The Fear of The Living Over The Dead

The sun went down and our class went out on the hunt to travel to where the dead lay in rest. We stopped at two beautiful churches with graveyards on their side. Our class browsed around the dead to look at their gravestones and all the different varieties that they possessed. 

Our first destination of the dead was to Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul which was then followed by St. Patrick Catholic Church. There were many different types of graves at the church, with lots of space for most of these graves, where they were in all different conditions. 

Lynwood and Marie Magee

To my the left is a picture of two die in socket graves where a husband and his wife lay. Lynwood Cresse Magee lies on the left. He was born in 1921 and died in 2003, he died at the age of 83. After research on Mr. Magee I found that he was drafted for WWII and also found out that city directories showed he had traveled to Pittsburg, Washington D.C., and in three different areas of California. He had also been talked about in many different newspapers all over the United States probably about the war.

Marie Cannon Magee is found on the right die in socket grave. She was born on march 23, 1923 in Charleston and died on November 2, 2009 at the age of 86 in Charleston. She went to Winthrop and Mary Washington College. She has one son and two daughters, through them she has seven grandchildren. She had a sister who also lived in Charleston and a brother who lived in Hartsville, SC.

Mary Toomer

This next grave stone was also found in Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul graveyard. In the picture to the right lies Mary Eleanor Toomer under a ledger gravestone. She was born in January 21, 1821 in Charleston. She died on June 12, 1900 in Charleston at the age of 79. She was married to a John Laurens Toomer who died in 1851. She had three sisters and two brothers of which have all passed. Mary had a daughter in 1841 who has also passed. Her daughter married but it appears as though Mary never had any grandchildren.

James Kennedy

This grave is in the graveyard at St. Patrick Catholic Church. The grave in the picture is a headstone where James Kennedy lies. He was born in 1823 in Ireland and died on September 15, 1858 at around the age of 34. He was born in Townland of Gothamer in the Parish of Maghera Co of Derry, Ireland. He left Ireland at the age of 13, probably with his family. He became a resident in Charleston at the age of 16.

Henrietta M Heyward

This grave can be found at the Cathedral church, her grave is a Cross on a pedestal. Henrietta Heyward lies here. She was born in 1867 and died December 30, 1880 at the age of around 12 in Charleston. Her parents both died after her. She had two sisters, one of which was born after she died. 

Ethel Wohlfeil

This is a lawn marker grave found at Cathedral Church cemetery. Ethel Rhodes Wohlfeil rests here. She was born December 29, 1919 in  Florence, SC and died May 20, 2016. She died around the age of 96 and lived in Mt. Pleasant. She was married to Carl Wohlfeil and they had a son that also died in 2016. Carl was in the army and spent lots of time with her children. She graduated from University of South Carolina. She had two sons and a daughter and she also has eight grandchildren. 

Harley Ingraham Pickens

This grave can be found at Cathedral Church cemetery. Harley Ingraham Pickens lies here with a bevel marker grave. Harley was born on January 9, 1889 and died on October 23, 1962 at the age of 73. There is no information about his family or history of being married.

Lewis and Ann Simons 

This is a Cradle grave that belongs to Lewis Simons and Ann Waring Simons found at the Cathedral Church cemetery. Lewis Simons was born on April 28, 1824 and died July 29, 1872 at the age of 48. Ann Waring Simons was Lewis's wife and was born on March 10, 1831 in South Carolina and died on February 9, 1905 at the age of 73 in Summerville, SC. Lewis had six brothers and Ann had two brothers and a sister. Together the Simons had nine children, which have all passed by now.

Rev. Daniel J. Quigley

This grave is called a die, base and cap and can be found at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Here lies Rev. Daniel J. Quigley. He was born August 1835 in Ireland and died November 27, 1903 at the age of 68 in Charleston, SC. The grave says "In memory of Rt. Rev. D.J. Quigley, V.G. who erected this church of which he was the beloved pastor for 19 years. His grateful people have erected this monument. "

Mary Lucia Lowndes

This is an Obelisk and it is over Mary Lucia Lowndes.
Mary was born in 1838 and died October 31, 1882 around the age of 43. Her obelisk says "Daughter of Edward Rutledge and Mary Lucia Lowndes, in the 45th year of her age."

John Stanford Coussons

John Stanford Coussons has a die on base grave. This grave can be found in the Cathedral Church Cematry.  John Coussons was born January 13, 1931 in Minden, Louisiana and died December 31, 2009 in Newberry, SC. He got his baccalaureate degree from Louisiana College. He then went and go his PhD at Louisiana State University then joined the faculty at The Citadel military college as a history professor for forty-one years. He received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award and became the Head of the History Department. He then got called back to war for a year due to the Berlin Wall issue and retired as a Captain. He had a brother and sister and has several nephews and nieces.