LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CEMETERIES - TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 11

FLORENCE CITY CEMETERY
MISCELLANEOUS
TOMBSTONE PICTURES
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All of the pictures on this page are from the Florence City Cemetery, Lauderdale
County, Alabama. If you have pictures of tombstones from this or any other Lauderdale County, AL cemetery you would like to share, please e-mail me. Pat M. Mahan

 


[PHOTOS BY PAT M MAHAN, JUNE 2004]

Sacred to the Memory of
SUSAN RAPIER
born in Baltimore MD
25 of December
departed this life at Florence Ala
of March 1841
also her two infant children
Jackson and Alexander
"Depart my friend and dry up your tears
for I must rest here till Christ appears"

[NOTE: Susan Rapier was the wife of John H. Rapier, a slave freed by Richard Rapier in the 1820's. He was a barber in Florence, and It is a symbol of the respect which the citizens had for John H. that his wife is buried in the 'white' section of the Florence City Cemetery. Her grave sits at an angle instead of being aligned with the row.]


[PHOTO BY PAT M MAHAN, JUNE 2004]

CORNELIA M. FOSTER SIMPSON

JAMES SIMPSON

born in Nashville, Tenn. Mar 22, 1833

born in Florence, Ala Jan 21 1827

died Jan 26, 1895

died Aug 6, 1924


[PHOTO BY PAT M MAHAN, JUNE 2004]

CHARLES WALDEN
son of Catherine Chamblis
and Judge John Butler Walden
Sept 4, 1862 - Jan 16, 1945


[PHOTO BY PAT M MAHAN, JUNE 2004]

FLORENCE IRVINE WALDEN
daughter of Edward and Mattie Davis Irvine
Sept 25, 1874 - July 5, 1943


[PHOTO BY PAT M MAHAN, JUNE 2004]

ALEXANDER H. WOOD
Corp 2 Regt VA Mil War of 1812
Jul 22 1796 - Nov 18 1860

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