FARLEY-CRUTCHER CEMETERY (Shelton Rd) MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA
Mapping the Location

Overviews of the Farley-Crutcher Cemetery: 1751/1752/1753/1754/1794/1795/1796/1847/1848/1849/1850/1851/1852/1853
 

BISHOP, Julius W.,  1868 - 19?? 1784/footstone J.L.B.: 1786/1787
BISHOP, Myrtle L. Best, 1870 - 1941. 1784/footstone M.L.B.: 1785/1787
CANTEBURY, Eva C. Bishop, Sep 27, 1878 - Feb 28, 1904. wife of J. J. Canterbury, m. 1897. Farewell Sweet Eva thou shalt ever be a star to guide us up to Heaven. d/o Marion and Malvina Bishop 1781/1782
CRUTCHER, John W., Nov 9, 1868 - Mar 9, 1915.  (double headstone, weighs about 1,000 lbs, tumbled face down. Is this the John Crutcher that Dorothy Johnson mentions in her book?)1800/Footstone J.W.C.: 1801/1802
CRUTCHER, Nannie McCrary, Mar 7, 1875 - Apr 24, 1949. (double headstone, tumbled face down. Is this the John Crutcher that Dorothy Johnson mentions in her book?) no footstone)1800
CRUTCHER, Mattie F., Sep 15, 1867 - Jan 26, 1881, daughter of A.B. & H.E. Crutcher. 1807
CRUTCHER, Henry E., (ca Dec 31, 1849) - Apr 17, 1886, Age 36 Yrs, 3 Ms & 18 Ds., wife of A.B. Crutcher. The wife the Friend the Mother dear In dreamless sleep reposes here. 1797/1796L
CRUTCHER, William Henry, 1893 - 1958. 1803
CRUTCHER, Infant Crutcher, 1798
CRUTCHER, Edgar, 1896 - 1914. 1799
FARLEY, Michael M., ca 1782 - 1832. buried here - grave unmarked today; His grave may be an old fallen rock enclosure: view shooting west:1824/shooting south:1825/shooting north:1826/area view-the cemetery: 1752/married 3rd to Sarah Trotman, 1826. Two unknown wives. See Findagrave.com)
FARLEY, James Wesley, Jul 12, 1829 - Mar 11, 1890. s/o Michael Farley & Sarah Trotman Farley. Pvt Co E, 50th Ala Infantry, Confederate States Army. 1813/1814/military marker:1811/footstone initials J.W.F.:1815
FARLEY, Frances Ann (Crutcher) "Fannie", Jul 19, 1834 - Aug 6, 1906. (wife of and on stone with James Wesley Farley.) 1812/1814
FARLEY, John Benton, Sep 16, 1860 - Jul 6, 1910. s/o Michael Farley & Sarah Trotman Farley.To Good for Earth God called him home. 1790/1791
FARLEY, Martha "Mattie" McGaha, Apr 9, 1860 - Aug 20, 1924. w/o John Benton Farley.  1792/1793
FARLEY, Joseph Bruce, Mar 2, 1866 - Aug 28, 1894.  s/o Michael Farley & Sarah Trotman Farley; d. of Malaria. 1762/stone inscribers: 1763/top of stone:1764
FARLEY, Nancy Hesseltine Gillespie, Jul 22, 1868 - Jan 1, 1939. w/o Joseph Bruce Farley; m. 1892; d/o Campbell M. and Narcissa L. Gillespie, school teacher. 1760/1761
FARLEY, H.G., (no other information, only the footstone remains with the initials H.G.F.: 1779
FARLEY, Pryor Bailey, Oct 7, 1855 - Mar 14, 1890. s/o of James W. & Fannie Crutcher Farley, 1840/second stone with name and dates:1841/1842/footstone P.B.F.:1843/the rock wall enclosure:1846/1847
FARLEY, Sue McGaha, Jul 13, 1857 - Aug 20, 1924, wife of Pryor B., Farlay, m. 1878. 1840/footstone S. McG. F.:1844/the rock wall enclosure:1846/1847
FARLEY, Unknown, third grave inside massive rock wall enclosure for Pryor and Sue McGaha Farley./the rock wall enclosure: 1845/1846/1847
GILLESPIE, Campbell Milton, Jul 10, 1829 - Feb 7, 1910, Son of William Cowan and Narcissa Sharp Gillespie. Born in Maryville Tennessee. 1766/footstone C.M.G.:1780/1783
GILLESPIE, Lorinda Clark, Nov 22, 1832 - Jan 26, 1906, daughter of James & Mary Clark; w/o Campbell M. Gillespie. 1765/1783
GILLESPIE, Robert, May 19, 1890 - May 19, 1890, Child of Samuel C. & Eliza J. Gillespie. 1767/1770/footstone R.G.:1777/1778
GILLESPIE, John C., Sep 10, 1877 -  Jan 14, 1882, Child of Samuel C. & Eliza J. Gillespie. 1768/1770/footstone J.C.G.:1776/1778
GILLESPIE, James M., Sep 26, 1876 -  Jan 10, 1882, Child of Samuel C. & Eliza J. Gillespie. 1769/1770/footstone J.M.G.:1775/1778
GILLESPIE, George Houston, Mar 12, 1862 - Oct 24, 1887. son of C. M. & N. L. Gillespie; b. Blount Co. Tn. 1771/1773/footstone G.H.G.:1774/1778
GILLESPIE, Narcissa Elizabeth, Oct 25, 1853 - Feb 5, 1940.  d/o Campbell M. and Narcissa L. Gillespie 1772/1773
GILLESPIE, Sallie Farley, Dec 18, 1862 - Aug 10, 1887 d. typhoid; wife of P.M. Gillespie, m. 1881, daughter of J.W. & F.A. Farley, On that bright immortal shore we shall meet to part no more. 1827/1828/1829/1830
GILLESPIE, Helen Olive, Aug 1, 1883 - Oct 9, 1883, daughter of P.M. & S.F. Gillespie. 1831/1830
HYMER, Bluford, Jan, 1849 - Jan 10, 1915, Age 65 years Old. h/o Nancy Jane Whitman Hymer. 1755
ISOM, J.W., Oct 31, 1844 - May 6, 1900, Pvt Co G, 14th SC Infantry, Confederate States Army. 1756/military marker:1757/complete memorial:1758
TROTMAN, Samuel, Mar 4, 1794 - Sep 25, 1873, only the footstone with the initials S.T. and a base (missing the headstone) were found:1804/Picture of base:1805/Picture of footstone & base:1806**
TROTMAN, Mary F. (Aday), Aug 10, 1807 - Apr 23, 1871. Wife of Samuel Trotman. (no stone found unless the stone for Samuel was a double)**
TROTMAN, Yancy P., 1821 - 1891. 2nd Lt. Co. E., Ala. Infantry, Confederate States Army.  1819/1820/military marker:1821/1822/footstone Y.P.T.:1823
TROTMAN, Sarah, 1845 - 1923. 1819/1820/1822
TROTMAN, Sarah Eliza "Eliza", Nov 29, 1854 - May 18, 1880. Daughter of James & Caroline McGaha; wife of F.M. Trotman. 1836/1837/1838/footstone S.E.T.:1839
WILLIAMS, Sarah Taylor, Sep 5, 1877 - Jun. 6, 1880, daughter of J. D. & C. J. Williams,  Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest. God called thee home. He thought it best. 1816/1817

Large but fallen rock enclosure covering an unknown grave: view shooting west. May be for Michael Farley:1824/view shooting south:1825/view shooting north:1826
Fieldstone marked graves: 1759/1788/1789/(2) back to back graves marked only headstone/footstone using fieldstones:1809/only headstone using fieldstone:1810/Headstone and footstone of same two graves:1808/field stone grave near Saray Taylor Williams:1818
Fieldstones outside (south of) rock enclosure that may mark graves, if so they are fallen and likely misplaced: 1832/1833/1834/1835

**This stone may still be found. I did not probe the ground thoroughly enough to convince myself it was no there under the soil maybe as deep as 4 inches, or if fallen into the grave as deep as 2 feet. The grave has sunken some bearing that out.

Listings & Links developed by C. Wayne Austin 7 Jan 2015 using photos dated 6th of Jan 2015 by the same. This cemetery was presented on page  263-265 in the book Madison County Cemeteries Vol I, by Dorothy Scott Johnson. Present on Findagrave by folks that did not visit the cemetery. Whew! Rough visit! Can't say that I blame them.