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Samuel McQueen Cemetery
a.k.a. Baker Cemetery
Johnson County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first image with that surname. Click here to go to the first grave marker image or here to see views of the cemetery or views from inside the cemetery.

Location

Located on Rhea Road, behind the former Mountain City Glove Plant in Johnson County, Tennessee. This is an old cemetery, formerly called the Baker Cemetery. One of the stones is broken, and another is losing its inscribed surface to the weather.

See the views below.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at the McQueen (Baker) Cemetery in Johnson County, Tennessee on 28 May 2003 by John B. Rochelle and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted.

Sources of Names Listed

The listing that follows is derived from the readings by and photographs taken by John B. Rochelle on 28 May 2003. We have used an alphabetical listing by last name.

Information in brackets [sample] was provided by John B. Rochelle unless indicated otherwise.

Views of McQueen Cemetery

The views are noted with the approximate location in the cemetery.

McQueen Cemetery, view 1

McQueen Cemetery, view 2

McQueen Cemetery, view 3

McQueen Cemetery, view 4

McQueen Cemetery, view 5

Baker Cemetery Marker Photos

Some listings offer more than one picture.

Baker, Caroline

Baker, Caroline
18 Dec 1871-19 Nov 1890
Age 19 y. 11 m. 1 d.
"Our days on the earth are as a shadow
and there is none abiding. 1 Chronicles 29:15"
footstone
[Caroline Baker
d/o Hiram Baker & Martitia Josephine McQueen]
Baker, Hiram & Martitia McQueen
Baker, Hiram
13 Sep 1839-19 May 1888
footstone
[Md. Martitia Josephine McQueen]
(and
Baker, Martitia McQueen
05 May 1848-06 July 1913
footstone
[Martitia Josephine McQueen
d/o Samuel E. McQueen & Rachel Wagner
w/o Hiram Baker]
Baker, James Oscar
Baker, James Oscar
10 July 1886-08 Nov 1890
Age 4 y. 3 m. 28 d.
"Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest
God called thee home he thought it best."
footstone
[James Oscar Baker
s/o Hiram Baker & Martitia Josephine McQueen]
Baker, Laura
Baker, Laura
23 July 1891-01 June 1898
footstone
[Laura Baker
d/o Hiram Baker & Martitia Josephine McQueen]
Blevins, ___len
Blevins, ___len
Who departed this life
Dec 26, 1859
Age 20 y. 3 m. __ dys
"Arise, O happy soul arise
Rejoice in endless bliss
Open the gates of paradise
Go in and take thy place."
headstone fragment
Lowe, Lee Miller & Eula Nave
Lowe, Lee Miller
07 Feb 1900-16 Dec 1964
TENNESSEE
PVT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
military marker
[Lee Miller Lowe
(currently not identified)
Md. Eula Nave]
(and
Lowe, Eula Nave
1905-1983
[Eula Nave
d/o Richard L. Nave & Nora Baker
w/o Lee Miller Lowe]
McQueen, Mary W.
d/o S. E. & R. McQueen
Who departed this life
Sept. 19, 1856
Age 2 y. 11 m. 13 d.
McQueen, Rachel
McQueen, Rachel
In memory of Rachel consort of S. E. McQueen
Who departed this life May 19, 1862 Age 37 yrs
"Lo, where this silent marble weeps
A friend, a wife, a mother sleeps
A heart within whose sacred cell
the peaceful virtues loved to dwell
Affection warm and faith sincere
And soft humanity were there."
discarded headstone
footstone
[Rachel Wagner
d/o David Wagner & Margaret Weitzel
w/o Samuel E. McQueen]
McQueen, Samuel E.
McQueen, S. E.
14 Apr 1865
Aged 62 y's, 10 m's, 12 d's
footstone
[Samuel E. McQueen
s/o Thomas McQueen & Barbara Wills
Md. Rachel Wagner 03 Aug 1845 JCT]
McQueen, Thomas L.
McQueen, Thomas L.
s/o S. E. & R. McQueen
Who departed this life Sept. 19, 1856
Age 4 y. 4 m. 10 d.
footstone
Nave, Frances Mae
Nave, Frances Mae
1902-1962
footstone
[Frances Mae Nave
d/o Richard L. Nave & Nora Baker]
Nave, Maud

Nave, Maud
20 Oct 1894-31 Jul 1935
"Gone, but not forgotten"
footstone
[Maud Nave
d/o Richard L. Nave & Nora Baker]

#Maud Nave
20 Oct 1894-30 July 1935
Single, School Teacher
d/o R. L. Nave & Nora Baker
c.o.d. Tuberculosis
Informant:  Eula Nave (Shouns)
1935 # 15549

Nave, Richard L. & Nora Baker

Nave, Richard L.
1870-1947
footstone
[Richard L. Nave
1870-02 Feb 1947
s/o Robert L. Nave & Rebecca Slemp
Md. Nora Baker]
Johnson County News, Mountain City, Tenn., Thursday February 6, 1947, page 3, Obituary
Richard L. Nave, 76, prominent Johnson County educator and merchant for a number of years, died at his home Sunday Feb. 2.
He was born at Neva, son of the late Robert L. and Rebecca Slemp Nave, pioneer Johnson County settlers. He resided on a 250 acre farm at Shouns for 35 years.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Nora Baker Nave; four daughters, Mrs. George Rheinschild of Pasadena, Calif., Miss Mae Nave of Nashville, Mrs. Lee Lowe of Shouns, and Mrs. W.W. Combs of Oak Ridge; two brothers, D.S. Nave and I.W. Nave; five sisters, Mrs. S.C. Slimp of Mountain City, Mrs. Jacob Waggoner of Bristol, Va., Mrs. M.P. Ward of Neva, Mrs. Susan Berry of North Dakota, and Mrs. Mollie Wagner of Washington state.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain City Christian Church with Rev. J.H. Dampier of Johnson City and Rev. Hayes in charge. Burial was in the Baker Cemetery at Shouns.
(and
Nave, Nora Baker
1874-1955
footstone
[Nora Baker
1874-16 Mar 1955
d/o Hiram Baker & Martitia Josephine McQueen
w/o Richard L. Nave]
The Tomahawk, Mountain City,TN. Wednesday, March 16, 1955 page 2
MRS. NORA B. NAVE, 80, died at her home at Shouns, Wednesday, Mar. 16. She was the wife of the late R. L. Nave, and a life-long resident of Johnson county. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Mountain City.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Rheinschild, Pasadena, Calif., Miss Mae Nave, Nashville, Mrs. Lee Lowe, Shouns, and Mrs. Wilburn Combs, Oak Ridge; six grandchildren; two brothers, R. E. Baker, El Centro, Calif. and J. J. Baker, Sacramento, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Christian Church with H. T. Mabry and Rev. Tom Worley officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Shouns. Hill Funeral Home in charge.
Rheinschild, Ruth Nave
Rheinschild, Ruth Nave
1896-1966
footstone
[Ruth Nave
d/o Richard L. Nave & Nora Baker
w/o _____ Rheinschild]
Unknown
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footstone
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Sources

1. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by
2. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier
3. Abstracts of Death Records for Johnson County Tennessee 1908 to 1941 by Eddie M. Nikazy

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This page added 1 December 2003 and last updated 1 December 2003.

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