Sivley Cemetery


The Sivley Cemetery is located about five miles northwest of Chattanooga. Follow the Dayton Pike until reaching the Signal Mountain 'W' road which is one half mile to the Mountain Creek Chruch and schoolhouse.

The land was given by W L and J G Sivley. The grave of Elizabeth Sivley is the oldest grave. She was buried in 1849. There are seventy five very old unmakred graves.


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SIVLEY

Sivley, Margerete - Wife of Daniel Sivley - Mar 29, 1819 - Jan 2, 1899
Sivley, Elizabeth - Wife of Daniel Sivley - Jan 11, 1799 - 1849
Sivley, Daniel - 1798 - May 7, 1863
Sivley, B F - Son of B F Sivley and C Sivley - Mar 25, 1916 - Sept 23, 1917
Sivley, J R - Son of B F and C Sivley - Mar 25, 1916 - Sept 23, 1917
Sivley, Claud B - Daughter of F G and Ann Sivley - May 20, 1887 - Aug 1, 1912
Brown, Ellen Mae - Apr 8, 1912 - July 26, 1931 - 'At rest.'
Boy - Brown, M B - May 5, 1920 - Sept 2, 1934
Moss, Martha - May 4, 1839 - Sept 19, 1916
Bower, Henry G - Son of Francis and Margaret Bower - May 2, 1866 - Oct 19, 1901 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Bower, Infant son of Henry and Lula Bower - 'Only sleeping.'
Skinner, William - 1866 - 1911
His wife, Skinner, Martha Snelson - 1867 - 1926 - 'Our beloved parents.'
Travis, J H - Feb 16, 1848 - Mar 5, 1917 - 'In God we trust.'
Roddy, Jane - Wife of J H Travis - July 28, 1844 - Oct 10, 1901 - 57 yrs - 2 mos 12 d. - 'Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest, whose making is supremely blest; no fear, no woe shall dim that hour which manifest a Savior's power.'

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Cummings, Mary Jane - Feb 8, 1839 - Feb 28, 1907 - 'Come ye blessed.'
Cox, B Wilber - Son of J W and B C Cox - Aug 6, 1917 - Jan 24, 1919 - 'Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.'
Rogers, James M - Jan 6, 1836 - Nov 13, 1909
Rogers, Gas - Mar 25, 1910 - Nov 28, 1936 - 'At rest.'
Fox, Cynthia - Aug 1, 1855 - June 30, 1928 - 'God bless mother.' (Grayson.)
Brown, Emma - Wife of J H Grayson - July 27, 1879 - Nov 22, 1932
Wilbanks, Virgil - June 7, 1900 - Nov 9, 1924 - 'Its only Jesus and His love can sole me today. You are absent now, but present still, since God has called you away.'
Voils, R L - July 16, 1887 - Feb 28, 1914 - 'My husband - at rest.'
Voils, F M - Nov 6, 1856 - July 25, 1914
'Our father - at rest.' - Voils, Allen A - Son of F M and Ethel Voils - Feb 22, 1914 - Feb 14, 1917
Voils, Joseph B - Son of F M and Fannie Voils - April 5, 1902 - Feb 17, 1917
Voils, Ida May Brannon - Wife of W E Voils - July 18, 1898 - Dec 3, 1917
Voils, Charlie L - April 7, 1882 - Feb 5, 1921
Bowman, Isaac - 1857 - 1920
Bowman, Clarence - May 4, 1914 - Aug 17, 1932
Edwards, Elijah - May 10, 1849 - Feb 18, 1918
Edwards, Josephia - Mar 7, 1852 - Jan 30, 1918
Brown, Robert A - July 6, 1923 - Aug 21, 1924
Colman, Emma - 1866 - 1923
Phillips, Elizabeth - Wife of L G Phillips - Dec 31, 1869 - Dec 27, 1928

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Rogers, Rachel F - April 8, 1919 - Mar 2, 1937 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Colbaugh, Walter Clay - Son of J L and Mary Colbaugh - Oct 26, 1894 - Dec 2, 1894 - 'Darling we miss thee.'
Evens, Mary Ann (or Evans) - Wife of A G Evens (Evans) - Dec 11, 1822 - Jan 19, 1898
Godsey, John E - Oct 30, 1821 - Dec 17, 1884
Godsey, Hannah - Wife of John E Godsey - Dec 13, 1820 - Mar 2, 1888
Tittle, James I - Aug 23, 1895 - Feb 15, 1929
Thompson, J I - Nov 12, 1846 - Aug 21, 1918 - 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.'
Bush, J R - Dec 21, 1886 - Dec 9, 1907 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Lawson, Henry H - 1869 - 1904
Lane, J W - June 2, 1831 - Oct 17, 1895
Mother - Lane, Hannah - Mar 13, 1839 - Mar 13, 1918 - 'At rest.'
Brown, Luvirda - Aug 1, 1894 - Oct 11, 1907 - 'Father and mother, God is loving me.'
Brown, Lillie Mae - Daughter of J A and E F Brown - Jan 26, 1893 - Dec 23, 1913 - 'Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest.'
Williams, Mary Mildred - Wife of Chas. E Williams - Mar 24, 1918 - Age 18 yrs. - 'Gone, ye blessed.'
Downey, Sarrah E - Dec 16, 1874 - Oct 18, 1928
Linkous, Nancy E - April 10, 1859 - Mar 25, 1890
Ewton, Mrs. Gertrude J - Aug 11, 1872 - Sept 23, 1910
Our darling - Boling, ____ - Son of W P and Jennie Boling - Nov 23, 1903
Evans, J B - July 18, 1887 - Nov 28, 1878

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Henton, Josiah - Mar 8, 1862 - June 6, 1897
Evens, Augustes - April, 1880 - Age 75 yrs. 5 mos.
Davis, Corp'l Jere - Co. E - 6th Tenn MTD Inf.
Calmen, 1 St. S'gt. Evane - Co. G - 1 Tenn Cav.
Brown, Mattie Jane - April 4, 1886 - Oct 24, 1894 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Stubblefield, Infant son of John and Mary Stubblefield - Mar 5, 1906 - Age 4 mos.
Edward, Thomas O - April 7, 1875 - Mar 11, 1896
In memory of Edward, J W - Nov 6, 1877 - Feb 25, 1902
Voiles, E F Youngblood - Wife of F M Voiles - July 16, 1860 - Feb 21, 1912
Voiles, R L - July 16, 1867 - Feb 28, 1914
Nichols, J M - Oct 2, 1852 - July 26, 1934 - 'In thee O' Lord have I put my trust.'
Godsey, Hannah - Feb 16, 1885 - June 3, 1886
Godsey, Grace - July 7, 1898 - Jan 11, 1898
Godsey, Matt. - June 28, 1904 - Dec 28, 1904 - (Children of Matt and Sallie Godsey.)
Godsey, Kittie - Daugther of John E and Hanna Godsey - June 26, 1851 - Nov 14, 1897
Godsey, Ethel - Daughter of T J and Minnie Godsey - Nov 25, 1912 - Sept 5, 1914
Anderson, S W - Nov 13, 1851 - Jan 2, 1909 - 'Gone ye blessed.'
Sivley, Daniel Augustus - June 12, 1883 - Oct 21, 1918
Sivley, Rose Maggie Lee - Mar 2, 1895 - Oct 16, 1918 - 'In God we trust.'
Sivley, William L - Dec 25, 1858 - July 8, 1931
Sivley, Martha - Wife of W L Sivley - Nov 21, 1852 - Apr 18, 1920

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Boling, James - Son of H B and Isebell Boling - Mar 31, 1878 - May 21, 1906 - 'A precious one from us has gone, a voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled. God in His wisdom has recalled the boon His love has given, and though the body slumbers here, the soul is safe in Heaven.'
Boling, Harrison - April 17, 1847
Boling, Isabell - Nov 7, 1857 - Sept 23, 1916
Rigsby, Martha - Wife of J W Rigsby - Jan 26, 1868 - Dec 24, 1923
Rigsby, John W - Nov 14, 1855 - April 1, 1934
Stulce, Lucinda - Sept 22, 1832 - Oct 24, 1891
In memory of my husband - Erwin, Billey - Jan 29, 1862 - Jan 13, 1903 - 'Death may the hand of life unloose can't dissolve my love.'
'In my Father's House are many Mansions. - Sivley, Daniel - June 8, 1836 - Oct 12, 1901 - 'A light from our household is gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our hearts that never can be filled.'
Sivley, Joe - Son of F G and Ann Sivley - June 2, 1889 - May 2, 1909
Burkett, Lua A - Wife of T D Burkett - June 1, 1884 - Feb 16, 1910
Lawson, Martha J - 1868 - 1924
Combs, D C - Mar 14, 1844 - Feb 4, 1920 - U V C 5th Ky Inf. - 'At rest.'
Dale, Stephen - Dec 19, 1846 - may 21, 1904
Brock, J A - June 11, 1858 - Feb 28, 1934
Shelton, Mrs. Ellen - July 15, 1861 - July 22, 1899 - Age 38 yrs. 7 dys.
Henry, Marshall - Son of L and Della Henry - June 21, 1913 - Nov 7, 1918
Henry, Martin - Son of I L and Della Henry - Mar 26, 1912 - Aug 13, 1912
Mitchell, James B - July 8, 1852 - Sept 16, 1911 - 'God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well.'

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Godsey, William - Jan 28, 1854 - July 6, 1919
Godsey, Minerva P - Mar 27, 1856
Brown, Susan Jones (Jane) - Wife of J M Brown - Jan 19, 1862 - Jan 10, 1917 - 'At rest.'
Sivley, Mabel - Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W F Sivley - Apr 18, 1937 - Mar 14, 1937 - 'A beautiful star in Paradise.'
Sivley, Vesta - Wife of W F Sivley - Aug 30, 1890 - Mar 19, 1926
Godsey, Dilon - July, 1895 - Sept 30, 1912
Godsey, Orla - Jan 5, 1898 - Dec 29, 1913
Godsey, S B - June 14, 1861 - July 3, 1915
Henry, Miller F - Sept 10, 1853 - Oct 8, 1915
Henry, Nettie Farmer - Wife of Miller F Henry - June 1, 1858 - Sept 1, 1930
Henry, Estell - Sept 16, 1897 - Sept 5, 1918 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'


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