Baker Cemetery

Location:  Going North from Lawrenceburg take Hwy. 43 North to Alexander Springs Road. Right onto Marcella Falls Road to Benson Road on the right. Approx. 1/4 mile to cemetery.

 

Cemetery is located near the restored home of Alfred Ogilvie WILLIAMS, owner of Marcella Falls in the mid to late 1800’s.  The home was restored by the present owners Mr. and Mrs. Ralph BENSON.  According to Lawrence County Historical Bulletin No. 5, Sept. 1953, “Marcella Falls was an industrial center almost 100 years ago, and had the following enterprises therein: one or two power turbines and one overshot wheel operated by water, one woolen mill, chair factory, tanyard, two or more large sawmills, post office, general store, handle factory, stave mill, two large mill ponds.”  This is all gone now and the road down to the falls is closed and no longer used.  The cemetery was established by some of the early residents of this community.

 

LISTED by Carried H. Gresham & Irene M. Alexander, March 28, 1966 – “Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee” 1984

New additions by Scott Fraser, 2000 (sofraser@aol.com)

 

ALLEN, Grady Lee, hus. Of Inez T. d. 7 Apr. 1967 age 68

 

BAKER,  Thos. A.,  25 July 1849 – 30 Nov. 1913 son        ) one

              Emaline, 15 Aug. 1821 – 26 May 1876 mother    ) stone

              Will F., 1881 – 1931 brother

              W.D., 20 Nov. 1849 – 30 Oct. 1925 husband & father

              Hannah Joe, wife of W.D.  24 Dec 1848 – 17 July 1913 Mother

              David R.,  25 June 1848 – 7 May 1924

              Mary C.,  24 Dec. 1852 – 16 Dec 1926

              Mary W.,  21 Dec. 1881 – 2 Jan 1930

              James M.,  21 June 1886 – 17 Mar. 1925

              Margaret Ann, dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J.M.  26 July 1921 – 8 May 1922

              David Roscoe, 27 Mar. 1885 - ________ father (grave there)

              Allie O., 16 July 1888 - ________ mother (grave there)

              Marvin Roscoe,  12 Apr. 1925 – 29 Jan. 1938 son

 

BENSON, Mitchel, 19 Sept. 1910 – 22 Feb. 1921

                Susie Lee, 1 Jan 1908 – 1 Jan 1909

                H.J., son of J.B. & M.H. 11 Oct. 1893 – 6 Nov. 1906

                John A., 2 Nov. 1870 – 28 Jan. 1955

                Druscilla Young (Alexander) 1874 -1930

                Mary H., wife of J.B. 4 May 1868 – 25 Oct. 1928

                Jessie B., 10 Apr. 1869 – 19 Dec. 1947

 

BOSTON, Wm. Bradford (son of Wm. & Sue Benson Boston) 4 Aug. 1956 – 11 Aug. 1956

 

BRITTON, “Sis” died 1895

                 2 unmarked graves next to above

 

CAPERTON, Tommy F. d. June 1903

 

COLLIER, Charlie C., 1900-1953             ) one

                Jewell B., 1905-19-                 ) stone

                John L., 7 Oct. 1863 – 9 July 1920

                Ida L., 16 Mar. 1880 – 14 Feb. 1907

                Mary R., wife of H.W. 12 Apr. 1837 – 18 Jan. 1905 67 y, 9m, 6d

                Howell W., 10 Nov. 1827 – 8 Nov. 1905  77y, 11m, 28d

                James Edward, Jr., 14 Jan. 1886 – 25 July 1964

                J.E., 12 Nov. 1856 – 9 Sept. 1936 father                      ) one

                Josephine, 6 Aug. 1858 – 27 Oct. 1939 mother             ) stone

                One illegible temporary maker next to above

 

COOPER, Dora Smith, Tenn. Pfc. Batry 20 Field Arty WW I SS – 25 Feb. 1896 – 2 Apr. 1960

 

DISHONGH, Robert Fulton, son of G.B. & Mary C. 17 Feb. 1859 – 26 Aug. 1861

 

DOOLEY, Ronald E., 21 June 1936 son

               One illegible temporary marker next to above

 

DURHAM, Lawrence, d. 14 June 1938  ?y, ?m, 9d

                One illegible temporary marker next to above

 

GUTHRIE, Beatrice, Apr. 1906 1 yr

                2 unmarked graves, possibly more in this area

 

HENSON,  Annie E., 14 Apr. 1872 – 26 July 1961

                Hershel, 1910 - 1910

                Edward, 1906 – 1906

                6 unmarked grave in Henson row

 

HOLLAND, (?) born (?) d. 194(?)

                 One unmarked next to above

                 Mary E., wife of M.V. 9 Jan. 1846 – 7 July 1897 Mother

                 5 unmarked grave next to above

                 Monroe V., 11 Feb. 1841 – 23 Nov. 1929

                 Beatrice, Spring of 1920

 

JONES, H.M. 3 Nov. 1846 – 17 June 1911

             Sarah E., 6 June 1852 – 7 Nov. 1919

 

KERR,  William B.  1914 – 1914              ) one

            Virgil M.    1918 – 1919              ) stone

            Edward M. 1875 – 1939              ) one

            Minnie B.   1878 – 1948              ) stone

            Sadie, 6 Sept. 1904 – 6 Sept. 1904

            Birdie, 15 Jan. 1908 – 21 June 1909

 

MEEK, Wm. H. d. 21 May 1967 age 67

 

MITCHELL, Fannie Ida, wife of T.E.  d. 28 Oct. 1881 age 25y, 9m, 6d

 

NELSON,  J.F., 16 Jan. 1878 – 4 Feb. 1919

                Addie B., 1908 – 1932

                Sarah Annnie, d. 8 Oct. 1956 84 y, 6m, 7d

 

NOWLIN, Dear Little Ethie, dau. of J.W. & A.W. d. 1 Dec. 1882 – 2y, 9m

 

OWEN, Inf. Of J.T. & M.J.  17 Aug. 1908

 

PILKINTON, Jefferson Cahal, b. 17 July 1838 d. 20 June 1893  (CSA) Pvt., 48th (Nixons) Inf. Reg.

 

PRENTICE, Mile C.   10 July 1837 – 9 Oct. 1865              ) one

                  Mary C. (her daughter) d, 2 June 1862 4m      ) stone

                  A stone beside the above with “M.C.P.”

                  Rosie Coope, 29 Oct. 1878 – 22 Oct. 1900

                  Rosie Belle, 5 Aug. 1900 – 23 Dec. 1900

                  J.A.M., son of A.L. & S.B. d. 22 Mar. 1859 2y, 11m, 19d

                  6 unmarked graves next to above

 

ROBERTSON, Dellar Ophelia McElroy  1 Sept. 1858 – 4 Nov. 1941

 

ROSE, Inf. Dau. of M.B. & W.H. b. & d. 2 June 1940

 

SMITH, M.J. 1 Mar. 1873 – 13 Jan. 1959

 

SYLVESTER, Penelope Collier – Fall of 1900

                     3 illegible markers and 3 marked with field stone next to above

 

THOMASON, Virgil Eugene  12 Oct. 1939 - 25 Oct. 1961

                     1 enclosed plot with picket fence, 2 grave, no markers

 

THORN, James T., Corp. Co. E., 6I, 11 Cav. (Civil War)

             Mrs. M.E.  10 Feb. 1842 – 19 June 1904  68y, 4m, 9d

             Winniefred R., wife of J.D.  17 Sept. 1884 – 9 June 1905  21y, 3m, 8d

 

WEST, Mary Mildred, wife of Robert REED  d. 15 July 1967 age 77

 

WILLIAMS, Martha, wife of Alfred O. 26 Aug. 1831 – married 11 Aug. 1846 d. 26 Apr. 1864

                  Alfred Ogilvie (buried in Wilkes-Campground Cemetery, Culleoka, Maury Co.)

                  2 unmarked graves next to above

                  Thomas Benjamin, son (R.C.) Robert Clinton & (H.A.) Hettie Ann.  21 Aug. 1856 – 11 Oct. 1856

                  Sarah, in memory of, wife of Benjamin WILLIAMS   born Oct 1809 died Oct 1852