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259    VIOLET PARK CEMETERY [WOLFS DEN]   -   Surname starts with L

Location - at the corner of Moline and Concord Streets, a block north of the old Hillside High School, across the street from St. Titus Church.

Coordinates: 35d 58m 40.5s N; 78d 54m 11.0s W Click here for Online Maps

This abandoned cemetery held the remains of over 1,900 graves. The cemetery was originally called Violet Park after the mother of John Merrick, one of three prominent black men who established the N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company in Durham at the turn of the century. The cemetery was later called Wolfs Den because of a vagrant who kept a number of large dogs and often slept in the graveyard.

The information for this cemetery was provided by Carrie McNair. She spent a month during the fall of 1994 extracting the names and dates from the vital statistic books kept by Durham County.



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1. Lambeth, Mildred   (b. - d. 27 Sep 1916)
2. Lambeth, Wright   (b. - d. 16 Mar 1923)
3. Laney, Bovery   (b. - d. 3 Jun 1929)
4. Laney, George   (b. - d. 22 May 1936)
5. Laney, Willie   (b. - d. 14 Oct 1932)
6. Langley, Infant of Susie   (b. - d. 20 Nov 1933)
7. Langley, William Junior   (b. - d. 27 Sep 1933)
8. Lanton, Estelle   (b. - d. 3 Apr 1923)
9. Largen, Troy Lee   (b. - d. 6 Oct 1941)
10. Lassiter, Leonard   (b. - d. 20 Apr 1936)
11. Lassiter, Mary Elizabeth   (b. - d. 19 Nov 1940)
12. Latta, Annie   (b. - d. 28 Jul 1918)
13. Latta, Gus   (b. - d. 17 Feb 1919)
14. Latta, Maggie   (b. - d. 19 Sep 1924)
15. Lawson, Infant of Beatrice   (b. - d. 4 Apr 1925)
16. Lawson, Infant of Willie   (b. - d. 8 Nov 1928)
17. Lea, Francis   (b. - d. 18 Feb 1927)
18. Leach, Chas   (b. - d. 2 May 1919)
19. Leach, Joseph E.   (b. - d. 31 May 1922)
20. Leak, James   (b. - d. 3 Dec 1927)
21. Leake, Anette   (b. - d. 8 Dec 1939)
22. Leathers, Albert L.   (b. - d. 11 Dec 1927)
23. Leathers, Infant of Clyde   (b. - d. 13 Dec 1931)
24. Leathers, Jim   (b. - d. 31 Oct 1924)
25. Leathers, John D.   (b. - d. 6 Feb 1932)
26. Leathers, Mary   (b. - d. 7 Jan 1923)
27. Leathers, Worth   (b. - d. 14 Aug 1933)
28. Lee, Grover   (b. - d. 9 Dec 1936)
29. Lee, Haywood   (b. - d. 25 Aug 1929)
30. Lee, Infant of Sam & Rosetta   (b. - d. 6 Oct 1924)
31. Lee, Julia M.   (b. - d. 9 Nov 1926)
32. Lee, Margaret   (b. - d. 13 May 1914)
33. Lee, Margaret R.   (b. - d. 6 Apr 1923)
34. Lee, Mary (baby)   (b. - d. 29 Oct 1936)
35. Lee, Sallie   (b. - d. 18 Nov 1915)
36. Legans, Gracie   (b. - d. 9 Oct 1917)
37. Leggett, Dorothy Delores   (b. 16 Aug 1939 - d. 23 Aug 1939)
Age 7 days
38. Lewis, George   (b. - d. 19 Jul 1921)
39. Lewis, Isaac   (b. - d. 20 May 1925)
40. Lewis, Nancy   (b. - d. 21 Nov 1928)
41. Lewis, Theodore Jones   (b. - d. 27 Sep 1939)
42. Little, Infant of Percey   (b. - d. 20 Aug 1929)
43. Long, Grady   (b. - d. 25 Sep 1921)
44. Long, James R.   (b. - d. 18 Dec 1926)
45. Long, Katie   (b. - d. 29 Mar 1930)
46. Long, Lucile   (b. - d. 22 Nov 1922)
47. Lowery, Ruth   (b. - d. 30 Jan 1932)
48. Lucas, Rixie   (b. - d. 7 Mar 1923)
49. Luck, Infant of Allen & Bettie   (b. - d. 9 Jun 1917)
50. Lunsford, Baby   (b. - d. 28 Jan 1920)
51. Lunsford, Fannie   (b. - d. 19 Jan 1916)
52. Lunsford, Infant   (b. - d. 15 Jul 1929)
53. Lyon, Annie S.   (b. - d. 21 Jan 1918)
54. Lyon, Infant of Ed   (b. - d. 7 Oct 1913)
55. Lyon, Lorena   (b. - d. 25 Oct 1916)
56. Lyons, Infant of Lovey   (b. - d. 20 Dec 1924)
57. Lyons, Infant of Robena   (b. - d. 10 Aug 1917)
58. Lyons, James   (b. - d. 24 May 1919)
59. Lyons, Lena   (b. - d. 25 Dec 1914)
60. Lyons, Mamie L.   (b. - d. 11 Jun 1915)
61. Lyons, Perlis   (b. - d. 2 Jul 1918)
62. Lyons, Ruby Lee   (b. - d. 6 Feb 1935)
63. Lyons, Wilbert   (b. - d. 11 Jan 1929)