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0920    GODWIN, EDMOND

Location - Meadow. Off Hwy 50 about 1.5 miles east of Benson.

Coordinates: 35d 22m 07.0s N; 78d 31m 04.2s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From the intersection of Hwy 95 and Hwy 50 continue east on Hwy 50 appropriately 1.4 miles to Wheeler Pipe & Supply Co. Take the 3rd dirt driveway on the left past the building. Cemetery is approximately 800 feet down the dirt path not visible from the road. It is in the middile of a field but there is a short mowed alley leading to it.

Graves are surrounded by a short brick wall in good condition. The cemetery is in decline and not maintained.

Compiler: Ray King & Elizabeth E Ross, 1986. Updates and photos by Gerry Morgan in May 2020.

1. B., J. H.   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Initials on marker JHB; no other information.
2. Beasley, John   (b. 19 Sep 1847 - d. 1 Dec 1928)
Husband of Susan Ellen Young Beasley.
3. Beasley, Respy   (b. 28 Dec 1871 - d. 13 Aug 1883)
Daughter of John and Susan Beasley
4. Beasley, Salonia   (b. 23 Sep 1869 - d. 2 Aug 1870)
Daughter of John and Susan Beasley
5. Beasley, Susan Caroline   (b. 19 Aug 1881 - d. 24 Oct 1881)
Daughter of John and Susan Beasley
6. Beasley, Susan Ellen Young   (b. 20 Jan 1844 - d. 25 Aug 1915)
Wife of John Beasley.
7. Edwards, Sarah   (b. 19 Oct 1873 - d. 15 Aug 1900)
8. Godwin, Bettie D.   (b. 1870 - d. 1835)
Wife of George W. Godwin. Close up. - Portrait cameo.
9. Godwin, Edmond   (b. 22 Nov 1791 - d. 23 Feb 1876)
Son of Sally and Solomon Godwin
10. Godwin, Elam   (b. 7 Dec 1821 - d. 26 Dec 1885)
Son of Edmond and Sallie Godwin
11. Godwin, George W.   (b. 1871 - d. 1943)
Husband of Bettie D. Godwin. Close up. - Portrait cameo.
12. Godwin, Hezikiah   (b. 22 May 1818 - d. 22 Oct 1868)
Son of Edmond and Sallie Godwin
13. Godwin, Sally   (b. 15 Dec 1790 - d. 6 May 1876)
Wife of Edmond Godwin
14. Godwin, Thamer A.   (b. 3 Feb 1821 - d. 9 Mar 1870)
Daughter of John and Clarkey Godwin
15. Godwin, William McKinley   (b. 16 Sep 1901 - d. 12 Dec 1901)
Son of William M. and Mertie Godwin
16. Godwin, Willie C.   (b. 17 Aug 1895 - d. 2 Jun 1896)
Son of G. W. and Bettie Godwin
17. Tucker, Marvin L.   (b. 1886 - d. 1838)
[??] possibly wife buried here also
18. Tucker, Percy Lafoe   (b. 7 Sep 1919 - d. 9 Aug 1971)
19. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Wooden marker, unidentified
20. Wheeler, Ary A.   (b. 12 Jun 1876 - d. 25 Apr 1906)
21. Wheeler, James M.   (b. 28 Dec 1901 - d. 10 Dec 1905)
22. Wheeler, Jesse F.   (b. Oct 1904 - d. 26 Jul 1906)
23. Wheeler, John C.   (b. 25 Oct 1905 - d. 14 Dec 1905)
24. Wheeler, Mary A.   (b. 12 Jun 1876 - d. 25 Apr 1936)
25. Wood, Winifred   (b. 22 Mar 1816 - d. 12 May 1917)
[??] Wife of William Wood