Chestnut Springs Cemetery
Calhoun County, Mississippi, USA
The cemetery is located on land that once belonged to Jesse Pepper and was his family cemetery. His wife, Matilda Moon Payne Pepper, died 11/27/1853, just 22 days after her last child was born, and she was the first person buried here. According to Matilda's daughter, Margaret Rachel Pepper Douglas, Matilda knew she was dying and begged her husband Jesse to bury her in the corner of the garden under a peach tree she dearly loved, and he did as she asked. he died 12/18/1863, and is buried beside her. Their 4 daughter are also buried within 50 to 100 yards of this place where they were born. The graveyard became known as Chestnut Springs Cemetery in the late 1800s, taking its name from a Baptist Church located there.
The cemetery is located on land that once belonged to Jesse Pepper and was his family cemetery. His wife, Matilda Moon Payne Pepper, died 11/27/1853, just 22 days after her last child was born, and she was the first person buried here. According to Matilda's daughter, Margaret Rachel Pepper Douglas, Matilda knew she was dying and begged her husband Jesse to bury her in the corner of the garden under a peach tree she dearly loved, and he did as she asked. he died 12/18/1863, and is buried beside her. Their 4 daughter are also buried within 50 to 100 yards of this place where they were born. The graveyard became known as Chestnut Springs Cemetery in the late 1800s, taking its name from a Baptist Church located there.
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- Added: 30 Mar 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2255416
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