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Background:Stophel Cemetery In Front of the Dam
Taken by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown

Pemberton/Hawkins/Grant Cemetery


PEMBERTON/HAWKINS/GRANT CEMETERY --- Located in the Holston Valley on the farm of Mrs. Carl Leonard, Emmett Community. Copied 23 Apr 1958 by Belle Lyle Tilden; 1985 S. I. Edwards, W. Smith, Carol Booher. (The Emmett Community is in District 1) Annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown.


Newest listings look like this

Updated listings look like this


BOOHER, Peter 16 Apr 1846 - 21 Dec 1912 (F= Andrew Booher M= Catherine. W= Sarah J. Massengill)

BOOHER, Martin 6 Dec 1775 - 3 Feb 1868 (b. in PA W= Ollie.)

BOOHER, Ollie, wife of Martin Booher 8 Mar 1788 - 5 Jun 1861 (born in PA on the 1850-60-census named appears to be Ella or Alla but marker is Ollie.) * see note

BOOHER, Louisa 24 Sept 1824 - 24 Feb 1894 (H= William Booher S= Noah C. Booher)

BOOHER, Noah C. 2 Aug 1845 - 28 Dec 1919 (F= William Booher M= Louisa W= Elizabeth Catherine Wassum)

BOOHER, Elizabeth Wassum wife of N. C. Booher 4 Jan 1833 - 27 (29) Feb 1908 (H= Noah C. Booher, the census states she was born in Virginia)

BOOHER, Alice S. Booher d/o N. C. & E. C. Booher 21 Sept 1870 - 19 June 1878

BOOHER, Mary V., d/o N. C. & E. C. Booher 10 Sept 1869 - 14 Jan 1896


DUNCAN, James J. Co. M 13th TN. CAV (Gov. marker, no dates)


GEORGE, Elizabeth 18 July 1779 - 11 (4) June 1802

GEORGE, Frances 9 (2) Jan 1776 - 11 Apr 1798


HAWKINS, Jennie (Annie) McQueen "Mother" 29 Oct 1860 - 20 May 1937

HAWKINS, Sue Annie 12 June 1897 - 23 Apr 1904 (1900) d/o J.F. & Jennie Hawkins

HAWKINS, Joe Hawkins 14 Feb 1888 - 21 Oct 1918 "Died in Service of His Country"


MORRELL, Samuel Andrew 26 Dec 1851 - 21 Mar 1912 (F= Samuel Morrell M= Frances )

MORRELL, Florence Amelia Jones, wife of Samuel A. Morrell 16 Apr 1859 - 6 Mar 1920


OFFIELD, William 11-16-1832 - 1-16-1914 (F= Joseph Offield M= Elizabeth Boling W= Mary Catherine)

OFFIELD, Mary Catherine, wife of Wm. Offield 23 July 1833 - 9 Jan 1892

OFFIELD, Nancy 30 May 1811 - 20 Feb 18_3 F= Lewis Delaney Offield Sr. M= Elizabeth (she is on 1880 census but not on 1900 census)

O'DELL, Col. James J. O'Dell 2 Jun 1827 - 17 Sep 1877 (F= James J. O'Dell M= Frances W= Jeanette Tate)

O'DELL, Jeanette Tate, wife of Col. James J. O'Dell 2 Aug 1823 - 29 Jun 1909

O'DELL, David A., s/o J.& J. O'Dell 3 Mar 1865 - 14 June 1868


PEMBERTON, John (Rev. War) b.12 Oct 1742 d.(19 Oct 1749) 25 Oct 1819 (1812)
(Pemberton Oak named for John Pemberton)

PEMBERTON, Elizabeth 17 Jul 1749 (27 Jan 1741) - 7 Aug 1819 (1812)

PEMBERTON, Ezekial 1 Aug 1781 - 1 Sept 1857

PEMBERTON, James 16 Dec 1767 - 25 Nov 1815

PEMBERTON, Thomas 29 (22) Jan 1775 (1771) - 1 (7) June 1848

PILE, George F. 1851 - 1917


RHODES, George W. Rhodes 22 Aug 1858 - 28 Jul 1917 (W= Tennessee E. O'Dell who was d/o James J. O'Dell and Jeanette Tate)

RHODES, Jennie T., d/o G. W. & T. E. Rhodes - 7-6-1884 age 1yr.

ROGERS, Robert 10 June 1810 - 15 Mar 1888

ROGERS, Melvina A. wife of Robert Rogers 26 Mar 1818 - 9 Mar 1911

ROSENBALM, John Rosenbalm 1829 - 10 Dec 1901

ROSENBALM, Mary, wife of John Rosenbalm 1832 - 3 Dec 1897

ROHR, William M. 29 May 1808 - 18 Apr 1887

ROHR, Ann Eliza, wife of William M. Rohr 22 Aug 1822 - 30 Nov 1891


For years people have wondered who Ollie was, new docs have come to light that suggest that Ollie was possibly a Wassum. (not proven)

Ollie Ellen WASSUM, wife of Martin Booher, Jr., was a daughter of Nicholas Wassum and Eve Elizabeth DeLONG Wassum. Ollie's and Martin's grandson Noah C. Booher m. 17 Dec 1868 in Smyth Co., VA Elizabeth Catherine Wassum, d/o John W. Wassum and Mary D. (Polly) GROSECLOSE Wassum. Noah C. Booher was the son of Louis(z)a Booher, d/o of Ollie and Martin Booher, Jr. Since Ollie and John Wassum were brother and sister Noah and Elizabeth Catherine were second cousins.
Additional information submitted by Irene W. Owens, Historian Wassum Family of Smyth Co., VA


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