Plaque on the door of SHIELDS CHAPEL In loving memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ben Shields & son (Jerry) 1983

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

In order that I took the photos:

[Top of stone:] ALICE [ONA] [Front of stone:] [D]A[U.] OF [C.] L. [&] N. J. SHIELDS BORN JUNE 10, 190[8] DIED APR. 21, 1910 G[o]ne to [re]st ----- [Alice Ona SHIELDS -- name not on stone] Daughter of C. L. & N. J. SHIELDS born June 10, 1908 died April 21, 1910 Gone to Rest [Alice Ona SHIELDS was the daughter of Cowan Lemly and Julia Nancy Alexander SHIELDS]	Click on picture to view larger image [Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
J[AN]E [L.] Wife of Wm. A. Sample BORN March 2[9], 1811 DIED May 11, 1876. Aged 65 Yrs, 1 Mo. & 13 Days. Blessed ar[e t]he pure in hea[r]t for they shall see God [HPC:  "Jane L. Barry"]	Click on picture to view larger image
WILLIAM A. SAMPLE BORN April 15, 1803 DIED June 29, 1877 Aged 74 Yrs, 2 Mos. & 14 Days. He was elected [ru]ling [e]l[de]r of H[o]pewell C[hurc]h in 1831 and served a[s] such up to th[e tim]e of his death. A p[e]riod of 46 Years. [At bottom of stone:] McNINCH & HUTCHISON, CONCORD, N. C.	Click on picture to view larger image
JAMES McCAMIE SAMPLE BORN JAN. 19, 1835 DIED APR. 16, 1927 AGE [9]2 YRS. A [ruli]ng Elde[r] of Hopewell Ch[urc]h for more than 50 Yrs. [HPC: "more than 55 years"]	Click on picture to view larger image
E. EU[GEN]IA HARRIS [wife of] J. Mc[Camie S]AMPLE BORN Aug. [7, 1]842 DIED Ja[n. 28,] 18[9]3	Click on picture to view larger image
Mattie Parks Butler Died May 23, 1903. Aged 75 Years.	Click on picture to view larger image
T. S. Butler May 21, 1847 Sep. 12, 1876	Click on picture to view larger image
VIOLET JANE, Wife of R. F. BLYTHE FEB. 28, 1829 APR. 18, 1899
ANDREW A. ALEXANDER MAY 6, 1813 MAY 30, 1877 [HPC:  "A. A. Alexander; died May 30, 1877; age 64 years, 10 months and 24 days.  'Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace.' "] ----- Andrew A. ALEXANDER May 6, 1813 May 30, 1877 [*Original stone read: "A.A. Alexander; died May 30, 1877; age 64 years, 10 mos & 24 days" with the inscription "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace"] [Andrew Anslam ALEXANDER was the son of William Abner and Elizabeth MONTEITH ALEXANDER; he married on 24 Mar 1840 to Jane Sophina MONTEITH]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
[J.] SOPHINA MONTEITH, DEC. 9, 1808 JAN. 27, 1895 WIFE OF A. A. ALEXANDER [HPC:  "Jane Sophina Alexander, wife of A. A. Alexander; died January, 1895; age 86 years, 1 month, and 18 days."] ----- J. Sophina MONTEITH Dec. 9, 1808 Jan. 27, 1895 wife of A. A. ALEXANDER [*Original stone read Jane Sophina Monteith, wife of A.A. Alexander, died January 1895, age 86 yrs, 1 mo & 18 days"] [*Jane Sophina MONTEITH was the wife of Andrew Anslam ALEXANDER; married 24 Mar 1840]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
GRAYSON H. ALEXANDER JAN. 7, 1876 JULY 2, 1876 [HPC:  "Grace Halyburton Alexander, (sic) son of W. A. and M. E. Alexander; died July 2, 1875; age 5 months and 2 days."] ----- Grayson H. ALEXANDER Jan. 7, 1876 July 2, 1876 [*Original stone read: "Grace Halyburton Alexander, son of W.A. & M.E. Alexander, died July 2, 1875, age 5 months & 2 days"] [Grayson H. ALEXANDER was the son of William Abner and Margaret Elizabeth HAMPTON ALEXANDER]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
INFANT D[au]gh[t]e[r] of W. A. [&] M. [E.] A[lex]a[nder] [was given back] [to God Who gave] [Nov. 7, 1874]	Click on picture to view larger image
VIOLET JANE ALEXANDER MARCH 14, 1843 APRIL 4, 1874 ----- Violet Jane ALEXANDER March 14, 1843 April 4, 1874 [Violet Jane ALEXANDER was the daughter of Andrew Anslam and Jane Sophina MONTEITH ALEXANDER.]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
E. CORNELIA ALEXANDER DEC. 22, 1844 FEB. 4, 1877 [Not in HPC] ----- E. Cornelia ALEXANDER Dec. 22, 1844 Feb. 4, 1877 [*Elizabeth Cornelia ALEXANDER was the daughter of Andrew Anslam and Jane Sophina MONTEITH ALEXANDER. Never married.]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
LEIGH MONTEITH ALEXANDER JULY 20, 1879 MAY 1[8], 1897 [Not in HPC] ----- Leigh Monteith ALEXANDER July 20, 1879 May 13, 1897 [*Original stone read: "Leigh Alexander, July 20, 1879 - May 13, 1897"] [Leigh Monteith ALEXANDER was the son of William Abner and Margaret Elizabeth HAMPTON ALEXANDER]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]
SWANNIE MYRTLE HARRIS wife of RICHARD M. STEPHENS FEB. 1, 1911 JULY 5, 1963 [Not in HPC]
RICHARD M. STEPHENS North Carolina Sgt HQ Co 126 Infantry World War II Dec 26 1912          Jan 2 1962 [Not in HPC]
MINNIE ISABELLE BARKLEY, Wife of W. M. KERNS JUNE 2, 1867 MAY 19, 1898 KERNS [HPC:  "Minnie I. Barkley, wife of N. M. Kerns, June 2, 1867 -- May 19, 1896."]	Click on picture to view larger image
BRICE McKNIGHT Son of W. M. & MINNIE KERNS NOV. 22, 1897 APR. 16, 1898	Click on picture to view larger image
Wm. ABNER ALEXANDER FEB. 22, 1847 APRIL 5, 1913 [Not in HPC] ----- Wm. Abner ALEXANDER Feb. 22, 1847 April 5, 1913 [William Abner ALEXANDER was the son of Andrew Anslam and Jane Sophina MONTEITH ALEXANDER; he married in 1873 to Margaret Elizabeth HAMPTON]	[Jul 2005 photo] [ca 1989 photo]

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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