Welch Cemetery


The Welch Cemetery is located twenty eight miles north of Chattanooga. Follow highway # 27 north to the Rievley road taking road left for one mile. The land was given by a party of Welch people who came over from Wales in 1830. There are about seventy five very old unmarked graves.
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Bowers, Nina - Daughter of J W and N T Bowers - Mar 26, 1887 - Feb 12,1913 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Bolton, Pearl - Daughter of T C and E J Bolton - Apr 25, 1898 - July 22, 1899
Barrett, Joan - Wife of W C Barrett - Nov 15, 1849 - Born in Arerdare Wales - Oct 12, 1902 - Died - In Sale Creek, Tenn.
Beene, Sarah Elizabeth - Wife of William M Beene - Aug 29, 1837 - Feb 9, 1906
Bowen, Mary Janette - Apr 25, 1917 - May 13, 1917
Bolton, W A - Jan 6, 1882 - Feb 26, 1930
Shipley, Mattie - July 18, 1851 - May 15, 1931
Coppinger, Flora Jane - Wife of E O Coppinger - Oct 17, 1885 - Dec 19, 1918
Coleman, Wm. Dallas - Co E - 4 Tenn Cav - CSA
Cross, J C - Co D - 1 Tenn L A
Cross, John C - Mar 25, 1840 - Oct 8, 1902
Cross, Susan C - Wife of John C Cross - Nov 25, 1844 - Jan 3, 1929
Conner, W P - Co H - 27th Tenn Inf
Coppinger, Nola J - Wife of J A Coppinger - May 23, 1839 - June 29, 1914 - 'We loved her, but Jesus loved her more.'
Baby - Coppinger, J A, Jr. - Age 9 mos. 21 days. - 'He shall gather the lambs in His arms.'
Clements, James - Co I - 2 E Tenn Inf
Clements, Lewis N - Son of James and Nancy Clements - Nov 2, 1879 - Aug 19, 1909

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Clements, William Frank - Son of James and Nancy E Clements - Nov 6, 1873 = Nov 4, 1905
Davies, Jane - May 31, 1857 - July 20, 1876 - 'Yonghanel einbywya yrydynyn angan.'
Brown, Margarett Eliza - Sept 19, 1905 - Feb 17, 1913
Downey, T Edward - 1884 - 1937
Downey, Nellie L - 1898 - 1900
Downey, Margaret J - Apr 7, 1851 - Sept 1, 1900
Downey, Infant Daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Downey - Jan 4, 1907
Downey, Dr. C E - June 9, 1846 - Oct 9, 1906
Downey, Infant son of Mr and Mrs J M Downey
Downey, John M - 1874 - 1937
Downey, Mattie S - July 31, 1869 - Apr 29, 1934
Downey, Nellie - Wife of T E Downey - Sept 20, 1882 - July 1, 1918
Downey, Infant son of T E Downey - 1908
Davis, Mary - Daughter of Howell and Gweny Davis - Mar 6, 1885 - Sept 11, 1909 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Mother - Davis, Gweny - Wife of Howell Davis - Born in Aberdair South Wales - May 4, 1859 - Aug 4, 1926
Davis, Abe - Oct 16, 1884 - Mar 2, 1914 - 'We loved thee well, but Jesus loved thee best.'
Davis, Annie - Wife of J W Davis - Feb 14, 1857 - Feb 21, 1886 - 'Who amid the swollen billows can sustain my sinking head; noe but that Divine Redeemer who upion the cross has bled.'
Davis, John J - Jan 3, 1883 - July 6, 1883
Davis, Annis - Daughter of J W and A Davis - Jan 25, 1882 - Feb 5, 1882
Davis, Gomar - Sept, 1887 - Aged 29 yrs.

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Davis, Willie - Son of Gomar Davis - Age 1 yr.
Davis, Sarah - Age 9 mos.
Davis, Gomar, Jr. - Age 4 mos.
Davis, Elizabeth - Nov 25, 1845 - Nov 27, 1876
Griffiths, Wm. - Mar 3, 1857 - Sept 19, 1908
Irvin, Maggie Griffiths - Wife of V Irvin - and daughter of D R and Ruth Griffiths - Nov 10, 1861 - Oct 7, 1886
Griffiths, Thomas - Son of David and Ruth Griffiths - Nov 4, 1878 - July 20, 1889
Griffiths, David R - Born in Llanally, Wales - Nov 22, 1834 - Dec 21, 1896 - in Sale Creek
Griffiths, William J - Jan 23, 1896 - May 12, 1934
Gentry, Sammie Francis - Daughter of C S and Dephia Gentry - July 27, 1927 - June 15, 1929
Gentry, J W - Co A - 8 Ga Inf CSA
Gentry, Rev. C T - Jan 27, 1872 - Dec 9, 1937 - 'His toils are past, his work is done, he fought the fight, the victory won.'
Gross, Worth Lee - Apr 12, 1898 - Dec 17, 1921
Gothard, Rosa C - Mar 5, 1903 - Jan 5, 1905
Gothard, Georgia - Sept 5, 1903 - Dec 6, 1904
(Gothard), Infant son of Ann and E D Gothard - Nov 15, 1905 - Nov 28, 1905
Gothard, Kizzie - Apr 20, 1901 - Nov 28, 1903
Gothard, Harold - Son of Clay and Laila Gothard - June 26, 1922 - Nov 4, 1928
Goodson, Eulis - Daughter of H T and C M Goodson - Nov 19, 1913
Goodson, Clent - Daughter of H T and C M Goodson- July 5, 1917 - Mar 27, 1920
Hawkins, Wm. - Feb 17, 1879 - Sept 10, 1907

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Hawkins, Ben - Son of Emma Hawkins - Aug 24, 1905 - Nov 3, 1905
Hallett, Mary B - Jan 27, 1881 - Apr 30, 1903 - 'Here rests a beloved wife and mother.'
Hoffman, John - Dec 16, 1875 - Mar 30, 1929
Hugh, Stella - Apr 23, 1900 - Apr 23, 1920
Jenkins, Howard - 1878 - 1935
Jenkins, Richard M - Nov 16, 1840 - Apr 11, 1885
Mother - Lloyd, Ellen Jenkins - Feb 5, 1850 - Feb 8, 1919
Hallett, Mary - Wife of William Hallett - Dec 12, 1856 - Apr 27, 1882
Hollman, Oscar Seagle - Infant son of O A and Annie E Hollman - Dec 11, 1907
Coulter, Harold - Son of I L and Ollie Coulter - Sept 18, 1904 - Feb 16, 1905
Joseph, Eliza - Wife of William Joseph - July 13, 1884 - Aged 43 yrs.
Joseph, Jane - Daughter of William and Eliza Joseph - Aug 30, 1882 - Age 16 mos.
Joseph, Mary Ann - Daughter of William and Eliza Joseph - Oct 3, 1883 - Aged 17 yrs.
Joseph, Elizabeth - Daughter of William and Eliza Joseph - July 21, 1884
Jordon, John W - Mar 26, 1870 - Dec 14, 1893
Joseph, Thomas - Sept 25, 1851 - Oct 17, 1877
Joseph, Robert - Son of Thomas and Mary Joseph - Apr 15, 1859 - Apr 19, 1874
Joseph, Mary - Wife of Thomas Joseph - Mar 12, 1889 - Aged 70 yrs.
Jones, John M - 1839 - June 17, 1879

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Jones, John D - Nov 7, 1837 - July 4, 1883
(James), Elizabeth Ann - Daughter of Phillip and Mary James - Nov 19, 1872 - Dec 16, 1872
Kennedy, Rev. V J - July 9, 1841 - July 7, 1890
Lee, Ben J - Son of M J and E J Lee - Mar 8, 1893 - Feb 3, 1909
Ledford, Edwin Eugene - Nov 11, 1915 - Sept 9, 1933
Lewis, Mary Phillips - Wife of Thomas P Lewis - Born in South Wales - Nov 2, 1837 - Jan 9, 1909 - 'Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.'
Lewis, Ann - Wife of William Lewis - Sept 10, 1805 - Dec 16, 1876
Jones, Margaret - May 1, 1831 - May 11, 1914
Jones, Hettie - Daughter of Wm. A and Florence Jones - Oct 3, 1901 - May 3, 1917
Lloyd, William T - Son of W R and M Lloyd - Aug 14, 1859 - May 25, 1886 - 'Remember me as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I; as I am now , you soon must be; prepare for death and follow me.'
Martin, Coulter - 1870 -1933
Martin, Emma Florence - July 23, 1878 - Jan 4, 1900
Father - Martin, Nathaniel D - Aug 31, 1845 - Mar 8, 1919
Martin, Eliza A - Sept 8, 1845 - May 24, 1923
Martin, Albert A - Aug 15, 1925 - Dec 30, 1929
Morgan, Adalye Stephen - Dec 31, 1853 - Nov 5, 1916
Manning, William H - Nov 23, 1853 - Feb 27, 1926
Manning, Annie Carlton - Wife of William H Manning - July 1, 1854 - May 24, 1934
Parry, Elizabeth Ann - Daughter of Samuel and Martha Parry - Aug 14, 1898 - Dec 1, 1898

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Parry, Samuel - Nov 30, 1894 - Nov 20, 1898
Parry, Martha - Nov 30, 1894 - Nov 20, 1898
Father - Parry, Daniel C - May 22, 1865 - Aug 24, 1919
Mother - Parry, Elizabeth J - Wife of D C Parry - Born in Hubbard, Ohio - Oct 3, 1867 - Sept 29, 1902
Parry, Margaret - Feb 7, 1898 - Aug 10, 1923
Prince, John R - Born in Merthyr, Tydvyl Wales - Feb 7, 1866 - Sept 26, 1894
Prince, Elizabeth - Wife of T W Prince - Nov 29, 1830 - Feb 4, 1879
Prince, Thomas W - Born in Wales - Nov 7, 1836 - Mar 8, 1906
Phelps, Annie - Daughter of William and Rebecca Phelps - Aug 22, 1876 - Nov 22, 1897
Phillips, Rev. L D - Feb 28, 1885 - Nov 9, 1937 - 'If we know our hearts, we know we love thee.'
Phillips, Donald - Son of Rev. L D and Mary Phillips - Oct 25, 1937
Phillips, Dow - Son of Rev. L D and Mary Phillips - Oct 25, 1937
Ragan, Joseph H - Nov 22, 1855 - Feb 12, 1926
Rees, Ida - Aug 25, 1901
Rees, Rees W - Son of Rees and Ann Rees - Oct 9, 1869 - Aug 8, 1906
Rees, Jennie - Daughter of T T and Sarah Rees - Aug 11, 1889 - Dec 31, 1891
Rees, Annie - July 9, 1888 - July 28, 1888
(Rees), Infant - Oc t 31, 1891 - Nov 31, 1891 - (Children of T T and Sarah Rees.)
Rees, Isaac - Feb 19, 1875 - Apr 4, 1895 - Age 20 yrs. - 'Jesus while our hearts are bleeding over the spoils that has won, we would at this solemn meeting calmly say, 'Thy will be done."'
Rees, Rees - 1830 - Dec 1897 - Age 67 yrs.

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Rees, Johnnie T - Son of John and M P Rees - Aug 26, 1879 - Apr 20, 1883
Rees, Margaret - Aug 26, 1879 - Apr 20, 1883 - 'Why will you die.'
Rees, Jane - Mar 7, 1882 - May 9, 1882 - 'Suffer little children to come unto me.'
Rees, Jacob - Son of Rees and Ann Rees - Feb 13, 1885 -July 5, 1885
Rees, Viola - Daughter of T T and Sarah Rees - Feb 19, 1893 - Aug 16, 1894
Rees, Ann - Wife of William Rees - May 15, 1859 - May 31, 1908
Stuart, Francis - Feb 26, 1840 - Sept 26, 1911
Stuart, J M - Feb 20, 1840 - June 26, 1901
Stuart, D E - Aug 5, 1870 - Feb 13, 1909 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Stuart, Blanche - Daughter of D E and S Stuart - Dec 4, 1901 - May 16, 1903
Roberts, Mary - Wife of David W Roberts - Sept 10, 1846 - May 13, 1887
Mother - Surrett, Lucindy - 1857 - 1927 - 'Safe in the arms of Jesus.'
Surrett, Martha - Jan 20, 1859 - Apr 10, 1915
Swafford, Ollie May - Daughter of T and M A Swafford - July 10, 1899 - Jan 27, 1901
Swafford, James Edward - Aug 22, 1900 - Jan 31, 1901
Richards, Catherine - Wife of W M Richards - Nov 20, 1839 - June 10, 1913
Richards, William - Born in Aberchare Wales - Jan 23, 1836 - Jan 7, 1903
Richards, Mary Davis - Jan 23, 1876 - Apr 13, 1925
Richards, Thomas C - Born in Hubbard, Ohio - Oct 9, 1864 - July 14, 1890
Suggs, John S - Jan 14, 1936 - Age 86 yrs.
Mother - Suggs, Mary Ann - Jan 6, 1854 - Mar 1, 1931

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Troutman, Oscar H - June 27, 1894 - Feb 9, 1920
Troutman, Jacob - Co. H - 4 Tenn Inf
Thomas, Daniel - May 9, 1835 - In Wales - Dec 13, 1891
Thomas, Mary - Wife of Daniel Thomas - May, 1844 - In Pembroke, S. Wales - Jan 18, 1929
Thomas, David J - Born in Wales - Aug 10, 1835 - Oct 1, 1910
Mother - Thomas, Mary - Wife of David J Thomas - Mar 25, 1828 - Nov 1, 1902
Worst, William J - Son of David and Lydia J Worst - Jan 10, 1865 - Nov 14, 1920
Worst, David - Sept 30, 1837 - Nov 3, 1921
Worst, Lydia - Wife of David Worst - Aug 6, 1840 - Apr 14, 1916
Wooden, Annie Elizabeth - Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W E Wooden- Mar 22, 1914 - Sept 29, 1916
Wooden, Alice - Wife of J R Wooden - Feb 18, 1859 - Mar 30, 1925
Wooden, Jennie - Apr 8, 1891 - June 8, 1909
Williams, James T - Born in Mydrin South Wales - May 14, 1840 - Jan 17, 1902
Williams, E J - Apr 28, 1850 - Mar 12, 1891
Williams, Gwylynn J - Nov 17, 1895 - Jan 17, 1896
Williams, William - Oct 17, 1857 - Apr 8, 1908
Williams, Gomer - Son of D M and Ann Williams - June 10, 1891 - June 28, 1892 - 'A sunbeam from the world has vanished.'
Williams, Alice - 1891 - 1930

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Williams, Wm. - Nov 17, 1895 - Jan 17, 1896
Williams, Mary Ann - Nov 17, 1895 - Jan 17, 1896
Williams, Elizabeth - Daughter of D M and Ann Williams - Dec 24, 1879 - Aug 14, 1883 - 'Gadewch I rplant bychainddy fodattaf fi acna waher ddwch hwynt canys eiddoycy frywrai yw lyrnas ddww.'
Wall, Perry A - Oct 18, 1844 - Apr 28, 1925
(Wall), Sallie Copeland - Wife of Perry A Wall - Dec 27, 1849 - Apr 22, 1928
Wright, Selden S - Sept 22, 1857 - July 6, 1926
Ware, Elizabeth Ann - 1850 - 1926
West, Dock - 1877 - 1929


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