Rediscovering the North Tract, An Anne Arundel Time Capsule

Biggs-Waters Cemetery

We found the Biggs - Waters family cemetery a warm and sunny place shaded by tall stately cedar trees and with most of its stones intact though some are leaning against trees or each other. The surrounding evergreens provide a quiet carpet of needles inside the enclosure. This was called the Biggs and Waters Cemetery in the census done by Andy Watcher in 1977 but several spellings of names and dates were corrected in his report by an aunt of Mr. Joseph Waters Sr. of Linthicum, who said it should have been Anderson & Waters, and he graciously provided us with a copy of it. The site can be found south of 834 Road, southeast of the large cleared Drop Zone. Not to be confused with the Waters Cemetery to the west of the Drop Zone which is smaller, this site contains 24 graves.

CEMETERY NO. 10 - ANDERSON AND WATERS CEMETERY

Located south of 834 Rd. Training Area W (Old T33)

1976 Ft. Meade Map Coords: 46,27

Number of Graves - 24

NAME	BORN	DIED	ADDITIONAL NOTES
Anderson, Fannie	1863	1934	Mother
Anderson, George	August 30, 1871	September 9, 1878	Son of E.F. & G.L. Anderson
Anderson, William Edgar	June 27, 1869	August 10, 1869
Baldwin
Baldwin, Anne Marie Waters	July 20, 1805	April 11, 1880
Baldwin, Levi
Biggs, Elber	May 8, 1856	June 26, 1856
Biggs, John T.	February 2, 1850	July 13, 1850
Biggs, John W.	September 22, 1821	February 25, 1894
Biggs, Sarah Jane	April 30, 1826	September 20, 1868
Donaldson, Caroline W.	September 4, 1799	January 16, 1895
Donaldson, Emily F.		October 13, 1911
Harding, Emeline R.	April 20, 1821	March 20, 1881
Hosfros, A. Eugene	1897	1968
Mullineaux, John E.	January 10, 1829	May 8, 1895
Mullineaux, Miranda E.		March 20, 1884	Wife of J.E. Mullineaux
Spears, John	1795	1869
Spears, Sarah		April 5, 1876
Waters, Aquilla	1778	1864
Waters, Edward E.	1777	1852
Waters, Honora Penn Ray	1785	1846
Waters, John	1696	1771
Waters, Josephus	1742	1800
Waters, Mary Edwards	1760	1778
Waters, Mary Ijams	1705	1773	Wife of John Waters
Welsh, Charles Davis	1845	1925
Welsh, Lycurcus	April 3, 1861	October 15, 1882	Son of Lycurcus G. Welsh

(Stone numbers correspond to epitaph listing below.)

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Biggs (Anderson) -Waters Cemetery Epitaphs

(Capitalizations and abbreviations appear as they do on the actual stones.)

(1)
Charles Davis Welch

1845 - 1925

(2) (Footstone)
G.A.

(3)
Lycurgus

Son of
Elizabeth A.(?) &
Lycurgus G. Welsh

Born Jan. 3, 1861
Died Oct. 15, 1892
-----
(Inscription illegible)

(4) (Footstone)
L.W.

(5) (Footstone)
E.R.H.

Laurel

(6)
In Memory of
George
Son of
E.E. & C.H. (?) Anderson
Born
Aug. 30, 1874
Died
Sept. 9, 1878

(Reverse:)

Little George was our darling
Pride of all our house and home.
But an angel came and whispered,
"Little George, do come home."
by his Mother.

(7)
William H. Harding

Born
February 1st, ____

Died
Jan ____________

(8) (Footstone)
W.H.H.

(9) (Footstone)
J.E.M.

(9A) (Footstone)
M.E.M.

(10)
Emiline R. Harding
Born
April 20th, 1821
Died
March 20th, 1884 (?)

Lonely . . . (Illegible & cracked.)

(11) (Top broken off.)

Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord.

(12) (Footstone supporting #11.)

(13) (Footstone)
E.H.S. (?)

(14) (Blank - Headstone-size stone)

(15)
HOSFROS

A. Eugene
1897 - 1968

Mother
Fannie Anderson
1863 - 1934

(16)
John E. Mullineaux

Born Jan. 10, 1829
Died May 8, 1895
Aged 66 years

I heard a voice from Jesus say,
"Come unto me and rest.
Lay down thou weary one, lay down
thy head upon my breast."
I came to Jesus as I was
weary, worn and sad,
I found in Him a resting place
And He has made me glad."

(17)
Miranda E.

Wife of
J.E. Mullineaux

Died Mar. 20, 1884
Aged 55 years.

She was a tender mother
And in her ___ the Lord did fear (?)
We tried our loss will be her gain
______ ______ with Christ she's gone to reign.

(18) (Footstone)
S.J.B.

(19) (Footstone, broken off at top.)

(20) (Footstone)
J.T.B.

(21)
John Spears

1795 - 1869

(22)
In Memory of
Sarah Spears

Died
April 5, 1856
In her 55th year.

(Four line inscription illegible.)

A. Caddess, Baltimore

(23) (Footstone)
E.F.D.

(24)
In Memory of
John W. Biggs

Born Sept. 22, 1821
Died Feby. 25, 1894

May he rest in peace.

(25)
In memory of
Sarah Jane
Wife of
John W. Biggs

Born March 3rd, 1827
Died Sept. 24, 1863

(26)
In Memory of
Elber F.
Son of
John W. & Sarah J. Biggs

Born May 8, 1853
Died Jan. 26, 1856

(27)
In Memory of
John T.
Son of
John W. & Sarah J. Biggs

Born Feb. 4, 1850
Died July 13, 1850

(28)
Wm. Eugene
Son of
Charles V. & Martha
Anderson

Born June 25th, 1868
Died Aug 16th, 18__

(Three lines illegible)
Our solace and relief.

(29)
Emily F. Donaldson

Died Oct. 31, 1911
Age 70 years.

None knew her but to love her.

(30) (Footstone)
C.W.D.

(31) (Footstone)
(Illegible)

(32)
Caroline W. Donaldson
Born
Sept. 4, 1799
Died
Jan. 16, 1895

Gone but not forgotten.

(33) (Large stone with family names listed below)

(34) (Footstone)
S.W.B.

(35)
Samuel W.
Son of
L.J. & J.M. Baldwin

Born Mar. 30, 1840 (?)
Died Dec. 30, 1882 (?)

(36) (Footstone)
A.M.B.

(37)
Ann M.
Mother of
L.J. Baldwin

Born July 20, 1805
Died April 11, 1880

(38) (Footstone)
L.J.B.

(39)
Levi J. Baldwin

Born May 31, 1803
Died Nov. 12, 1869

(40) (Unmarked square cornerstone.)

(Stone #33:)

	WATERS
JOHN	AND	MARY IJAMS
1698 - 1771	WIFE	1705 - 1772
	__________
JOSEPHUS		MARY EDWARDS
1742 - 1800		1760 - 1798
	__________
EDWARD E.		*RACHEL JONES
1777 - 1852		HONORA PENN RAY
		1785 - 1846
	__________
AQUILLA		*MARY HANCOCK
1778 - 1864
	__________
	*BURIED ELSEWHERE

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