• Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area, Shared Work

    Posted on July 20th, 2010

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    Samuel Usher Dilley: Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area

    Samuel Usher Dilley: Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area

    Submitted by Joy Reid of Clinton, Mississippi
    FCCPA comment. Joy Reid feels confident she has finally identified the final resting place of her great great uncle Samuel Usher Dilley: the Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area. The cemetery’s location and history fit well with information garnered from family correspondence, official records, and advice provided by U.S. [...]

  • Current Projects, Lee Chapel Methodist Church

    Posted on July 13th, 2010

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    Lee Chapel Methodist Church: Cemetery At

    Lee Chapel Methodist Church: Cemetery At

    Lee Chapel was built in 1871 as a Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Robert E. Lee. The Chapel replaced Mount Carmel Church which had burned down. In 1923 the chapel closed because of “combined circumstances and impassable roads.” In 1939 the chapel reopened through the efforts of former members and new residents [...]

  • Meeting Notes

    Posted on July 13th, 2010

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    Congressional Cemetery Tour

    Congressional Cemetery Tour

    On Saturday June 12, 2010, FCCPA members took a guided tour of Congressional Cemetery led by FCCPA member and Congressional Cemetery docent, Dayle Dooley. We learned that in 1807 a burial ground for citizens in the east end of the new federal city was founded. In the first five years, 13 members of Congress, two [...]