Cemetery Records

Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Huntersville, Mecklenburg Co., NC

Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co., NC
c. 2005

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VIOLET W. GRAHAM [wife of] Dr. M. W. ALEXANDER Daugh[ter] of the la[te] G[enl] JOSEPH GRA[HAM] BORN A[ug] 31st [17]9[9] [DI]ED [March 23,] 18[6]8 Ble[ss]ed [are the] p[ure in] h[e]a[r]t f[or they shall s]ee Go[d]	Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image
SACRED to the MEMORY Of James Graham Alexander Son of Dr. M. W. and V. W. Alexander Born 8th November 182[4] Died 8th October 18[4]0 Amiable and affectionate He was loved [*] in his life And endeared himself to all who kn[ew him.] In life['s] early morn he w[as] called a[way] From sin and [s]or[r]o[w] and da[rkness] be[low,] To the pure realms of bright, eternal d[ay,] Wh[e]r[e] r[ivers] of blis[s] unc[e]a[si]ngly fl[ow.] HPC:  "born 8(5)th" * "He was lowly in his life"	Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image
SACRED to the MEMORY Of Emily Eu[g]enia Alexander D[a]ughter o[f] [Dr.] M. [W.] and V. W. [A]lexan[der] B[orn] 1[8t]h [October] 1832 D[ied [24] May 18[4]4. [Cut dow]n in [the m]orning of youth [Like a ten]d[er fl]o[w]e[r] [In its earli]e[s]t [b]loom, [All flesh (sic) is grass and a]ll the [goo]d[li]nes[s] [T]h[e]r[e]of [is as] th[e f]l[o]w[e]r [Of the f]i[e]ld	Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory Of ELIZA ROCINDA ALEXANDER B[orn] Sept. 2nd 1834 DIED July [4]th 1855	Click on picture to view larger image
JAMES T. DAVIDSON, Born Oct. 21st 1843, Died March 4th 1874.	Click on picture to view larger image
SACRED to the Memory of MOSES MOORE who died Oct 30th 1782 Aged 51 years to the Memory of ANN MOORE who died March 3[rd 18]02 Aged 65 years When w[e] lie bur[ie]d in [t]he dust, Our flesh shall [be] thy [car]e O[ur wi]the[r]in[g li]mb[s with thee we trust] [To raise them fresh and fair.]	Click on picture to view larger image
W. S. M. DAVIDSON, M.D. Born Novr 2nd 1817 Died Dec 15th 1873	Click on picture to view larger image
R. E. READ, Second Wife of Dr. DAVIDSON, Born Dec. 12th 1827. Died Apr. 26th 1862. [not in HPC]	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of WILLIAM KERNS Born 1769 -- Died 1840 And His Wife JANE McCLURE HOUSTON Born 1766 -- Died 1820 [# 145] [not in HPC]	Click on picture to view larger image
Sacred to the memory of Mary L. Torrence who departed this life November 26th 1821 was born December 29th 1799. [HPC:  "Mary L. Torrance, born December 19, 1799, and departed this life, November 26, 1821"]	Click on picture to view larger image
Beneath this Tomb [is] deposited the Remains of JANE [A]DELINE TORRENCE Born 1811 Died March [1]820 [HPC:  "Jane Adeline Torrance"]	Click on picture to view larger image
Sacred to the memory of NANCY A TORRENCE who departed [this life] November 11 1818[,] aged 26 yea[rs] Wilt thou, sweet mo[ur]ne[r] a[t m]y stone appear And soothe my par[te]d s[pir]it ling[']ring [n]ea[r] Oh wilt thou com[e] a[t e]v'nin[g] hour to shed The tears o[f] mem[ory o']er [m]y narrow bed, With aching temples on [t]hy hand reclin'd, Muse on the last far[e we]ll l[e]ave behind, Breathe a deep sigh [on win]ds that murmur low, And think on all m[y love] and all my woe.	Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image
[Sacred to the memory] of HUGH TORREN[CE] w[h]o [de]part[ed t]his lif[e] F[ebruary 14, 1816] aged [73] years. Hear what the voice from Heav[en proclaimed] For all the pious dead. [Sw]eet is the savour of their [names] And so[f]t their sleeping [b]ed. [The]y d[ie] in Jesus and are blest.  [Ho]w kind their slumbers [are] F[ro]m [s]u[ff']rings and from sins r[ele]as[ed,] [A]nd [f]reed from ev'ry sna[re].	Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image
Sa[cred to the memory] of ISSABELLA TORRENCE who d[e]part[e]d this life F[ebruary 1st, 1816] aged 7[6] years. Preserve, o venerable T[omb,] In[vite th]y sacred trust; I[n t]h[e cold arm]s [of] de[a]th - W[eeping,] We co[mmit he]r to the dust. [S]weet p[eace her sacre]d r[e]lie[f keep,] [And] wat[ch her sleep]ing [da]y[s,] [And bi]d t[he] [unreadable] SLUM[BERED wait] [The joy]s of [everlasting] day. [HPC:  "Isabella Torrence"]	Click on picture to view larger image Click on picture to view larger image
T James Galbraith Torrance, Nov. 19, 1784 -- Dec. 12, 1847. Margaret Allison Torrance, Jan. 6, 1798 -- Jan. 19, 18[8]0. [HPC:  Margaret died "January 19, 1820"]	Click on picture to view larger image
[In memory of] WILLIAM L. TORRENCE [born] [Jan. 20th, 182]2 [Died] M[a]y [26th, 1852] [HPC:  "William L. Torrance"]	Click on picture to view larger image
Capt. FRANCIS R. ALEXANDER BORN March 28, 1841, AGED 23 Yrs, 3 Mos & 11 Days He giveth his beloved rest. [HPC: "who was wounded at Petersburg, Va., on the night of June 17, 1864, and died June 19, 1864."]	Click on picture to view larger image

My notes or items that I had difficulty reading (supplemented by HPC when possible) are in brackets [ ]. The notes in brackets [ ]  that are preceded by "HPC" or an asterisk (*) is information is from the book The History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, for 175 years from the assigned date of its organization, 1762; by Charles William Sommerville, Ph.D., D.D., Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 1939.

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