Location: Dale County, Alabama, USA

"Woodham Family Cemetery is a private family burial grounds founded about 1848 or earlier by the Woodham family on Woodham land just north of the Choctawhatchee River in Dale County, Alabama. It is located about 300 yards west of the intersection of US Hwy. 231 and Newton-Echo Road (Dale County Road 18). This crossroads is just north of the Choctawhatchee River and includes a former truck stop, gas station, restaurant and other buildings. Located about 8 mi. south of Ozark and about 14 mi. nw of Dothan. Several neighboring families and friends have also been buried here. The cemetery was restored 1988-90. There are many unknown burials in this cemetery because the graves do not have tombstones. In the 1960's, there were numerous graves marked with elaborately carved wooden stakes or crosses. Unfortunately, all of these were destroyed during the restoration work. Many other graves were marked with rocks or bricks. Most of these were also removed and the locations of many of these graves has been lost. Thanks to J. B. Daughtry of Dothan, many of the "unmarked" graves now at least have a cement block with the name "unknown" marking the graves. This cemetery has been extensively researched by Robert Earl Woodham. He has added info from his family records to the listings below.
"The Woodham Family Cemetery was founded on one of several farm tracks owned by Edward H. Woodham Sr. The first burials there are believed to have been infants. The first confirmed adult burial was that of Richard Ira Woodham in 1848. Richard was a farmer. The next known adult burial was his brother, Frederick, in 1852. Both Edward H. Sr. and his wife Sarah Dowling died in 1865 and were buried here. For many decades, their graves were marked with a short brick wall surrounding the plot. This had deteriorated by the 1980's and was removed. A new granite tombstone was erected during the restoration work.
"The Woodham Family Cemetery Committee organized an annual Remembrance and Decoration Day at the cemetery and held the first one 28 Apr 1990. The first event attracted folk from as far away as Thibodaux, Louisiana and many communities in south Alabama and Georgia. The committee decided to make it an annual gathering. It is held usually on the fourth Saturday of April. A picnic is held at the cemetery in the picnic shed which was built during the restoration work."[1]
# | LName | FName | DOB | DOD | Notes | FAG | WikiTree |
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1 | WOODHAM | Edward Harley Sr. | 26 Jun 1785 | 18 Oct 1865 | [son of Edward Jr.] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569297 | Edward Harley Woodham Sr |
2 | WOODHAM | Sarah DOWLING | 27 Aug 1786 | 23 Jan 1865 | [wife of E. H. Sr.] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569303 | Sarah (Dowling) Woodham |
3 | WOODHAM | (unknown) [teenager or child] | |||||
4 | BAGWELL | R. R. | 13 Mar 1813 | Oct 1866 | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569324 | Redmond Reed Bagwell | |
5 | BAGWELL | Rhoda | 1813 | Oct 1898 | [Rhoda Corley, wife of Redden R.] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569315 | Rhoda (Corley) Bagwell |
6 | (space) | ||||||
7 | (space) | ||||||
8 | ENFINGER | Sarah L. | [Nov 1859 - ?][Sallie Bagwell, dau of R. R.; wife of John Wesley Enfinger Sr.][Sallie Bagwell, dau of R. R.; wife of John Wesley Enfinger Sr.] | Sarah L (Bagwell) Enfinger | |||
9 | (adult grave) | ||||||
10 | (adult grave) | [marked with bricks and a small marble block] | |||||
12 | REYNOLDS | Jimmie | 20 Mar 1898 | 2 Oct 1898 | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570070 | Jimmie Reynolds | |
13 | REYNOLDS | Mrs. James | (unmarked grave) [1st wife of James Reynolds, d. abt 1899] | ||||
14 | (spaces) | ||||||
15 | BRACKIN | Ella | 13 Apr 1891 | 15 Feb 1895 | Dau of W. J. and N. U. Brackin [dau of Martha Malinda Mattie Woodham and William J. Brackin] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569372 | Ella Brackin |
17 | WOODHAM | Martha Malinda | (unmarked grave) [dau of E. H. Jr.][Jul 1853 - Aft 1900] | Find A Grave: Memorial #20450085 | Martha Malinda (Woodham) Brackin | ||
18 | WOODHAM | P. N. | 26 Feb 1813 | 17 Feb 1900 | Creek Indian War soldier, Alabama Militia [Presley Nelson Woodham, son of Edward H. Woodham Sr.] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569361 | Presley Nelson Woodham |
20 | WOODHAM | Perthenia WARD | [1st wife of P. N. Woodham][abt 1817 - abt 1856] | Perthenia (Ward) Woodham | |||
21 | WOODHAM | Nancy E. ADKINS | 12 Apr 1823 | Aft 1910] | [2nd wife of P. N. Woodham] | Nancy Elizabeth (Adkins) Woodham | |
22 | (several spaces) | ||||||
23 | WOODHAM | Aris Junior | 2 Jun 1801 | 1880 | Native of old Darlington Dist., now Lee County, SC [Alabama Militia, Creek Indian War. Veteran's tombstone mistakenly gives wrong unit and is actually for Aris Bryant Woodham] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569346 | Aris Woodham Jr |
24 | WOODHAM | Caron H. RILEY | 1810 | 16 Mar 1873 | [2nd wife of Aris Woodham Jr.; born Old Darlington Dist., SC] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569349 | Caron H (Riley) Woodham |
25 | WOODHAM | Asa Edward | [unmarked grave son of Aris Jr.] | Asa Edward Woodham | |||
26 | WOODHAM | Athanasius | 10 Jan 1792 | 1856 | (several spaces) | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569340 | Athanasius Woodham |
27 | GOLDEN | Samuel M. (Sam) | [unmarked grave][1874 - Aft 1910] | Samuel M Golden | |||
28 | (several spaces) | (several spaces) | |||||
29 | WOODHAM | Essie MYERS | [1889 - abt 1914][1st wife of Jasper Richard Woodham] | Essie (Myers) Woodham | |||
30 | (unmarked grave) | [formerly surrounded with bricks] | |||||
32 | WOODHAM | Infant | abt 1911 | abt 1912 | [infant of Jasper Richard Woodham & 1st wife, Essie MYERS] | ||
33 | WOODHAM | Infant | Abt 1913 | Abt 1914 | [infant of Jasper Richard Woodham & 1st wife, Essie MYERS] | ||
34 | CANNON | Mattie | 13 Aug 1865 | 14 Aug 1894 | wife of J. T. [Martha Ellen Daughtry, wife of John T. Cannon] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569393 | Martha Ellen Jane (Daughtry) Canon |
36 | CANNON | Infant | 1894 | 1894 | [unmarked grave] | ||
37 | DAUGHTRY | John [Bryant] | 20 Aug 1824 | 31 May 1880 | [hus of Rachel Woodham; Sheriff of Dale County] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569384 | John Bryant Daughtry |
38 | DAUGHTRY | Rachel [WOODHAM] | 4 Nov 1823 | bef 1900 | [Rachel Woodham; tombstone should read died AFTER 1910] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569380 | Rachel (Woodham) Daughtry |
39 | Several spaces | ||||||
40 | BAULDREE | [John Quincy] | [John Q. Bauldree, hus of Priscilla Adeline DAUGHTRY][3 Jun 1835 - 1 Dec 1891 (unmarked grave) | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570053 | John Quincy Bauldree | ||
41 | DAUGHTRY | Priscilla Adeline [DAUGHTRY BAULDREE] | 1836 | (unmarked grave)[dau of Joshua Daughtry; wife of John Q. Bauldree]Dec 1835 - 1915 | Find A Grave: Memorial #107625680 | Priscilla Adeline (Daughtry) Bauldree | |
42 | BAULDREE | Annie | 1903 | aft 1910 | [two triplet daus of Mittie Cordelia Daughtry; unmarked graves] | Annie M Bauldree | |
43 | BAULDREE | Fannie | 1903 | Aft 1910 | [two triplet daus of Mittie Cordelia Daughtry; unmarked graves] | Fannie M Bauldree | |
44 | WOODHAM | Rufus | 29 Jan 1920 | Sep 1944 | US Army, World War II [memorial stone; killed in action in Italy during WW II; son of John Wesley Woodham and Lillie Mae Sanders; father of Robert Earl Woodham] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570022 | Rufus Woodham |
46 | WOODHAM | Joe Annie wife of C. C. Woodham | 18 Nov 1814 | 3 Apr 1890 | [Joanna Jody, Joe Annie RILEY, 1st wife of Edward Christopher C. C. Woodham] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570104 | Joe Annie (Riley) Woodham |
47 | WOODHAM | Dillie | May 1879 | 1879 | [twin daus. Of Ira Edward Woodham & Millie Ann Enfinger] | Dillie Woodham | |
48 | WOODHAM | Zillie | May 1879 | 1879 | Zillie Woodham | ||
49 | WOODHAM | unknown | unmarked grave | ||||
50 | WOODHAM | Uriah Daniel | 13 Mar 1861 | aft 1900 | [unmarked grave; son of Edward Christopher Woodham & Joanna RILEY] | Find A Grave: Memorial #191549994 | Uriah Daniel Woodham |
51 | WOODHAM | Sarah Frances | 5 Mar 1860 | aft 1900 | [unmarked grave; wife of Uriah Daniel Woodham; dau. of Presley N. Woodham] | Sarah Frances Woodham | |
52 | WOODHAM | Blanton | 12 Feb 1895 | [unmarked grave, formerly marked with carved wooden stakes; children of Uriah D. & Sarah F. Woodham] | Blanton Woodham | ||
53 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave, formerly marked with carved wooden stakes; children of Uriah D. & Sarah F. Woodham] | ||||
54 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave, formerly marked with carved wooden stakes; children of Uriah D. & Sarah F. Woodham] | ||||
55 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave, formerly marked with carved wooden stakes; children of Daniel W. Woodham and Martha ENFINGER] | ||||
56 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave, formerly marked with carved wooden stakes; children of Daniel W. Woodham and Martha ENFINGER] | ||||
57 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave, formerly marked with carved wooden stakes; children of Daniel W. Woodham and Martha ENFINGER][NOTE: Daniel W. Woodham was buried here but later disinterred and moved to Mt. Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery] | ||||
59 | GLOVER | M. H. | 22 Apr 1911 | 28 May 1912 | [Major Holland Glover, son of Carrie Cordelia Daughtry & Lonnie A. Glover; gson of Nellie WOODHAM & M. H. Fox Daughtry] | Find A Grave: Memorial #70993379 | Major Holland Glover |
60 | DAUGHTRY | M. H. | 25 Dec 1835 | 21 Nov 1906 | [Confederate States Army; Sheriff of Dale County; hus of Nellie WOODHAM] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569249 | Major Holland Daughtry |
61 | DAUGHTRY | Nellie | 20 Aug 1836 | 20 Aug 1910 | [Nellie WOODHAM, dau of Aris Woodham Jr.; wife of M. H. Daughtry] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569234 | Nellie (Woodham) Daughtry |
62 | ENFINGER | Anna | 27 Jan 1891 | 1915 | [Anzilla Anna RILEY; dau of Moses RILEY; wife of Henry Terrell ENFINGER] | Find A Grave: Memorial #70993275 | Anzille (Riley) Enfinger |
63 | ENFINGER | Child of H. T. and Anna Enfinger | |||||
64 | ENFINGER | [twin infants of Anna RILEY and Henry T. ENFINGER; died in 1915] | |||||
65 | Unknown | [Unmarked grave adult] | |||||
66 | Unknown | [Unmarked grave adult] | |||||
67 | Unknown | [Unmarked grave adult] | |||||
68 | BAGWELL | C. G. | [Curtis G., son of R. R. & Rhoda Corley Bagwell] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570180 | Curtis G Bagwell | ||
69 | BAGWELL | Martha A. | 15 Jun 1851 | 30 Nov 1908 | [Martha A. STEVENS, dau of Wiley & Mary Stevens; wife of C. G. Bagwell] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570185 | Martha Ann Elizabeth (Stevens) Bagwell |
70 | BAGWELL | Infant | Unmarked grave Ch of C. G. | ||||
71 | BAGWELL | Infant | Unmarked grave Ch of C. G. | ||||
72 | BAGWELL | Infant | Unmarked grave Ch of C. G. | ||||
73 | STEVENS | Wiley | 11 Oct 1815 | Age 84 years | [1899] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569277 | Wiley Stevens |
74 | STEVENS | Mary | 15 Nov 1820 | Age 75 years | [1895] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569284 | Mary (Unknown) Stevens |
75 | Unknown | (unmarked grave) [child?; grave marked with bricks] | |||||
76 | Unknown | (unmarked grave) [child?; grave marked with bricks] | |||||
77 | WOODHAM | Cas | 14 Oct 1868 | 30 Dec 1932 | [Perry Caswell (Cas) Woodham, son of Steven Moses Woodham & Amanda Galloway] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569255 | Perry Caswell Woodham Sr |
78 | WOODHAM | Amanda | [Amanda Jane CORLEY, wife of P. C. Cas Woodham; unmarked grave] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569251 | Amanda Jane (Corley) Woodham | ||
79 | WHITLOCK | William Henry | (unmarked grave) | ||||
80 | WHITLOCK | Elizabeth CORLEY | (unmarked grave)(wife of W. H.) | Find A Grave: Memorial #127809634 | Nancy Elizabeth (Corley) Whitlock | ||
81 | (space) | (grave ?) | |||||
82 | Unknown | (unmarked grave) [adult grave] | |||||
83 | Unknown | (unmarked grave) [adult grave] | |||||
84 | Unknown | (unmarked grave) [adult grave] | |||||
85 | STEVENS | Cora | 26 Jan 1895 | 1 Jan 1911 | Dau of W. H. & M. E. Stevens | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570154 | Cora Stevens |
86 | STEVENS | M. E. | 1862 | 10 Mar 1900 | Wife of W. H. Stevens | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570160 | Martha Emma A (Miller) Stevens |
87 | STEVENS | William H. | (unmarked grave) | Find A Grave: Memorial #173659530 | William H Stevens | ||
88 | STEVENS | Infant | Unmarked grave [ch of W. H. & [Martha E. Stevens] | ||||
89 | STEVENS | W. S. | 31 May 1887 | 23 May 1913 | Son of W. H. & M. E. Stevens | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570165 | W Shelby Stevens |
90 | STEVENS | William E. | (unmarked grave) | ||||
91 | STEVENS | D. Franklin | 15 Apr 1853 | 1 Mar 1911 | [son of Wiley & Mary Stevens; hus of Sarah DAUGHTRY] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570172 | Daniel Franklin Stevens |
92 | STEVENS | Sarah M. | 1848 | Jul 1920 | Wife of D. F. Stevens [Sarah M. DAUGHTRY, dau of Rachel WOODHAM & J. B. DAUGHTRY] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6570176 | arah Minerva (Daughtry) Stevens |
94 | Unknown | [adult grave marked with brick] | |||||
95 | Unknown | [adult grave marked with brick] | |||||
96 | Unknown | [child ?; grave marked with brick] | |||||
97 | Unknown | [child ?; grave marked with brick] | |||||
98 | Unknown | [child ?; grave marked with brick] | |||||
99 | Unknown | [child ?; grave marked with brick] | |||||
100 | WOODHAM | Steven Moses | Apr 1834 | 1908 | [unmarked grave][Son of Aris Woodham Jr. and Caron Riley] | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569351 | Stephen Moses Woodham |
101 | WOODHAM | Sarah A. Jane Galloway | Dec 1834 | 1914 | [wife of Steven M. Woodham] | Find A Grave: Memorial #153041246 | Sarah Amanda Jane (Galloway) Woodham |
102 | WOODHAM | Nancy | 1908 | [unmarked grave] | |||
103 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave][ch of Steven Moses Woodham and Sarah Galloway] | ||||
104 | WOODHAM | Infant | [unmarked grave][ch of Steven Moses Woodham and Sarah Galloway] | ||||
105 | WOODHAM | Frederick | 6 Jun 1806 | 1854 | [son of Edward H. Woodham Sr. & Sarah Dowling; born Stokes Bridge, Lee Co., SC] | Find A Grave: Memorial #169512700 | Frederick Woodham |
106 | WOODHAM | Mary Ann POLLARD | 1815 | [wife of Frederick Woodham and John J. Golden] | Mary Ann (Pollard) Golden | ||
107 | (unmarked grave) | ||||||
108 | WOODHAM | Mary Isabel | 9 Aug 1860 | 20 Aug 1860 | [infant ch of Richard E. L. Woodham & Elizabeth Ann Miller; grandch of Frederick Woodham] | Mary Isabel Woodham | |
109 | WOODHAM | Sarah Lovelia | 21 Jun 1862 | 17 Mar 1863 | [infant ch of Richard E. L. Woodham & Elizabeth Ann Miller; grandch of Frederick Woodham] | Sarah Lovelia Woodham | |
110 | WOODHAM | Hillary Hopewell | 1832 | (unmarked grave) [son of Frederick] [Confederate States Army] | Hillary Hopewell Woodham | ||
111 | WOODHAM | I. Beniter | 1830 | [wife of Hillary H.] | |||
112 | BAGWELL | James A | 1843 | 3 Jul 1863 | Find A Grave: Memorial #6571829 | James A. J. Bagwell | |
113 | Unknown | (unmarked grave) [adult grave] | |||||
114 | BAGWELL | John A | 1841 | 21 May 1862 | Find A Grave: Memorial #6571818 | John N. A. Bagwell | |
115 | BAGWELL | William R | 1840 | 19 Jun 1862 | Find A Grave: Memorial #6571823 | William R Bagwell | |
116 | CROOKS | Grover Cleveland | 25 Sep 1929 | 9 Nov 2000 | Find A Grave: Memorial #6569403 | Grover Cleveland Crooks | |
117 | CROOKS | Michael Richard | 19 Oct 1956 | 10 Aug 2014 | Find A Grave: Memorial #153252821 | Michael Richard Crooks | |
118 | CROOKS | Nettie Jane | 1 Dec 1939 | Find A Grave: Memorial #153251155 | Nettie Jane (Hamm) Crooks | ||
119 | DOWLING | Sarah | 27 Aug 1786 | 18 Jan 1865 | Find A Grave: Memorial #153250936 | Sarah (Dowling) Woodham | |
120 | MEREDITH | Elizabeth M (Conner) | 17 Jul 1831 | 14 Jul 1917 | Find A Grave: Memorial #30241733 | Elizabeth (Conner) Meredith | |
121 | MYRES | Mary Ligon (Woodham) | 13 Jun 1862 | 12 Sep 1911 | Find A Grave: Memorial #191547606 | Mary Legion (Woodham) Myers | |
122 | WHITLOCK | Henry Maxwell | 15 Oct 1851 | 17 Feb 1913 | Find A Grave: Memorial #127809719 | Henry Maxwell Whitlock |
Sources
- ↑ Woodham Family Cemetery, by Robert Earl Woodham, Oct 2009.
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