Cassette 1 Side 2
Media
Part of Abel Baptist Church Cemetery
Identifier
Cassette 1 Side 2
Title
Cassette 1 Side 2
Type
Interview
Source
Abel Baptist Church Cemetery
Rights
Description
00:06--Mr. Benson talks about burial insurance. It was not as much as it is today, about twenty to twenty five dollars. It could be paid in installments that amounted to five to ten cents a week.
3:01--Funeral services were usually no longer than thirty minutes. The family often requested that it be short.
4:15--Mr. Benson remembers his grandparents' deaths and their funerals, but does not recall specifics.
6:40--Benson explains that there were no family plots in the cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death.
8:51--The two men move the interview out into the graveyard. Mr. Megginson describes the scenery around the three cemeteries.
9:41--Mr. Benson and Mr. Megginson go through cemetery one and examine grave makers and describe the scenery. Cemetery one is closest to Abel Street and Highway 93. There are about 500 people buried in the cemetery; very few are marked.
12:17--A few names mentioned are T.H. Thompson (1870-1918), John Singleton (1841-1918), T.W. Williams (1886-1901), John Drayton (1891-1908), Isabelle Collins (1889-1906), and Samuel Green (1853-1923).
18:43--Mr. Megginson notices a family of three buried together. The Foster family includes James Foster (1876-1919), his son (1897-1917), and his wife (died in 1918 at the age of 38).
21:19--Mr. Benson mentions C.E. Washington, who was born in 1813. This is one of the earliest birth dates in the cemetery.
22:28--Megginson points out the most prominent monument in cemetery one. It belongs to the Manager family. Henry Edward Manager (1878-1912) and parents Simon (1785-1884) and Krecia Manager (1808-1894) were all buried next to each other. They were likely a prosperous family judging from the monument's structure and material.
24:08--The two men continue reading names off markers: Hamp Reese (died 1925) and B.B. Reid (1887-1910).
28:24--Mr. Benson discusses The Fruster family. Fannie Fruster is Mr. Benson's great aunt; she is buried in cemetery one.
31:04--Audio ends.
3:01--Funeral services were usually no longer than thirty minutes. The family often requested that it be short.
4:15--Mr. Benson remembers his grandparents' deaths and their funerals, but does not recall specifics.
6:40--Benson explains that there were no family plots in the cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death.
8:51--The two men move the interview out into the graveyard. Mr. Megginson describes the scenery around the three cemeteries.
9:41--Mr. Benson and Mr. Megginson go through cemetery one and examine grave makers and describe the scenery. Cemetery one is closest to Abel Street and Highway 93. There are about 500 people buried in the cemetery; very few are marked.
12:17--A few names mentioned are T.H. Thompson (1870-1918), John Singleton (1841-1918), T.W. Williams (1886-1901), John Drayton (1891-1908), Isabelle Collins (1889-1906), and Samuel Green (1853-1923).
18:43--Mr. Megginson notices a family of three buried together. The Foster family includes James Foster (1876-1919), his son (1897-1917), and his wife (died in 1918 at the age of 38).
21:19--Mr. Benson mentions C.E. Washington, who was born in 1813. This is one of the earliest birth dates in the cemetery.
22:28--Megginson points out the most prominent monument in cemetery one. It belongs to the Manager family. Henry Edward Manager (1878-1912) and parents Simon (1785-1884) and Krecia Manager (1808-1894) were all buried next to each other. They were likely a prosperous family judging from the monument's structure and material.
24:08--The two men continue reading names off markers: Hamp Reese (died 1925) and B.B. Reid (1887-1910).
28:24--Mr. Benson discusses The Fruster family. Fannie Fruster is Mr. Benson's great aunt; she is buried in cemetery one.
31:04--Audio ends.
Creator
Contributor
Benson, James
Publisher
Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository