Cassette 2 Side 1
Media
Part of Abel Baptist Church Cemetery
Identifier
Cassette 2 Side 1
Title
Cassette 2 Side 1
Type
Interview
Source
Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina Collection
Rights
Description
00:20--Benson and Megginson continue to walk around and look at the grave markers in cemetery number one. Elias Fruster (1866-1914) was the son of Thomas and Fanny Fruster.
1:03--Mr. Benson describes how Matthew Fruster (1897-1916) was killed while working on the railroad double-track. He was the son of James and Leah Fruster. Another marker close by is that of Reverend Ed Reed (died 1918--aged 53 years).
3:39--Megginson names a few more grave markers (the two men are now in the middle of cemetery number one). Mary Cannon died in 1912 at age sixty. Hal Hill (1899-1913), has a broken stone marker.
5:00--Corinne Miles was 16 years when she died. William Reese (1868-1908) was related to Jim Reese, Mr. Benson's grandfather. Lucinda Whitner (died 1909--aged 77) "Gone But Not Forgotten". Among the Watkins family are: James (1876-1904), Hattie (1878-1901), Rev. William Watkins (died 1912), Warren H. (1879-1895), and Susan H. Watkins (died 1918).
9:15--Benson and Megginson come to the two final graves marked in cemetery one: Birdell S. Williams, daughter of W.C. and Isabella Williams (1892-1909) and Mary Simpson (1841-1905).
10:41--Megginson describes the oak trees around the churchyard as the two men enter near cemeteries two and three.
11:16--They are between Margaret Harris's marker in cemetery two and Donald Austin's marker in cemetery three.
12:54--Mr. Megginson describes cemetery two. It stretches behind the church; most of the sites have markers. The oldest sites are the farthest from the church in proximity.
15:19--Mr. Benson starts in the back corner of cemetery two. Matilda Green was married to Will Green. She had a heart condition and died when she was fifty to sixty years old during a meeting at Abel Baptist.
17:41--Mr. Benson is states that there is plot of small children from the Gantt family who died from the flu. They were all eight to twelve years old.
19:00--The next grave was Mr. Benson's father Patrict Benson. He died in February 1926 around the age of fifty-two years. Mr. Benson's sister Lilly Marie died in June 1926 at the age of twenty-five. Annie Reese Benson, Mr. Benson's mother, also died in June of 1926.
21:34--Megginson continues to read names from the grave markers. E.D. Reed (1868-1926) has elaborate markings on his tombstone. This is the brother of Rev. Ed Reed.
23:00--Mr. Benson briefly describes the qualifications regarding the position of Chairmen of the Deacon's at the church.
23:59--Mr. Megginson continues to identify marked and unmarked gravesites. Matilda Kremmel [Tremmel, Trammel?] died in 1930. John Collins was a South Carolina Private in the 49th Volunteer Infantry (died in 1938). Lucille Williams lived from 1905-1929. Ola B. Williams' marker is deciphered.
30:21--Megginson is at line two of cemetery number two. Luecenie Hamilton (1910-1926) has diamond shaped stone. [?] Haywood, son of J.H. and Lucy Haywood lived from 1897-1930.
32:29--Audio ends.
1:03--Mr. Benson describes how Matthew Fruster (1897-1916) was killed while working on the railroad double-track. He was the son of James and Leah Fruster. Another marker close by is that of Reverend Ed Reed (died 1918--aged 53 years).
3:39--Megginson names a few more grave markers (the two men are now in the middle of cemetery number one). Mary Cannon died in 1912 at age sixty. Hal Hill (1899-1913), has a broken stone marker.
5:00--Corinne Miles was 16 years when she died. William Reese (1868-1908) was related to Jim Reese, Mr. Benson's grandfather. Lucinda Whitner (died 1909--aged 77) "Gone But Not Forgotten". Among the Watkins family are: James (1876-1904), Hattie (1878-1901), Rev. William Watkins (died 1912), Warren H. (1879-1895), and Susan H. Watkins (died 1918).
9:15--Benson and Megginson come to the two final graves marked in cemetery one: Birdell S. Williams, daughter of W.C. and Isabella Williams (1892-1909) and Mary Simpson (1841-1905).
10:41--Megginson describes the oak trees around the churchyard as the two men enter near cemeteries two and three.
11:16--They are between Margaret Harris's marker in cemetery two and Donald Austin's marker in cemetery three.
12:54--Mr. Megginson describes cemetery two. It stretches behind the church; most of the sites have markers. The oldest sites are the farthest from the church in proximity.
15:19--Mr. Benson starts in the back corner of cemetery two. Matilda Green was married to Will Green. She had a heart condition and died when she was fifty to sixty years old during a meeting at Abel Baptist.
17:41--Mr. Benson is states that there is plot of small children from the Gantt family who died from the flu. They were all eight to twelve years old.
19:00--The next grave was Mr. Benson's father Patrict Benson. He died in February 1926 around the age of fifty-two years. Mr. Benson's sister Lilly Marie died in June 1926 at the age of twenty-five. Annie Reese Benson, Mr. Benson's mother, also died in June of 1926.
21:34--Megginson continues to read names from the grave markers. E.D. Reed (1868-1926) has elaborate markings on his tombstone. This is the brother of Rev. Ed Reed.
23:00--Mr. Benson briefly describes the qualifications regarding the position of Chairmen of the Deacon's at the church.
23:59--Mr. Megginson continues to identify marked and unmarked gravesites. Matilda Kremmel [Tremmel, Trammel?] died in 1930. John Collins was a South Carolina Private in the 49th Volunteer Infantry (died in 1938). Lucille Williams lived from 1905-1929. Ola B. Williams' marker is deciphered.
30:21--Megginson is at line two of cemetery number two. Luecenie Hamilton (1910-1926) has diamond shaped stone. [?] Haywood, son of J.H. and Lucy Haywood lived from 1897-1930.
32:29--Audio ends.