Dismal Cemetery, Smithville, Tennessee
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Date:
4 Mar 1858
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Location: Dismal, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Cemeteries One_Place_Studies
Location: Dismal, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Cemeteries One_Place_Studies
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This cemetery may also be referred to as Fuller's Chapel Cemetery and is located in the small community known as Dismal near Liberty and Dowelltown. There is no direct cemetery caretaker, it appears to be maintained by the local community. The Cemetery is a short distance from the Chapel which is a short jaunt down the hill.
The first burial, that is currently know, occured on the 4th of March, 1858 where little James T Neal (1856-1858) was laid to rest.
To date there is no known sextant listing for the cemetery.
A tombstone to memorialize those without markers has been ordered and anticipated to be placed by the end of 2023.
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Need to Add to Tombstone
Those identified after tombstone was placed
Profiles to write
- Elijah Neal (1878-1943)
- Mary Elizabeth (McDowell) Scott (1876-1939)
- Lura Jane (Scott) Rowland (1888-1979)
- William Worford (-abt.1896)
Unconnected Profiles
- Billy Gene Anderson (1989-2010)
- Elizabeth Blythe (1835-1865)
- Freeman Clayborn (1941-1942)
- Infant Crook (1919-1919)
- Myrtle Bell Crook (abt.1914-abt.1914)
- Katina Leola Eller (1974-1974)
- Hannah Ruth Grandstaff (2003-2003)
- W E Griffith (1881-1896)
- Isaac Hays (1873-1889)
- Thomas Hays (1889-1905)
- James Chapman Henley (1929-1929)
- Avo (Sandlin) Malone (1886-abt.1922)
- Joshua Scott Makin (1990-1990)
- Mary Elizabeth (McDowell) Scott (1876-1939)
- Hubert Reeves Rowland (1910-1911)
- Alvin Lee Scott (1915-1936)
- Lelea B Scott (1890-abt.1890)
Research Notes
Questions
- Montie Lee Rowland(1919-1936) is listed in the Cemetery Book, so is Montie Lee Rowland 1919-1919(sic) are these the same, but possible twins. Did not see a 2nd tombstone, only 1919-1919
- Thomas Jackson Bain and Andrew Jackson Bain are likely same person
- I suspect that John Crook and his wife Charolotte Fry Crook are located in this cemetery as well
Unmarked Graves
There are aproximately 60 unmarked graves with field stones.
Supported
| WikiTree Profile | First name |
| James B Blythe (1840-1919) | Death certificate supports |
| Freeman Clayborn (1941-1942) | Funeral Home Listing |
| Nancy Jane (Clayborn) Johnson (1867-1944) | Death certificate supports |
| Eliza (Crook) Hale (1864-1942) | Walker Funeral Home Listings |
| Hoover McKinly Crook (1930-1930) | Death certificate supports |
| John Crook (1911-1954) | Death certificate supports |
| Lillian May Crook (1901-1964) | Death certificate supports |
| Lon Crook (1889-1966) | Walker Funeral Home Listing |
| Mary Elizabeth (Crook) Bess (1829-1894) | Supported by Dismal Burials, Justin Potter Library, Smithville, Tennessee |
| Sylvester Shamus Crook (abt.1851-1920) | Death certificate supports |
| William Crook (1839-1917) | Death certificate supports |
| Wilson Crook (1919-1938) | Death certificate supports |
| Laura J (Driver) Neal (1875-1937) | Death certificate supports |
| Katina Leola Eller (1974-1974) | Walker Funeral Home Listings |
| Clarance Hindsley (1927-1928) | Supported by death certificate |
| Jack Hindsley (1934-1934) | Supported by death certificate |
| John Robert Hindsley (1935-1936) | Supported by death certificate |
| Emma (Johnson) Crook (1865-1917) | Supported by Death Certificate |
| Tilmon Jones (abt.1840-1924) | Death certificate supports |
| Mary Elizabeth (Martin) Crook (abt.1870-1930) | Death certificate supports |
| Mary Elizabeth (McDowell) Scott (1876-1939) | Death certificate supports |
| Elijah Neal (1878-1943) | Death certificate supports |
| James T Neal (1870-1950) | Death certificate supports |
| Cora (Sandlin) Clayborn (abt.1892-1933) | Death certificate supports |
| Malissa (Sandlin) Scott (1835-1903) | Supported by Dismal Burials, Justin Potter Library, Smithville, Tennessee |
| Sally (Sandlin) Crook (1882-1958) | Death certificate supports |
| Alvin Lee Scott (1915-1936) | DeKalb County Burials, Cemetery of Dismal |
| Etta (Scott) Neal (abt.1881-1918) | Death certificate supports |
| Samuel Vanatta (1839-1918) | Death certificate supports |
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Find A Grave likely has wrong cemetery
- John Ervin Crook (1858-1931) is in Helton, based on cemetery map, Find A Grave Memorial for John Ervin Crook]
- Mary Elizabeth (Warford) Crook (1857-1902) is in Helton, based on cemetery map, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215858257/mary-elizabeth-crook ||
- Mary Elizabeth Vanatta, if this is who I think it is, I suspect she is actually in the Aaron Cantrell Cemetery||https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104345303/mary-elizabeth-vanatt
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Just thought I’d throw something out there about the Billie Crook listing. My mother told me that many years ago she saw a stone that said Billie Crook, (My brother’s name was Billy Crook) But, when we started working on our genealogy we couldn’t find it. So, my feeling is that Billie and Tom are 2 different people.
Also nice to meet a cousin, as I'm a descended of Robinson Crook and Selena Etheridge(and various Spelling's)
Once I have a place down there, I may see what it takes to look for sunken stones and risks involved.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oupo2475g07c61l/AACeg3p8kzlYTzznIZyowwDta?dl=0
Shows the remainder of the tombstones/Rocks that I haven't added yet
Some have initials such as TDD - who is likely a Driver, others as JTC who is likely a crook.
I need go back through them in the next few weeks and see if any might correlate to the ones I have listed as having no tombstone.
thanks, lyn