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097    CHESSON, HEZEKIAH FAMILY

Location - off East Mill Pond Rd about 3.8 miles from Hwy 64.


Directions: follow Hwy 64 and turn onto East Mill Pond Road. Go 3.8 miles to the cemetery on the right about 98 yards from road, in Richard Taylor yard.

Survey by Vance & Veronica Haskett in 1990.

1. Chesson, Hezekiah   (b. 26 Oct 1784 - d. 11 Aug 1869)
Age: 64y 9m 16d. In memory of. Footstone: H.C.. Husband of Sarah Ann Smith. Parents: Joshua Chesson & Martha Smith. Both Born before 1755. Children: [l] James, [2] George W., [3] Richard Buncombe, [4] Edward F., [5] Thomas Wesley, [6] Henry 5., [7] Hezekiah.
2. Chesson, Mary Frances Woodley   (b. 11 Jul 1833 - d. 24 Oct 1906)
Age: 73y 3m 13d. She died as she lived trusting God. Footstone. Wife of Richard Buncombe Chesson
3. Chesson, Richard Buncombe   (b. 5 Jan 1831 - d. 29 Aug 1903)
He died as he lived trusting in God. Footstone: R.B.C. Married Mary Frances Woodley on Apr 21, 1853. Parents: Hezekiah Chesson & Martha Ann Smith-Children: [l] Susan Jane (m) William Walker Jones, [2] William Howell (m) Uzelia Barnes, [3] Lenora"Noni" Virginia (m) John Sherrod Taylor, [4] Thomas L., [5] Samuel Columbus (m) Sarah Parrisher, [6] Walter Wilson.
4. Chesson, Sarah Ann Smith   (b. 15 Jul 1798 - d. 16 Sep 1871)
Age: 73y 2m ld. In memory of. Footstone: S.C.. Wife of Hezekiah Chesson
5. Taylor, Ellen Marriner   (b. 8 Jul 1923 - d. Unknown)
Wife of John Richard Taylor
6. Taylor, Herbert Warren, Sr.   (b. 22 Oct 1907 - d. 16 Jun 1988)
Age: 80y. No stone. Parents: John Sherrod Taylor & Lenora Virginia Chesson
7. Taylor, John Richard   (b. 1 Feb 1905 - d. 24 Sep 1984)
Husband of Ellen Marriner Parents: John Sherrod Taylor & Lenora Chesson
8. Taylor, John Sherrod   (b. 31 Mar 1872 - d. 26 Nov 1951)
Footstone: FATHER. Husband of Lenora "Noni" Virginia Chesson. Parents: William S. Taylor & Mary Savage
9. Taylor, Lenora Virginia Chesson   (b. 30 Mar 1871 - d. 8 Jun 1954)
Footstone: MOTHER. Wife of John Sherrod Taylor. Parents: Richard B. Chesson & Mary Frances Woodley; Children: [1] John Richard, [2] Stark Wilson, [3] Herbert Warren, Sr.
10. Taylor, Stark Wilson   (b. 18 Jan 1901 - d. 10 Mar 1970)
Footstone: S.W.T.