A chapel was built before 1883 on a piece of land donated by Richard-Mitchell
Morrisette, a farmer and tannery owner of St Clair, Hawkins County, Tennessee,
Usa. The Morrisette Chapel still stands and is used by an active
Baptist congregation. The story says that Richard-M. Morrisette (1801-1883)
died in the church in the middle of the summer and that his family just
buried him outside the back door of the church.
Across the valley is the family cemetery, on the edge of a cow
pasture. Second Richard's wife, Isabelle Lowery (1821-1873), and his mother,
Mary Ford (1768-1857), are buried there, along with 3 infant sons. There
are quite a few field stones, which are probably slave graves. The cemetery
was cleaned up in 2000 by Mary Lynn Felsberg and her husband and a new
fence was put up since the cows trampled it down. The farm owner's son
keeps the weeds down for the family.
For more information, contact:
Mary Lynn Felsberg 408 Baymore Lane Columbia, SC 29212, USA phone: 803-798-2080 e-mail: FELSML@aol.com
