Plot B-11. Edna Tolula was the daughter of Thaddeus T. and Elizabeth T. Cannon Westmoreland, and sister to Maida Mathursia Westmoreland Sudduth in Plot B-4.

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C-5 – Oliver Palmer Smith, owner

Markers in C-5

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Cyril Smith	Apr 2, 1895	Apr 6, 1896	Little CyrilSon of O. P. & Effie Smith
Alvin Wardlaw Smith	Jun 29, 1900	Oct 5, 1905
Margaret Oliver Smith	Nov 17, 1907	May 6, 1934

• Oliver Palmer Smith, owner of this plot, was married to Effie Phillips Smith, owner of Plot D-1. Three of their seven children are buried here: Cyril Smith and Alvin Wardlaw Smith died young, while Margaret Oliver Smith, her father's namesake, died in an automobile accident.
• Connections: Oliver and Effie are buried in Plot D-1, the plot next to their children. These plots are connected. Their Uncle John is in Plot D-6.
  

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C-6 – David Hoke Carman, owner

Markers in C-6

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
David Hoke Carman	Jun 22, 1857	Jun 30, 1940
Lenora Belle "Nora" Pennington Carman	Apr 21, 1867	Jul 14, 1915	Wife of D. H. Carman She was the sunshine of our home.
John Carman	Oct 31, 1894	Apr 8, 1895	Son of D. H. & N. B. Carman Footstone: J. C.
Infant Daughter Carman	Apr 8, 1900	Apr 9, 1900	Infant Dau. of D. H. & N. B. Carman Footstone: I. C.
Alfred Carman	Jan 22, 1927	Jan 23, 1927	Sons of F. C. and Doris B. Carman Footstone: Sons
Allen Carman	Jan 22, 1927	Jan 24, 1927

• David Hoke Carman was married to Lenora Belle "Nora" Pennington Carman and they had 6 children. David was the "Son of Oneal Community Trial Justice John M. Carman, Greer Blacksmith, Greer Council Member, Greer's first night marshal from 1890-1894, and he held a commission as State Constable until 1895. Brother of John Landrum Carman, whose business as the town's first blacksmith was seceded by David in 1905." (Notes on Find-A-Grave.) John M. also served in the Civil War. You can read more about John and David and see a photo of their blacksmith shop in "Greer: Cotton Town to Industrial Center", by Ray Belcher & Joada P. Hiatt, p. 46.
• David likely purchased this plot to bury their infant son, John Carman. Sadly, Infant Daughter Carman died 5 years later. Their children share the same gravestone, with their information carved on opposite sides. They both have footstones carved with their initials, the daughter's initials being I. C. The most common girls name I see that started with an 'I' was Ida, but her name was not recorded.
• Alfred Carman and Allen Carman were the twin sons of Frank Cunningham and Doris Brannon Carman, and the grandsons of David and Nora. They were born prematurely.
• Connections: David Hoke Carman was the brother of John Landrum Carman (Plot A-8). Elizabeth Elaine Bruce Mosteller was their aunt (Plot A-15), sister of their mother Eleanor Adaline Bruce Carman, and her daughter Mary Melinda "Linnie" was their cousin. Nora Pennington Carman was the daughter of Cunningham and Eliza Jane Alexander Pennington and the sister of Mary Pennington and Mattie Pennington Foster (Plot C-11). Her mom died 15 days after her.
  

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C-7 – Name of owner on plat not legible

Markers in C-7

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Mary Morgan Duncan	(1833-1834)		Mother Duncan
Jane "Janice" Duncan	Dec 25, 1853	Jan 25, 1928
Preston Duncan	Apr 1860	Nov 8, 1930
Perry Duncan	1862	May 18, 1931

• Mary Morgan Duncan was married to James Madison Duncan, according to their children's obituaries and death certificates. Mary's husband went by Madison (also spelled Maddison and Matterson on documents). Madison and Mary had 4 children: William Reese, Jane, Preston and Perry. William Reese is the only child that married and had children. While I don't know who James Madison Duncan was with any certainty, their youngest child was born in 1862 and it seems he died before the 1870 census, as he's not living with his family, making the Civil War a possible cause. There was a J. M. Duncan in the same regiment as Isham Jefferson Mayfield, father of Isham Alexander Mayfield (Plot B-22). That regiment was at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864, and many of the men died in the explosion. Mary was still alive for the 1880 census.
• Miss Jane "Janice" Duncan never married and lived in her home on Arlington Avenue. According to census records, her brother William Reese was born in 1851-1852, or 1855-56, which differs from his gravestone.
• Preston Duncan and Perry Duncan lived together as bachelors until Preston died in a house fire at 20 Arlington Avenue while Perry was not home (news articles are on his page). This was a devastating loss for Perry, and there was a court case due to suspicious circumstances and moonshine. After Preston died, Perry lived with Hovie Goodlet Toley and his sister Rosa Ina Tooley, who also lived on Arlington Avenue. He also worked in their grocery store. When Perry wrote his Last Will & Testament just 3 days before he died, he left the Duncan estate to the Tooleys. His brother Reese contested the will and there was a court case (articles on their pages).
• Connections: Morgans and Duncans were early families to this area, but I haven’t confirmed the family connections. However, a relative descended from the Duncan line has added to the Duncans' pages, and the Duncan line he's connected to is that of Joseph Berry Duncan, son of Thomas Duncan (58582994). It's possible that James Madison was also Thomas Duncan's son. Joseph's daughter Mary Jane married Drayton Tobias Jordan Pitts, the parents of Jordan Pitts Sr. (Plot A-23), furthering the Edgewood connection.
  

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C-8 – Palmer Pinckney Mason, owner

Markers in C-8

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Nathaniel Thomas "Nathan" Mason	Aug 25, 1867	Mar 23, 1955	In his will is our peace.
Sarah Missouri Wyatt Mason	Apr 18, 1867	Jun 10, 1897	Wife of Nathaniel Mason Twas but a flower Too good for earth, Transplanted into heaven.
Palmer Pinckney Mason	May 24, 1892	Oct 26, 1918	God defends the right.
Ollie Leo Mason	Dec 27, 1894	Feb 24, 1963	PFC US Army, World War I PH (Military marker)
Floyd Moss Mason	Mar 24, 1897	Jan 29, 1924	Son of N. T. & S. M. Mason Gone but not forgotten.

• Nathaniel Thomas "Nathan" Mason and Sarah Missouri Wyatt Mason had 5 children, and Missouri died when their son Floyd was an infant. She was the first to be buried in this plot. The records say the plot is owned by Palmer P. Mason, which would be Palmer Pinckney, though he was not the oldest child and not yet 5 when his mother passed.
• Nathan married his second wife, Susan Catherine "Susie" Barnett, and they had 4-5 children together. Their daughter Edna R. died as a toddler. Their son Zimmie Earle Mason Sr. served three terms as Mayor of City View. By the 1910 census they had separated.
• On August 14, 1918, Palmer Pinckney Mason's sister Ola Mason McAlister took him to Norfolk, VA where he boarded the Martha Washington as part of Company 'C', 3^rd Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion. Palmer would never return to work in the mills. He died just over 2 months later at 26 years old.
• Ollie Leo Mason served as a Private 1^st class in World War I in Company G, 28^th Infantry and received the Purple Heart. Ollie returned from France on the ship Suwanee in late summer, 1919. Later he married Lillie Phillips and they had at least one son, Leo L. Mason.
• Floyd Moss Mason served in World War I, like his brothers. He returned to work in the mills but died young of tuberculosis.
  

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C-9 – P. E. ________, owner

Markers in C-9

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Leah Rowena Westmoreland	Oct 18, 1871	Jun 12, 1943	She left our home but not our hearts.Footstone: Aunt

• P. E. is another mystery of Edgewood, as only the initials are legible and not the surname, so the owner of this plot is unknown. There is a Perry Edward Duncan buried in Plot C-7, but there’s no known connection. Rowena had at least 9 siblings and many nieces and nephews, but I have not discovered any with the initials P. E. among her relatives.
• Leah Rowena Westmoreland never married and lived in her parents' home until they passed. She then moved in with her widowed sister Eva Swilling, and after Eva passed away, she lived with Eva's daughter, her niece Geraldine Westmoreland Wyche. The sentiment on her tombstone and her footstone reading "Aunt" comes from Geraldine. Geraldine lived with her Aunt Rowena nearly her whole life.
• Connections: Rowena's parents were Sandford Preston and Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland (Plot D-9). She also has several sisters that were buried in Edgewood, including: Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling (D-9), Lora Minnie Westmoreland (unmarked grave), Clara May Westmoreland Tinsley (D-10), and Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles (C-25). Lora Minnie Westmoreland is buried in an unmarked grave. It's possible she's in this plot as well.
  

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C-10 – George Mulkey, owner

Markers in C-10

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Stone: Mulkey-Harris
Jeptha Augustus "Guss" Harris Jr.	Jan 6, 1885	May 12, 1962
Eugenia Carman Mulkey Harris	Jul 3, 1885	Nov 17, 1944
Ruth Mulkey	Jan 20, 1898	Jan 20, 1898	Dau. of George & Eugenia Mulkey
Oliver Mulkey	Apr 1, 1903	Jun 28, 1906	Son of George & Eugenia Mulkey
Gordon Hunter Mulkey	Dec 3, 1904	Dec 26, 1985

• George Mulkey was the owner of this plot. George and Eugenia Carman Mulkey Harris were the parents of Ruth, Oliver and Gordon buried here. Looking at the dates, this seems shocking and unbelievable, as Eugenia was just 12 ½ years old when Ruth was born! But Ruth Mulkey shares a plot and has the same inscription as her brother Oliver Mulkey who was born 5 years later and lived 3 years. I don't know what happened to George, but he doesn't appear to be buried in Edgewood.
• Jeptha Augustus Harris was Eugenia's second husband. I haven't located the 1910 census for either of them, but they were married before September 1918 when he was drafted into World War I.
• Gordon Hunter Mulkey grew up with his mom and stepfather in Atlanta, Georgia. By the 1950 census, Jeptha was widowed, Gordon Hunter Mulkey was divorced, and they were living together. Gordon later married a second time, to Erma Trammell.
• Connections: Eugenia's maiden name was Carman, but I don't know her connection to the Carmans in Edgewood.

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C-11 – Cunningham Pennington, owner

Markers in C-11

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Marker: Pennington
Cunningham Pennington	Mar 9, 1835	Apr 3, 1897	Shared stone: Father - Mother Although they sleep, their memory doth live. Footstone: C. P.
Eliza Jane "Janie" Alexander Pennington	Jul 13, 1841	Jul 29, 1915
Mary E. Pennington	Apr 12, 1869	Mar 18, 1907	She believed and sleeps in Jesus.Foostone: M.E.R.
Willis T. "Zonk" Foster	Oct 18, 1867	Jul 2, 1904	Though thou art gone, fond memory clings to thee.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.
Martha Jane "Mattie" Pennington Foster	Feb 26, 1872	Jan 30, 1941	A tender mother and a faithful friend.
Edith M. Foster	Sep 4, 1902	Aug 19, 1904	Daughter of W. & M. Foster In Aftertime we'll meet her.

• Cunningham Pennington was married to Eliza Jane "Janie" Alexander Pennington. Cunningham and Janie were the parents of Lenora Belle "Nora" (Carman), Mary E., Martha Jane "Mattie" (Foster), William Alexander, and Anna L. (Gash). Cunningham was a farmer from the Oneal Community. As a confederate in the Civil War, he enlisted as a corporal in the Hamptons Legion Infantry, Units I & K, and surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Their daughters Mary and Martha "Mattie" are buried here. The 1880 census shows that David H. Carman, the man who would marry their daughter Lenora, lived next to them and his parents lived nearby. At this census, he was 23 and she was 13 and they married 10 years later.
• Mary E. Pennington never married and lived in the family home.
• Willis T. "Zonk" Foster was married to Martha Jane “Mattie” Pennington Foster. Willis and Mattie had three children, Coan Daphine, Laura Lucille (Lewis), and Edith M. In their early marriage, they lived with Mattie’s mother and siblings. Willis took a job as a policeman, and then he saved his money and went to a tailor to have his uniform made. Next he went to Drace and had a photo taken for his wife. On July 2, 1904, he ate dinner with his wife and three children before reporting for duty at Greer Police Department. Moonshine was a problem in Greer, and he was tracking known bootleggers. When he saw one duck into the wooded area on Emma Street (Poinsett) he approached, and three shots were fired. Policeman Foster never drew his gun. Willis was taken to the home of Dr. Frederick Gibson James (12214440) on Emma Street (208 West Poinsett) for an autopsy. He is the only policeman killed in the line of duty in Greer. Mattie was left as a young widow with three children when he was murdered. Mattie and her children lived with her mother, and she never remarried. Her husband’s fellow officers took a collection to help the widowed Mattie and her children, and the city of Greer made sure that she and her family were well cared for the rest of her life. Three men, Watt Noble, Boyce Stone and George Downes, were held for his murder but were later acquitted (May 13). (Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, Belcher & Hiatt, p. 66.) Watt Noble was the older brother of Thomas Noble who was tried for the murder of Winifred "Dorothy Dodson" Thompson (Plot D-25 and Unmarked Graves). So, the Noble brothers were implicated in two of the Edgewood murders! (Note: I have also seen Willis’s nickname spelled “Sonk”.) Willis's brother James "Little Jim" Foster (191080038) has a Great Grandson that works for the Greenville Police Department and honors his Great Great Uncle's memory.
• Edith M. Foster was the daughter Willis and Mattie, and Cunningham and Janie's granddaughter. She died just before her second birthday on August 14, 1904 — horribly, just six weeks after her father was murdered. Mattie must have been crushed.
• Connections: Cunningham and Janie's daughter Lenora Belle "Nora" Pennington Carman is buried in Plot C-6. She died 15 days before her mother. Minnie Eloise Green Cunningham (Plot D-7) was Cunningham Pennington's niece by his sister Eliza Jane Cunningham Green. Minnie was cousin to his children.

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C-12 – Joseph Wofford Flynn, owner

Markers in C-12

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Laura Melissa Flynn	Jul 22, 1877	Oct 15, 1897	Daughter of J. W. & S. J. Flynn Beautiful, lovely She was but given A fair bud to earth To blossom in heaven.
Sgt Miles W. Flinn	1825	1907	Co. 1, 34 NC INF, CSA
Isabella "Iby" Robbins Flinn	Oct 24, 1824	Sep 17, 1902	At rest.

• Joseph Wofford "Joe" Flynn is the owner of this plot as well as Plot D-5. Joe was married to Sarah Jane Nodine Flynn. Their daughter Laura Melissa Flynn died at just 20 years old and was the first to be buried here.
• Sgt. Miles W. Flinn and Isabella "Iby" Robbins Flinn were Joe's parents. Sgt. Miles served in the Confederate army. He enlisted Oct 6, 1861, in Rutherford Co. NC as a private and mustered to the 34^th infantry on Oct 25, 1861. He was wounded on Aug 29, 1862, 2^nd Manasses, VA. His rank was changed to sergeant on Nov 16, 1863. He surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia on April 9, 1965.
• Connections: Joseph also owned Plot D-5 where he and Sarah Jane are buried. Their son James Mannon Flynn is buried with his family in Plot B-14.
  

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C-13 – William Jefferson McCain, owner

Markers in C-13

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared Stone
William Jefferson McCain	Nov 30, 1840	Oct 9, 1916	Father A friend to his country and a believer in Christ.
Mary Elizabeth Hamilton McCain	May 12, 1846	Apr 17, 1901	Mother Wife of W. J. McCain She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother & friend to all.

• William Jefferson McCain was married to Mary Elizabeth Hamilton McCain, and they had 8 children. William served in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier in Company K, 15th SC Volunteers, Kershaw's Brigade. In 1900, he was Greer’s magistrate elected/appointed. In Greenville News, Robinson and Sogdon were charged with the shooting of Night Watchman Ray at Franklin Mill. 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”. (Greenville News, Jun 27, 1902, p5.)

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C-14 – George W. Davis, owner

Markers in C-14

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared Stone
Rev. George W. Davis	Aug 19, 1857	Jan 29, 1927	Mother - Father Wife of Rev. George W. Davis We miss thee from our home dear parents. We miss thy kind and willing hands.Our home is dark without thee. We miss thee everywhere.Footstones: M.A.D. - G.W.D.
Mildred Ann Cothran Davis	Dec 10, 1857	Jan 23, 1923
Hattie D. Davis Poole	Oct 15, 1877	Mar 24, 1936	Asleep in Jesus.

• Rev. George W. Davis was the pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He was married twice, first to Mildred Ann Cothran Davis, and second to Katie Pollard. George and Mildred had 8 children.
• Hattie D. Davis Poole was daughter to George and Mildred and wife to Oscar Nathaniel Poole. Hattie and Oscar had one child, their son Herman Cecil who died at age 11. Oscar is buried by his second wife.
• Connections: Rev. George’s sister, Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland, is in Plot D-9 with her husband and three of their children. His brother, Rev. Berry J. Davis, is in Plot C-16 with his wife and children. I don’t know of a connection to Gabriel Marion Davis, owner of Plot A-14.

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C-15 – Augustus Poole Farmer, owner

Markers in C-15

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Augustus Poole "A. P." Farmer	Jun 26, 1863	Aug 1, 1912	Dear Father, tho' we miss you much, we know you rest in God.Woodmen of the World (memorial insignia)
Ola Mosteller Farmer	Aug 5, 1862	Aug 25, 1898	Wife of A. P. 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.
Beatrice Ann Farmer Littlefield	Aug 29, 1885	Apr 26, 1932	"She has done what she could."
Pauline Farmer Eskridge	Nov 1888	Mar 20, 1929	Mother
Earl Farmer	Dec 5, 1905	Oct 9, 1908	Son of A. P. & L. M. Farmer Darling, we miss thee.

• Augustus Poole "A. P." Farmer was married to Ola Mosteller Farmer, and they had 5 children, including Beatrice Ann (Littlefield), Pauline (Eskridge), Jerome, Flossie Mitchell (Johnston), and Blanche Daphine (Hart) (Harris). After Ola died, Augustus married Lula Maude High, and they had two sons: Earl Farmer and Frank Farmer. Frank was recorded as Augustus Farmer Jr. on the 1910 census. Lula married again after Augustus died.
• Beatrice Ann Farmer Littlefield was married to Madison Lihua "Bud" Littlefield. They had at least 6 children together, including a twin that died young (grave not located). Beatrice's inscription reads, "She has done what she could." This quote is from Mark 14:8 when Jesus spoke about Mary of Bethany after she anointed His feet with oil before His death and burial.
• Pauline Farmer Eskridge was married to Clay Eskridge, and they had 4 daughters and 1 son including Dorothy, Marion, Juanita, Marjorie, and Doris.
• Connections: Ola Mosteller Farmer was the daughter of Phillip H. and Elizabeth Elaine Bruce Mosteller, and the sister of Melinda "Linnie", all in Plot A-15. She was the first cousin of John Landrum Carman (Plot A-8) and David Hoke Carman (Plot C-6), as their mother Eleanor Adaline Bruce Carman was her mother’s sister. I don't know of a connection between Beatrice's husband and Maud Littlefield DeYoung, whose family is in Plot B-25.

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C-16 – Berry J. Davis, owner

Markers in C-16

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared stone
Rev. Berry J. Davis	Aug 1, 1851	Aug 6, 1898	Mother - Father Wife of Rev. B. J. Davis Footstones: B.J.D. - R.V.D.
Rosella Victoria Hendrix Davis	May 6, 1854	Jan 12, 1939
Mary E. "Mamie" Davis Hodencamp	Nov 21, 1874	Dec 25, 1915	Wife of E. N. Hodencamp "In my father's house are many mansions."
William Edward Davis	Feb 19, 1877	Jul 22, 1898	Footstone: W.E.D.
Coke M. Davis	Jul 25, 1886	Dec 13, 1913	Footstone: C.M.D.

• Rev. Berry J. Davis and Rosella Victoria Hendrix Davis were the parents of Mary "Mamie", William, and Coke. Berry died at 47. Victoria outlived her husband and her 3 children. She was considered a pillar of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Berry was the son of John Wesley and Sarah Berry Davis. The Davis and Berry ancestors lived in this area since before the American Revolution.
• Mary E. "Mamie" Davis Hodencamp was the second wife of Edwin N. Hodencamp. They had one son, Vernon Edwin Hodencamp. Edwin worked as a logger, and they lived in the Pacific Northwest. Her inscription is from John 14:1. After Mamie passed away, Edwin married his third wife, and they had a son.
• William Edward Davis died at only 21 years old. He was married to Eva Mae Wood Davis and they had one daughter, Bessie Eddie Davis. He died in July, and she was born in December. Her mother gave her the middle name Eddie after her father. Eva remarried and had two more children. Bessie Eddie lived to be 92 and never married.
• Coke M. Davis was the first husband of Daisy Melvina Jones Davis. They named their son Berry Josiah Victor. Josiah was likely his father's middle name, and Victor was after his mother Victoria. His second son, Tallie, also had the middle initials J. V., so they may have had the same middle names. Coke died at 27 years old, and Daisy remarried.
• Connections: Rev. Berry’s sister, Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland, is in Plot D-9 with her husband and three of their children. His brother, Rev. George W. Davis, is in Plot C-14 with his wife and daughter. I don’t know of a connection to Gabriel Marion Davis, owner of Plot A-14.

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C-17 – Charles Lawson Lever, owner

Markers in C-17

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Marker: Lever
Rachel Agnes Greer Lever	Jan 1877	Aug 23, 1912	(Unmarked grave.) Footstone: Lever
Caroline Samantha Greer Greer	Feb 15, 1845	Nov 16, 1904	Wife of R. W. Greer Her end was peace. Meet me in heaven.
Shared Stone			Children of C. L. & R. A. Lever
Robert Earl Lever	Dec 11, 1899	Jul 30, 1900	Weep not father and mother for me,For I am waiting in glory for thee.
Infant Daughter Lever	Jun 2, 1901	Jun 3, 1901	"Our shortlived flower returned again to God."

• Charles Lawson Lever, owner of this plot, was married to Rachel Agnes Greer Lever. Charlie and Rachel had 10 children and 5 lived to adulthood. Robert Earl Lever and Infant Daughter Lever were two of the children they lost. Rachel died when she was 35 and her gravestone has not been located. There is a large Lever gravestone with no names or dates, and one footstone that faintly says Lever. It's possible that Rachel is buried in the family plot. Charlie moved to North Carolina and is buried by their daughter. Their son Elmer Harrill (Harold Elmer in census records) was struck by a train and died at age 21 (b. Mar 16, 1896, d. Aug 4, 1917). Further investigation indicated he may have been dead and placed on the tracks. He had a note in his pocket with information on who he was and directions to contact his dad in case of accident. According to his death certificate, he was also buried in Greer, but no grave has been located.
• Caroline Samantha Greer Greer was Rachel Agnes Greer Lever's mother. She was married to Robert William Greer. I do not know who their parents were to know if they were related.
• Connections: There are Greers in B-2, C-17, D-15, as well as A-10 and B-16 through their mother. I have not pursued connections.
  

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C-18 – James W. Coker, owner

Markers in C-18

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
James W. Coker	May 28, 1847	Aug 9, 1912	Gone but not forgotten.Footstone: J.W.C.
Marry J. Coker	Feb 14, 1852	Feb 12, 1906	Wife of J. W. Coker Weep not, she is at rest.
Walter Howard Coker	Mar 18, 1875	Oct 17, 1953

• James W. Coker was first married to Amanda Bragg (grave not found) in 1870 or before, and they had at least four children.
• Marry J. Coker was James's second wife in about 1897. They had no children.
• Walter Howard Coker was the son of James and Amanda Bragg Coker. He was single and worked in the paper route business. His death certificate records his birth as Mar 21, 1878.
  

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C-19 – C. E. Vaughn, owner

No graves.

• It is unclear who C. E. Vaughn was, as the Vaughn name was common in this area.
  

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C-21 – Perry Duncan Sutton & Eliza Jackson Sutton, owner

Markers in C-21

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Lillie B. Sutton	Feb 10, 1895	Jan 26, 1899	Dau. of P. D. & Eliza Sutton Asleep in Jesus. Footstone: L.B.S.

• Lillie B. Sutton was the daughter of Perry Duncan Sutton and Eliza Jackson Sutton. She was their youngest child. Perry was the son of William and Joanna Green Sutton. Eliza was the daughter of James S. and Jane Littlefield Jackson.
• Connections: Possible Littlefield, Jackson and Green family connections.

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C-22 – John Roland Hutchinson, owner

Markers in C-22

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John Roland Hutchinson	Aug 17, 1832	Dec 17, 1917
Susan Jane "Janie" Norman Hutchison	Aug 31, 1840	Apr 13, 1912	Asleep in Jesus.
Mattie Sue Hutchison	Sep 9, 1885	Sep 12, 1906	Dau of J. R. & S. J. Hutchison Weep not, she is not dead but sleepeth.

• John Roland Hutchinson (sic Hutchings on plat map) was the owner of this plot. He was first married to Nancy L. Babb (grave not found) and they had 4 sons. He was next married to Susan Jane "Janie" Norman Hutchinson, and they had 6 children. He is buried in an unmarked grave, but this is the family plot, and he was buried just 5 years after his wife. According to his death certificate, he was buried in Greer Cemetery, a common name for Edgewood.
• Mattie Sue Hutchison was the youngest child of John and Janie. Her inscription is from Luke 8:52.
• Mystery: There is a dislodged footstone with the initials RAH next to Janie's grave. There is no known person with those initials in Edgewood. They could be from the Hutchinson family, or another of the surnames that start with H.

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C-23 – Lanham, owner

Markers in C-23

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Georgia Mae Kirby Moore	Apr 26, 1910	Apr 9, 1943	Wife of B. B. Moore Asleep in Jesus.

• The owner of this plot is Lanham with no initials. Most of the Lanham's in the area at this time were buried at the Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC.
• Georgia Mae Kirby Moore was the first wife of Burley Burton Moore. They had 4 children before she died just before turning 33.
• Connections: Georgia’s maternal grandmother was Lucy Matilda King Thomas, who has an Unmarked Grave in Edgewood (see end of document). She could be buried in this plot, but without knowing who Lanham was, it’s hard to tell. Lucy did have a daughter named Ann Thomas Landrum, so perhaps Lanham was a misspelling. I do not know if Georgia's husband was related to Martha O. Moore Cunningham (Plot A-10).

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C-24 – J. J. Reeves, owner

No graves.

• J. J. Reeves is a mystery of Edgewood. I don’t know who he is or his connections here.
  

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C-25 – Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles, owner

Markers in C-25

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John William Giles	Jan 16, 1885	May 28, 1948	Footstone: J.W.G.
Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles	Dec 31, 1891	Mar 1, 1953	Wife of John W. Giles
Susan M. Giles	Oct 16, 1906	May 6, 1908	Dau. of J. W. & Odell Giles Footstone: S.M.G.
Sanford William Giles	Feb 29, 1916	Apr 21, 1985	Tec 5 US Army, World War II
Iris Mildred Howard Giles	Jun 3, 1924	Oct 23, 2012	Beloved wife and mother.
Sanford Alexander Mark Foster	Jul 21, 1989	Jul 21, 1989	Infant Son of Mark & Stephanie Foster

• John William Giles and Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles had 11 children, with their youngest being a set of twins.
• Susan M. Giles was the first-born child of John and Odell Giles.
• Sanford William Giles, the son of John and Odell Giles, married Iris Mildred Howard Giles. They had at least one child.
• Sanford Alexander Mark Foster was the grandson of Sanford and Mildred Giles through their daughter Stephanie Giles Foster and her husband Mark.
• Connections: Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles was the daughter of Sanford Preston and Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland (Plot D-9). Four of her sisters are buried in Edgewood: Leah Rowena Westmoreland (Plot C-9), Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling (Plot D-9), Lora Minnie Westmoreland (unmarked), and Clara May Westmoreland Tinsley (Plot D-10).

SECTION D

D-1 – Effie Phillips Smith, owner

Markers in D-1

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared Stone
Oliver Palmer Smith Sr.	Oct 1, 1853	May 18, 1927
Effie Phillips Smith	Jun 7, 1876	Jul 29, 1942

• Oliver Palmer Smith Sr. was married to Effie Phillips Smith, the owner of this plot. Oliver, who went by Palmer, was the son of Samuel Gilleland, who fought in the Civil War, and Elizabeth Ann Mayfield Wood Smith. Smith family history can be found on Samuel Gilleland's father's page, Palmer's grandpa, John W. Smith. Palmer was named after his father's brother, Oliver Perry. Oliver Perry died of lightning strike a few months before Oliver Palmer, his namesake, was born. Perry's wife also had a son and named him Perry after his father. (A History of the Upper Part of Greenville County South Carolina, by Mann Batson, pg. 561 - from Greenville Paper, July 7, 1853.) Effie was the daughter of James Andrew and Susan E. Burton Phillips. Effie's grandfather, James Ransom Phillips, was 65 years old when he served in the Civil War beside his son, James Andrew. His son, Wade Hampton Phillips, also served. James Ransom (1794-1907) had the distinction of living in 3 centuries - living 113 years! Palmer was 22 years older than Effie. They had at least seven children: Cyril, Emily Dean (Lester), Alvin Wardlaw, Elizabeth (Herring), Margaret Oliver, Oliver Palmer Jr., and Lt. William Reynolds. Their sons Cyril and Alvin died young, and their daughter Margaret died in a car accident. Their daughter Emily Dean Smith Lester graduated from Lander College and went on to do graduate work at Winthrop, Appalachian State, and Columbia Universities. She was teaching college in Cuba when Fidel Castro overthrew the government. Palmer managed Greer Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer Company, a business chartered by David D. Davenport in 1896 (Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt, p. 53).
• Connections: Oliver Palmer was the owner of Plot C-5, a plot next to this one. Three of their children are buried in Plot C-5: Cyril, Alvin, and Margaret. Oliver's brother, John P. Smith, is with his wife in Plot D-6. Ellie was distantly related to James M. Elledge, whose memorial is in Plot D-8, through her sister Mamie Phillips Elledge. Oliver managed a business owned by David Davenport (Plot C-3).

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D-2 – Benjamin Franklin Few, owner

Markers in D-2

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Few	May 11, 1830	Jan 22, 1923	Physician and Surgeon Father
Rachel Malinda Kendrick Few	Feb 25, 1840	Nov 7, 1922	Mother
Children of Benjamin & Rachel Few
Rev. Robert Alston Few	Jan 6, 1865	Aug 8, 1897	He giveth his beloved sleep.Member South Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South
William Preston Few	Dec 29, 1867	Oct 16, 1940	President Duke University Entomb Memorial Chapel (Memorial. Not buried here.)
Sarah Leona "Sallie" Few Marchant	May 24, 1870	Apr 23, 1898
Ignatius Pierce Few	Mar 28, 1872	Jul 9, 1954	(Memorial. Buried in D-3.)
Ella L. "Ellie" Few	Jan 17, 1875	Oct 1970

• Dr. Benjamin Franklin Few and Rachel M. Kendrick Few are the parents here. Dr. Few was the son of William Few, Jr. (b. 1797) and Sarah Ferguson (graves not located) and the grandson of William Few Sr. and Susannah Tubb (paternal) and Robert Ferguson and Cassandra Ferguson (maternal). Rachel was the daughter of Alston Wood Kendrick and Susannah Few. She was the granddaughter of Isham Kendrick and Elizabeth Duncan (paternal) and William Few, Sr. and Susannah Tubb (maternal). His father, William Few Jr., and her mother, Susannah Few, were siblings. So, she and Benjamin were cousins! They were the grandson and granddaughter of William Few, Sr. (10846582) and Susannah Tubb (10849639) and the great grandson and granddaughter of James "The Regulator" Few (57732628) and Sarah Wood, through their son William, and great great nephew and niece of William Few (4723), signer of the Constitution for the State of Georgia. Dr. Few was a Civil War veteran and served as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate States army: Company G 16th SC Regiment, Oct 1861-May 1862. Company * 13^th NC Regiment discharged near Greensboro, NC 1 May 1865. On January 9, 1877, Benjamin was appointed postmaster at Sandy Flat, Greenville County. Dr. Few opened his medical practice in 1883. He was the second doctor in Greer after Henry V. Westmoreland. He operated a pharmacy on the corner of Main and Poinsett, about where the bank is now (though closer to the corner). While all of their children are listed on this gravestone, it seems only Sallie and Ellie are actually buried in this plot with their parents. It's unclear where Robert Alston is buried.
• The Fews share a Patriot's Legacy that predates the Revolutionary War - The War of Regulation. Their great grandfather, James Few, joined "The Regulators", a group of discontented Orange County, North Carolina colonists viewed by the British as backcountry rebels. The Regulators led riots to protest British control and taxation through the Currency Act, the Stamp Act, and increased taxes to cover the cost of building a Governor's mansion. On May 16, 1771, James Few fought in "The Regulators War" and was captured by militia led by British Royal Colonial Governor William Tryon (8535583), the Governor who built the mansion, at the Battle of Alamance Creek in Burlington, North Carolina. James was hanged without a trial. Tryon pardoned 6 men and executed 7-8. According to Tryon's own record, "Friday 17, May, Alamance Camp: Army Halted. This evening the dead were interred with Military Honors, and an "outlaw named FEW", taken at the battle, was hanged at the head of the Army. This gave great satisfaction to the men, and at this time it was necessary sacrifice to appease the murmuring of the Troops, who were importunate that public justice should be immediately executed against some of the outlaws that were taken in the action, and in opposing of whom they had braved so many dangers and suffered such loss of lives and blood, and without which satisfaction some refused to march forward while others declared they would give no quarter for the future." James was only 25 years old and left a widowed wife and orphaned 3-month-old twins, William and Sarah. After James's death, his brother Benjamin moved his family to Georgia to protect them. James's father and brothers continued to fight the British in Georgia. His brother, William Few Jr., signed the United States Constitution for the State of Georgia. James' widow, Sarah Wood, remarried a Tory, Isaac Munson, to become Sallie Munson. His son William moved to Greenville County, South Carolina, married Susannah Tubb and had 9 children, while his daughter Sarah stayed in Richmond County, Georgia, married John Garvin and had one child.
• Rev. Robert Alston Few was named after his maternal grandfather, Alston Wood Kendrick.
• William Preston Few is not buried here. This is a Memorial Cenotaph. Actual entombment is in Durham, NC at the William Preston Few Burial. He was the last President of Trinity College (1910-1924) and the first President of Duke University (1924-1940).
• Sarah Leona "Sallie" Few Marchant is buried in this plot and has a separate gravestone as well. I believe Sallie was named after her paternal grandmother, Sarah Ferguson Few, as Sallie is a nickname for Sarah. She was married to Martin Luther Marchant II on May 23, 1894. There is no record of children and Sallie died just 4 years later. The 1900 census shows Martin as a widow living with Sallie's parents. Martin married again in 1913 to Kathleen Morrah and is buried next to his second wife.
• Ella L. "Ellie" Few never married. She was a DAR member under the following information: Miss Ellie Few. DAR ID Number: 160359; Born in Greenville County, S. C.; Descendant of William Few, as follows: 1. Benjamin F. Few (b. 1830) m. 1863 Rachel Kendrick (b. 1840); 2. William Few, Jr. (b. 1797), m. Sarah Ferguson; 3. William Few (1771-1856) m. Susannah Tubbs; 4. James Few (1746-71) m. 1770 Sarah Wood (1750-1804); 5. William Few m. Mary Wheeler (1710-79); William Few (1714-94) received a land grant in Washington County, Ga., for services as private in the Georgia troops. He was born in Kennet Square, Pa.; died in Columbia County, Ga.
• Ignatius Pierce Few and his wife are buried in Plot D-3.
• Connections: Rosa Few Zimmerman (Plot A-6) was the first cousin of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Few and his wife, Rachel Malinda Kendrick Few. They were all the grandchildren of William Few Sr. and Susannah Tubb. Benjamin was the son of their son William Jr. (m. Sarah Ferguson), Rosa was the daughter of their son Benjamin Few (m. Mary Bramlett), and Rachel was the daughter of their daughter Susannah Few Kendrick (m. Alston Wood Kendrick). Augustus B. Holtzclaw (Plot -4) was the son of Malinda Catherine Few Holtzclaw (m. George William Holtzclaw). Malinda Catherine was William and Susannah's granddaughter (See Augustus Holtzclaw, Plot A-4 for more info), so a first cousin to Rosa, Benjamin and Rachel. Their children were second cousins.

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D-3 – Benjamin Franklin Few, owner

Markers in D-3

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Ignatius Pierce Few	Mar 28, 1872	Jul 9, 1954
Frances Maude "Fannie" Cannon Few	Jun 21, 1872	Nov 26, 1953	Wife of I. P. Few

• Benjamin Franklin Few owns this plot as well as Plot D-2 where he is buried.
• Ignatius Pierce Few, Benjamin and Rachel's son, is buried next to his wife Frances Maude "Fannie" Cannon Few. Ignatius and Fannie had at least 7 children.
• Connections: Ignatius was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Rachel Kendrick Few, in Plot D-2 with his siblings, and the nephew of Rosa Zimmerman in Plot A-6. Fannie was the daughter of Noah and Eugenia Goodlett Cannon, in Plot A-16, and the sister of Minnie Tecoa Cannon Gaines, in Plot D-11.

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D-4 – J. S. Lewis, owner

No graves.

• J. S. Lewis is another mystery of Edgewood.

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D-5 – Joseph Wofford Flynn, owner

Markers in D-5

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared Stone
Joseph Wofford "Joe" Flynn	Feb 26, 1856	Nov 7, 1912	Footstone: Father
Sarah Jane Nodine Flynn	Jul 11, 1855	Aug 11, 1932	His wife.Footstone: Mother

• Joseph Wofford "Joe" Flynn is buried here with his wife, Sarah Jane Nodine Flynn. Joe and Jane had 9 children. Joe was the son of Miles W. and Isabella Robbins Flinn. Sarah was the daughter of James Chesterfield and Martha Foster Nodine.
• Connections: Joe owned two plots, C-12 and D-5. His parents, Miles W. and Isabella Robbins Flinn, are buried in Plot C-12. (Note the change in the spelling of Flinn.) Joe and Jane’s daughter Laura Melissa was the first of the family to be buried in Edgewood and is by her grandparents in Plot C-12. Their son James Mannon Flynn is buried with his family in Plot B-14.
  

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D-6 – John P. Smith, owner

Markers in D-6

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John P. Smith	Jul 13, 1845	Sep 2, 1905	Father May he rest in peace.
Mary Jane Wood Smith	Feb 17, 1853	Dec 27, 1897	Mother Weep not she is at rest.

• John P. Smith was married to Mary Jane Wood Smith, and they had four children. He was a Confederate soldier, a successful farmer, and a prominent citizen of Greer. According to his obituary, his father was S. G. Smith, who was still living and 88 years old. I believe his dad was Samuel Gilleland Smith (10875628), born in 1817, and his mother was Elizabeth Ann Mayfield Wood Smith (10875630). This would mean that Oliver Palmer Smith was his brother. His mother and wife shared the maiden name Wood.
• Their son Thomas Edward Smith was married to Fannie Bailey, daughter of William Clark Bailey and Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham. The 1870 Census shows that John and Mary Jane lived a couple of doors down from William and Victoria Bailey. Fannie married the boy next door, Thomas. W. C. Bailey was Greer's first mayor, and later his son-in-law, T. E. Smith, was the Mayor of Greer, serving from 1914-1918. In 1915, Smith also built the Bailey Building that held Smith Store at 201 Trade Street, on the corner of Trade & Victoria St.
• Their son Jefferson Verne Smith Sr. was a partner in the Greer Furniture Company that began in 1901. He was connected to the Bank of Greer. You will see Verne's name around Greer on the J. Verne Smith Parkway, the J. Verne Smith Human Resources Centre of Greer, and the J. Verne Smith Park at Lake Robinson. He was the owner of the Mt. Vernon Peach Orchard at Greer, and current President of the South Carolina Peach Growers Association at the time of his death. (Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, Belcher & Hiatt, p. 53, 102-106.) His son, J. Verne Smith Jr., was a South Carolina Senator.
• Connections: John's brother, Oliver Palmer Smith, is in Plot D-1, and Oliver's children are in C-5. There could also be a Mayfield connection through John's mother. I haven't confirmed a connection between Mary Jane Wood Smith and other Woods in Edgewood.
  

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D-7 – Edgar Joseph Cunningham, owner

Markers in D-7

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Minnie Eloise Green Cunningham	Aug 5, 1868	Apr 30, 1955
Alta Aleane Cunningham	Nov 22, 1889	Jun 16, 1977
Joseph "Joe" Cunningham	Jul 18, 1897	Jan 18, 1899	Son of E. J. & M. E. Cunningham We trust in God to meet thee again.
Dr. George Lewis Cunningham	Aug 3, 1904	Dec 2, 1973

• Edgar Joseph Cunningham, the owner of this plot, was married to Minnie Eloise Green Cunningham in about 1889. Minnie was the daughter of Louis Jackson and Eliza Jane Pennington Green. They had 6 children: Alta Aleane, Lila Eloise, Joseph, Frank Leslie, John Hart and George Lewis. Their son Joseph "Joe" Cunningham died as a toddler.
• The Cunningham family have had a significant impact on Greer throughout its history. Alta Aleane Cunningham started as a milliner on Trade Street and ended up owning and operating perhaps the most significant women's store, Alta Cunningham's Store, in Greer for 52 years. There are hats and other goods from her store on display in the Greer Heritage Museum.
• Dr. George Lewis Cunningham was a university professor in Pennsylvania. George lived at 102 Church Street in his later years.
• Connections: Minnie's mother, Eliza, was the sister of Cunningham Pennington (Plot C-11), making him Minnie's uncle, and his daughters Lenora Belle "Nora" Pennington Carman (C-6), Mary E. Pennington, and Martha Jane "Mattie" Pennington Foster (C-11) her cousins. There are a lot of cousins and second cousins here.
  

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D-8 – Jacob Harrison Elledge, owner

Markers in D-8

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
James M. Elledge	Sep 9, 1823	Mar 24, 1856	(Memorial. Not buried here.)
Mary Porter Culbertson Elledge	Sep 27, 1825	Oct 20, 1899	Wife of James M. Elledge Daughter of John and Martha Babb Culbertson

• Jacob Harrison Elledge, owner of this plot, was the son of James M. and Mary Porter Culbertson Elledge. He was named after his paternal grandfather.
• James M. Elledge was the son of Jacob Harrison Elledge (1785-1862) and Sarah Culbertson (1786-1877). Mary Porter Culbertson Elledge was the daughter of Captain John Culbertson (1799-1862) and Martha Babb (1799-1827). It's possible James's mom and Mary's dad were siblings, but they could also have been cousins. James and Mary had 4 children: John Porter, Emma (possibly Martha Emma), Jacob Harrison, and Newton A. Emma died young, but no grave has been located. Many of the Elledge and Culbertson family members are buried in Laurens at the Union Baptist Church Cemetery. There was a Culbertson Homestead mentioned in Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt, p. 20.
• While James appears on Mary's stone, he is not buried in Edgewood, as the cemetery was not available until 1880 and the first burial was in 1881. Their son Jacob purchased the plot to bury his mother, but also memorialized his father who died when he was only 4 years old. James left a will with Mary's dad as administrator over the selling of his estate. There is a 26-page document detailing all that was sold.
• Connections: James was distantly related to Effie Phillips Smith, Plot D-1, through her sister Mamie Phillips Elledge.
  

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D-9 – Sanford Preston Westmoreland, owner

Markers in D-9

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Sanford Preston Westmoreland	Sep 15, 1843	Jul 12, 1918	None knew thee but to love thee.Footstone: SPW
Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland	Aug 24, 1848	Jul 24, 1910	They loved her, yes, But Jesus loved her moreTo yonder shining shore The golden gates have openThe gentle voice said come And with farewell unspokenShe calmly entered home.
Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling	May 20, 1878	Aug 18, 1921	Wife of R. E. Swilling Asleep in Jesus. Footstone: M.E.S.

• Sanford Preston Westmoreland was married to Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland and they had 11 children, 8 daughters and 3 sons, and all of them lived to adulthood. Sanford was the son of John D. Westmoreland (Aug 11, 1792-1865) and Desiree Dicy Johnson (1814-1870) - the tenth of their 11 children. On Feb 19, 1835, his dad was appointed postmaster at Cashville, Spartanburg. Sanford served as a private in the 3^rd infantry on the Confederate side of the Civil War. He enlisted July 1, 1862, in Spartanburg, SC.
• Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling was married to Rufus Erastus Swilling, and they had three children, Vivian Lucille (Pogue), Morressey Westmoreland and Mary Helen (Green). Geraldine Westmoreland Wyche is on some records as Eva’s daughter, but since she's much older than Mary Eva's other children and has the maiden name Westmoreland, I’m not sure if she was her daughter before marriage or adopted from a sibling.
• Connections: Five of Sanford and Susan's daughters are buried in Edgewood: Leah Rowena Westmoreland (Plot C-9), Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling (this plot), Lora Minnie Westmoreland (unmarked), Clara May Westmoreland Tinsley (Plot D-10), and Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles (Plot C-25). Susan’s brother, Rev. Berry J. Davis, is in Plot C-16 with his wife and children. Her brother George W. Davis is in Plot C-14 with his wife. I don’t know of a connection to Gabriel Marion Davis, owner of Plot A-14.
  

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D-10 – Eber Cleveland Tinsley, owner

Markers in D-10

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Eber Cleveland Tinsley	Sep 25, 1884	Apr 12, 1958	"Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you."Footstone: Father
Clara May Westmoreland Tinsley	Jun 20, 1887	Dec 4, 1963	What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever.
Smyth Tinsley	Dec 16, 1911	Jul 25, 1912	Son of E. C. & May Tinsley Beautiful hands of a little one see, Baby voice calling Oh mother for thee, Rosy cheeked darling the light of the home, Taken so early is beckoning come.
Martha Louise Tinsley	Feb 2, 1923	Nov 30, 1929	Dau. of E. C. & May Tinsley A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home, That never can be filled.

• Eber Cleveland Tinsley and Clara May Westmoreland Tinsley had 4 children. Their oldest and only son, Smyth Tinsley, died as an infant, and their youngest daughter, Martha Louise Tinsley, died at age 6. Heartbreaking loss. In between these losses, Eber was drafted to serve in World War I. Eber's inscription is from John 14:27.
• Connections: Clara May was the daughter of Sanford Preston and Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland in Plot D-9. She has several sisters in Edgewood: Leah Rowena Westmoreland (Plot C-9), Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling (Plot D-9), Lora Minnie Westmoreland (unmarked) and Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles (Plot C-25).
  

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D-11 – Olin Alfred Gaines, owner

Markers in D-11

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Marker: Gaines
Olin Alfred Gaines Sr.	Nov 29, 1866	Aug 17, 1936
Minnie Tecoa Cannon Gaines	Jun 26, 1874	Feb 28, 1910	Wife of Olin A. Gaines
Lucia Gaines	Oct 23, 1901	Nov 5, 1901	Daughter of O. A. & M. T. Gaines

• Olin Alfred Gaines Sr., son of William Baylis and Lucy Hammond Gaines, married Minnie Tecoa Cannon Gaines, the daughter of Noah Marvin I and Eugenia Goodlett Cannon (Plot A-16). They had 4 children: Charlton Cannon, Lucia (buried here), Olin Alfred Jr., and Margaret Evelyn (Childs). Lucia Gaines was named after her paternal grandmother and/or aunt, and her great great grandmother was also Lucy. Olin was a farm boy transitioning to the city. He began as a young telegraph operator, moving on to working for the railroad at only 14 years of age. Moving into business and society, he worked for the railroad until his mid-30s. He then married Minnie Cannon and began working in the mill office at Victor Cotton Manufacturing Company, founded by Noah Cannon. (Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt, pg. 30.) Minnie got sick, and then when her mother died the same week, she grew worse and passed away at 35. Her children were ages 3, 6 and 10.
• Connections: Minnie's parents, Noah Cannon I and Eugenia A. "Jennie" Goodlett Cannon, and brothers, Noah Marvin Cannon II and Infant Cannon, are in Plot A-16, while her sister, Frances Maude "Fannie" Cannon Few, is in Plot D-3.
  

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D-12 – John Anderson Robinson, owner

Markers in D-12

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Stone: Robinson
John Anderson Robinson Sr.	Jul 26, 1869	Feb 19, 1964
Sarah Ola Turbyfill Robinson	Nov 24, 1870	Sep 4, 1910
May Stewart Robinson	Dec 13, 1884	May 7, 1963
Milton Robinson	Jun 26, 1900	Mar 31, 1902

• John Anderson Robinson Sr. was married twice and had at least 9 children. John was highly active and influential in Greer. John moved from being a farm boy, to a telegraph clerk, to the founder of Greer Manufacturing Company through hard work and diligence. He was manager of all three mills in Greer! John lived at 108 South Main Street, which was just south of Greer Heritage Museum on the current Century 3 grounds. The huge tree that was cut down at the end of 2022 would have been in his front yard. You can read more about John's life and influence in the book Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt and in his obituary on his page.
• Sarah Ola Turbyfill Robinson was John's first wife and they had Roy, John A, Esther H. (Smith), Milton Robinson (died young), Lewis F., and Ola R. (Mathews). Their daughter Esther H. married William Bailey Smith, son of Thomas Edward Smith and Fannie Bailey. He was named after his grandfather, William Clark Bailey. Thomas was the son of John P. Smith and Mary Jane Wood (Plot D-6).
• May Stewart Robinson was John's second wife and they had Eleanor (Moorhead), William Anderson, Donald Stewart, and Richard E. May was the daughter of William Lycurgus and Ellen Morgan Stewart.
• Connections: John's parents were Isham Kendrick and Martha Anderson Robison in Plot B-6. (Note the different spelling of the surname). May’s mother was Ellen Morgan Stewart, and her sister was Mary Elizabeth Morgan Thompson, mother of William Morgan Thompson whose daughter Marie Thompson is in Plot A-9. May was William’s first cousin. John and Sarah were connected through the marriage as their daughter married the grandson of John and Mary Jane Wood Smith in Plot D-6.

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D-13 – John Carlin, owner

Markers in D-13

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John Carlin	Oct 20, 1839	Oct 29, 1904

• John Carlin remains a mystery. I haven't found any information on who he was or if he had family in the area.

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D-14 – John T. Ray, owner

Markers in D-14

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Shared Stone
John T. Ray	Dec 7, 1857	Feb 9, 1942	Footstone: Father
TeCora LaFoy Ray	Jun 17, 1867	Jan 24, 1946	Wife of John Ray At rest. Footstone: Mother
Ruth Tecora Ray	Apr 30, 1913	Mar 23, 1926	Daughter of Geo. W. & M. E. Ray In after-time we'll meet her. Footstone: RTR

• John T. Ray was the son of Wilbur Ray and Louisa Sims.
• TeCora LaFoy Ray was the daughter of James H. LaFoy and Eliza Hatcher.
• Ruth Tecora Ray was the daughter of George Walker Ray Sr. and Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" McAlister and the granddaughter of John and TeCora Ray. She was named after her grandmothers.

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D-15 – Walter Benjamin Greer, owner

Markers in D-15

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
William Arthur Greer	May 2, 1875	Nov 19, 1914	May he rest in peace.Footstone: WAG
Minnie Greer Stevenson	Jun 18, 1877	Mar 7, 1946	Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.Footstone: MS
Palmer Burnett	Jun 21, 1897	May 27, 1949	Pvt 321 Inf 81 Div, World War I PH

• Walter Benjamin Greer, owner of this plot. He was married to Milley Frances Vaughn. They were the parents of at least five children, including William Arthur and Minnie Greer Burnett Stevenson, and the grandparents of Palmer Burnett.
• William Arthur Greer married Mollie in about 1896. On the 1900 census, Arthur was living at his parents' home with his wife Mollie (a common nickname for Mary), listed as their daughter-in-law, and they'd been married for 4 years but had no children yet. Her birth month and year are blank, but it says she was 20. They both worked at the cotton mill, as did most of their neighbors. I do not know Mollie's maiden name or what happened to her after this census, so she remains a mystery. I haven't found a 1910 census for them, and no obituary for him. (Note: There was a William Arthur Greer in Anderson that is not the same man.)
• Minnie Greer Burnett Stevenson was married first to Pinckney Burnett, and they had five children: Broadus Austin, Palmer and Lou Annie, Walter and Guy. After Pinckney died, Minnie married Samuel S. Stevenson and they had Pauline Mae, Leroy and Maning Austin. Interesting that her first and last son had the middle name Austin. Her inscription is from Revelation 14:13.
• Palmer Burnett was the son of Pinckney Burnett and Minnie Greer. He was caught in that age bracket that served in World War I and was also drafted for World War II. Palmer never married, and he met a sad end. He was found dead on the railroad tracks, but he had not been hit by a train - rather a blow to the head had killed him. He had been seen arguing with another man earlier that day, and both of them had been drinking. No conviction was reached.
• Connections: There are Greers in B-2, C-17, D-15, as well as A-10 and B-16 through their mother. I have not pursued connections.

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D-16 – Joseph Roddy Strickland, owner

Markers in D-16

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Nellie Strickland	Oct 13, 1906	Dec 5, 1907	Dau of J. R. & Josie Strickland Gone home.
Melvin Strickland	Jan 3, 1915	Mar 6, 1915	Son of J. R. & Josie Strickland Gone so soon.

• Joseph Roddy Strickland, owner of this plot, was married to Josephine Lynch and they had 7 children. Nellie Strickland was their second born, and Melvin Strickland was their sixth.
  

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D-17 – Spiron Peter Bazanos, owner

Markers in D-17

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Fred Bazanos	Sep 1909	Oct 1, 1910	(No gravestone.)

• Spiron Peter Bazanos was the owner of this plot. Spiron immigrated from Greece and worked in Greer as a fruit seller.
• Fred Bazanos was the son of Spiron Peter and Ella "Ellie" Hookey Bazanos. Fred's grave is unmarked, but his father owned this plot, likely purchased to bury him, and he was buried in a cemetery in Greer. Sometime after Fred died, the Bazanos family moved to Georgia where Ellie's family lived. In Georgia, Spiron Spiron worked as a candy maker, and his nephews, who also immigated, were confectionaries.
• Note: Newspapers in South Carolina spell their name Bozanos, while in Georgia it is spelled Bazanos.

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D-18 – William Ernest Lowe, owner

Markers in D-18

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Marker: Lowe
William Gordon Lowe	Jun 23, 1853	Oct 5, 1918	We trust in God to meet thee again.
Martha Elizabeth Bates Lowe	Dec 5, 1846	May 23, 1912	Wife of W. E. Lowe Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep.
Laura Alower Jones Neely Lowe Burgess	Oct 1, 1854	Oct 14, 1932	(Unmarked grave.)

• William Ernest Lowe is the owner of this plot, and the couple buried here were his parents.
• William Gordon Lowe was married twice - first to Martha Elizabeth Bates, and second to Laura A. Jones.
• Martha Elizabeth Bates Lowe was the daughter of James and Margaret Bates, and her parents lived with them after she got married.
• Laura Alower Jones Neely Lowe Burgess was the second wife of William Gordon Lowe, and he was her second husband. Her obituary says she was buried in Edgewood next to him, but there is no gravestone.
  

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D-19 – Tandy Walker Stokes, owner

Markers in D-19

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Tandy Walker Stokes	Dec 29, 1871	Jul 17, 1915	Sleep, Father, and take thy rest. God called thee home, He thought it best.
Tandy Wesley Stokes Jr.	Aug 11, 1930	Aug 11, 1930	(No gravestone.)

• Tandy Walker Stokes is the owner of this plot. He was the son of Mary Ann Hannah Stokes who married Thomas Babb. I do not know if Thomas was his father. His siblings born after him all have the Babb name, but Tandy grew up living with his maternal grandparents near the Stokes relatives. Tandy was married to Minnie L. Turner, and they had 5 children, including Tandy Wesley Stokes. After Tandy died, Minnie married Ernest Henry Lister.
• Tandy Wesley Stokes Jr. was born prematurely to Tandy Wesley Sr. and Callie Cagle Stokes. He was their first born and they had 4 more children. According to his obituary, he was buried in Edgewood, so he's most likely by his grandfather.
  

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D-20 – Evans, et al (charity), owners

Markers in D-20

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Double Stone: Ensley
Thomas Oneal Ensley	May 24, 1880	Mar 10, 1930	In loving memory.
Myrtle Belle Merck Ensley	Apr 15, 1883	Sep 8, 1968
Mary Melissa Ensley	Jan 20, 1854	Feb 4, 1930	In after-time we'll meet her.Footstone: MME
James Edgar Beeks	Dec 12, 1930	Dec 12, 1930	At rest.

• Evans, et al is the name on the plat map, but Ensley is listed on Find-a-Grave. Most of the people in it are from the Ensley family. There is no Evans family in Edgewood.
• Mary Melissa Ensley is the mother of Thomas Oneal Ensley, and she was the first person buried in this plot. When she was 26, she was living with her widowed mother (age 57) and siblings. Samuel Washington Ensley was recorded as 5 years old, though he really was not yet 3, and was recorded as her brother on one census. Thomas was born but not recorded on the census. In the 1900 census, when the boys were 22 and 20, Mary was living with them. It seems she never married, and no father is recorded on Thomas's death certificate. Sam is still listed as a brother on her obituary.
• Thomas Oneal Ensley is the son of Mary Melissa Ensley. There is no record of this father, but I do wonder if his middle name Oneal is a possible hint. He was married to Myrtle Belle Merck Ensley, the daughter of Francis Merck and Julia Aiken. Thomas and Myrtle had at least 9 children.
• James Edgar Beeks is a mystery, as I haven't found any information on him or his family. There's no obituary or death certificate and nothing to connect him to anyone in Edgewood. In researching the Beeks family in this area, the family that seems to fit as a possibility is that of Joseph Riley Beeks I (102761127) and Cotine Brock Beeks (102761079).

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D-21 – Frank Wood, owner

No graves.

• Frank Wood is another mystery of Edgewood. The most likely option is Benjamin Franklin Wood (93426720), the brother of James Jackson Wood in Plot A-10, and Martha Jane Wood Ross in Plot B-16. Their parents, Jeptha Washington and Sarrah E. Greer Wood, had 12 children. Benjamin Franklin was married to Mittie Louisa Sudduth, the daughter of Reuben Sudduth and Mary "Polly" Hawkins.
• Connections: He would be related to the Woods in Edgewood.
  

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D-22 – John Perry Waters, owner

Markers in D-22

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
John Perry Waters	Jun 12, 1881	Jul 29, 1928	O twill be sweet to meet on that blest shore,all sorrow passed all pain forever o'er.Footstone: JPW
Mary E "May" Christopher Waters	Sep 5, 1883	Jun 20, 1930	Footstone: MEW
S. E. Waters	Jan 22, 1913	Feb 12, 1913	Son of J. P. & M. E. Waters Darling we miss thee.
Isabel Waters	Sep 1, 1919	Sep 5, 1919	Dau. of W. O. & Evelyn Waters Budded on earth To blossom in heaven.
John Milledge Dorn	Jul 10, 1933	Jul 10, 1933	(No gravestone.)
Daniel Akue Dorn	Apr 11, 1941	Sep 6, 1969	South Carolina, PFC US Army, World War II

• John Perry Waters' was the son of Wilson Perry and Harriet Ellen Monk Waters. Mary E. "May" Christopher Waters was the daughter of Lorenzo N. and Mary Jane Monk Christopher. You might notice that both of their mothers had the maiden name Monk. They were, in fact, sisters, making John and May first cousins. John and May had five sons and one daughter: Harold, Eugene, Joe, Ernest Edwin, S. E. (died young), and Lucille (Dorn). May died at only 46 years old. John's inscription is the fifth verse of a poem entitled 'John C. Lyerly, written by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. T. Lyerly, and published in 1924.
• S. E. Waters was the son of John Perry and Mary E. "May" Christopher Waters. He lived only 3 weeks.
• Isabel Waters was the daughter of William Oliver "Ollie" and Evelyn "Evie" Coleman Waters. Ollie was John Perry's brother.
• John Milledge Dorn was the first child of Herbert Akue Dorn and Lucille Waters. Lucille was John and May Waters' daughter, so John was their grandson. Herbert had two living children from a previous marriage (two had died as well). According to the obituary, John was buried in Edgewood. This is the plot owned by Lucille's parents, and it will be where they bury another son.
• Daniel Akue Dorn was the third son of Herbert Akue Dorn and Lucille Waters, grandson of John and May Waters. He served in the military, but his stone was no doubt incorrectly engraved. It says he served in World War II, but he was only a toddler. According to records, Daniel served in the US Army from May 1958 to April 1961. This would put his service during the Vietnam War rather than WWII when he was an infant to toddler. His older brother, Bobby, served in the Korean War. On the paperwork to order the tombstone (see pictures on FAG), the note placing his service in WWII was handwritten in, rather than typed, so could have been added in error after his father placed the order.

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D-23 – Charlie Berry Henderson, owner

Markers in D-23

Name	Born	Died	Inscription
Grace Henderson	Dec 31, 1905	Sep 3, 1906	Dau of C. B. & R. H. Henderson "Budded on earth to bloom in heaven."

• Charlie Berry Henderson, owner of this plot, was married to Rachel H. Cole Henderson.
• Grace Henderson was the first child of Charlie Berry and Rachel H. Cole Henderson.
  

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D-25 – No owner

Plot marked "Occupied - charity" on plat map.

• One of these last two graves, likely D-25, is the resting place of Winifred Thompson, AKA Dorothy 'Dot' Dodson, a 21-year-old mysterious woman from out of town murdered by a lover, who then 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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Unmarked Graves

There are several unmarked graves in Edgewood. These were confirmed through Death Certificates and Obituaries to have been buried in Edgewood, and I haven't located their graves in other cemeteries. It's likely there are more, but these have been discovered so far. Those with information leading to their location in a family plot of listed first, with their information in the appropriate plot. Those in the table below have an undetermined location.

Unmarked Graves in Family Plots

• Fred Bazanos (D-17)
• Laura Alower Jones Neely Lowe Burgess (D-18)
• John Milledge Dorn (D-22)
• John Roland Hutchinson (C-22)
• R. A. H. (C-22)
• Rachel Agnes Greer Lever (C-17)
• Emma Greene Moseley (A-9)
• Reynolds (marker) (C-1)
• T (A-7)

Unmarked Graves with Location Undetermined

Name	Born	Died	Possible Plot
Alice Clemma Turner Taylor Foster	Apr 20, 1857	Jun 30, 1941	A-2
Billy Mack Hall	Jun 9, 1930	Jun 28, 1931
Claude Manson Hall	Sep 1899	Jun 6, 1930
Juanita Hannah	Aug 27, 1924	Nov 10, 1924
Cassa A. "Cassie" Jones	Jun 3, 1854	Jun 5, 1926
Infant Son Jones	(unknown)	Jan 30, 1935
Juliette Maude Greene Keating	Sep 26, 1874	Jun 16, 1961	A-4 or A-9
John Pinckney "Pink" McKitrick	Jul 14, 1861	Jun 23, 1927	A-8
Ola Belle Nichols	Jul 22, 1917	Jan 2, 1930
Norma Jean Scruggs	Dec 1938	Mar 2, 1939
Arthur Simkins	May 7, 1857	Dec 20, 1909
Ruby Lee Stacy	Nov 18, 1926	Oct 21, 1927
Lucy Matilda King Thomas	Oct 26, 1849	Feb 14, 1917	C-23
Winifred "Dorothy Dodson" Thompson	(unknown)	Oct 26, 1924	D-25
Lora Minnie Westmoreland	Jun 3, 1881	Mar 7, 1935	C-9 or D-9

• Alice Clemma Turner Taylor Foster was the daughter of Randolph and Eleanor Wingo Turner. She married her first husband, William Perry Taylor, in 1875. They had 2 sons, Esten Calhoun (b. 1879) and James William (b. 1881). William died 1 month after James was born. Alice was widowed at 24 and raised her sons as a single mom. According to the 1900 census, Alice lived with her brother William and his wife Mary. Alice married her second husband, Edwin Dodd Foster, after the 1910 census and before 1920. Alice's parents and her second husband, Edwin, are buried in the Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Spartanburg. Before Alice died, she was living with her son Esten at 350 Alexander Avenue in Spartanburg, SC. Her death certificate says she was buried on July 1, 1941 in Greenville, with her son Esten as the informant, and her obituary says she was buried in a cemetery at Greer. Her sons could have buried her next to their father. If she is buried by her first husband William, there is no gravestone for her. However, Edgewood Cemetery was vandalized in 1983 and 65 stones were dislodged, broken, or damaged, so it's possible her stone was vandalized.
• Claude Manson Hall was the husband of Kate Myra "Katie" Bennett (Hudgens). They had five children: Lucille (O'Shields), Dorothy (Martin), Marion (White), Sybil Jacqueline (Thomas) and Billy Mack Hall. Claude died just 3 days before Billy was born. Billy, their only son, died one year later. Kate later became the second wife of Ervin Robert Hudgens.
• Juanita Hannah was the infant daughter of D. C. Hannah and Clara Dunn Hannah. I haven't located her parents' graves to make connections.
• Cassa A. "Cassie" Jones was the daughter of Francis "Frank" Jones and Louise Miller. She died of dysentery. I need to research her siblings to see if she might be buried in a Jones plot.
• Infant Son Jones was the son of Steve and Addie Jones. The Jones family was from Atlanta, Georgia and was on vacation in Taylors when their infant son died. His siblings were Johnnie, Mackie, Jimmie, George, Gussie, Diana, Tootsie and Donnie. I haven't located his family.
• Juliette Maude Greene Keating was the daughter of Isaac Lewis and Mary Etta Ballenger Greene. She was wife to Thomas Keating, a mayor and architect in Greer. They had two children: Thomas Harold and Helen (McRae). In 1940, she lived at 37 N Main Street. She was survived by one sister, Edna Greene Thompson, and a daughter. She is most likely buried in Plot A-4 or A-9.
• John Pinckney "Pink" McKitrick was the son of James and Obedience "Biddie" Pollard McKitrick. He was married to Matilda Bridwell. John and Matilda had several children. By 1900, John was widowed with 6 children. Plot A-8 was owned by "McKitrick" and might have been Pink's plot, but there were other McKitrick's in the area so it's not certain. Also, the Carman's are buried in the McKitrick plot, and I haven't sought to confirm a connection.
• Ola Belle Nichols was the 12-year-old daughter of Zolly Garfield C. and Bunie Bumgarner Nichols.
• Norma Jean Scruggs was the 3-month-old daughter of George Dewey Scruggs and Helen Elizabeth Wood Scruggs. Her grandmother was Bertha Wood. I haven't determined if there's a connection to the Woods in Edgewood.
• Arthur Simkins was the son of John Calhoun Simkins and Rosalie Maria Wardlaw Simkins.
• Ruby Lee Stacy was the daughter of Charles Floyd "Charley" Stacy and Docia Lula Slagle Stacy. Ruby had 3 siblings, Glenn, Viola, Agnes, and Mary, with Evelyn and Myrtle born later.
• Lucy Matilda King Thomas was the daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy Erwin King. She was married to William Henry Thomas. It's possible she's related to the Kings in Plot A-18, but I haven't sought to confirm a connection. Lucy was the maternal grandmother of Georgia Mae Kirby Moore in Plot C-23, but she died several decades before Georgia. Still, she could be buried in that plot, but without knowing who Lanham was, it’s hard to tell. Lucy did have a daughter named Ann Thomas Landrum, so perhaps Lanham was a misspelling. It's also possible she's related to the Kings in Plot A-18, but I haven't sought to confirm a connection.
• Winifred "Dorothy Dodson" Thompson remains somewhat a mystery. She came to Greer from Georgia and had some run-ins with the law as "a known prostitute and figure in several police cases." News reports say she was married to J. E. Pruitt, as well as another man with the last name O'Neal, but she also went by aliases. As far as I can tell, the claim that she was married came from signing into hotels rather than any documented marriage. I have yet to find legal records of her name, her marriage(s), or her family in Georgia. She was said to be 21 years old at the time of her death, so may have been born in 1903. There are multiple news articles telling the story of her death and the trial that ensued. I have included a few that include basic details and verify her burial in Edgewood Cemetery. Her gravesite is unknown. There are several occupied plots, but D-25 is marked "occupied, (charity)". Her burial was paid for by Thomas Henry Noble (79576117), the man suspected and acquitted of murdering her, who was also married with three children. (See Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center, by Belcher & Hiatt, p. 109.) Thomas was the younger brother of Tully Watt Noble that was a suspect in the murder of policeman Willis Foster (Plot C-11).
• Lora Minnie Westmoreland was the daughter of Sanford Preston and Susan Electa Davis Westmoreland. She also has several sisters that were buried in Edgewood, including: Leah Rowena Westmoreland (C-9), Mary Eva Westmoreland Swilling (D-9), Clara May Westmoreland Tinsley (D-10), and Ethel Odell Westmoreland Giles (C-25). Like her sister Rowena, Lora never married. It is most likely that she is buried by her sister in Plot C-9 or her parents in Plot D-9.

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Memorial Cenotaphs

A few of the gravestones in Edgewood are actually cenotaphs to honor someone who died but is buried elsewhere. Some of those died before Edgewood Cemetery was created in 1880, and others are memorialized in their parents’ plot.

• James M. Elledge (D-8)
• Ignatius Pierce Few (D-2 is a cenotaph, D-3 is his burial)
• William Preston Few (D-2)
• George W. King (A-18)

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Mayors of Greer Buried in Edgewood Cemetery

Name	Term Beg	Term End	Notes
1Sgt LeGrand Capers Zimmerman	1887	1892	A-6
Thaddeus T. Westmoreland	1892	1896	B-4
Alfred Franklin "Frank" Burgiss	1896 1905	1904 1909	A-5
Dr. John Henry Walker	1919 1943	1920 1945	C-4

• Mayor Thomas Edward Smith's parents, John P. and Mary Jane Wood Smith, are buried in Edgewood (Plot D-6). He served 1914-1918.
• Mayor Thomas Keating's wife, Juliette Maude Greene Keating, is buried in Edgewood in an unmarked grave. I haven't located his grave in any cemetery.

She has done what she could.