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205    MCDADE FAMILY CEMETERY (circa 1850)

Location - In Cedar Grove Township off Lee's Chapel Rd (SR #1360) just off Efland-Cedar Grove Rd (SR #1357).

Coordinates: 36d 10m 56.4s N; 79d 10m 09.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Survey - The cemetery was surveyed by Ellen and Jim Kerley on September 10, 2005 in the company of Mac McDade, a family descendant.

Graves - There is one stone crypt with 2 burials (according to tradition) and 4 stones with 5 burials indicated.

Status - A small cemetery in a wooded area but cleared and well maintained by descendants.

1. McDade, John Alphonse   (b. 12 Feb 1807 - d. 17 Aug 1869)
According to tradition, buried in the crypt.
2. McDade, Nancy A.   (b. 19 Nov 1856 - d. 13 Dec 1862)
"Daughter of Woods and N. M. McDade" "Suffer the little children to come unto me". Daughter of William Woods McDade and Sarah Frances "Nannie" Murphy McDade.
3. McDade, Nancy A.   (b. 13 Feb 1861 - d. 28 Oct 1862)
"Daughter of J. M. and E. F. McDade" Said to be the daughter of John Mitchell McDade and Elizabeth F. Murphy McDade. (The parents are buried in Cem 010 - Cedar Grove UMC.)
4. McDade, Nancy M. Woods   (b. 20 Dec 1803 - d. bef 1850)
Wife of John Alphonse McDade. According to tradition, buried in the crypt.
5. McDade, Sarah Frances "Nannie" Murphy   (b. 14 Jan 1837 - d. 12 Apr 1862)
Wife of William Woods McDade. Stone shared with her husband.
6. McDade, Thomas W.   (b. 7 May 1872 - d. 26 Nov 1875)
"Son of J. M. and E. F. McDade" Said to be the Son of John Mitchell McDade and Elizabeth F. Murphy McDade. (The parents are buried in Cem 010 - Cedar Grove UMC.)
7. McDade, William Woods   (b. 15 Dec 1833 - d. 19 Mar 1862)
"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal" Stone shared with his wife. He was known as "Woods" as is indicated on the gravestone.