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HOPEWELL CEMETERY

Our thanks go to the Upshur County Historical Commission for allowing us to use their reading of Hopewell Cemetery.  The reading was done by: Thurman Hearn, Thurman Cagle, Durward Amos, Finley Tucker, Garland Bullock, and Curtis Hart. It was completed June 1, 2000. Thanks also go to Lea Ann Tedford  for the use of her partial reading. We have merged the two to help insure no one was missed. There are many unmarked graves, and graves marked only with native rocks.

Update: Thanks to Billy L Thompson, Sue Kennington, and Fendley Tucker, Secretary/Treasurer of the Hopewell Cemetery, for the recent update.  This should make the listing current through May 24, 2009.  
Update: Thanks to Sandra L Spann & Geraldine L Braswell for completely photographing the cemetery in April of 2008!
Thanks to Kim Wolff & Sondra Petty Nicholson for the use of their pictures.

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Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments
Nation Hattie Bell Sep 22, 1888 Sep 2, 1904 D/o C W & S E
Nation Jodie May 17, 1896 Sep 3, 1904 D/o C W & S E
Nation Rebecca Apr 25, 1864 Jun 23, 1895 Pic #2;  W/o J A
Nichols Bobby A Sr Oct 17, 1966 Jan 31, 1993 -
Nichols Sumer Leann May 25, 1987 Nov 9, 1999 Pic #2

Nichols

 William Jan 29, 1826 Aug 28, 1895 Pic #2  Photo  Per Ron Wade-  William Nichols -  Born in Lawrence Co., Alabama, born the son of William Walter Nichols (1774-1838) and Nancy Park (1765-1800), married 26 Nov 1848 in Lawrence Co., Ala. to Martha Ann Lafever, born 1828 in S. C. and had at least three children, Elizabeth, Nancy and John both born around 1850 in Alabama.  William 7 Aug 1847 enlisted in the U.S. Army in the Mexican American War in Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama and was discharged from service on 15 Jul 1848 as a Private in Mobile, Alabama. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army and shown recovering from injuries near Eureka Springs, Ark. where he attended an 1880 reunion of Confederate Soldiers he lived with there in Feb. 1865 according to a statement of Sian Crelia (1845-1919) who was with him there and from Co. A, Cooper's Battallion, Stand Watie Division.  

 

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Last Name First Name Birth Death Comment
Oden Elijah Marshall Jun 28, 1851 Aug 9, 1926 H/o Mattie; We trust our loss will be his gain and that with Christ he is gone to reign.
Oden John H Dec 25, 1879 Apr 21, 1950 -
Oden Mattie Sep 23, 1849 Nov 25, 1925 W/o Elijah Marshall; Our Mother; She has served her generation and by a will of God has fell asleep in Jesus.
Odom Emanuel Sep 13, 1811 Sep 7, 1863 Pic #2        Pic #3   Edmond Emanuel Odom, born in North Carolina.  He married 14 May 1839 in Madison, MS to Sarah Ann Grafton (1823 - 1899).  Their children included Alphseus Sidney Odom (1840 - 1863), Bertha Ann Odom (1842 - 1866), Rutilius Amsi Odom (1844 - 1848), Margaret Allida Odom (1846 - 1848), Thomas James Odom (1849 - 1885), Marion Irwin Odom (1851 - 1933), Mary Jane Odom (1855 - 1940), Alice Ladella Lane Odom (1857 - 1943), Ella Josephine Odom (1859 - 1931), and Jefferson Davis Odom (1861 - 1895).
Odom Jewell E Apr 12, 1897 Aug 21, 1899 D/o T J & P G
Odom Sarah A Oct 23, 1823 Mar 10, 1899 Pic #2     Per Ron Wade - Sarah A. Grafton Odom, born Jefferson, Madison Co., Miss., the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Grafton (1790 ? 1852) and Mary Forman (1794 ? 1882).  She married Emanuel Odom (1811-1863) and their children included Alphseus Sidney Odom (1840 ? 1863), Bertha Ann Odom (1842 ? 1866), Rutilius Amsi Odom (1844 ? 1848), Margaret Allida Odom (1846 ? 1848), Thomas James Odom (1849 ? 1885), Marion Irwin Odom (1851 ? 1933), Mary Jane Odom (1855 ? 1940), Alice Ladella Lane Odom (1857 ? 1943), Ella Josephine Odom (1859 ? 1931), and Jefferson Davis Odom (1861 ? 1895).
Odom Thomas J Jun 21, 1849 Mar 18, 1885 Per Ron Wade - Thomas James Odom, born in Vernon, Jackson Parish, La., the son of Emanuel Edmond Odom (1811 ? 1863) and Sarah Ann Grafton (1823 ? 1899).  He married 3 Dec 1868 in Peoria, Tx. to Sarah Jane Turner (1850 Gatesville, Tx. ? 1939 Paris, Tx.).  Their children included Bertha Ann Odom (1872 ? 1966), Thomas James Odom (1874 ? 1961), Edwin Odom born about 1876, Stella Pearl Odom (1877 ? 1970), Sallie Ardella Odom (1880 ? 1935), and Lucy Odom (1882 ? 1886).  During the Civil War he enlisted in Co. B, 16th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion).
Orr Estelle Steelman Jun 26, 1915 Feb 3, 1998 -



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