By Ray L. Bellande

BOSARGE CEMETERY

St. Martin Area

LOCATION: The Bosarge Cemetery is located in the northwest corner of Lot 3 of Section 15, T7S-R9W in Jackson County. It is situated on the east bank of Bayou St. Martin in the St. Martin Community just west of the Southwind Country Club.

DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs, go north on Washington Avenue 2 miles to LeMoyne Boulevard. Turn west (left) on to LeMoyne and go 1.67 miles to Sundown Avenue. At Sundown turn south (left) and proceed .51 miles to Cemetery Road. At Cemetery Road go west (right) .35 miles to the Bosarge Cemetery located on the south side of the road.

HISTORY: Although the Bosarge family name has become associated with this cemetery, the deed records of Jackson County indicate that the land has always been owned by others. The cemetery is believed to have acquired the name Bosarge because the first person probably buried here is John Eugene Bosarge (1861-1886) who was killed in a coal kiln accident at Slidell, Louisiana. It is interesting to note that Mary Louise Adkinson in Bouzage-Bosarge Family (1991) relates that the Bosarge family had a cemetery on the "old Reno" place near the shore of Biloxi Bay in Section 14, T7S-R9W. This cemetery has disappeared probably the result of shoreline erosion by storms through the years.

The land on which the Bosarge Cemetery is located was originally patented to John Alexander Quitman in 1841.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 57, p. 504).

Through the years, Lot 3 has been owned by the Elders (1862), Elmers (1878), Dicks (1886), and Professor S.M. Tracy (1889). Professor Tracy (1847-1920) was a Vermont born botanist who headed the U.S. Department of Agriculture experimental station at McNeil. He settled in the area now called Langley Point which was sold to V.C. Langley after his death (Jackson County Deed Book 50, pp. 168-169).

Professor Tracy sold Lot 3 to J.D. Patton of Bradley County, Tennessee in 1917. Susan B. Patton, an heir of J.D. Patton, lost the land for taxes in 1930 to Evelyn Hunt Conner.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 43, pp. 145-146 and JXCO, Ms. Chancery Court Tax Sale Book 1 p. 244).

Evelyn Hunt Conner conveyed one acre for the Bosarge Cemetery to the Point St. Martin Cemetery Association in August 1935 (Jackson County Deed Book 68, p. 197). It is believed that various families in the area such as, Borries, Bullock, and Seymour have taken care of the

Bosarge Cemetery. Its present status is well kept.

REGISTER

A

Baby Atwell

Emma Seymour Atwell 2-22-1913 to 7-20-2000

Sillus Gant Atwell 6-21-1915 to 8-4-1981

B

Caroline Basque 3-13-1849 to 11-30-1924

John R. "Pomp" Basque 11-7-1907 to 9-22-1970

Alice Edwards Bond 8-9-1903 to 1-31-1950

Loron Cassa Bond 2-8-1889 to 11-22-1991

Louis R. Bond 7-29-1921 to 2-23-1960

Wallace E. Bond 12-28-1931 to 8-13-1958

Emma Bosarge Borries (In Memory)

Hattie H. Borries 2-17-1917 to 1-15-1978

Hypolite Borries (In Memory)

James Edward Borries 6-9-1915 to 3-11-1990

Maggie Borries (Infant) Unreadable

Maggie Diaz Borries 10-1-1894 to 2-28-1983

Mildred Girouard Borries 2-13-1917 to 12-27-2004

Octave Borries 3-3-1893 to 12-13-1956

Octave Borries Jr. 1-12-1928 to 2-1-2001

Russell C. Borries 8-1-1915 to 4-17-1972

Vivian “Joyce” Fayard Borries 9-13-1929 to 6-11-2000

Baby Bosarge (one day) to 12-1-1940

Boy E. Bosarge 10-30-1893 to 7-23-1972

Davenies P. Bosarge 12-6-1900 to 10-18-1973

Emma Elena Bosarge 5-15-1891 to 9-21-1924

F. Edward Bosarge 8-10-1848 to 9-6-1916

Gaynell Bosarge 2-9-1939 to

Jane Bennett Bosarge (In Memory)

John Bosarge

Johnnie Bosarge 1861 to 1886

Joseph C. Bosarge 8-14-1929 to 5-20-1978

Julius Bosarge (In Memory)

Julius E. Bosarge 11-9-1899 to 11-27-1971

Julius Bosarge, Sr. 1878 to 1957

Laura L. Bosarge 7-28-1895 to 2-12-1953

Lillian L. Bosarge 5-2-1901 to 7-22-1974

Linda Sue Bosarge (one day) to 1-16-1957

Margarete L. Bosarge 1926 to 1935

Martha E. Bosarge 4-19-1855 to 11-10-1923

Mary L. Bosarge 1875 to 1891

Mary T. Bosarge 6-16-1905 to 10-17-1963

Olivia F. Bosarge 1879 to 1933

Peter Eugene Bosarge 2-8-1887 to 6-3-1916

Randy Bosarge 10-2-1952 to 10-3-1959

Robert L. Bosarge 1932 to 3-14-2007

Theresa Denese Bosarge 12-12-1964 to

Thomas Bosarge 4-8-1925 to 4-9-1925

Sandy Bosarge 10-2-1952 to 10-4-1959

Walter R. Bosarge 1885 to 1895

Geraldine Brown 1-6-1931 to 10-24-1931

James Lockhart Brown 12-11-1907 to 12-15-1982

Priscilla Ellen Letort Brown 6-23-1911 to 3-28-1988

Adellia Seymour Bullock 3-12-1842 to 9-4-1913

Craymon J. Bullock 5-2-1903 to 9-22-1984

Edward W. Bullock 12-12-1900 to 1-30-1991

Erma Meyers Bullock 1-30-1904 to 9-2-1980

George W. Bullock 12-12-1938 to 6-7-1982

Helen Henley Bullock 1937 to 7-28-2005

Ivan D. Bullock 2-8-1915 to 3-29-1924

James Monroe “Jamie” Bullock 12-26-1949 to 5-20-1999

John Craymon "Zeke" Bullock 1-27-1964 to 9-12-1993

Lurall M. Bullock 3-31-1909 to 9-22-1994

Mary F. Bullock 11-26-1878 to 1-7-1964

M. Cleo Bullock 12-17-1909 to 8-12-1910

Owens Monroe Bullock 10-8-1911 to 12-11-1973

Thomas Gereld Bullock 12-27-1939 to 3-6-1991

Verniece Letort Bullock 1917 to 5-12-2008

W.G. Bullock 8-16-1840 to 3-11-1919

William A. "Billy" Bullock 7-3-1938 to 1-19-1967

William F. Bullock 11-25-1871 to 8-30-1943

Wiley Calvin Bullock 6-17-1874 to 8-7-1891

C

Earl Caldwell 10-15-1819 to 10-223-1919

Ervin Charles Caldwell 4-24-1920 to 1-16-1922

E. Caldwell

Elliott Caldwell 12-2-1917 to 1-2-1988

Florian Caldwell F.C. (Caldwell?)

George Elliott Caldwell 10-1948 to 3-26-1949

George Madison Caldwell 4-27-1924 to 10-1-1924

George Madison Caldwell 2-22-1877 to 4-1-1965

Glenn Caldwell 4-27-1905 to 5-1-1905

Hazel Williams Caldwell 9-18-1910 to 12-19-1989

Houston Leo Caldwell 12-30-1903 to 9-3-1997

J.D. Caldwell 4-6-1884 to 7-8-1925

Mary Eliza Caldwell 12-2-1884 to 9-15-1958

Madison “Mat” Caldwell 1843 to 12-1900

Ollie Caldwell Age 55 years

Rutledge Caldwell 3-1-1906 to 4-6-1984

Willard Caldwell 4-11-1915 to 4-3-1923

????? Caldwell Unreadable

Clarence H. Canaan 1901 to 1974

Effie J. Canaan 1901 to 1970

Henry Canaan 1-11-1876 to 11-29-1958

Kathrine Caldwell Canaan 9-9-1873 to 9-24-1943

Ruby Borries Castello 1914 to 3-31-1995

Robert J. Castello 9-10-1913 to 10-12-1968

Castello Babies (two graves)

Jennie Troub Christy 3-5-1899 to 8-22-1976

Jones Guthrie Christy 8-7-1892 to 9-26-1962

Emery W. Collier 11-24-1924 to 6-20-1996

Ollie Bell Collier 12-2-1910 to 1-12-1998

Nola Mae Scara Collier 12-27-1933 to 12-24-2004

Charles T. Crawford 10-14-1878 to 3-29-1955

Susie D. Crawford 11-15-1882 to 7-23-1963

Johnny Charles Cone, Sr. 4-30-1933 to 7-5-1994

Odessa Marie Smith Cone 1938 to 12-3-1994

Linda Cathy DeSilvey Cox 6-4-1952 to 3-2-1982

D

Grace Canaan Dalgo 6-23-1908 to 1-11-1929

Dorothy Daniels 3-8-1917 to 11-22-1980

Elzie Mae Davis 7-25-1946 to

Hugh Llyod Davis III 10-15-1942 to 7-26-2003

Robert Earl Davis 9-26-1946 to 3-11-1986

Rita Mae Seymour Davis 9-19-1908 to 12-15-1965

Douglas Wayne DeSilvey 3-31-1953 to 6-10-1995

Alethia Letort Dobson Diaz 3-8-1912 to 1-4-2002

Joseph Paul Diaz 3-8-1907 to 8-7-1984

Floyd Dobson 2-19-1914 to 2-24-1971

E

Clara Lee Edgerton 6-10-1908 to

L.H. "Jack" Edgerton 8-7-1904 to 9-27-1979

F

Emile B. Fayard 10-22-1909 to 3-6-1979

Frances Broussard Fayard 11-5-1909 to March 1, 1999

James Carl Fayard 3-15-1929 to 1-24-2000

Lori Amanda Fayard 9-21-1975 to 7-22-1991

Rita Borries Fayard (In Memory)

Robert Earl Fayard 1963 to 5-27-2007

Carlton W. Ferguson 1938-10-4-2007

Conrad J. Ferguson 4-25-1915 to

James E. Ferguson 7-25-1893 to 2-2-1958

Lois Ferguson 4-4-1937 to

Maggie Seymour Ferguson 1-4-1895 to 7-20-1942

Rodney C. Ferguson 9-29-1934 to

Sara Z. Ferguson 1918 to 1999

Sherry Ann Ferguson 12-13-1940 to 4-30-1966

Thomas Peter Ferguson 5-3-1919 to 11-30-1986

Willmetti Ferguson 12-17-1916 to 4-23-2000

Earl Edward Flowers 9-6-1927 to 4-28-1969

Essie M. Flowers 12-29-1904 to 10-27-1991

William Russell Flowers 9-17-1904 to 5-28-1974

Alberta L. "Birdie" Fountain 3-15-1902 to 2-11-1989

Albertine Fountain 10-12-1900 to 7-17-1979

Anthony D. "Tony" Fountain 9-18-1897 to 1-22-1979

Armond Fountain 4-17-1886 to 12-30-1967

Baby Fountain (one day) to 11-1963

Benny Fountain 11-5-1910 to 7-25-1980

Chester A. Fountain 3-30-1909 to 7-14-1979

Crystal Marie Fountain 12-28-1979 to 12-5-1997

Curtis George Fountain 1-5-1919 to 6-26-1998

Daniel Patrick Fountain 11-28-1938 to 7-3-1990

Donnie Chester Fountain 10-16-1946 to 11-10-1999

Edna E. Fountain 1897 to 1984

Emanuel Fountain 8-26-1874 to 4-25-1965

Francis V. Fountain 1907 to 1978

Geneva Seymour Fountain 1-23-1880 to 11-5-1956

Graham Harold Fountain 8-3-1919 to 10-8-2001

Jack R. Fountain, Sr. 5-25-1945 to 5-29-1990

James D. “J.D.” Fountain 7-25-1918 to 5-7-2000

James M. Fountain, Jr. 1958 to 1964

Jane W. Bosarge Fountain 6-24-1912 to 1-19-1998

James O. Fountain 1895 to 1969

Jane W. Fountain 6-24-1912 to

Leo Terrel Fountain 9-4-1922 to 1-27-1949

Lily "Timmie" Grady Fountain 1944 to 11-25-2005

Louise A. Sprinkles Fountain 1919 to 6-30-2005

Mary Beth Fountain 2-3-1916 to 12-31-1991

Mary Elizabeth Fountain 9-26-1893 to 11-20-1981

Roy J. Fountain 4-21-1909 to 11-7-1974

Twin Fountain Girls (one day) to 6-13-1963

Wayne A. Fountain 1942 to 4-6-2008

G

Clarence J. Gable 2-7-1905 to 5-29-1990

C.J. Gable, Jr. 5-7-1938 to 7-13-1944

Hilda Mary Letort Gable 1-7-1909 to 8-1-1995

Peggy Gene Gable 10-10-1944 to 3-7-1945

James M. Goleman, Sr. 4-5-1918 to 7-7-1959

Billie Dianne Edgerton Gollott 8-10-1950 to 5-10-1989

H

Barbara Bosarge Hall 3-12-1934 to 12-16-1974

Infant Hilton

Amelia Bosarge Holland 5-4-1932 to 11-10-2004

Ralph Holland 7-2-1922 to 2-28-1978

Annie L. Hosli 7-27-1903 to 1-28-1986

Oakley L. Hosli 2-11-1898 to 10-30-1973

Dorothy Fountain Hopper 10-9-1916 to 5-10-1951

J

Eula Bullock Johnson 3-15-1919 to 8-11-1995

Mattie Brown Johnson 1889 to 1979

Milton Pope Johnson, Sr. 12-10-1920 to 5-4-1991

Milton P. Johnson 1891 to 1960

K

Doris M. Ferguson Kasovich 3-13-1913 to 2-22-1999

Gabriel Kasovich 1909 to 1979

Jeremy W. Keebler 2-24-1970 to 2-28-1970

Louis Buren King 1-28-1940 to 10-2-1942

Norita Fountain King 8-30-1914 to

Van Buren King 3-15-1904 to 6-30-1985

Curtis Bruce Krause 1-11-1961 to 2-26-1961

Joseph Bruce Krause 11-11-1941 to 2-4-1995

Rita F. Whittington Krause 4-22-1942 to 1-7-2000

L

Cass W. Ladner 3-22-1879 to 10-3-1954

Dale Ladner 12-11-1919 to 2-8-1923

George W. Ladner 9-6-1906 to 5-13-1960

Gladys M. Ladner 9-1-1904 to 2-13-1977

Lillie Ladner 8-5-1879 to 10-16-1972

Roland Paris Ladner 10-11-1916 to 4-26-1964

Emma B. Ladnier 9-21-1889 to 7-22-1969

Joseph A. Ladnier 9-5-1903 to 7-14-1981

Ella Gable Tiblier Lambert 1930 to 11-3-1993

Willie Mae Powell Lamson 11-13-1905 to 4-29-1969

Joseph F. "Jo Joe" Langlinais, Jr. 6-10-1975 to

Joseph F. Langlinais, Sr. 9-29-1937 to

Patricia A. Langlinais 11-8-1936 to

Preston "Bobo" Langlinais 1-8-1959

Rory "Hippie" Langlinais 5-8-1960 to

Edwin Robert Latimer 12-17-1860 to 8-6-1935

Louise Letort Latimer 11-5-1874 to 12-6-1959

Naomi V. Latimer 3-11-1899 to 2-27-1984

Joseph Lebatard 3-12-1908 to 9-10-1908

Carston M. Leckich, Sr. 7-28-1894 to 12-31-1972

Margaret L. Leckich 1-13-1905 to 3-2-1985

Bertha B. Lee 1921 to 1976

William H. Lee 1914 to 1-3-1972

James P. Legion 1873 to 1915

Vernettia C. Legion 1871 to 1954

Aristide Letort 2-15-1849 to 6-26-1924

Aristide T. Letort 1-28-1882 to 12-17-1969

Barry Peter Letort 1-13-1949-12-1-2000

Dorothy F. Letort 11-5-1921 to

Ellen Bullock Letort 1-25-1885 to 3-8-1967

Henry E. Letort, Sr. 1-17-1909 to 11-24-1985

Henry F. Letort 2-21-1884 to 1-23-1950

Ira Peter Letort 1-12-1919 to 11-15-1996

James Kenneth Letort 1-16-1930 to 12-25-1948

Jerald P. Letort 12-20-1938 to 5-27-1953

Jeremy Lavern Letort 5-29-1980 to 6-1-1981

Laverne A. Letort 11-30-1925 to 7-26-1963

Loretta C. Letort 11-7-1910 to

Mary Letort 10-1-1852 to 4-3-1917

Nora Quave Letort 10-17-1888 to 7-5-1933

Norma Lee Kennedy Letort 4-20-1927 to 11-5-2000

Otis P. Letort 3-9-1917 to 7-7-1987

Pauline Letort 1-25-1880 to 1-12-1961

Esperance B. Levins to 1956

M

George N. Martino 1-19-1921 to 8-4-1984

Mary L. Borries Martino 4-5-1922 to

Michael G. Martino Jr. 3-7-1977 to 5-23-2004

Norita Seymour McManus 8-4-1916 to 1-4-1995

Alethia Fountain Miller 12-2-1912 to 11-23-1963

N

Addie M. Seymour Necaise 5-31-1905 to 5-23-1957

Roger J. Necaise, Sr. 9-17-1905 to 5-15-1981

Aubrey Alexander Nixon 10-30-1983 to 10-30-1983

P

Dora F. Powell 2-10-1910 to 2-3-1999

Willis J. Powell 11-13-1908 to 1-19-1955

Q

Thomas Quave 4-7-1892 to 1-27-1947

R

Edward M. Raymond 10-20-1908 to 4-24-1973

Vernette B. Raymond 9-27-1913 to 11-25-1990

James T. "Sam" Richards 12-2-1929 to 2-7-1979

Hazel Caldwell Rimanich 5-9-1910 to 10-4-1998

John Vincent Rimanich, Sr. 5-23-1913 to 6-8-1969

John Vincent Rimanich, Jr. 12-30-1937 to 7-6-1987

Samuel Anthony Rimanich 3-11-1939 to

Robert Earl Robbins, Jr. 9-15-1960 to 1-21-1989

Alena Rodriguez 7-1-1868 to 1-2-1948

Eugene J. Rodriguez 3-1-1898 to 7-27-1969

Ida Rose Fountain Rodriguez 8-29-1903 to 5-1-1995

Miguel Rodriguez 9-29-1866 to 3-30-1906

John M. Russell 12-30-1961 to 2-6-1995

Bertha Ann Borries Ryals 1-4-1918 to 12-29-1995

Marshall T. Ryals, Sr. 7-19-1918 to 1-5-1975

Joyce Ann Collins Ryals 8-2-1943 to 7-17-2004

S

Maggie M. Tiblier Scara 10-29-1920 to 9-15-1994

Kathleen Tiblier Schlink 1949 to 10-30-1994

Christopher David Schneider 6-10-1969 to 6-12-1969

Addie Pearl Williamson Seymour 1935 to 12-4-2006

Adolph Rosemond Seymour 10-29-1889 to 11-13-1973

Alena Quave Seymour 12-29-1889 to 5-20-1957

Alice Bosarge Seymour 4-15-1916 to 5-14-1998

Arthur Robert Seymour 4-2-1909 to 11-10-1994

Cecilia E. Seymour 1908 to 1983

Charles Seymour 2-22-1871 to 3-22-1941

Chester P. Seymour 6-1-1923 to 3-29-1936

Eldon T. Seymour 6-22-1938 to 12-1-1967

Elvin J. Seymour 11-13-1904 to 7-18-1973

Emma E. Seymour 3-1883 to 12-1963

Ethel V. Bosarge Seymour 6-22-1897 to 4-12-1979

Ethiel M. Borries Seymour 3-31-1895 to 3-1976

Frank J. Seymour 8-5-1901 to 10-26-1976

Helen R. Seymour 4-21-1923 to 8-30-1989

Irwin J. Seymour 1-18-1918 to 8-12-1986

John C. Seymour 1-17-1906 to 4-9-1970

John Joseph Seymour 5-1880 to 3-11-1939

John Peter Seymour 1-2-1864 to 6-19-1938

Kathi Ann Seymour 8-10-1964 to 7-29-1991

Larsen A. Seymour 5-25-1932-12-20-2001

Lillian Marie Seymour 12-5-1908 to 3-4-2002

Lois M. Seymour 12-29-1920 to 12-16-2001

Lottie Fountain Seymour 8-28-1911 to 7-13-2002

Louella Seymore (In Memory)

Margaret Saucier Seymour 2-4-1871 to 11-23-1938

Max Seymour 5-15-1988 to 2-10-2005

Robert Lawrence Seymour 7-6-1894 to 9-17-1965

Roger Anthony Seymour 11-22-1928 to 12-29-2000

Olive Frances Seymour 12-20-1889 to 2-25-1947

Orey A. Seymour 1-10-1913 to

Pauline Basque Seymour 2-14-1860 to 8-20-1946

Regina Fountain Seymour 8-30-1905 to 1-30-2000

Vernie A. Seymour 6-21-1915 to 8-12-1981

Wilford E. "Pete" Seymour 12-27-1914 to 7-10-1979

Wilmer A. Seymour 9-24-1883 to 10-27-1959

Angela Jean Smith 1-9-1975 to 12-2-1975

Julius Louis Sonnier 1936 to 5-1-2005

Walter Ron Spencer 10-16-1970 to 10-17-1970

T

Ella Letort Thomas 9-14-1920 to

George Guien Thomas 4-23-1922 to 3-23-1986

Frances Bosarge Tibler 6-29-1897 to 2-4-1952

Numa I. Tiblier 5-28-1886 to 10-5-1965

V

Annie Verniece 2-23-1917 to

W

Nora H. Bosarge Ward 3-9-1903 to 7-5-1924

REFERENCES:

Mary Louise Adkinson, Bouzage-Bosarge Family, (Mississippi Coast Historical & Genealogical Society, Special Issue 4 (2nd Edition), January 1991), p. 177 and p. 225.

Requiem: Volume 1, "Bosarge Cemetery", (Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula, Mississippi-1969), pp. 8-11.

The Daily Herald, "Former Biloxi Resident Dead", September 6, 1920, p. 1, col. 2.

The Sun Herald, "Mr. Robert Earl Fayard", May 30, 2007, p. A4.

The Sun Herald, "Fayard took life, illness in stride", May 30, 2007, p. A4.

The Sun Herald, "Mr. Carlton W. 'Carl' Ferguson", October 9, 2007, p. A4.

Personal Communication:

Mary Louise Adkinson - August 1, 1992.

Martha Tiblier Eleuterus - May 18, 1993

Surveyed by:

Ray L. Bellande and Linda Kerr on July 27, 1992.

Ray L. Bellande

PO Box 617

Ocean Springs

Mississippi

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