New Chapel Cemetery Photos
Contributed: January 2005
Photographed and Submitted by Bob Franks
Overview of New Chapel Cemetery
Church Dedication
Oliver N. Kelso marker
Joshua G. Coggin marker
Examples of pottery markers in the graveyard. James R. Cormany's book entitled The Potteries of Itawamba and Monroe County, Mississippi: Churn Suppliers to the Mid South identifies this as the style manufactured by the W. D. Suggs pottery shop. On the left is the marker of Oliver N. Kelson (11 Oct 1810-21 Sep 1879); on the right is the marker for Joshua G. Coggin (5 Sep 1798-6 Feb 1874).
Bell Tower
Sugar Mayfield marker
(15 Dec 1813-22 Oct 1878).
He was the progenitor
of the Mayfields
of Itawamba and Monroe County.