Tombstone Tuesday - Mollie Whalam

Mollie Whalam
Born in Jefferson County, Miss
Died June 15, 1890
"She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother and a friend to all."
Buried at Hickory Block Cemetery
Union Church, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Mollie Whalum was not found in the census records. The Whalum surname has a variety of spellings, which could be one reason she was not found. A candidate for Mollie is sixty year old Mary Whaland found in 1880, married to Henson who was a widower in 1900.

Photograph Courtesy of Nathaniel Thomas

Tombstone Tuesday - Elizabeth Bryant (1813 - 1910)

Elizabeth
Wife of John Bryant
Born May 13 1813
Died Sept 2 1910
"She died as she lived trusting in God"

Hickory Block Cemetery
Jefferson County, Mississippi

Photograph courtesy of Nathaniel Thomas, Elizabeth's 3rd great grandson

Tombstone Tuesday - Mary Bailey

In Memory of Mrs. Mary Bailey
Born 1847
Died Dec 8 1944
Age 97
Gone But Not Forgotton(sp)
Its Our Lost And Heaven Gain
Hickory Block Cemetery
Jefferson County, Mississippi

Daughter of James and Emily Earls
Wife of Wallace Bailey
Mother of: Wallace, Jr., William, Vina, Josephine, Flora, Horace, Greely, Richardson, Pearly, Quitman, Roseanna, Mamie, Willie, Mary, and Emily

Tombstone Tuesday - Atty Whalum

At Whalum
Born 1829
Died Mar 24 1928
Hickory Block Cemetery
Jefferson County, Mississippi

Church Record Sunday - The Singing so Beautiful

Tombstone Tuesday - Handwritten Headstone

Betsy Earls
Born May 12, 1864
Died May 13 1913
"Gone to a Better Place"
Hickory Block Cemetery
Jefferson County, Mississippi