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May 8, 2010, members of the Chilton Cemetery Association, the Williams family, the Seales family and Boy Scout troop 259 gathered together at the Williams Goodgame Cemetery to try and save what remains of one of the county's historic cemeteries.
The first Sheriff of Chilton County, Thomas H. Williams, is buried here with his family. Also buried here are his in-laws, John and Sarah Rasberrey Goodgame and their grandson Reese Goodgame. Neighbors of the Williams family, Edward Willis and his son Grover, are also buried in the cemetery as is Joseph Ellison.
Sheriff Williams was also a Second Lt. in the Confederate army, Edward Willis also served in the Confederacy, John Goodgame served in the Creek War of 1836.
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Grant Seales and members of the Williams family prepare to clear the road frontage |
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We had a good group of volunteers: William Ray, David Dennis, Janette Bailey, Ivan Truss, Craig &
Heath Bennett, Charles Ellison, Jason Williams, Bobby Williams, Butch Williams, Alice
Williams, Forest & Wanda Emfinger, Bernice Williams Emfinger, Grant & Susie Seales, Clint Seales and
Caitlin Seales.
(If I left anyone out please let me know)
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Susie Seales, and her daughter Caitlin cleaning the Williams family obelisk |
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Pieces of the iron fences are missing, here members of the Williams family are reassembling some pieces that were
found on the ground and therefore could have rusted much quicker. |
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We tried to salvage all the pieces of the original head and foot stones that we could. Unfortunately
the vandals broke them up into fist size pieces.
Here David Dennis and Janette Bailey are placing the
stones on the correct graves. |
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This is all that remains of the original stone for Annie Williams who died at age 2, we only know that
these pieces are part of her headstone because they match up with the broken part of her stone still
embedded in the concrete. |
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Nancy Williams, who also died at two years old. |
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The remains of the headstone for Robert L. Williams |
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We didn't find any pieces of Sallie L. Williams headstone, these are pieces of her footstone. |
On our next workday we'll use forms and lime mortar to attach these pieces to their respective concrete slabs. We'll also be pouring new slabs for several graves. We do have headstones to replace all the broken ones but we want to save as much of their original stones that we can.
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