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Brookshire Cemetery
or Duck Creek or Wesleyan Methodist Church Cemetery


This old cemetery located on the Sulphur Springs Road in section #8 in Henry township was established on 28 Dec 1847 when Emsley Brookshire deeded land to Nathen Palmer, Nathan Pressnell and Joseph Pressnel, elected trustees of the newly established Wesleyan Methodist church, with Emsley Brookshire as the Minister. It is the burial ground for the former members of the church.

Last Name First Name Date of Birth Date of Death Additional Information
Abrams McKenzie C 1/1/1841 7/24/1916
Abrams Melissa (Gore) 9/16/1847 2/24/1914 w/o McKenzie
Bennett David C 3/29/1861 7/26/1881
Blair A 8/5/1788 11/29/1863
Blair Mary F 4/5/1864 10/10/1865 d/o John & Sarah
Blair Mary L 6/20/1855 7/30/1871 d/o BV & W
Brookshire Charles L 8/31/1867 11/21/1868 s/o TJ & NC
Brookshire Elizabeth W (Shelley) 11/9/1817 5/31/1858 w/o Emsley
Brookshire Emsley (Rev) 12/8/1813 5/23/1890
Brookshire Emsley Henry 1/24/1857 10/31/1878 s/o Emsley & Elizabeth
Brookshire Georgianna 5/3/1860 5/30/1886 w/o Orange S
Brookshire John W 1838 6/5/1849 s/o Emsley & Elizabeth
Brookshire Lucius 3/10/1874 10/26/1883 s/o Thomas & Nancy
Brookshire Mary J 11/23/1842 4/7/1868
Campbell James 5/14/1857 8/27/1859 s/o EH & S
Deselms Nellie May 11/14/1874 2/10/1875 d/o TT & A
Dyer Elizabeth (Willets) 9/22/1805 10/2/1837 w/o George H - 6/15/1822
Gillespie Susannah 3/9/1839 5/11/1857
Hockett Alfred 8/21/1843 8/10/1860 s/o B & JW
Hutson Sarah (Wright) 4/30/1839 8/4/1878 w/o Levi
James Evan 10/11/1784 8/25/1844
James Rebecca (Pickering) 4/21/1789 1/8/1848 w/o Evan - 4/1/1807
Lafferty Alfred 1845 1/22/1923
Lafferty Arlinda 1881 8/8/1905
Lafferty Carry 1880 4/23/1908
Lafferty Fannie 1877 7/6/1902
Lafferty Otto 1889 7/6/1905
Lafferty Sarah Ann 9/7/1850 6/7/1918 w/o Alfred
Lafferty Spencer 1882 10/19/1912
Lamb Miles 2/5/1801 3/28/1874
Lamb Nancy (Maudlin) 8/20/1803 1/29/1864 w/o Miles
Lamb Rachel 2/8/1836 3/6/1851
Mills Hugh 2/23/1795 1/16/1857
Mills Lydiann (Haskett) 1/14/1796 1/11/1870 w/o Hugh
Modlin Cynthia J 4/17/1850 4/21/1851 d/o E & L
Modlin E 9/13/1851 1/6/1853 d/o E & L
Modlin Infant s/o E & L
Modlin Martin L 11/11/1850 12/18/1850 s/o E & L
Moorman Mary 8/9/1860 9/15/1861 d/o J & MJ
Norton Elizabeth (Dennis) 3/23/1773 12/21/1843 w/o Richard - 1/6/1805
Norton Richard 3/27/1794 6/27/1853
Pearson Sarah (Draper) 8/3/1813 1/3/1852 w/o Joseph
Piggott Joseph 2/1/1778 4/7/1846
Piggott Priscilla (Wickersham) 10/1/1773 11/11/1844 w/o Joseph - 5/7/1801
Reeves Jacob 11/30/1786 2/23/1873
Sherwood Mary B (Wiggins) 8/25/1814 12/30/1891 w/o William
Sherwood William M (Rev) 12/25/1811 9/3/1887
Shonk Henry 1812 4/16/1880
Shonk Sarah 8/30/1821 6/8/1875
Vuncannon John W 7/20/1868 1/10/1869 s/o WH & ME
Wall Jereter 8/31/1802 2/25/1876
Wall Wiley
Weems Priscilla (Wickersham) 3/14/1866 9/1/1879 d/o DH & MJ
Weisner Lydia (Kendall) 1/25/1788 1844 w/o Jesse - 8/5/1813
Wright Fernando 12/14/1872 1/14/1873 s/o JR & FA
Wright Infant 3/21/1850 3/21/1850 d/o N & L
Wright William 12/6/1856 12/19/1856 s/o JB & HA


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