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Forwood Cemetery Near Gosport Clarke County Ala

FORWOOD CEMETERY and PHOTO'S
NEAR GOSPORT CLARKE COUNTY ALA.
LOCATED NEXT TO HWY 84 BETWEEN COFFEVILLE AND BIRMINGHAM
Cemetery and Photos compiled by Kathryn L Tindle (My Mom)
Photos taken in 1984
 
 

 
NAME
BIRTH
DEATH
STONE INSCRIPTION AND DESCRIPTION
Franklin P. Forwood
(Franklin Pierce)
May 9, 1855
Oct 29, 1911
"Love and affection nephew"
(Flat stone, with corner chipped)
Walter Forwood
Aug 29, 1852
Feb 22, 1903
"He took thee from a world of care In everlasting bliss to share"
(Older White stone, upright)
Martha J Forwood
(nee Martha J Morriss)
wife of Samuel Forwood
Jan 28, 1814
Jan 17, 1896
"Though lost to sight to memory dear"
(Older white stone, upright)
1st stone for
Samuel Forwood
May 7, 1799
Oct 27, 1892
(Newer stone, upright, erected behind original, which is flat on the ground, and has been broken and repaired. the older stone appeared to have been vandalized.)
2nd stone for
Samuel Forwood
May 7, 1799
"In Harford Co. MD."
(Deer Field, Hartford, Co., though stone lacks T)
Oct 27, 1892
"In Gosport, Clarke Co., Ala."
"Secretary of Suggsville Chamber"
(Newer stone, upright, erected behind original, which is flat on the ground, and has been broken and repaired. the older stone appeared to have been vandalized.)  (There may have been another word or two, but it appears that this lower portion was under earth before being repaired, and is unreadable.)
In Memory of 
ROBERT M. FORWOOD
(Robert Morriss Forwood)
Son of Samuel and 
Martha J. Forwood
Jan 30, 1846
"He was born January 30, 1846" 
(The rest is beneath the surface.) 
(Small white, upright, older stone, partially sunken, and covering part of the inscription.)
In Memory of 
AMOR T. FORWOOD 
(Amor Talley Forwood) 
Son of Samuel and 
Martha J. Forwood
April 1, 1860
April 1, 1860
(Unreadable script beneath that begins "Farewell, dear Amor.....")
(Older white, upright stone)
In Memory of 
JULIA A. E. FORWOOD
daughter of Samuel and Martha J Forwood
Who departed this life by a cotton bale falling on her Feb 7th 1845
aged 9 yrs. & 25 days
(Older flat stone, right next to and almost touching John forwood's stone, but not the Same Stone.)
In Memory of 
JOHN AMOR FORWOOD
Son of Samuel and
Martha J. Forwood
he departed this life 
April 9, 1852
aged 12 yrs 7 months and thirteen days
(The stone next to Julia A.E. Forwood. Flat, like hers.)
Martha Elizabeth Forwood
(nee Martha Elizabeth Coate)
1853
1936
"God be with you till we meet again"
(Newer, upright stone)
Samuel Henderson Forwood
1849
1912
"God be with you till we meet again"
(Newer, upright stone)
John Forwood
Son of S.H. and M.E. Forwood
Sept 12, 1891
"God be with you till we meet again"
(Older, upright stone)

 
This family can also be found in Broderbund's FTW Vol. 9, Tree #1264, submitter unknown. Whomever submitted it was unaware of these death dates, but the tree goes back another several generations to England from Samuel Forwood, b 1799

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