Back at the infancy of my genealogy search, I located the cemetery where some of my maternal ancestors are buried. Unfortunately, it was in my infancy and my photographs of the tombstones reflect it. Also, unfortunately, I have not taken the time in thirty-two years to correct it. 😞
On Sunday, October 10, 1993, My mother, Martha Jean Stark Hughes and I, drove to Columbiana County, Ohio to find the Carlisle Cemetery in Elkrun Township, Section 29. Using a township road map, finding the cemetery was easy.
We were looking for the Orr and Cannon family final resting places. I located the information using the Columbiana County Genealogical Societies very informational cemetery books.
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| Red star marks the location of the Carlisle Cemetery |
The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Section 29, Elkrun Township on County Road 900(Roller Roaster Road), just north of the intersection of County Road 895 (Cream Road). My maternal great great great great grandfather, Joseph Orr's property, was very close by.
We located the Orr family under a very large tree on the back right hand side of the cemetery. My maternal great great great grandfather, Joseph Orr's was broken off its base and was propped up against the tree with the written side facing the tree. It was with a great deal of effort that Mom and I were able to turn it around. My maternal great great great grandmother, Jane Kelso Orr was beside her husband.
Looking at the picture, to the left of Joseph and Jane are two of their grandsons who died from their participation in the Civil War, Joseph Frederick Orr and Benjamin Franklin Orr.
The line of Orr Family tombstones. Left to right: Joseph Frederick Orr, Benjamin Franklin Orr, Joseph Orr, Jane Kelso Orr, Franklin Orr, William Morland Orr (my maternal great great grandfather) and Mary A. Orr.
Joseph Orr
Died
October 26, 1857
Aged
69 years 10 months
11 days
Jane
Wife of Joseph Orr
Died
December 28, 1847
Aged
53 years 11 months
15 days
son of
J & J Orr
Died August 16, 1839
Age 2 years
William M Orr
Born
1813
Died
February 11, 1849
35 years 9 months 13 days
Daughter of
W & N Orr
Died
March 25, 1859
Age 18
Benjamin Franklin Orr
Benjamin Franklin Orr
Died
August 15, 1863
Aged
22 years 10 months 15 days
Joseph Frederick Orr
Died
September 16, 1863
Aged
21 years 19 days
Next we located the grave sites of Lindsey Cannon and his wife Elizabeth Fife Cannon. At that time I thought they were my maternal great great great grand aunt and uncle. Further research years later proved they were actually my great great great grandparents.
Lindsey Cannon
Died
December 1871
At Age
92 years 8 months 11 days
Lindsey's tombstone was flat on the ground face down. There was no way Mom and I could pry it up. That effort waited until the family came on Christmas Eve. The males, with the help of a crowbar, lifted it up and propped it against the tombstone base.
Elizabeth
Wife of
Lindsey Canon
Died
October 14, 1873
Aged
84 years 1 mo 22 dys
Elizabeth Fife Cannon, Lindsey's wife, is my maternal great great great grandmother.
CANNON
MATTHEW
1824-1906
ELIZABETH
Wife
1836-1901
Matthew Cannon and Elizabeth Hepburn, my maternal great great grand aunt and uncle are also buried in the Carlisle Cemetery.
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| Copied from Find A Grave |
MARCH
John 1801-1881
Elisabeth 1809-1889
Mary Dau 1830-1907
Another member of my Cannon family, Elisabeth Cannon March and two members of her family are buried in the cemetery. Elizabeth is a daughter of Lindsey and Elizabeth Fife Cannon, and is my maternal great great grand aunt.
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