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Pilley's Island - Old Salvation Army Cemetery

These are the older grave inscriptions from Pilley's Island Salvation Army Cemetery:

View a partial pictorial of this cemetery here

Headstone inscriptions were transcribed by BARBARA PEDERSON, October 1998. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be typographical errors.

NAME RELATION BIRTH DEATH AGE/INFORMATION
Mary Jane COOKE wife of the late George COOKE
Jan. 2, 1929 aged 86 years;
George COOKE

Mar. 11, 1920 aged 85 years

Lucy POOLE mother
Feb. 22, 1924 aged 58 years;
Edward POOLE father
Jan. 7, 1925 aged 68 years

Amelia J. FUDGE
1878 1962

Ruben CHAPPEL

1925 aged 71 years;
Cecil CHAPPEL
Feb. 10, 1903 Sept. 26, 1967 aged 64 years

Edward PAYNE

Mar. 23, 1953 aged 78 years;
Mary PAYNE

Sept. 10, 1958 aged 79 years

Dorothy [SIMMONDS] children of Willis & Louisa SIMMONS
July 2, 1902 aged 6 months
Hubert Alexander {SIMMONDS]

Dec. 5, 1903 aged 4 years

Ensign Ella May [METCALFE] daughter of Martin & Meliss[a] METCALFE
June 24, 1911 aged 29 years; (Stone has fallen over.)
Martin METCALFE husband of Melissa METCALFE
Jan. 1, 1915 aged 63 years 8 months

Milesta [MILLS] wife of Ambrose MILLS
June 11, 1904 aged 19 years

Edmond [REINES] son of John & Martha REINES
Feb. 14, 1900 aged 2 years;
Warrick [REINES] son of John & Martha REINES
Mar. 12, 1900 aged 6 years;
Dina [REINES] daughter of John & Martha REINES
Oct. 30, 1903 aged 3 years

Philip John BLACKMORE

Feb. 1, 1902 aged 19 years 8 months

Phoebe BLACKMORE wife of Arthur BLACKMORE
June 20, 1908 aged 40 years

Miriam [LEDREW] wife of Reuben LEDREW
Apr. 25, 1898 aged 40 years [& 8 mos.?]

Eliza RIDOUT

Dec. 30, 1895 aged 39 years;
Richard RIDEOUT husband of Eliza RIDEOUT
Aug. 25, 1928 aged 88 years

HEWLETT, Israel
July 1870 Oct. 1924 [Two names on same stone]:
[HEWLETT], Lucy
May 1870 Nov. 1911

Nellie Margaret [GRANDY] baby of Ensign & Mrs. Grandy
Dec. 5, 1910 aged 6 months

Rachel [DEAN] wife of Joseph DEAN
Oct. 12, 1904 aged 47 years;
Joseph DEAN father
Mar. 3, 1918 aged 70 years

Andrew Stephen RICE son of Stephen & Fannie RICE
Dec. 29, 1916 aged 17 years & 5 months

Emily Jane [WELLS] wife of Job WELLS
1897 aged 36 years
Nathaniel George [WELLS] and their son
May 8, 1902 aged 22 years; (both on single stone)
Job WELLS beloved husband of Lucy WELLS
Dec. 18, 1914 aged 58 years; (Fallen on ground, next to previous stone)

Joseph John [LUFFMAN] son of Henry & Sarah LUFFMAN
Mar. 18, 1903 aged 27 years
William H.[?] [LUFFMAN] son of Henry & Sarah LUFFMAN
Mar. 19, 1905 aged 19 years

Eliu CHAPPEL son of Henry & Phoebe CHAPPEL of Pilley's Island
(no date) captain in the Salvation Army

Willis FORWARD

Feb. 26, 1924 aged 74 years
Elizabeth [FORWARD] also his wife
June 28, 1921 aged 74 years & 8 months
John [FORWARD] also their son
May 14, 1896 aged 21 years & 4 months; (both on the same stone)

Naomi Ellen RYAN wife of William RYAN
Feb. 28, 1918 aged 46 years

William Crawford [HUSTKINS] son of George & Leah HUSTKINS
who fell asleep Apr. 2, 1919 aged 27 years

Mathew HAGGETT Royal Navy WWI 1895 1937

Emma [BLACKMORE] wife of Elijah BLACKMORE
Jan. 20, 1918 aged 29 years

Elizabeth BLACKMORE

May 5, 1922 aged 75 years
Joseph [BLACKMORE] husband of Elizabeth BLACKMORE
Aug. 2, 1919 aged 75 years

Rosette [KEEPING] darling child of Adjt. & Mrs KEEPING
July 3, 1921 aged 8 months

Wilbur [EARLE] darling child of Adjt. & Mrs. EARLE
Mar. 16, 1916 age 4 years & 2 months

John [ANTHONY] father
Aug. 26, 1929 aged 79 years
Martha [ANTHONY] Mother
Feb. 21, 1955 aged 94 years

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