Secrest Family Cemetery

Monroe Township, Union County, North Carolina

Located on Secrest Short Cut Road in the woods across from Grace United Methodist Church

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Recorded by Charles Bivens September 21, 1979

Printed from the cemetery files of Ann Medlin Price

Photos provided by Patricia Poland.

Update Jan. 6, 2010 - From Patricia Poland:

A group led by Tony Way, member of Grace United Methodist Church and

SCV Sgt. Ivy Ritchie Camp 1734 has been working hard to clean up this cemetery

and repair some of the stones. Worth Barbee, a member of James Miller SCV Camp

has also helped.

Bass, Serena

Nov 22, 1853-June 25, 1857

    S/o John C. & Elenor Secrest Bass

Bass, William

Nov 22, 1863-Nov 27, 1865

    S/o John C. & Elenor Secrest Bass

Kiziah, Daniel

Died Aug 18, 1852

Secrest, A.J. (Abram John)

Aug 19, 1805-July 20, 1883

    S/o Andrew & Nancy W. Secrest

Secrest, A.J. C.

Died Sept 2, 1854--Age 9 years 7 months

Secrest, Elizabeth M.L. (Dunlap)

Jan 9, 1854-Mar 10, 1875

    1st w/o J.D.A. (Jacob Doctor Alvin)

    He is buried at Grace United Methodist Church

    with his 2nd wife, Nancy R. Wentz Condor

    Elizabeth also has a grave stone there.

Secrest, J.F.

Died Sept 11, 1854--Age 2 years

Secrest, J.M.

Nov 1826-Mar 1876

Secrest, John A. Co. B 15th Regt N.C. Volunteers

Killed  Sept 20, 1864 at Yorktown

Secrest, M.L.

Dec 12, 1807-Jan 30, 1883--67 yr 5 mo

Secrest, Millie (Emilla) Pyron w/o A.J. Secrest

Aug 3, 1809-May 19, 1898

    D/o William and Mary Powell Pyron

    Her headstone reads "At rest--honored, beloved

    and wept--here Mother lies"

Secrest, Thomas A. Co. A. 48th Regt N.C. Volunteers

Killed in S.C. Feb 27, 1863 21 yr 4 days

Secrest, William A. 1st Regt N.C. Volunteers

Died Sept 1, 1861--24 years

Wentz, Jeremiah

June 26, 1802-Mar 4, 1895

Wentz, Margaret R. w/o Jeremiah Wentz

Dec 12, 1807-Jan 30, 1883

Several stone that can no longer be read.

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This page updated Jan. 6, 2010 by Julie Hampton Ganis