BLACK (J.L.) CEMETERY, LIMESTONE COUNTY ALABAMA
aka Mason Cemetery #2
Mapping the Location
Overview photos do not show well due to the dense foliage: 0228/0229
BLACK, Lena A., 22 Sep 1873 - 3 Aug 1898 (d/o James L. &
Rebecca A. Beckham Black) 0225/0226/0227
BLACK, Tyrie H., 23 Jan 1878 - 5 Mar 1912 (s/o James
L. & Rebecca A. Beckham Black) 0223/0224/0230/0231
STINSON, Nancy C., (cir 22 Jan 1825) - 17 Jun 1852 Aged 27
years, 4 months & 26 days, Consort of Andrew Stinson.
0218/0219/0221
TYRONE, C.M., ?2 ??? 1831 - ?? ??? 1899 (no other information available, stone broken,
likely to be C. M. Tyron, (matches his b. yr. date), in census below.)
0220C/0220
1880 United States Federal
Census HH# 176 Race: White
Black, J. L., 44 Head,
b. Tenn, Father: b. Virginia, Mother: b. North Carolina, Occupation-Farmer**
Black, R. A., 33 Spouse b. Ala
**
Black, T. M., 9 Spouse b. Ala
Black, Lena A., 6 Dau b.
Ala
Black, Mar F., 4 Dau
b. Ala
Black, Tyrone, 2 Son
b. Ala
Beckham, M. E., 61 Moth.in-Law b. Ala
David, B. B., 52 Aunt b.
Ala
Tyrone, C. M., 49 Uncle b. Ala
Tyrone, Lula, 16 Cousin b. Ala
** James L. Black,1835-1894, & wife Rebecca A. Beckham are buried just over a
mile north of here in the Henderson-Riddle Cemetery. They are the parents of
the interred children here: Lena A. & Tyrone "Tyrie" Black.
This cemetery presentation is based on the photography of C. Wayne Austin 12 Jun 2014, and the Census of 1880 & Linda Smith's book. This cemetery was presented in the book Limestone County Alabama Cemeteries by Linda H. Smith on page 300 as the Mason Cem#2. See Riddle, aka Henderson-Riddle Cemetery for a listing of these Black chidren's parents.