FALLSTON M. E. CHURCH CEMETERY

This Methodist Church cemetery is located in No. 9 Township, Cleveland
County, N.C. in the town of Fallston, N.C. 300 yards south of Fallston
School building, ten miles north of Shelby on Highway No. 18 leading
from Shelby to Morganton.

Owner of Cemetery: Fallston M. E. Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 14
 Unmarked graves: None

Earliest marked grave: John Z. Falls, d. April 26, 1893

General condition of cemetery: Badly neglected, grown up in weeds.

Date of survey: 28 July 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Yoder, Anna Kathaleen, daughter of
 J. F. & M. A. Yoder
D. July 9, 1910
Age: 4 mos., 24 ds.

Wood, Thelma Kate, daughter of
 E. W. & O. L. Wood
D. Oct.8, 1910
Age: 5 mos., 6 ds.

Wood, Lura Ann, daughter of
 E. W. & C. L. Wood
D. Dec. 19, 1903
Age: 4 mos., 2 ds.

Sigmon, John H.
B. April 17, 1852
D. June 8, 1898
Age: 46 yrs., 1 mo., 21 ds.

Sigmon, Susannah C., wife of
 J. H. Sigmon
B. Sept. 9, 1852
D. Sept. 11, 1929

Falls, Thomas D.
B. Jan. 13, 1843
D. July 5, 1905
Aged: 62 yrs., 5 mos., 22 ds.

Falls, Annie P., wife of
 Thomas D. Falls
B. Oct. 26, 1845
D. April 29, 1923
Age: 77 yrs., 6 mos. 3 ds.

Falls, Dickson
B. July 26, 1832
D. Oct. 19, 1922
Age: 90 yrs., 6 mos., 23 ds.

Falls, Eliza, wife of
 Dickson Falls
B. Oct. 9, 1834
D. Dec. 23, 1916

Falls, C. Claude, son of
 J. D. & L. A. Falls
B. Dec. 25, 1905
D. Feb. 12, 1907

Falls, John Z.
B. Sept. 7, 1811
D. April 26, 1895
Age: 83 ears, 7 mos., 19 ds.
"Married Aug. 10, 1830 to Eleanor G. Wilson of whom he was bereft Oct.
23, 1840. Was Again married Feb. 15, 1842 to Elizabeth G. Bingham."

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn.
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