BROOKS-HENKEL CEMETERY
Lowndes Co., Miss.
BROOKS-HENKEL CEMETERY
Lowndes Co., Miss.
Location: On old Crawford--Starkville road about 2 miles west of Crawford and just east of the Oktibbeha-Lowndes county line. It is about three quarters of a mile north of the road at the end of a farm road that gives every evidence of being a private road.
Copied by: Rolfe B. Chase.Note: This cemetery is in a cedar tree grove. It is enclosed by an iron fence and has not been very well maintained, but is still in reasonably good condition.
T. J. Gray/Oct. 15, 1843/Aug. 6, 1887.
Emma A./dau. of/J. J. & P. C. Gray/Feb. 26, 1853 (or 1858)/May 17, 1863.
Thomas Jefferson Gray/Feb. 25, 1804/May 20, 1858/New stone.
T. J. Gray/Feb. 26, 1804/May 20, 1858/Old stone.
Phebe C Gray/Jul. 19, 1819/Jul. 8, 1882/Age 62 y, 11 m, 19 d.
H. A. Gray/Jan. 19, 1847/Oct. 2, 1889.
Elizabeth/wife of/A. G. Henkel/Apr. 22, 1828/Nov. 29, 1896.
Albert G. Henkel/Dec 6, 1816/Dec. 24, 1872.
AIbert Gilmore Henkel, Married Elizabeth, dau. of Allen Brooks. Jonathan Henkel, father of Albert, came from Chester, S. C. Settled in Noxubee Co , about 1839. He is buried 2 mile south of Crawford. (Crude stone dated 1860).
Mary Narcissa/dau. of/Albert & E. Henkel/wife of T. Kier/Sep. 1, 1844/Feb. 28, 1873.
Hettie (or Bettie) Kinsler/dau. of/W. K. & M. N. Hollinshead/and stepdaughter of T. Kier/Jan. 22, 1865/Jul. 5, 1869.
Willie Lella/dau. of/W. K. & M. N. Hollinshead/and stepdaughter of T. Kier/ Dec. 13, 1861/Oct. 9, 1866.
Will Stovall Henkel/Sep. 14, 1881/Oct. 28, 1938.
James A./son of J. O. & Marietta Henkel/Jun. 7, 1878/Aug. 19, 1894.
James Oliver Henkel/Jul. 4, 1858 (Or 1853)/Jul. 28, 1921.
Marietta/wife of/J. O. Henkel/Sep. 20, 1857/Dec. 13, 1883.
Margaret Ann Brooks/Nov. 24, 1839/Sep. 2, 1880/Age 20 y, 9 m, 8 d.
Mary E./dau. of/T. B. & P. G. Williams/Oct. 28, 1837/Aug. 1844
Eva/dau. of/J. G. & N. E. Carroll/Sep. 6, 1875/Oct. 2, 1881.
Allison Perry/son of/Allen & Narcissus Brooks/Nov. 1, 1832/Aug 2, 1842.
Marcissus/consort of/Allen Brooks/Nov. 16, 1804/Oct 9, 1860/Age 55 y, 10 m, 23 d.
Allen Brooks/Jul. 14, 1792/Oct. 21, 1866/Age 74. (See note at end of cemetery data).
Mattie A./wife of/W. H. Harvey, Jr./Sep. 30, 1876/Dec. 1, 1896.
Addie B./wife of J. O. Henkel/May 7, 1853 (or 1859)/Jan. 5, 1900.
Henry Harvey Henkel/Nov. 23, 1895/Oct. 5, 1937.
Hunter S. Henkel/Jul. 10, 1891/Feb. 10, 1947.
Eleanor/wife of/James R. Randle/Oct. 14, 1830/Dec. 4, 1862
John Mac Brooks/Jul. 24, 1837/Aug. 23, 1860.
J W./Infant son of/J. M. & H. T. Brooks/B. Sep. 8, 1849.
J. C. Lee/son of/J. M. & H. T. Brooks/Jun. 19, 1862/Jun 29, 1869.
Mattie Lee/Dau. of/J. M. & H. T. Brooks/Jan. 21, 1868/Sep. 2, 1871.
The following two items were in Cemetery Records of Oktibbeha County but not found by me (Hendrix):
Catharine/consort of/J. G. Carraway/& dau. of Allen & Narcissus Brooks/ Apr. 25, 1823/Jul. 20, 1858.After Allen Brooks/1792/1866/(P. 65), The Oktibbeha Records add:
"Nicajah, Allen & Terrell Brooks of Warren Co., Ga. came to Miss.
about 1830. Their father, Jacob Brooks, was a soldier in the Rev.
War. 1960."
Below Items were sent in by Bettie Calvert
Lowndes, Mississippi Genealogy & History Network