Sons of Confederate Veterans
Camp #16
Brown Family Cemetery Adoption
Project
THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN, WILL THEY?
Private Brown, Nathaniel F. enlisted as a private in Company E,
34th Alabama Infantry.
Born Apr 25, 1842, died Apr 17, 1908. Private Brown is buried in
the Brown Family Cemetery, Highway 280, Dadeville AL, in Tallapoosa
County.
SCV General Robert E. Lee Camp #16 Auburn Al Area
has adopted Private Brown’s Family Cemetery with the Approval of
the Land owner Mr. Carl Pritchard.
Mr. Pritchard and the Robert E. Lee Camp has started
the restoration of the Cemetery by clearing the area, planting
grass, painting the Rail Fence, restoring the flag poles,
adding new pulley’s, ropes and Flags.
BEFORE RESTORATION |
RESTORED GRAVE SITE
(Click on image for larger view)
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The next project the Camp anticipates is to restore
Private Brown’s Grave and CSA Marker which is in dire need of restoration
as you can see in the picture.
Commander Jerry Purcell and Adjutant/Chaplain Dave
Crosslin met with Carl Pritchard to view the new flags, to discuss
Restoring Private Browns Grave and to add markers to at least two
unmarked graves as soon as funds are available, depending on contributions
and support.
Jerry and Dave reviews work to be
done to Restore Graves at Browns Confederate Cemetery at Dadeville
Alabama in January 2013
CEMETERY PRIOR TO RESTORATION
SCV Camp #16 Adopts Brown Family
Cemetery October 15, 2009
The Brown Family Cemetery lies 21.6
miles
from the intersection of highway 29 and highway 280, in Opelika
Alabama.
Brown Family Cemetery is directly across from the Alabama Funeral
Homes and Cremation Centers and Tallapoosa County Memory Gardens.
The address for the Centers and Memory Gardens is:
21927 Highway 280
Dadeville, AL 36853
The Brown Family resided on a large plantation which
stretch from the Dadeville city limits to the cemetery. The cemetery
land is now owned by Carl Pritchard, the owner of Alabama Funeral
Homes and Cremation Centers and Tallapoosa County Memory Gardens,
who designated the land around the Brown Cemetery to be the future
extension of Tallapoosa County Memory Gardens. Six
graves are marked, but
the enclosed fenced area made of old iron pipe looks to have 12
graves total.
C. A. Brown Wife of N. F. Brown Oct. 16, 1844 Aug.
2, 1920
Nathaniel F. Brown April 25, 1842 April 17, 1908 Aged 65
yrs 11 mos 22 das
John G. Brown Dec. 1, 1801 Jan. 7, 1889 Aged
88 yrs 1 mo 6 das
Miss America Brown Oct. 22, 1850 Jan. 27, 1931
Dau. of John G. Brown
Our Sister Sarah Jane Brown Feb. 11, 1831
Mar 13, 1890 59 yr 1 mo 2 das
Consort of W. F. Teat Ann Elizabeth
Brown Johnson Nov. 19, 1846 Jan 14, 1943
Richard Harvey Johnson
Nov. 19, 1839 Jan. 23, 1899 60 yrs 2 mos 4 das
The story of the brown family.
There were 7 brothers who went off to fight in the
war between the states. Five brothers died in the war and two brothers
returned.
The link below explains the importance
of cemetery restoration projects. If you want to learn what the
Texas Historical Committee can teach us about cemeteries, how to
clean markers, preserve stone and how it helps to retain our heritage,
click on the link below.
