Abel Baptist Cassette 3 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Abel Baptist Church Cemetery
Title
Abel Baptist Cassette 3 Side 1
Source
Abel Baptist Church Cemetery
Date
1989-08-10
Description
Cassette 3
Side 1
00:19--[Benson and Megginson are in cemetery two and continue to identify grave markers]. Tina Dupree (Died: December 16, 1928 Age 47) lived around the church.
01:55--John Collins lived from 1885 to 1930. His grave had the letters FLT (Friendship, Love, and Truth) engraved in it. The engraving is associated with the Odd Fellows Club.
2:55--Mr. Benson explains that the Odd Fellow Lodge Hall is in the center of Calhoun near Golden View Church.
3:48--They continue naming grave markers. Jimmy Fruster lived from 1878 to 1933.
5:18--Rena B. Phillips (born 1865) was the mother to Willie E. Forman (1894-1951). They are buried next to each other.
6:32--Katie Bennett (1938-1980) was not a member of Abel Baptist. Mr. Benson explains that non-members are buried in cemetery two. Cemetery three is saved for members only.
8:22--Edith R. Williams died in 1982. She was also a non member. George Ferguson lived from 1902 to 1987.
9:42--The final person buried in rows four and five is Marcus J. Connelly (1965-1988).
11:40--The Smith plot contains Russell B. (1972-1985). Mr. Benson recalls that Russell was killed in a car accident. He was very involved in high school and was talented in athletics.
13:20--Joseph Earl lived from 1946 to 1985. Sara G. Gallaway lived from 1909 to 1981.
16:22--WWI veteran George O. Smith (1890-1956) was a Private in the SC 1st Company--156 Depot Brigade. Will Hill lived from 1873 to 1946. Marion Patterson died in 1944.
19:58--Hattie Watkins died in 1938. She was the daughter of William Watkins.
21:00--Mr. Benson recalls George Richard Shaw Sr. (1857-1931). Richard was from the lower part of the state but moved to the upstate during the early construction of Clemson College; he was a prison laborer. Afterwards he became very successful and owned a large portion of land. His land that is now close in proximity to the location of the Comfort Inn.
24:32--Harvey Hill lived from 1900-1930. Bonnie Reid (1886-1936) was a member of the PBA Society. Joe S. Payton (1888-1933) was an Odd Fellow. Susie Bird was born in 1865; the death date is submerged in the ground. Ms. Bird (Aunt Sue Bird) worked in the boarding house of Mr. Megginson's grandmother.
29:08--Jannie H. Reese (wife of Hamp Reese) died in 1945 at the age of sixty-five. Alphonso C. Martin (1921-1946) served in the SC Regiment 497th Engineers during World War II.
31:47--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:19--[Benson and Megginson are in cemetery two and continue to identify grave markers]. Tina Dupree (Died: December 16, 1928 Age 47) lived around the church.
01:55--John Collins lived from 1885 to 1930. His grave had the letters FLT (Friendship, Love, and Truth) engraved in it. The engraving is associated with the Odd Fellows Club.
2:55--Mr. Benson explains that the Odd Fellow Lodge Hall is in the center of Calhoun near Golden View Church.
3:48--They continue naming grave markers. Jimmy Fruster lived from 1878 to 1933.
5:18--Rena B. Phillips (born 1865) was the mother to Willie E. Forman (1894-1951). They are buried next to each other.
6:32--Katie Bennett (1938-1980) was not a member of Abel Baptist. Mr. Benson explains that non-members are buried in cemetery two. Cemetery three is saved for members only.
8:22--Edith R. Williams died in 1982. She was also a non member. George Ferguson lived from 1902 to 1987.
9:42--The final person buried in rows four and five is Marcus J. Connelly (1965-1988).
11:40--The Smith plot contains Russell B. (1972-1985). Mr. Benson recalls that Russell was killed in a car accident. He was very involved in high school and was talented in athletics.
13:20--Joseph Earl lived from 1946 to 1985. Sara G. Gallaway lived from 1909 to 1981.
16:22--WWI veteran George O. Smith (1890-1956) was a Private in the SC 1st Company--156 Depot Brigade. Will Hill lived from 1873 to 1946. Marion Patterson died in 1944.
19:58--Hattie Watkins died in 1938. She was the daughter of William Watkins.
21:00--Mr. Benson recalls George Richard Shaw Sr. (1857-1931). Richard was from the lower part of the state but moved to the upstate during the early construction of Clemson College; he was a prison laborer. Afterwards he became very successful and owned a large portion of land. His land that is now close in proximity to the location of the Comfort Inn.
24:32--Harvey Hill lived from 1900-1930. Bonnie Reid (1886-1936) was a member of the PBA Society. Joe S. Payton (1888-1933) was an Odd Fellow. Susie Bird was born in 1865; the death date is submerged in the ground. Ms. Bird (Aunt Sue Bird) worked in the boarding house of Mr. Megginson's grandmother.
29:08--Jannie H. Reese (wife of Hamp Reese) died in 1945 at the age of sixty-five. Alphonso C. Martin (1921-1946) served in the SC Regiment 497th Engineers during World War II.
31:47--Audio ends.
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