MATHEW’s Cemetery
MATHEW’s Cemetery is located in Seffner, Hillsborough Co FL. It is .8 mi north from Hwy 574 on Taylor Rd, cornering Auburn Rd; and, 2.7 mi east from I-75.
The 2 acres of land was originally given by the Frank MATHEW’s family; and deeded as a burial ground sometime in the 1800’s. The cemetery is enclosed by a gated chain-link fence; and covered by huge grandfather oaks hung in moss. It’s both peaceful and beautiful.
The plots are somewhat in rows...for this purpose I’ll call them rows. I’ve surveyed from north to south, front to back from Taylor Rd. I’ve read the markers as best I could. There are many graves without headstones; marked with bricks, shells, or just indentions in the ground.
**Brackets by last names indicates a shared headstone marker.
1st row:
COLEMAN, Donald P. |
1934/01/10-2001/10/14 |
2nd row:
MITCHELL, James Moyer |
1961/12/06-1981/11/16 |
MANNING, Romaine Josephine |
1920/09/27-1996/09/25 |
HAMMONS, Luther G. |
1917/06/10-1971/11/23 |
KING, Shirley Ann |
1948/03/27-1948/04/14 |
NEWMAN, Harry
H |
1920/05/19-1944/10/06 |
**NEWMAN, William D |
1891/05/02-1955/09/30 |
NEWMAN, Dorothy |
1918-1961 |
**BLACKSTON, Amos
K |
1897/04/19-1962/12/09 |
**CHAPMAN, “Mother”
Augusta E. |
1895/03/28-1966 no other dates |
“Baby Girl” |
(no other names or dates) |
3rd row:
**SUMMERS, Charles
T |
1905-1965 |
LEVERETT, Elmer
Lee |
1935/09/09-blank |
4th row:
BARNETT, Elwyn B |
1910/03/30-1964/07/09 |
DRURY, Mary Bell |
1913/08/14-1992/12/10 |
CARTA, Amelia |
no dates |
PARSONS, “Mother” Martha E. |
1885/12/13-1970/10/13 |
LOPEZ, Edward J. |
1883/07/24-1918/10/26 |
TAYLOR, Richard G. |
1849/03/03-1928/05/07 |
WATSON, Joseph V. |
1903/12/03-1940/09/09 |
TAYLOR, Dora E. |
1906/04/28-1992/09/12 |
**SMITH, Thomas
Terrell |
1851/10/24-1936/06/01 |
odd shaped standing marble stone, no engravings |
|
** WALLINGFORD &
LYONS |
|
LYONS, Edward E. |
1906-1936(?) |
** CAIN, William S. |
1888/08/14-1971/07/24 |
CAIN, Frank Elery |
1927/09/22-1928/05/17 |
SMITH, Frank Edward |
1941/07/09-1942/05/14 |
** SMITH, Charlie |
1895-1948 |
5th row:
MATHEWS, Mollie |
1882/03/17-1889/03/28 |
MATHEWS, Nellie |
1891/04/05-1907/10/25 |
MATHEWS, Sallie |
1902/08/29-1911/09/18 |
ELLIS, Ruth A. |
1906-1909 |
ELLIS, Willie Lee |
1909-1909 |
**ELLIS, Ozellor |
1887/10/12-1967/09/30 |
ELLIS, Little Joe |
1917/11/26-1962/03/23 |
HENDERSON, “Grammie” Juanita G. |
1928/07/07-2000/02/22 |
HENDERSON, “Gator Tail” Robert A. |
1952/02/26-1988/06/14 |
ANDA, Betty Jo |
1936/07/4-1983/02/07 |
BOATWRIGHT, Paul Wesley |
1925/09/29-1937/06/06 |
BOATWRIGHT, Betty Joe |
1927/12/06-1937/06/06 |
6th row:
**MATHEWS, George Charles |
1904/03/25-1989/09/30 |
**WHEATLEY, John
R |
1883/04/07-1943/10/26 |
MATHERS, Henry
H |
1841/03/10-1868/01/15 |
MATHEWS, Henry |
1842/03-1868/06 |
BRANCH, Fannie
E. |
1857/02/06-1885/05/26 |
BRANCH, Frank |
1877/02/18-1934/07/31 |
BRANCH, Fannie
TAIT nee BRANCH |
1882-1906 |
BRANCH, James
Madison |
1885/08/18-1938/10/30 |
BRANCH, Keziah
Elizabeth |
1857/06/25-1941/04/10 |
GARDNER,
Billy |
1927/03/06-1963/06/05 |
**GARDNER, Gettis |
1906/03/27-1981/10/22 |
GARDNER, Francis |
1932/06/10-1932/06/12 |
next graves inside 3’ chainlink fence enclosure within cemetery on south side |
|
APRNDEK, Joseph |
1882/05/11-1943/01/25 |
APPRNDEK, Henrietta |
1868/01/15-1965/06/11 |
COLEMAN, Vester V. |
1904-1983 |
COLEMAN, Kilby Abner |
1880-1962 |
COLEMAN, Mable Agnes |
1889-1965 |
unmarked brick-lined grave |
|
BEAUPRE’, Henrietta Taylor |
1914/10/19-1974/10/06 |
THOMPSON, Jimmy E. |
1937/01/07-1996/09/06 |
TAYLOR, Mollie Z. |
1892/05/21-1987/06/25 |
TAYLOR, Richard Henry |
1887/11/04-1944/12/01 |
several ground indentions, possibly other unmarked graves |
|
RINEHART, Mitchell
Walter |
1957/10/04-1986/12/07 |
7th row:
CLAVILLE, William H. |
1846/01/06-1920/11/07 |
CLAVILLE, Mary |
1842/04/29-1915/03/04 |
**ENGLISH, “Mother”
Abigail |
1805/05/?-1868/08/22 |
MATHEWS, George Charles Jr |
1937/01/11-1939/01/12 |
MATHEWS, Nancy A. |
1875/08/03-1948/12/15 |
MATHEWS, Henry C. (Bub) |
1870/08/12-1960/02/18 |
MATHEWS, Annie
Hazel |
1905/06/03-1906/09/09 |
MATHEWS, W.S. |
1866-1937 |
MATHEWS, Josephine |
1844/08/08-1931/03/13 |
MATHEWS, W.C. |
1838/08/14-1910/04/11 |
MATHEWS, J.F. |
1877/04/03-1879/08/23 |
MATHEWS, F.R. |
1865/07/17-1870/08/23 |
MATHEWS, Frank |
1812/10/17-1904/04/06 |
MATHERS, Fannie
A. |
1819/12/24-1868/01/24 |
CALDON, Eliza J. |
1852/11/17-1873/04/05 |
MATHEWS, Mary
Elizabeth |
1843/06/18-1917/01/15 |
GRAVES, William Henry |
1849-blank |
**GARDNER, Johnny |
1901/01/19-1983/07/07 |
**GARDNER, John
G. |
1874/12/08-1925/01/10 |
brick-lined grave, no marker |
|
GARDNER, Lacy |
1900-1930 |
flat marker stone “Marguerite” no dates |
|
**BOURQUARDEZ, Arthur
H. |
1899/1969 |
GONZALEZ, Linda Louise |
1962/06/11-1975/07/06 |
SMITH, Marguerite Taylor |
913/08/06-1986/06/21 |
LAUBER, “Loving Father of Michael Timothy LAUBER Michelle-Dawn-Michael |
1960/11/20-1987/06/22 |
several thin stone markers in area, no engravings |
8th row:
**BARBER, “Father”
Elbert P. |
1849/08/19-1928/06/20 |
BARBER, Susan M. |
1844/07/17-1912/05/30 |
BARBER, Mannie “son of J.D.&L.E.” |
1902/11/10-1911/07/12 |
BARBER, Curtis “son of J.D.&L.E.” |
1905/01/30-1905/05/20 |
**BARBER, J.
Dallas |
1871/06/13-1964/10/02 |
HOLLOWAY, infant |
1894 |
BRITTON, D.W. |
1889/01/06-1908/12/10 |
GRANTHAM, Jack Jr (Jesse Jackson Jr) |
1879/10/10-1902/12/27 |
GRANTHAM, Eliza
Jane |
1848/12/03-1900/12/26 |
GRANTHAM, J.J. |
1845/12/07-1907/05/19 |
FOSTER, M.E. |
1833/05/30-1909/09/13 |
small stone “M.E.M.” |
|
GRANTHAM, J.H. |
1871/12-1924/06 |
**CARROLL, Elizabeth
G. |
1869/08/18-1910/12/18 |
CARROLL, G.E |
1851/12/07-1926/10/06 |
Lay-flat handmade concrete markers on many GRANTHAM, BRANCH & CARROLL graves made by Matthew Eli GRANTHAM, eldest son of JJ & Eliza GRANTHAM |
|
CLARK, Thomas
J. |
1874/11/04-1928/06/07 |
this area surrounded by what appears as unmarked graves. |
|
**ELLIS, Otis
Theodore |
1912/07/05-1991/01/27 |
ELLIS, Teddy Randolph |
1931/12/03-1932/02/28 |
many concrete corner posts in area, no visible markers |
9th row:
PORTER, James E. |
1900-1983 |
PORTER, Hazel F. |
1908-1975 |
**DAY, Charles W.
William “Buck” |
1886/08/11- 1959/07/29 |
ROBERTS, Thelma Louise |
1925/12/01 - 1926/08/13 |
ROBERTS, Thelma
Genevieve |
1905/01/06 - 1917/06/07 |
ROBERTS, Baby “born and died |
1901/11/12 |
BEAN, Baby |
no dates |
BEAN, Baby |
1903 |
BEAN, Archie L. |
1904/09/25 - 1923/04/20 |
**BEAN, Roy Elsworth |
1878/05/19 - 1941/01/20 |
**BEAN, Orien
Vivian (O.V.) |
1918/05/09 - 1981/01/22 |
*within old iron fence* |
1919/05/12 -___________ |
TUCKER, William
A. |
1877/11/30 -1912/06/09 |
SUGGS, Jessie J. |
1879/06/09 - 1969/?/? |
GRANTHAM, Percy
S. |
1889/10/31 - 1913/12/27 |
GRANTHAM, William
H |
1873/03/10 -1959/11/05 |
grave marked by seashells only |
|
**ELLIS, Agnes J.
“Wife |
1889/06/25 -
1973/06/16 |
**ELLIS, Cecil
D. "Love
Mother” |
1922/10/11 - 1983/06/14 |
brick-marked grave |
|
**LANE, George
G |
1894/12/17 -
1947/10/29 |
**GILLETTE, Paul |
1880/01/15 -
1957/12/22 |
MORRISON, Thelma G. |
1910/07/19 - 1947/03/20 |
**GILLETTE, Tollie
H. |
1905/02/03 -
1955/02/17 |
GILLETTE, Morris
Bentley |
1962/05/02 - 1962/08/06 |
10th row:
MATHEWS, Frank Jack |
1907/10/02 - 1972/07/19 |
**SMITH, Louis
M |
1904/07/23 - 1966/01/21 |
no name concrete rectangle with urn |
|
SMITH, J. Bartlum |
1898/ 06/17 - 1924/10/31 |
no name concrete rectangle with urn |
|
MATHEWS, George R. “Father” |
1873/04/06 - 1948/07/14 |
MATHEWS, Nellie B. |
1873/02/28 - 1966/02/06 |
**SMITH, Jeff J.
“Father” |
1902/03/04 - 1980/07/07 |
11th row:
PELHAM, Katy J |
1922-1933 |
PELHAM, Bloxton
J. |
1896/04/27 - 1969/05/15 |
PELHAM, “Granny” Elsie M. |
1901/07/21 - 1973/07/04 |
PELLEM, Archie Bloxton |
1924/05/20 - 1999/01/26 |
PELLEM, “Bo” Nathaniel J. |
1931/08/03 - 2000/12/29 |
BARBER, “Son of E.P. BARBER” |
1876/06/17 - 1930/05/01 |
BARBER, Ulla Bee |
1908/05/09 - 1911/06/24 |
**BARBER, Simmie
E. |
1883/12/30 -
1965/02/02 |
**BARBER, Paul
E. |
1911/05/23 -
2000/06/09 |
SUGGS, Jerone V. |
1879/01/16 - 1949/05/27 |
SUGGS, Judea B. |
1891/07/18 - 1916/04/09 |
**CARROLL, Alice
Y. |
1888 - 1918 |
**CARROLL, Mary
E. |
1911/08/16 -
-------------- |
12th row:
FULWOOD, James
A. |
1927/04/02- 1987/09/17 |
**BENTON, Myrtle
M. |
1907/08/27 -
1971/12/02 |
BUCKNER, Infant |
1915 |
HOLLOWAY, C.L. |
1910 - 1913 |
HOLLOWAY, Infant |
1917 |
THOMAS, Nathaniel
H. |
1865/08/20 - 1916/05/23 |
THOMAS, “Mother” Martha Jane |
1875/10/15 - 1965/04/06 |
**SUGGS, J.
Vernon |
1879/01/16 - 1949/05/27 |
13th row:
**GODWIN, William |
1862/05/15
- 1952/08/28 |
MANNING & GOODSON graves within family plot* |
|
**MANNING, Kathleen
V. |
1932/08/23 - 1987/02/17 |
MANNING, Delbert Ivy “Big D” |
1951/10/17 - 1977/08/13 |
**GOODSON, Irene
E |
1912/11/07 - 1978/10/04 |
CHESSER, Joseph D. “Joe” |
1899/09/28 - 1932/05/26 |
HOLLOWAY, Harvey |
1918/01/04 |
FAHNESTOCK, Veda Mae |
1904/01/07 - 1934/12/30 |
CORBITT Jr, F.S |
1940/12/14 |
McDANIEL, Addice Barber |
1875/05/15 - 1966/03/02 |
**RUSSELL, G.
Russell Walker |
1881 -
1966 |
**THOMAS Sr, J.
Edgar |
1902/04/01 - 1973/04/06 |
14th row:
WESTLEY, John |
1859-1946 |
BRYAN, Robert Alvin |
1916/03/28 - 1935/08/22 |
MOORE, Helen Buckner |
1916/12/16 - 1981/04/30 |
HOLLOWAY, R. E. Lee |
1870/07/13 - 1958/08/11 |
**CORBITT, Frazier
Solon |
1904 - 1973 |
15th row:
BEAN, Selma M. (Granny) |
1917/10/22 - 1995/11/16 |
BEAN, Morris E. (Buster) |
1915/03/12 - 1978/02/04 |
KEPHART, Ronald
J. Sr |
1943 -1963 |
ROBERTS, David
Kevin |
1957/09/16 - 2002/03/26 |
PELLEM, Thomas Eugene |
1971/01/15 - 1971/01/16 |
16th row:
SUMNER, James
Morris |
1904/09/11 - 1969/11/18 |
SUMNER, Lottie |
1912/03/19 - ________ |
NEWBERN, Myrtice |
1915/05/24 - 1919/06/22 |
McCRANIE, Baynard G. |
1897/01/19 - 1944/08/28 |
**NEWBERN, William
Robert |
1884/09/14 - 1952/12/28 |
17th row:
BARNETT, Elwyn |
|
SUMNER, Nannie
J |
1875/03/22 - 1920/01/06 |
SUMNER, B.L. |
1868/06/17 - 1933/03/06 |
JESPERSEN, Neva
Grantham |
1907/01/02 - 1950/06/22 |
**GRANTHAM, “Matt”
Mathew Eli |
1875 - 1961 |
WOODS, “Mother”
Lucille Grantham |
1905 - 1966 |
above four graves within concrete border |
|
WOODS, Kenneth Allen |
1976/07/19 *no other date* |
BARBER, Walter
P. |
1910 - 1961 |
BARBER, Patterson Denonie |
1882/06/20 - 1971/ 03/02 |
18th row:
**MOORE, Wallace
C. |
1903/08/18 - 1973/06/18 |
WOODS, Charles Edward |
1950/09/23 *no other date* |
HEINKEL, Ethel M. |
1926/03/29 *no other date* |
WOODS, “Son”
Harley M. Jr. |
1952/04/07 *no other
date* |
19th row:
**HAWSEY, “Libby”
Mary E. |
1943/08/07 - 1989/09/15 |
additional monument at Libby’s feet* “Here lies a true woman and I love her so only God up in Heaven knows I can’t let go. He understands my lonely selfish heart for He loved her too. She was His from the start. John W. Hawsey Sr” Lots of family memorabilia surround this marker |
|
another unreadable marker here |
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**HAWSEY, “Mother”
Vicie B |
1906 - 1992 |
HAWSEY, Jackson
Lee |
1928/01/11 - 1966/03/28 |
HAWSEY, Thomas H. |
1946 - 1946 |
DOWLING, Harry
Ottis |
1901/01/01 - 1938/03/04 |
many unnamed stone markers in back area |
This project was completed Aug 17, 2004.