This
private cemetery is located on the D’Lo-Cato Road, approximately 3 miles
north of D’Lo, Mississippi, near Bethel Methodist Church, within lands
homesteaded by the family of Archibald Colquhoun in 1842.The
Colquhoun Cemetery and the Sinclair Cemetery between the Colquhoun Cemetery
and Bethany Methodist Church are maintained by Bethany Methodist Church.All
individuals buried in the cemetery are related to the family descended
from Archibald Colquhoun and his wife Flora Ray Colquhoun.The
original spelling of the name was Colquhoun; gravestone evidence indicates
the families began spelling the name as Calhoun after 1911.
Archibald
COLQUHOUN, SRdouble
stone with next
b.May 30, 1788
d.Sept. 12, 1851
Flora
Ray
Wife of Archb COLQUHOUNdouble stone with prior
b.Sept. 9, 1799
d. May 18, 1870
“Father and Mother thou has from us flown”.
The stone is broken, but still legible. It does not mark the grave of this couple, who are buried in an old cemetery near Cato. When the old cemetery was allowed to grow up, roots of trees uprooted markers and many gravestones were removed, including this tombstone, which was later found by family members and brought to the Colquhoun Cemetery for safekeeping.
Genealogy: Archibald Colquhoun, son of Lauchlin
and Mary Colquhoun of Cumberland Co, NC, and Flora Elizabeth Ray,probably
the daughter of Angus Ray, a neighbor in NC, posted marriage bonds in Cumberland
Co., NC 1/28/1817.They were the
parents of 9 children:Maryb.
1818, Catharineb. 3/19/1821, Lauchlin
b. 6/13/1823, John b. 6/1/1827, Annab.
1831, Flora b. 12/14/1833,Margaret
b. 1837,Eliza b. 5/29/1838 and Archibald
b. 10/15/1840.
Catharine
COLQUHOUN,
wife
of J. COLLINSON single
marker with following 2
b.Mar
19, 1821
d.Oct. 31, 1903
John COLLINSONsingle marker with prior and following
b.Apr. 5, 1816
d.Mar. 28, 1876
Archibald
John
son
of J. & C. COLLINSONsingle
marker with prior 2
b.Mar.
1, 1861
d.Sept.
7, 1882
Four
sided columnar monument; no grave.Three
sides of the marker contains names and records above; the fourth side contains
a poem:
Mother
thou art now at homeAmong angels
fair above
But
yet below thy child must remain Till summoned by His love
Genealogy:Catharine
Colquhoun, daughter of Archibald and Flora Ray Colquhoun, married John
Collinson, a widower from North Carolina with a son: William Collinson.
The couple were the parents of two children:Archibald
John b. 3/1/1861 and Flora Annb.
1864, and also raised William Collinson b. 1844.
Charlie T. CALHOUN
US. Marine
Corps WWII
b.May
17, 1906
d.Jun.
2, 1984
Genealogy:
Charlie Tillman Calhoun, son of James Archibald and Mary Millie Gibson
Calhoun, married Geneva Rees, and they had one child: Russell Arthur Calhoun.
John COLQUHOUN (Masonic
emblem above name)
b.June 1, 1827
d.Dec. 14, 1909
“An amiable father here lies at rest, he ever God with his image blest,
The friend of man, the friend of truth, the friend of age, the guide of youth”
Mary A.
Wife of Jno. COLQUHOUN
b.Oct. 15, 1835
d.Dec. 11, 1884
“A loving wife, a mother dear, a faithful friend lies buried here”
Genealogy:John
Colquhoun, son of Archibald and Flora Ray Colquhoun, married Mary Ann “Polly”
Conerly, daughter of Cullen William and Levisa Lewis Conerly, on 12/05/1855
in Pike Co., MS., After her death John remarried; his second wife, Rosa
Kendall, is not buried in the Colquhoun Cemetery, but is buried in the
Slay plot in the Mendenhall Cemetery.John
and Polly Conerly Colquhoun were the parents of 12 children:James
Archibald “Jimmie” b. 9/03/1856,Charles
Walton “Charlie” or “Walter” b. 2/16/1858, Levicie Catherine b. 2/25/1860,
John Cullen b. 12/19/1861, Owen Lauchlin b. 7/17/1864, Mary Lucy b. 8/11/1866,
Flora Elizabeth or Eliza b. 6/27/1868, Lenora Alice b. 8/14/1870, Silas
Lee b. 2/16/1872, Harriet Ann “Hattie” b. 12/12/1873, William Marion b.
2/18/1876 and Robert Norman b. 11/03/1878.
Levicie
C.
Wife
of A.A. PONDER
b.Feb.
25, 1860
d.Apr.
19, 1891
“As
a wife devoted, as a mother affectionate, as a friend ever kind and true”
Genealogy.Levicie
Catherine Colquhoun, daughter of John and Polly Conerly Colquhoun, married
Alvin Anselum “Rip” Ponder,
son of James Madison and Mary Polly Thomas Ponder; they had the following
children: Mary Annb.
10/21/1878, Alice Viola b. 6/24/1880, John Alvin b. 1/30/1882, Mattie Lee
b.12/31/1883, James Madison b.12/18/1885, Carrie Bell b. 11/07/1887, Sarah
Eliza b. 8/02/1889.Rip Ponder is
not buried in Colquhoun Cemetery.After
Levicie’s death, he remarried, and is buried in County Line Cemetery, Rankin
Co., MS beside his second wife, Isabel Stephens Ponder. Isabel
“Bell” Stephens gave birth to the following children: Lacy b. 2/5/1896,
Lona b. 10/1897, Thomas Roy b. 5/20/1898, Charlie Lowery b. 2/22/1901,
Percy Powell b. 4/14/1904
Hattie
Ann CALHOUN
b.Dec.
12, 1873
d. Nov.
4, 1954
“Asleep
in Jesus”
Genealogy.Harriet
Ann “Hattie” Calhoun, daughter
of John and Polly Conerly Colquhoun, never married.She
was blinded by typhoid fever when she was 14 years old.
William
Marion CALHOUN“Papa”
b.Feb.
18, 1876
d.Sept.
16, 1955
“Rest
is thine and sweet remembrance ours”
Lissie
Ann CALHOUN“Mother”
b. June
14, 1879
d. Jan.
21, 1960
“Your
memory is dear to us”
Genealogy.William
Marion Calhoun, son of John and Polly Conerly Colquhoun, married Melissa
Ann Shotts in 1898, and they had the following children:Estus
Alford b. 2/7/1900, an unnamed infant b/d. 6/06/1904, William LeRoy b.
8/9/1905 and Elbert Conley b. 10/10/1910
Estus
AlfordCALHOUN
b. Feb.
7, 1900
d.Mar.
8, 1990
“His
life a dedication – his memory an inspiration”
Genealogy:Estus
Alford Calhoun, son of William Marion and Melissa Ann “Lissie” Shotts Colquhoun,
never married.
Infant
son of
W.M.
& Lissie CALHOUN
b.6/06/1904
d. 6/06/1904
Elbert
Conley CALHOUN(Masonic
emblem)
b.Oct.
10, 1910
d.Feb.
12, 1956
“Loved
by God and Man”
Madge
E. CALHOUN
b.Nov.
23, 1912
d.Dec.
30, 1979
Genealogy.Elbert
Conley Calhoun, son of William Marion and Melissa Shotts Calhoun,married
Madge Echols 11/7/1941.The couple
had no children.
Ferlista
Shotts WILLIAMS
b.June
14, 1879
d.Sept.
15, 1978
“at
rest”
Genealogy.Ferlista
Williams is the only person in the graveyard not directly related to a
descendant of Archibald Colquhoun.She
was the twin sister of Melissa Ann Shotts, who married William Marion Calhoun,
both of whom are also buried in Colquhoun Cemetery.
J.
A. CALHOUN
b.Sep.
3, 1856
d.Dec.
23, 1943
Mary
M. CALHOUN
b.Jan.
12, 1868
d.Nov.
2, 1948
Genealogy:
James Archibald “Jimmie” Calhoun, son of John
and Polly Conerly Colquhoun, married Mary
Millie Gibson 10/09/1889; they had the following children: Mary Carolyn
“Polly” b. 1/27/1892,Margaret Emery
b. 1/03/1894,John Lewis b. 11/27/1895,Alice
Estelle b. 11/12/1897, Ethel Lorena b. 7/22/1900, Robert Daniel “Dan” b.
10/23/1902 and Charles Tillman b. 5/17/1906
Zula
Mae
Daughter
of R.N. & M.C. COLQUHOUN
b. Aug.
10, 1909
d. Mar.
15, 1911
Genealogy:Zula
Mae Colquhoun, daughter of Robert Norman and Martha Columbia “Lummie” Catron
Colquhoun/Calhoun, died in a flu epidemic in Simpson County.
George
Son
of R.N & M.C. COLQUHOUN
b.Dec.
28, 1910
d. Jan.
25, 1911
Genealogy:George
Harrison Colquhoun, son of Robert Norman and Martha Columbia
“Lummie” Catron Colquhoun/Calhoun died in a flu epidemic in Simpson County.
Jessie
L. MCINTYRE
b.Jan.
3, 1873
d.Apr.
20, 1960
Ada
A. McINTYRE
b.Nov.
10, 1889
d.July
6, 1982
Genealogy.Jessie
Laughlin McIntyre, son of John and Margaret Colquhoun McIntyre, married
Ada Edocie Albritton around 1910; they had the following children:Nerta
Ree b. 1/3/1911, Alton Laughlin b. 7/7/1915, and Orville Lafayette, date
unknown.
Nerta
Ree
Dau.
of J.L. & A.E. McINTYRE
b.Jan.
3, 1911
d.Jun.
18, 1913
Genealogy.Nerta
Ree McIntyre is the daughter of Jessie Laughlin and Ada Edocie Albritton
McIntyre.
Alton
L. McINTYRE(combined
stone [single base] with following)
b.July
7, 1915
d.Oct.
16, 1989
Bradis
McINTYRE(combined
stone [single base] with previous)
b.May
26, 1926
Genealogy:Albert
Laughlin McIntyre, son of Jessie Laughlin and Ada Edocie Albritton McIntyre
married twice; first to Frances ___, and second to Bradis Bowen Toney.Her
stone was incomplete as of 2001.