GOOCH-DUBLIN CEMETERY, Hughes Road, MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA

Mapping the Location

Area overviews of the cemetery as it stands demolished but repairable: 3538L/3538/3539/3540/3541/3542/3543/3544/3545/3546/3547/3548

DUBLIN, William, son of James & Ellin Dublin, Dec 9, 1827 - Aug 2, 1843. (broken double stone) 3527A/main part resting against the cedar tree trunk: 3527
My Nephew, William Dublin, son of James & Ellin Dublin, Born Dec 9th 1827, Died Aug 2nd 1843, Aged 16 years 8 months and 22 days. Blessed are they that die in the Lord
GOOCH, George W., son of Roland & Elizabeth Gooch, Dec 15 1816 - Aug 7, 1839. (broken double stone) 3527A/main part resting against the cedar tree trunk: 3527
My Brother, George W. Gooch, son of Roland & Elizabeth Gooch, Born Dec 15th 1816 Died Aug 7th, 1839. Aged 23 years, 7 months and 8 days. Blessed are they that die in the Lord.
GOOCH, Roland (Rowland),  Apr 22, 1778 - Aug 29, 1850. 3531
GOOCH, Elizabeth "Betsey" McGehee,  Apr 16, 1780 - Feb 25, 1858. 3533A/Elizabeth Gooch memorial before matching up to the top:3529
My Mother, Elizabeth Gooch, daughter of William & Martha McGhee, wife of Roland Gooch, born April 16, 1780, died Feb 25, 1858, aged 77 years 10 months, 9 months & 9 dayes. Blessed are they that die in the Lord.  
GOOCH, Nathaniel Matson,  Feb 2, 1819 - Dec 30, 1901. (No inscribed stone found 15 Dec 2014)
GOOCH, John M.,  1866 - 1895. (No inscribed stone found 15 Dec 2014)
GOOCH, Susan Caroline Litzy,  Jun 23, 1833 - Jul 3, 1912.  (No inscribed stone found 15 Dec 2014)
STEWART, Katie S.,  Apr 2, 1897 - Aug 28, 1904. (No inscribed stone found 15 Dec 2014)

Probably the footstone for Elizabeth Gooch's grave. It is misplaced. 3514
William Dublin & George W. Gooch before matching up more of the stone parts: 3528/3532
Part of Elizabeth Gooch's monument before matching up more stone parts:3533
What I found in parts of stones before reassembling them somewhat and also chalking them for reading:3505/3506/3507/3508/3509/3511/3512/3515/3516/3517/3518
/3519/3520/3521/3523/3524/3525/3526
Two bases sticking from the ground. Probably matches some of the stones broken off and scattered about: 3536/3537
Footstones no inscription.. Not possible at this time to determine which headstone it belongs to: 3510/3522/3534/3535/top does not fit the second and third part of this one: 3530/3513
 

What I found was a hodge podge of (vandalized) misplaced pieces of stone for this cemetery. This was mixed in with a bunch of old rotten lumber and a fallen log. I set about trying to gather the separated parts into one set of stones. I found I had only four inscriptions on three stones, and some other parts without inscription which were probably footstones. There were bases still intact in the ground. There was no clear way to get the parts set over the graves except some of them protruded from the ground next to the bench leaving future work there. Roland & Elizabeth Gooch, William Dublin & George W. Gooch are the stones found and assembled. They were broken up and scattered about. I actually put some of them together graphically as I figured out more of them from the photos than actually on site. This was evidently the grounds of an old Methodist Church, so there must be many more unmarked graves. I could easily identify two of those but deep leaves covered many others I presume.

I cut a path thru the brush to this cemetery for future visitors. That was mostly eliminating thorny pear limbs.  That is from the side on the parking lot of the building along Hughes Road to the cemetery which is the best access. This is between building address 411 & 401 Hughes Road which lines up with the cemetery 50 yards away.

Listings & Links developed by C. Wayne Austin 16 Dec 2014 using photos dated 15 Dec 2014 by the same. This cemetery was omitted from the book Madison County Cemeteries Vol I & II. Present on Findagrave by someone that did not visit the cemetery.