Dale / Spicewood Cemetery, Overton County
Description provided in conjunction with a tour of historic cemeteries in Standing Stone State Park and on State Forest Service Property in October, 2006.
The Dale Cemetery, or “Spicewood Cemetery,” or “Dale Cemetery at Spicewood Spring” is called by these names because it is directly above the Spicewood Spring, which is across from Dale Ridge Road.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale | W.A. | No Dates | ||
| Dale | J. | 1853 | 1893 | |
| Dale | Garie Dennis | March 13, 1940 | April 10, 1997 | |
| Dale | Zinna | February 20, 1886 | May 29, 1946 | |
| Dale | Coe | July 6, 1937 | Private, US Army |
Additional information provided by James Maxwell (date unknown):
This cemetery is the family burying ground of the descendants of William Dale of Hilham (b ca. 1806 – d. 1866) and his two wives, Elizabeth Harp/Johnson (d. bet 1850-1858) and Jane Masters Dale (d. 1905). William Dale had no children by his first wife, but had three by his second wife: James Anderson Dale (1859-1935), John Dale (1861-1908) and, Elizabeth Dale Cunningham (1864-1950).
James Anderson Dale married Martha Lynn, and they are buried at the “Spicer Cemetery,” which is very near the Spicewood Cemetery.
Jane Masters is also buried at the Spicer Cemetery under the name “Jane Brown,” as she married Thomas J. Brown after the death of William Dale. She was the daughter of James Masters and Elizabeth Thompson.
John Dale (1861-1908) married Addaville “Addie” Boles. They are both buried at the Spicewood Cemetery but have no gravestones.
Also buried there are two of their sons: Zina Dale, who married Mary Arlena Mullins, and Coe Dale, who was killed in 1937.