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Posted: Feb. 22 2010, 7:29 am |
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GRAVESTONE DEDICATION SERVICE TO BE HELD AT MT. OLIVE CEMETERY
Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade Chapter #2637 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is sponsoring a gravestone dedication service at Mt. Olive Cemetery near Waynesville at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, February 28, 2010, and will be assisted by Capt. James Knox “Seaboard Guards” SCV Camp #2022 and Re-Enactors. SCV Com. Tom Lavender will emcee the program.
The three Confederates to be honored are George Bates Drury, Horatio Nelson Harrison and Marion Popwell.
George Bates Drury (1846-1900) married Harriett Emeline “Aunt Pink” Copeland. Their children were Samuel Clayborne Mills (m. (1) Mary Popwell, (2) Daisy Nevada Jacobs), Thomas Bates “Buddy” (m. Emma Elizabeth Brown), Mary Lee Frances (m. Isham Bryard “Brady” Manning, Sr.), George Preston (m. Janie Warner), Herman B. (m. (1) Amanda Manning, (2) Nora Flowers), and Anson (died age 17).
Horatio Nelson Harrison (1828-1917) married (1) Henrietta Burgess. Their children were twins, Martha (m. Leonard W. Odum), and Will Henry (m. Emily L. “Emma” Gibson). Horatio married (2) Eliza Strickland. Their children were Robert (m. Martha “Mattie” Popwell), Jane (died age 10), James Broxton (m. Elizabeth H. “Lizzie” Finley), Nelson Christopher (m. Liberia “Liberty” Davis), Franklin, and Francis Sylvester “Frank” (m. Georgia Ann “Annie” Brooker).
Marion Popwell (1845-1906), married Jane Eugenia Manning. Their children were Horace J.(m. Louise Ellen Dennison), Harris, Lola (died age 3), Benjamin C. (m Ella J. Bennett), Rachel Amelia (m. Thomas Jackson Bennett), Martha, Marion Osgood (m. Clara Lula Henry), Mary Jane (m. Samuel Clayborne Mills “Sam” Drury), Walter Gray (m. Winifred Virginia “Winnie” Day), Franklin “Frank” (m. Wilhemenia Alexandria Anderson), Minnie Folsom (m. Perry Huriah Lane, Sr.), and Robert Burns.
Refreshments will be served immediately following the dedication service. Everyone is invited to attend and we ask that you please pass the word on to those descendants who live away so that they may be able to attend this memorable event. Please bring a chair.
Directions to Mt. Olive Cemetery: The cemetery is about 3.5 miles from Waynesville. From the intersection of Hwy. 82 and the Post Road, go north 3.5 miles. Turn left on Mt. Olive Road (CR162), and proceed to CR 163, less than 0.1 miles south, and go 0.7 miles. Cemetery is on the right. (Sometimes called Drury Cemetery.)
Dorothy Johns Thomas, Chaplain/Registrar
Djt1927@aol.com, 912-265-7599
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