ROSS' GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. 2 ½
miles northeast of Shelby, N.C., a Baptist Church Cemetery-and owned by
said church-one half mile off Highway No. 18 on west side of said
highway. The church is a wooden building.

Owner of Cemetery: [blank]

Approximate number of marked graves: 90
 Unmarked graves: 74

Earliest marked grave: Willie F. Justice, d. Sept. 7, 1887

Condition of cemetery: The cemetery is in fine shape and is kept clean.

Date of survey: [Not listed]
Workers: [None listed]

Inscriptions:

Justice, Louisa J., wife of
 David Justice
B. Dec. 28, 1823
D. May 22, 1907

Justice, David
B. Nov. 18, 1823
D. Mar. 31, 1910

Justice, Willie F., daughter of
 J. J. & H. J. Justice
B. Mar. 19, 1881
D. Sept. 7, 1887

Justice, Robert M.
B. Mar. 29, 1874
D. Sept. 1898
"Robert M. Justice died at
 Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 1898.
 He was second Sargt. Co. G
 1st Regt. N.C.V. Inf. in the War
 between the U.S. and SPAIN."

Justice, John J.
B. Sept. 24, 1846
D. Dec. 16, 1905
 /
Justice, Harriett Jane, his wife
 [John J. Justice]
B. Sept. 13, 1845
D. June 20, 1904

Spangler, Joseph Lee, son of
 R. A. & Minnie L. Spangler
B. April 28, 1898
D. Jan. 21, 1919
(He was a "member of Co. E,
 105th Ammunition Train, 30th
 Division. Killed at RIMAUCOURT
 HAUTEMARNE, France, Jan.
 21, 1919."

Spake, Thomas Hosey C., son of
 James Spake
B. March 10, 1893
D. May 20, 1894

Spangler, Lola Branton
B. June 23, 1862
D. May 11, 1889

Spangler, Reuben A.
B. May 31, 1855
D. Nov. 3, 1901
Aged: 46 yrs., 5 mos., 12 days

Weathers, Emma I.
B. Aug. 1, 1858
D. Aug. 15, 1896
Aged: 38 years, 15 ds.

Patterson, Emeline, wife of
 S. Patterson
B. July 15, 1823
[No other data.]

Weathers, Elizabeth
B. May 17, 1835
D. June 13, 1905

Haynes, Lizzie, daughter of
 E. H. & E. A. Haynes
B. Aug. 10, 1888
D. Oct. 14, 1888

Limerick, Inez Louis, daughter of
 T. F. & M. D. Limrick [per text]
D. Aug. 22, 1910
Aged: 3 years, 4 mos., 25 days

Justice, John
B. Jan. 26, 1820
D. Aug. 20, 1902

Eddings, John Twitty
B. Oct. 1, 1858
D. Feb. 14, 1901

Gibson, George
Co. I, 22 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(No dates) [Is this same person
 as next entry?]

Gibson, Rev. George
B. Sept. 1, 1833
D. May 2, 1915
"A Confederate Vet of
 Civil War, entitled June 5th 1861.
 Discharged Mar. 6, 1865."

Mull, Joshua, son of
 Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Mull
B. July 2, 1885
D. Feb. 5, 1888

Harris, Alfred
B. Sept. 15, 1879
D. Oct. 21, 1906
Aged: 21 yrs., 1 mo., 6 ds.

Branton, David
B. Oct. 2, 1820
D. April 8, 1898

Branton, Margaret Amanda
B. May 18, 1904
D. Aug. 26, 1913

Branton, Lou, wife of
 A. J. W. Branton
B. May 18, 1871
D. May 30, 1899

Branton, Everet
B. Aug. 31, 1865
D. Jan. 20, 1911

Branton, Mary Ellen
B. July 11, 1875
D. Oct. 17, 1904

Walker, Emely, wife of
 P. W. Walker
B. Mar. 8, 1848
D. Dec. 3, 1909

Whitworth, Basil, son of
 William & Mary Whitworth
B. July 6, 1896
D. Oct. 23, 1910

Deadmon, Hezekiah
Co. F. 56 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
B. May 13, 1837
D. Jan. 9, 1922

Hardin, Able B.
B. May 11, 1834
D. Nov. 3, 1898
Aged: 64 years, 6 mos., 22 days

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