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122    CHESSON, WILLIAM MACKEY FAMILY

Location - off Cyress Rd about 0.7 mile from Spruill Loop Rd, off Hwy 64.


Directions: Follow Hwy 64 in Roper and turn on Spruill Loop Road (across from Mack Marrow Store). Leaving Spruill Loop turn left onto Cypress Road. The cemetery is 0.7 mile on right about 75 yards from the road.

Survey by Vance & Veronica Haskett in 1990.

1. Chesson, Camille Isabelle   (b. 7 Feb 1891 - d. 13 May 1909)
Age: 18y 3m 5d. Wife of Herbert Rodger Chesson, Sr.. Parents: John Benjamin Chesson, Jr. & Eleanor Adelaide Tarkington
2. Chesson, Clara Moriah Pollard   (b. 10 Jan 1849 - d. 27 Feb 1906)
Age: 57y lm 17d. Footstone: C.M.C .Wife of Friley Fagan Chesson. Parents: Thomas Pollard & Amelia Mackey
3. Chesson, Eleanor Adelaide Tarkington   (b. 11 Jan 1851 - d. 2 Oct 1905)
2nd wife of John Benjamin Chesson
4. Chesson, Elizabeth J.   (b. 4 Mar 1836 - d. 7 Jun 1870)
1st wife of John Benjamin Chesson
5. Chesson, Frances Leah Woodley   (b. 18 Oct 1847 - d. 6 Sep 1913)
Peace be thine. Footstone: F.L.C.. Wife of William Mackey Chesson. Children: [1] Thomas Mackey, [2] William Joseph, [3] Priscilla, [4] Sarah Eliza, [5] Annie Laurie, [6] Florence Gertrude, [7] Mary Alice, [8] Leah Frances, [9] Carthine "Cottie" Estelle, [10] Louis Milton.
6. Chesson, Friley Fagan   (b. 28 Nov 1830 - d. 21 Jun 1897)
Age: 66y 6m 23d. Footstone: F.F.C .- Parents: Nathaniel Chesson & Leah Fagan. Wives: (1) Nancy Armstrong, (2) Clara Moriah Pollard. Children: [l] Friley Fagan, Jr., (others listed are by his 2nd marriage) [2] Ida M., [3] Nathanielú Alonzo "Lonnie", [4] Durwood Mackey, [5] Walter R., [6] Isolind, [7] Claudia "Claud", [8] Herbert Rodgers, Sr.
7. Chesson, Harriet S.   (b. 28 Oct 1808 - d. 1 Mar 1882)
Wife of Thomas Mackey Chesson. Son: John Benjamin Chesson.
8. Chesson, John Benjamin   (b. 5 Mar 1837 - d. 24 Oct 1904)
Chesson Monument names four in this cemetery. Husband of (1) Elizabeth J. Rea (2) Eleanor Adelaide Tarkington. Parents: Thomas Mackey Chesson & Harriett S.
9. Chesson, Louis Milton   (b. 27 Mar 1881 - d. 3 Sep 1881)
He was the sunshine of our home. Parents: William Mackey Chesson & Frances Leah Woodley
10. Chesson, Mary Alice   (b. 26 Sep 1874 - d. 10 Jul 1885)
He carries the lambs in bosom. Parents: William Mackey Chesson & Frances Leah Woodley
11. Chesson, Nathaniel Alonzo   (b. Sep 1870 - d. 13 Jul 1900)
Age: 29y lOm 24d. Footstone: N.A.C.. Parents: Friley Fagan Chesson & Clara Moriah Pollard.
12. Chesson, Priscilla   (b. 8 May 1866 - d. 18 Sep 1870)
There is rest in Heaven. Parents: William Mackey Chesson & Frances Leah Woodley.
13. Chesson, Sidney M.   (b. 23 Aug 1885 - d. 23 Sep 1898)
A precious one from us has gone- A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home- Which never can be filled17 Footstone: S.M.C. (Lamb on top of stone). Parents: John Benjamin Chesson & Eleanor Adelaide Tarkington
14. Chesson, Thomas Mackey   (b. 14 Dec 1808 - d. Unknown)
Husband of Harriett S.. Parents: John Chesson & Mary Mackey
15. Chesson, Thomas Mackey   (b. 21 Nov 1862 - d. 6 Jun 1918)
Gone but not forgotten CHESSON. Footstone: T.M.C.. Husband of Anna Spruill. Parents: Wm. Mackey Chesson & Frances Leah Woodley
16. Chesson, William Joseph   (b. 20 May 1864 - d. 22 Dec 1917)
Footstone: W.J.C .- Parents: William Mackey Chesson & Frances Leah Woodley (Tombstone couldn't be lifted, so I'm taking . a guess to who is buried in this plot by the Footstone, not sure)
17. Chesson, William Mackey   (b. 8 Nov 1834 - d. 20 Apr 1908)
Peace be thine. Sacred to the memory of. Age: 73y 5m 12d. Footstone: W.M.C.. Husband of Frances Leah Woodley. Parents: Nathaniel Chesson & Leah Fagan. Nathaniel & Leah's children were: [l] Mary A., [2] Alfred M., [3] Friley Fagan, [4] William Mackey, [5] Priscilla, [6] Joseph S., [7] Raymond ? Harrison, [8] Martha I. [9] Georgeanna.
18. Johnston, Fannie Irma   (b. 2 Mar 1892 - d. 14 Sep 1909)
Gone but not forgotten. Footstone. Parents: Joseph E. Johnston & Florence Gertrude Chesson
19. Johnston, Maurice St. Clair   (b. 14 Sep 1894 - d. 24 Sep 1898)
Asleep in Jesus- Footstone: M.St.C.J.. Parents: Joseph E. Johnston & Florence Gertrude Chesson.
20. Lewis, Sarah Eliza Chesson "Sallie"   (b. 13 Dec 1867 - d. 25 Feb 1924)
Footstone: S.E.L.. Wife of Tom J. Lewis. Parents: William Mackey Chesson & Frances Leah Woodley
21. Lewis, Tom J.   (b. 1 Nov 1863 - d. 15 Apr 1903)
Footstone: T.J.L.. Husband of Sallie E. Chesson
22. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Unmarked grave