LOCATION: Extreme western Jackson County in the SE/4, SW/4, NW/4 of Section 34, T6S-R9W. Approximately 3.60 miles NNE of D' Iberville, Mississippi.
DIRECTIONS: From the intersection
of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs,
Mississippi go N-NW on Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs for 2.5 miles
to Le Moyne Boulevard. At LeMoyne Boulevard go west (left) 3.5 miles
to Lamey Bridge Road. Here go N (right) 2.25 miles to Johnson Road.
On Johnson Road go NE .50 miles to Daisy-Vestry Road. At this juncture,
go left (N) .75 miles on Daisy-Vestry to its intersection with McClellan
Road. Go west .30 miles to the Delancey Cemetery at the end of McClellan
Road.
HISTORY: The history of the Delancey
Family Cemetery can be interpreted from the US Census Records, Jackson
County Land Deed Records, and other reliable sources as follows:
The earliest burial in the cemetery is that of Susan Delancey (1835-1884).
From the US Census of 1870, she is the wife of Henry Delancey (1830-1903).
At this time, the Delanceys were living in T7S-R9W (south of the Cemetery
and NW of Ocean Springs). Henry was a coal burner and they had four
sons: David (1857-1942), Richard (b. 1858), William (b.1860), and
? (b.1867). After Susan Delancey died in 1884, Henry married Francies
Dees (1847-1927).
William Delancey (b. 1860) who was living at Florala, Mississippi,
the site of a large turpentine still between Latimer and Larue in western
Jackson County, purchased a tract of land from J.H. Johnson on June 29,
1905, to wit:
Situated in Jackson County, Mississippi, 1/4 of an acre in the SW/4, of the NW/4, Section 34 T6S-R9W, known as the De Lancy grave yard and to be used for a cemetery and burial purposes and no other.(Jackson County Deed Book 29, p. 63).
It is of interest that Mary Elizabeth Delancey (1870-1950) interred here was the postmaster at Florala from 1901-1905, and at Latimer in 1908.
REGISTER
Mary Elizabeth Delancey
March 17, 1870
July 16, 1950
Tho lost to sight. Memory dear.
David L. Delancey
March 7, 1857
February 16, 1942
We will meet again
Clifton
Son of D.L. and Mary Delancey
Born August 27, 1903
Died November 17, 1908
Too Good For Earth
God Called Him Home
Baby boy Delancey (possibly four)
Honer "Tom" Delancey
Born October 17, 1931
Died August 13, 2000
Susan Delancey
Born September 20, 1830
Died December 30, 1903
Francies Dees
Wife of H.C. Delancey
September 22, 1847
June 12, 1921
Asleep in Jesus
J.C. Walden
July 18, 1856
May 27, 1921
Death is only a dream
Mother
Grace Delancey Quave
April 19, 1899
July 23, 1951
Father
Willie Ray Quave
August 21, 1897
October 4, 1972
Brother
Roland Kenneth Quave
August 1, 1924
October 2, 1986
` One grave with rusty metal marker
Baby Morrison
One grave with rusty metal marker
REFERENCES:
Mississippi Press Register, "Latimer, Once-thriving center still active, growing", by Regina Hines , January 30, 1989, p. 1.
U.S. Census - Jackson County, Mississippi (1870).
Surveyed on January 22, 1990:
Ray L. Bellande
OLD DELANCEY HOME
Latimer Community
Jackson County, Mississippi
LOCATION: SE/4 of Section 11, T6S-R9W.
DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of US 90 and Washington
Avenue at Ocean Springs, go north to Tucker Road. Tucker
Road to Old Biloxi Road to Larue Road.
HISTORY: Eighty acres of land being the W/2 of the SE/4
of
Section 11, T6S-R9W, purchased for homesite by David
Langston Delancey (1857-1942) in April 1882.(1)
He was the son of Henry Delancey (1830-1903) and Susan
(1835-1884).
David L. Delancey was married to Mary Elizabeth
Walden
(1870-1950). Her parents were Virginian, Benjamin Walden
(1821-1866+) and Minerva Fartheree (b. 1837). Mr. Walden
served as sheriff of Harrison County from 1862-1866. The
Fartheree family had come to Mississippi before 1850, from
Georgia.
David L. Delancey made his livelihood as a
farmer,
logger, and coal burner. Mrs. Mary Delancey served as
postmaster at Latimer from 1908 to 1913.
The Delanceys had eight children: Bertha
D. Wescovich,
Clara D. Cunningham (1891-1957), Grace D. Quave (1899-1951),
Virda Mallette (1897-1979), Walter Delancey (1889-1962),
Howard Delancey (1908-1991), Clifton Delancey (1903-1908),
and Austin Delancey (?-1996).
David L. Delancey conveyed to Verda D. Mallette
in May
1937.(2) In June 1941, Verda D. Mallette to David L.
Delancey et al.(3) In June 1941, David L. Delancey to
Howard Delancey.(4)
Howard Delancey was married to Ophelia Cates
(b. 1920).
She was the daughter of Cates and
. Their
children: Melba June McGill, Wallace Ira Delamcey, and
Howard Derald Delancey. Delancey made his living as a ship
fitter for Ingalls. Master Mason and member of the Ezell
Lodge No. 426 at Vancleave. Buried at Bethel Hill Baptist
Church Cemetery in Latimer.
In January 1965, Howard Delancey conveyed
to Ophelia
Cates Delancey, his wife, the W/2 of the SE/4 of Section 11,
T7S-R9W, less two acres conveyed to his sons, Howard Derald
Delancey and Wallace Ira Delancey.(5)
REFERENCES:
1. Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 6, pp. 33-34.
2. ----------------------------- Book 71, p. 387.
3. ----------------------------- Book 77, pp. 448-449.
4. ----------------------------- Book 77, pp. 448-449.
5. ----------------------------- Book 267, p. 573.
The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, "Joe Berry Cunningham and Clara Delancey", (Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula, Mississippi-1989), pp. 178-179.
The Sun Herald, "Howard Delancey", January 15, 1991, p. C-2,
c. 4.
US CENSUS-Harrison County, Mississippi (1850, 1860, 1870)
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