Gordon Cemetery, Houston Co, AL

Gordon Cemetery, Houston Co, AL
Copied 1957 by J R Phipps and originally typed  29 Sep 1959 by Adrene Gleave Dean

LAST NAME First-Middle-Maiden Name Born Died Marriage Relationship (see below) Military Misc. (emblems, etc.) Notes


From: [email protected]

Gordon is oldest cem in area and many of the older graves no longer marked. It was made a historic site by State of AL last year. A former Gordon resident, now a Pensacola resident, Martha Lee Dickson, publshed a history of Gordon last year, avialable through Books A Million. This is a very good book and also has some

NW Fla data in it. Includes lots of good old photos. There is a listing of individuals as well as cem data in the book. However, do not find those names that you list. The latest data online is from a 1968 LDS survey of all known white cem in Houston Co, AL. You can reach Martha, one of my HS classmates, at [email protected]

She might have some info for you has her family were longtime Gordon residents and she is kin to many of the early families in the area. Good luck.


Subj: Re: Houston Co. Cems.
Date: 07/26/2000
From: [email protected]


Bryan, Narcissa is the wife of James C. Bryan.

McLendon, Margaret Caledonia is the wife of McLendon, T. R. (Dr. Torrance Robert) and mother of McLendon, C. L. His name was Cartledge, he was married to Mattie Sue, and father of Daphne and Robert. Caledonia was also the mother of McLendon, L. B. His full name was Leon Brown McLendon, he was married to Clementine, and father of Margery Louise, Robert Paul, Sarah Gwendolyn, and Mildred Priscilla. Margaret Caledonia McLendon is the daughter of Joseph H. and Margaret Priscilla Bordeaux PITTMAN Boit. (I mentioned her in my last post.) McLendon, A. J. is Andrew Jackson, father of Torrance Robert and Charles A. (buried in Conecuh Co.) A. J. was the regimental blacksmith for the 6th FL Inf. Co. D. And they're all mine. Julia


ADAMS Cora C Jan 24 1865 Mar 8 1933

ADAMS Joyce H Oct 14 1858 Mar 16 1904

ALFORD Lillian Feb 19 1858 Jan 11 1907 w/o ALFORD W B

ALFORD Wm B Apr 28 1853 Aug 29 1902 h/o ALFORD Lillian

ANDERSON <infant> d/o ANDERSON S J

ANDERSON Mamie Feb 12 1890 Jul 29 1954 w/o ANDERSON S J (Sam)

ANDERSON Sam Sep 13 1882 Mar 19 1955 h/o ANDERSON Mamie

ANDERSON Susie 28 years Jun 27 1889 w/o ANDERSON H A

ASKEW H J Jun 7 1838 Oct 5 1898 h/o ASKEW Sallie S

ASKEW <infant> Nov 20 1911 Sep 7 1912 son

ASKEW Sallie S Sep 8 1840 Nov 23 1916 w/o ASKEW H J

BARKSDALE Mary D Oct 5 1865 Jun 22 1953

BATTLE Dan E Dec 12 1879 Feb 6 1957 h/o BATTLE Mattie V

BEASLEY Dula Belle Mar 19 1869 Sep 22 1894 w/o BEASLEY J B


BEASLEY Elmira Dec 21 1844 Jul 9 1909 L F & R L is on stone (pk [email protected]  Julia)

They were her 2 sons. R. L. was Raleigh. I don't know what the other one was named. She was the daughter of Timothy and Margaret Priscilla EVANS Pittman and sister to George Pittman and Margarette Boit buried near her. There are 2 or 3 unmarked graves in the plot. I believe her brother Julius David Pittman is in one of them.


BELL Annie S Oct 2 1874 Nov 26 1901 w/o BELL J W

BELL Arthur Sep 1 1899 Aug 23 1900 s/o BELL W J & Anna S

BEVEL Thomas J Dec 14 1870 Dec 27 1900

BLAIR Daisy Feb 13 1887 w/o BLAIR L C

BLAIR Jordan Jan 6 1911 May 12 1912

BLAIR L C Apr 10 1875 h/o BLAIR Daisy

BLAIR Martha Dec 18 1921

BLANCET Billie Mar 17 1868 Dec 15 1905 s/o BLANCET F L & Cynthia

BOIT Margarette Mar 17 1828 Apr 24 1902

BOWDEN Arthur J Oct 24 1809 Sep 28 1851 h/o BOWDEN Elizabeth D

BOWDEN Charles P Jun 28 1864 Jul 15 1936 h/o BOWDEN Fennie G

BOWDEN Charlie Webb Dec 29 1895 Dec 4 1896 s/o BOWDEN Charles P & FAnnie G

BOWDEN Charlotte R Oct 5 1843 Nov 17 1882 w/o BOWDEN Samuel

BOWDEN Elizabeth D Jan 20 1811 Dec 6 1851 w/o BOWDEN Arthur J

BOWDEN Emma 1846 1919 w/o BOWDEN Samuel

BOWDEN Ethel Jan 1 1889 Jul 9 1889 d/o BOWDEN Charles P & FAnnie G

BOWDEN Fannie G Jan 21 1856 May 23 1925 w/o BOWDEN Charles P

BOWDEN <infant> s/o BOWDEN S & C R

BOWDEN John Russ Apr 30 1876 May 5 1879 s/o BOWDEN S & C R

BOWDEN Lula E Mar 29 1857 Jan 22 1885

BOWDEN Rosa May Nov 27 1870 Aug 24 1872 d/o BOWDEN S & C R

BOWDEN Sam (Jr) Oct 3 1868 Sep 9 1910 s/o BOWDEN Samuel & C harlotte R

BOWDEN Samuel 1835 1917 h/o BOWDEN Charlotte R and Emma

BOWDEN W L Jun 18 1847 Oct 27 1874

BRITT Clara Graham Mar 21 1873 d/o BRITT J W & A S 9 years 9mo 19 days

BRUNSON Anne E Nov 10 1832 Jan 27 1877 w/o BRUNSON Wm

BRYAN Narcissa May 24 1840 Apr 12 1882

BULLOCK Dicy Elizabeth Feb 7 1866 Aug 17 1919

BULLOCK Emily F Sep 25 1861 Aug 28 1943 w/o BULLOCK Paul R

BULLOCK Frank Dec 5 1905 Sep 18 1928 s/o? BULLOCK R A

BULLOCK J J Aug 30 1832? Mar 19 1898 stone broken

BULLOCK M J May 14 ???? Apr 12 1911 stone buried by J J Bullock

BULLOCK P T Jan 9 1901 Nov 20 1936

BULLOCK Paul R Aug 28 1859 Feb 15 1903 h/o BULLOCK Emily F

BULLOCK R A Apr 26 1884 May 15 1915 c/o BULLOCK R P (P R?)& E F

BUNTIN Ernest W Aug 3 1878 Jan 6 1894

CAWTHAN Eldorado Mar 30 1882 w/o CAWTHAN C C 24 years 2mo 13 days

CLARK William H H Jul 19 1854 Dec 4 1873 s/o CLARK G B & J E

COE Ada Mae 27 Mar 1884 Oct 27 1912

COHRON B L Oct 25 1860 Oct 171896 h/o COHRON Norma Kate

COHRON Norma Kate Oct 25 1869 Dec 10 1900 w/o COHRON B L

COOK William Oct 10 1922 Oct 11 1922 s/o COOK M&M J H

CULPEPPER Lonnie Aug 11 1877 Oct 22 1955 h/o CULPEPPER Etta b Feb 8 1888

CULVER L C Co I 4 FL Inf CSA

CULVER Nancy I Jul 12 1832 Mar 13 1902

CUMBIE Benjamin H Nov 13 1879 Dec 24 1947 h/o CUMBIE Lottie L

CUMBIE Lottie L Nov 28 1879 Feb 14 1952 w/o CUMBIE Benjamin H

DAVIS Anna Rosa Aug 13 1856 Apr 26 1867 d/o DAVIS Jno T & Clarkey S

DAVIS Bertha BULLOCK Aug 8 1889 Jun 2 1947 d/o? BULLOCK Dicy Elizabeth

DEAN B L Jan 21 1881 Oct 23 1925 h/o DEAN Daisy Tuttle

DEAN Daisy TUTTLE Oct 13 1889 Jan 10 1943 w/o DEAN B L dau of B L & Lena Dean

DEAN <infant> Nov 24 1911 Nov 24 1911 i/o DEAN B L& Daisy

DYKES David Brown Jan 5 1876 Feb 6 1954

ELMORE Robert E Jan 25 1915 Dec 20 1948 h/o ELMORE Ruth Wilson

ELMORE Ruth H WILSON Nov 7 1931 Dec 18 1948? Dec 18 1948? w/o ELMORE Robert E d/o Sadie Beatrice Wilson

ESPY Agnes Oct 29 1896 Jul 12 1938 w/o ESPY Leo

ESPY Herbert Otto Sep 20 1901 Mar 25 1953

ESPY John Garrett Feb 19 1885 Feb 3 1932

ESPY John R Mar 28 1902 45 yr 6mo 25 days

ESPY Leo Oct 27 1889 Aug 6 1947 h/o ESPY Agnes

ESPY Louise Jan 5 1898 Jan 7 1893 d/o ESPY W M & B G

ESPY Roberta Lee Dec 9 1864 Jun 4 1952

ESPY Willie Pearl Jul 19 1898 Nov 1 1898 d/o ESPY G B & Jennie

EUBANKS Gladys S Jan 17 1909 Jun 7 1952

FIELDS Cora Lee Sep 8 1907 Oct 2 1908 d/o FIELDS H E & I D

FULLER Darnell Nov 13 1913 Oct 16 1915

FIELDS Idela May 25 1869 Apr 16 1945

FIELDS Idella Jun 24 1900 Dec 7 1905 d/o? FIELDS H E & I D

FLOYD Belle E Sepp 14 1880 Sep 30 1950

FLOYD William G Oct 30 1880 Jun 16 1956

GIRTMAN Shellie E CAWTHAN Apr 8 1879 Nov 15 1901 w/o GIRTMAN S B d/o C C & Ella Cawthan

GORDON Nina Marsh Jul 8 1907 May 14 1929 w/o GORDON Gifford

GODFREY Robert H Nov 4 1918 Oct 29 1928 s/o GODFREY Robert Holt

GODFREY Robert Holt Jan 13 1881 Mar 7 1954

GRANBERRY Norman D Oct 6 1906 Apr 29 1950

HALL Dixie Vaugn Jun 21 1889 Nov 9 1928 w/o BELL Sam J

HALL Florence Lela Nov 1 1875 Sep 25 1878 d/o HALL S J & Martha

HALL Martha May 16 1846 Oct 22 1908 w/o HALL Samuel J

HALL Mina 28 Jun 1872 Dec 12 1874 d/o HALL S J & Martha

HALL Samuel J Jul 14 1837 Mar 8 1904 h/o HALL Martha

HALL Shirley BOWDEN Oct 27 1873 Nov 23 1874 d/o HALL S J & Martha

HALL Willie Mayfield Jul 10 1868 Aug 17 1872 c/o HALL S J & Martha

HANCOCK E E (Mrs) Dec 26 1836 Jan 26 1903

HANCOCK May Jan 6 1820 Augg 30 1911 w/o HANCOCK Albert

HARDY Cora BOWDEN Oct 3 1868 Apr 4 1949 d/o? BOWDEN Samuel & Charlotte R ? twin of Samuel J Bowden Jr

HARE Susana Oct 25 1821 Apr 4 1893 w/o HARE W W

HARE W W 1872 h/o HARE Susana Hare (Captain)

HARLOW Samuel J Sep 8 1892 Nov 2 1892 s/o HARLOW W F & D I

HARMAN Loice C Oct 12 1898 Sep 16 1905 c/o HARMON N W & F J

HAYES John L Sep 20 1826 Feb 11 1882 h/o HAYES Sarah E

HAYES Sarah E Jul 22 1840 Dec 6 1887 w/o HAYES John L

HUCKABY Alvie F Jul 30 1888 Mar 17 1955

IRWIN Hester HAYES Jul 11 1848 Mar 27 1935 w/o IRWIN Joseph

JEFFCOAT Amanda Feb 27 1851 May 12 1912 w/o? JEFFCOAT Joshua

JEFFCOAT Charles F May 15 1876 Sep 30 1943 h/o JEFFCOAT Roxie I Co L 5 US Vol Inf Sp Am War

JEFFCOAT Eurice Dec 14 1914 Mar 1 1919 d/o JEFFCOAT Charles F & Roxie I

JEFFCOAT <infant> Jan 16 1927 Jan 16 1927 s/o JEFFCOAT G W

JEFFCOAT J D Dec 4 1854 Dec 24 1891

JEFFCOAT James Emanuel Feb 12 1873 May 2 1940

JEFFCOAT John S Nov 8 1930 Sep 9 1951 GA PFC 19 Inf 24 Inf Div Korea

JEFFCOAT Josephene Feb 12 1851 Oct 27 1896 w/o JEFFCOAT Walter

JEFFCOAT Joshua Nov 15 1842 Jul 27 1919 w/o? JEFFCOAT Amanda

JEFFCOAT Myrtle DAVIS May 10 1909 Jun 9 1930 w/o JEFFCOAT J I

JEFFCOAT Noah Jul 10 1848 Jan 24 1891 bro/o? JEFFCOAT Walter

JEFFCOAT Roxie I Sep 23 1880 Dec 25 1947 w/o JEFFCOAT Charles F

JEFFCOAT Walter Feb 5 1846 Aug 19 1902 h/o JEFFCOAT Josephene

JEFFCOAT Wiley Jul 10 1883 Mar 20 1934

JOHNSON C E Dec 24 1849 Feb 28 1878

JOHNSON J D Sep 16 1841 Sep 22 1879 Oct 22 1878

JOHNSON Mattie E Jun 16 1867 Sep 20 1910

JONES Emily BLOCKER Jan 6 1831 Jan 25 1916

KINGRY Charlie G Apr 28 1856 Jan 3 1894

KINGRY <infant> May 3 1895 May 3 1895 s/o KINGRY C F & L M

KINGRY <infant> Nov 3 1890 Nov 3 1890 i/o KINGRY Charles & Ella

KINGRY Millie M Nov 30 1875 Sep 26 1897 w/o KINGRY C F

KIRKLAND L H Jan 18 1903 Jul 8 1950

KNIGHT C F Jun 15 1852 Mar ?? 1913

LAMB A D Apr 6 1874 Sep 15 1947 h/o LAMB Florence S

LAMB Florence SNEAD Jan 14 1882 Aug 26 1910 w/o LAMB A D

LESSLIE Dora DEAN Dec 7 1897 May 11 1898 d/o LESLIE George & Eddie D

LESLIE Dora Jane 1861 1929 w/o ? LESLIE John E

LESLIE Felix Jan 15 1809 Nov 17 1883 h/o LESLIE Laney C & maybe Precilla?

LESLIE James D Jan 9 1854 Nov 9 1873 s/o LESLIE Felix & Laney C

LESLIE John E Feb 29 1852 Dec 27 1889 h/o? LESLIE Dora Jane

LESLIE Laney C Jan 5 1823 Jan 28 1887 w/o LONG Felix

LINDSEY John Wesley Apr 18 1894 Nov 26 1916

LONG Bedie Sep 15 1882 Feb 20 1904 s/o LONG N B & Annie

LONG C W (Sr) Feb 17 1861 Mar 8 1927

LONG Kate Nov 12 1917 d/o LESLIE Felix & Precilla

LONG Katie J Nov 2 1875 Dec 17 1951

LONG N B 1848 1928

LUDLUM A R Aug 16 1888 Aug 2 1916

MARBURY Callie WILSON Sep 2 1878 May 7 1910

MARBURY Dorothy May 24 1909 May 9 1910 d/o MARBURY Callie W

MARSH John F Apr 13 1913 May 8 1914

MARSH M C Jun 6 1848 Apr 19 1912

MARSH Tereno Irwin Aug 4 1887 Sep 16 1952

MCCALL Reba Oct 12 1893 Jun 22 1949 w/o MCCALL D P

MCEACHERN Artisto W Oct 14 1940 AL Pvt 344 Rmt Sq MC

MCEACHERN Thos D May 24 1859 Nov 9 1913

MCLENDON A J Jan 19 1830 May 25 1894

MCLENDON C L Sep 15 1877 Jun 5 1944

MCLENDON L B Feb 9 1880 Oct 17 1956

MCLENDON Margaret Caldonia Nov 10 1860 Nov 14 1947

MCLENDON T R (Dr) Dec 24 1854 Sep 11 1933

MERRIDTH John W abt 1799 Jan 31 1857 born VA

MILLER Ina Odom Dec 28 1896 Mar 13 1956

MOAT Warren A Sep 11 1888 Feb 6 1908 s/o MOAT A J & E J

MOATES Joseph B Mar 21 1896 Jul 16 1953

MONROE D L Co I 46 AL Inf CSA

NEELY J T Aug 23 1856 Apr 20 1914 h/o NEELY Lula B

NEELY Lula B Jul 4 1859 Jul 25 1917 w/o NEELY J T

NORTH J N Apr 4 1835 Sep 1 1912

NUNNELEE Wm L (Dr) Jan 14 1824 Sep 16 1881

ODOM Benjamin Snead Sep 30 1910 Jan 1 1914 s/o ODOM H H & Vickie

ODOM D F Aug 7 1883 Jan 22 1952

ODOM E B Feb 4 1850 Mar 14 1920 h/o ODOM Mary V

ODOM Mary V Aug 13 1859 Nov 28 1835 w/o ODOM E B

ODOM Vickey SNEAD Sep 3 1889 Mar 14 1956 w/o ODOM Houston H

OGLETREE E C Nov 1 1903 Nov 22 1922

OGLETREE J E Jan 19 1858 Mar 12 1913

OWENS <infant> prob 1892 I/o OWENS J A & M E

OWENS Mamie E SHULER Nov 12 869 Nov 29 1892 w/o OWENS J A & d/o Y B & Olivia Shuler

PARHAM Georgia Catherine Feb 26 1871 Jul 29 1943 w/o DAVIS Jasper

PARHAM Jasper Davis Jan 27 1862 Feb 8 1956 h/o PARHAM Georgia Catherine

PELT Hindie Sep 1 1880 Jun 9 1884 c/o PELT E F & M E

PETERSON R S Co I 63 AL Inf CSA

PITTMAN Dicie R Apr 13 1838 Mar 14 1914

PITTMAN George W Feb 25 1840 Apr 23 1892

POOL Ed J Dec 20 1928 AL Horseshoer 17 Field Arty 31 Div

POOL W J Jun 10 1898 Nov 26 1918

RATHEL A L Jan 27 1905 Aug 6 1911 c/o RATHEL M&M T W

RATHEL Mary B Jul 30 1927 Sep 20 1927 d/o RATHEL M&M H H twin girls

RATEL Martha D Jul 30 1927 Sep 20 1927 d/o RATHEL M&M H H twin girls

ROBINSON Edgar T Dec 30 1904 Oct 28 1923

ROBINSON H D Feb 5 1866 Mar 24 1926 h/o ROBINSON Mary Jane

ROBINSON Henry D Nov 10 1915 Jan 30 1927 s/o ROBINSON H D & Mary Jane

ROBINSON <Infant> Jun 3 1906 Jun 19 1906 i/o ROBINSON H D & Mary Jane

ROBINSON <Infant> Feb 5 1920 s/o ROBINSON m&m C C

ROBINSON J Wilson Jan 29 1919 Jan 15 1920 s/o? ROBINSON H D & Mary Jane

ROBINSON John A Jun 18 1902 Jun 24 1902 s/o ROBINSON F M & Martha

ROBINSON Mary Jane Sep 17 1877 Mar 17 1953 w/o ROBINSON H D

ROBINSON Mollie Lee Dec 10 1900 May 15 1901 d/o ROBINSON R B & Ada

ROUNTREE Elna Aug 24 1886 Oct 20 1942

ROUNTREE W G Apr 8 1852 Oct 26 1913

SMITH Daniel Austin Jul 25 1870 Oct 21 1912

SMITH Edgar Jul 31 1861 Oct 12 1874 s/o SMITH W H & P C

SMITH James T Sep 2 1854 Feb 23 1889

SMITH P Caroline PYNES Sep 19 1830 Nov 21 1873 w/o SMITH W H & d/o J & W Pyness

SMITH Sidney A May 23 1857 Sep 6 1937 h/o SMITH Tallulah S

SMITH Tallulah S May 10 1860 Feb 28 1901

SNEAD A M Sep 17 1876 Jul 19 1944

SNEAD Ben F Feb 22 1851 Sep 27 1930 h/o SNEAD Rebecca

SNEAD Rebecca Sep 17 1855 Aug 25 1925 w/o SNEAD B F

SNEAD Sally COOK Mar 10 1881 Apr 21 1956

STILL F D Oct 10 1910 Oct 3 1917

STRICKLAND J W Feb 14 1883 Oct 21 1933

THURMAN <infant> Prob 1879 i/o THURMAN D & L

THURMAN Lucy Jul 17 1855 Oct 16 1879

TUTTLE E(B) F May 19 1858 Jan 5 1924 h/o TUTTLE Lena

TUTTLE Fripp (Tripp?) Jan 26 1892 Nov 28 1908 c/o TUTTLE B(E) F & Lena

VAUGHN Adila Nov 17 1899 Jan 16 1900

VAUGHN Gertrude Jul 31 1848 Mar 11 1901

VAUGHN Hazel May 14 1896 May 17 1896 maybe twin to Miriam

VAUGHN <infant son> Dec 12 1904 Dec 15 1904

VAUGHN <infant dau> Mar 9 1901 Mar 9 1901

VAUGHN Miriam May 14 1896 Nov 30 1896 maybe twin to Hazel

VAUGHN Ora B Sep 2 1888 Oct 27 1901

WEEKS Fannie Bell May 21 1909 Apr 13 1931

WHISNANT Mary Jane (Sally) May 17 1855 May 18 1907

WILSON Sadie Beatrice Nov 5 1907 Dec 18 1948

WILSON Sadie Jean Aug 18 1935 Nov 26 1935 d/o WILSON Sadie Beatrice

WOOD <infant> d/o WOOD Wm &Missouri

WOOD William Mar 22 1826 Oct 15 1885 h/o WOOD Missouri

WOOD Willie B c/o ? WOOD Wm &Missouri

YOUNG Willie A large grave

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