JOHN WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH

840 Milford Neck Road
Milford, Kent County, Delaware

Stone engravings recorded in 1981, indexed and typed by Lorraine Johnson-Gregg and Rose Marie Ridgeway. Use your browser's FIND feature to locate inscriptions once a name of interest has been found in the Index. Engravings are listed after the index. Some dates have been changed to day-month-year order.

 

UPDATED 20 JUL 2005

 

1. INDEX  OF  SURNAMES  IN  J. W.  CEMETERY 

2. INSCRIPTIONS including photos

3. RELATIONSHIPS

 

 

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  PART 1

                                                  

INDEX OF SURNAMES IN CEMETERY, 1981

BAKER, PEARL MOSLEY    
BENSON, CHARLES E.
HUNTER, ESTHER 
MOSLEY, NANCY 
BENSON, CLARENCE  EDWARD    
BENSON, SARA 
JOHNSON, ROBERT H. 
MOSLEY, NATHANIEL
BESSELLIEU, CHARLES 
JOHNSON, ZEPPORAH 
MOSLEY, NELSON 
BESSELLIOW, LIONEL 
MASON, JAMES 
MOSLEY, OSCAR 
     
BETTA, EMMA 
MASON, LAURA 
MOSLEY, WM 
CALE, ELIZABETH 
MAY, AGNES 
PAULSON, SARAH 
CARNEY, EVA 
MAY, CLARENCE 
PERKINS, JOSEPH 
  MCFARLAN, HARRIETT  
CARNEY, MARVIN 
MILLER, JACOB 
POINTER, ANNIE 
CARNEY, WILLIAM 
MILLER, MARY 
PRITCHETT, CAROLINE 
CARTER, DELILAH
MORRIS, HETTIE 
QUARLES, DOROTHY 
CARTER, WILLIAM 
MORRIS, RICHARD 
QUARLES, MARY 
CAUSEY, REYNOLDS W.    
DIXON, KATHRYN E.    
DOWNES, LEWIS 
MORRIS, THOMAS
QUARLES, WALTER 
DRAINE, MARY E.
MOSLEY, ADDIE 
SCOTT, BERTHA 
DRAINE, WILLIAM E.
MOSLEY, ANDREW 
SCOTT, DANIEL 
DUNNING, CHRISTOPHER 
MOSLEY, ANGEA 
SCOTT, (no given name)
     
ELLIOTT, EVERETT N.    
    SCOTT, HELEN N.
HALL, ELSIE 
MOSLEY, CALVIN 
SCOTT, MINNIE 
HALL, GLADYS 
MOSLEY, CAROLINE 
SCOTT, MARY 
HANSLEY, BABY 
MOSLEY, CHARLES 
SCOTT, RAYMOND 
HANSLEY, JAMES 
MOSLEY, CLARENCE 
SCOTT, SOLOMON 
HANSLEY, MARGARET 
MOSLEY, CORNELIEUS 
SCOTT, WILLARD 
HANSLEY, NORA 
MOSLEY, ELIZABETH 
SHOCKLEY, JOHN 
HANSLEY, NORA 
MOSLEY, ELLA 
SHOCKLEY, REBECCA 
HANSLEY, SELLEYSTEAN  
MOSLEY, ELMER 
SHORT, SARAH 
HARMON, AMYA 
MOSLEY, ELSIE
SMITH, MARION 
  MOSLEY, ELVA  
HARMON, EDNA 
MOSLEY, EVELYN 
SOLOMON, RACHEL
HARMON, EMILLY 
MOSLEY, FRAIZER 
TOWNSEND, WARNER 
HARMON, MARGARET 
MOSLEY, HORACE 
WHARTON, EUGENE 
HARMON, SPENCER 
MOSLEY, HAZEL 
WHARTON, HARRIET 
HARMON, THRESSA 
MOSLEY, JAMES SR. 
WHITE, HARRY 
HARMON, VINCENT 
MOSLEY, JOHN 
WHITE, HORACE 
  MOSLEY, KERMIT  
HARMON, WILLIAM 
MOSLEY, LOLA 
WHITE, WILLIAM (2)
HENRIXSON, ELLEN 
MOSLEY, MARGARET 
YOUNG, FANNIE 
   
YOUNG, JOHN 
   
YOUNG, REV. 

 


PART 2

INSCRIPTIONS

 

	Thomas Morris Jr.                       1929 - 1974                             
	Richard Morris                          1923 - 1978                             
                                                                                

	John W. Young                           1906 - 1979                             
	S. Elizabeth Cale                       16 Nov 1900 - 23 May 1973               
                                                                               

	Delilah Carter                          1/22/1871 - 11/10/1953                  
	Wm. Carter                              died 3 May 1930                         
                                                                               

	Father         Eugene Wharton           1869 - 1960                             
	Mother       Harriet A. Wharton         1882 - 1928                             
                                                                             

	Rev. Elizie J. Young                    1882 - 1973                             
	Fannie E. Young                         1882 - 1959                             
                                                                                

	Andrew Mosley                           17 Jun 1877 - 14 Sep1944                
	Angea Mosley                            29 Sep1882 - 11 Sep 1937                
                                                                                

	Jacob Miller                            died  3/5/1905                          
	Annie Pointer                           died  3/12/1914                         

	Mary E.  Miller                         died  11/12/1920                        

	Harry White                             1902 - 1959                             

                                                                                
	Mary J. Quarles                         18 Nov 189? - 2 Jun 1929                
	Dorothy Quarles                         31 May 1929 - 1 Jun 1929                
	Walter G.  Quarles                      3/15/1890 -  2/25/1970                  

                                                                               
	Soloman Scott                           1854 - 1933                             
	Rachel G. Scott                         1861 - 1932                             

                                                                                

	Margaret Harmon                         died Apr 1906 - 53 years  9 months      
        wife of Wingate Harmon                                                  

                                                                                

	William S. White Sr.                    2/2/1879 - 3/31/1952                    
	Ella Mosley                             15 Oct 1878 - 28 May 1969               
	Marion Smith                            1/11/ 1903 - 5 Aug 1978                 
	Horace White                            9 Sep 1904                              

	Elliott N. Everett		  View			21 Jan 1930 - 2 Apr 2005

	Harriett McFarlan		  View			 	22 May 1920 - 11 Feb 1983

	Nathaniel Mosley                        10 Dec 1879 - 9 Sep 1956                
	Nancy Mosley                            16 Apr  1881 - 19 Jul 1915     

	Reynolds W. Causey        View 


	Kathryn E. Dixon		  View			5 Sep 1929 - 16 Apr 1990
Clarence T. May                         3/29/ 1894 - 24 Aug 1967                
Agnes M. May                            11/2/1904 -                             

                                                                                

Spencer W. Harmon                       1910 - 1964                             

                                                                                

Selleystean Hansley                     14 Nov 1888   age 31 Yr 8 mo 7 dy                     
     Wife of Mior Hansley              (CAN'T FIND STONE JULY 2005)                                                     
                                                           
                                                                               
Daughter of Selleystean                  Sep 1882  2 months old                                            
     & Mior Hansley                                                             
                                                               
                                                                             
One slave in the back.  Looked                                                  

like this part was very old.                                                    

Couldn't read most of the                                                       

inscriptions in this section.(LG)                                               
                                                                                

Warner Townsend Son of Nan              12 Aug  1804 - AB 1874                  
 Slave of Samuel & Marion                                                
        Townsend                                                                        
        Warner freed 1832                                                       

                                                                                
Daisey Scott                            1917-                                   

                                                                                
Sarah Paulson                            - 1863 (couldn't read the rest--LG)     
                                                                      
                                                                              
John Mosley                             4 Jul  1865 AB 56 yrs old               

                                                                              
Cornelieus Mosley                       18 Aug 1899 - 59 yrs  8 months          

                                                                                
Ema Betta wife of Lewis Downs            (No Date on stone--LG)                 

                                                                                
Lewis Downs                             10 May 1925   age 83                    

                                                                                
Sarah Short                             30 Jul  1800 - 12 Nov 1866 age 65,  3   
        wife of John Short              mo 2 dy                                 

                                                                              
Ellen Hendrixson                        25 May  1815 - 26 Nov 1904              
        daughter of Samuel & Mary                                               
        Henderixson                                                             

                                                                                

Joseph H. Perkins                       28  Feb 1843 - 26 Nov  1904             
                                                                                

Mary A. Perkins                         23 May  1909                            

                                                                                
Eugene Wharton                          1869 - 1960                             
Harriet Wharton (A.)                    1882 - 1928                             
                                                                            

Marvin T. Carney                        1943 - l 969                            
                                                                                

Eva B.  Carney                          25 Sep 1894 - 31 Dec 1961               
                                                                                

William N. Carney                       28 Jun 1905--                           
                                                                                

James A. Mason                          1913-                                   
                                                                               

Laura Mason                             1914 - 1974                             
                                                                                

Christopher Dunning                     27 Sep 1900 - 3 Nov 1981                
                                                                               

Lionel Thurston Besselliow              1930 - 1979                             

                                                                            
Francis Morris                          25 Sep 1839 - 9 Mar 1910                

                                                                                
Hettie J.  Morris                       6 Mar 1835 - 15 Jun 1923                
                                                                                

Daniel Scott                            29 Nov 1919                             
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Scott                                                                           

                                                                                
Mary Elizabeth wife of Daniel Scott     12 Mar 1842 - 29 Nov 1909               
Helen N. Scott
View 1936 - 1961
                                                                                 Rebecca Shockley                        9 Apr 1880 - 1 Mar 1954                                                                                                   John W.  Shockley                       4 Jan 1873 - 28 Oct l959                                                                                                  Bertha Scott                            1876 - 1963                                                                                                               Raymond Scott                           1907 -                                   Caroline Pritchett                      18 Jul 1877  - 29 Oct 1940               Zepporah Johnson                        1868 - 1927                              Robert H. Johnson                       1864 - 1954                              Clarence Mosley                         12/15/1901 - 2 Apr l974                        Gospel Singer                                                                                                                                               Maude M.  Hansley                       1889 - 1980                              George S. Hansley                       1878 - 1958                                                                                                              James H. Hansley                        1879 - 1974                              Nora N. Hansley                         1875 - 1958                                                                                                               Margaret E. Hansley                     1909 - 1927                              Nora C. Hansley                         1912 - 1929                                                                                                               Charles Alvin Mosley                    l /10/1899 - 1/11/1955                   Charles H. Bessellieu                   11 Jun 1926 - 2/12/1972                                                                                                   Elmer L. Mosley                         1911 - 1973                              Hazel L. Mosley                         1911 - (living 1/99 Milford DE)                                                                                           J. Thomas Mosley                       1872 - 1961                              Lola N. Mosley                         1878 - 1963                                                                                                               Fraizer Mosley                         1886 - 1962                              Elsie N. Mosley                        1892 - 1971                                                                                                               Wm. Morris Mosley                       7 Mar 1840 - 3/27/1907                   Caroline Mosley                         19 Dec 1846 - 17 Aug 1929                                                                                                 Margaret Mosley                         24 Sep 1885 - 29 Nov 1964                Horace G. Mosley                        4 Jun 1884 - 30 Sep 1965                                                                                                  James Mosley Sr.                        28 Aug 1914  - 4 Apr 1977                Elizabeth Miller Mosley                 20 Mar l917                                                                                                               Addie M. Mosley                         29 Jun 1909 - 24 Apr 1941                             Kermit E. Mosley
View 1916 - 1983
Elva M. Mosley
View 1919 - 1988                                                                      William J. Harmon                       1878- 1955                               Emily D. Harmon                         1885 - 1943                                                                                                              Amya G. Harmon                          1881 - 1946                              Edna S. Harmon                          1891 - 1970                              Esther H. Hunter                        1911 - 1972                                                                                                               Gladys C. Hal1                          1901 - 1974                              Elsie F. Hall                           1905                                                                                                                    1983                                                                             White                                                                                                                                                            William S. White                        2 Feb 1897 - 31 Mar 1972                                                                                                  Ella Mosley                             15 Oct 1878 - 28 May 1969                                                                                                 Charles E. Benson      View             22 Aug 1901 - 15 Sep 1974                       Sara B. Benson         View             31 May  1913 - 16 Nov 1972        Clarence Edward Benson View ` 28 Jul 1934 - 8 May 1981                                                                                  Mary E. Draine         View             1910 - 1978                           William E. Draine   View1 View2       1894  - 1968                             Pearl Baker Mosley View 2 Mar 1942 - 21 May 1990                                                                                  Oscar Mosley           View             1 Mar 1923 - 7 Feb 1968                                                                                                   Vincent Harmon                          28 Mar 1912 - 3 Nov  1978                                                                                                 P. Thressa Harmon                       23 Sep 1909 -                                                                                                             Willard Scott                           1913 - 1952                                                                                                               Minnie E. Scott                         1919 - 1962                                                                                                Nelson Mosley 5 Sep 1914 - 13 Aug 1969 Calvin L. Mosley 1918 - 1979

    Evelyn Mosley                           1922 -

PART 3

RELATIONSHIPS Rose Marie Ridgeway 1/29/99

Husband & Wife Plots:

Sherwood Gould & Sophie Gould

Albert Gould & Maggie R. Gould

Beulah M. Clark & Harry Sparks Gould

Arnetta M.(Clark) Carter & Atwood Carter

Leon Saunders & Malvenia Saunders

Jean O. Harris & Rodger Harris

Dorothy B Pierce (Ridgway) & Carlton B. "Corky" Pierce

Charles Ridgway & Emily Ridgway

Mary Conaway (Wynder) & Robert Conaway

Wm D. Robinson & Mable G. Robinson

Clarence Wright & Laura P. Wright

Charles F. Miller & Nellie B. Miller

Robert B. Corney & Mary Corney

Dorothy E. Webster & Raymond W. Webster

Ephriam Mosley & Rebecca Mosley

Elizabeth M. Pierce & Harry W. Pierce, Sr.

Cynitha D. Ridgway & Lewis Ridgway

 

Mother & Sons (Separate Stones)

Pauline Sanderlin (mother)
Scholer E. Ridgeway (son)

Wm. G. Ridgeway (son)

 

Brother & Sister: (Separate Stones)

Fanny C. Wesley (Clark), Donald G. Clark, Sr.        

 

Separate Stone

Leon Saunders
Lester Clark
Chanele B. Mansfield
Delbert W. Morris
Arthur P. Loatman
Alberta "Bert" Robinson
Viola Cuff
Barbara A. Bard
Gloria Pierce
Jeannett Wynder
Nelena W. Pierce
Irving Pierce
Melvin Johnson
June " Honey" Hughes
Ethel Clark
Joseph C. Cuff
Hannah Cuff
Marva E. Johnson
Watson Stewart
Wm P. Lloyd
Walter Hubbard "Reds"
Tyrone E. Loatman, Jr
Leroy Harris
Parker Durham

Lewis D. Ridgeway, Sr. (Son)
Christina Esther Ridgeway (dau)
James H. Ridgway (Uncle)

 

 

 

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