Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC

I just found this information on the Oak Hill Cemetery.  It answers some questions and raises others!

OAK HILL CEMETERY, Georgetown, D.C. (North Hill)

Lot 101

JOSEPH HYSSETT / died / July 13, 1849 / aged / about 33 years. / AMY HYSSETT / born / Dec. 4, 1819 / died / Nov. 6, 1893. / HYSSETT. // ANNIE GERTRUDE / born / Aug. 8, 1878 / died / March 2, 1880. / Infant son / born / June 14, 1887 / died June 14, 1887 / both children of / Nicholas and Sarah J. / Eckhardt.

Notes:  Amy Hyssett is, I believe, Amy Padgett, the half sister of my 3rd great grandmother, Mary Ann Tinkler Smith.  They had different fathers, same mother.  Their mother is Hannah Tinnkler, age 54, listed below.  Amy had another sister, Hannah, both being listed in the family Bible pages.  Until now, I had not been able to find any additional information on these two sisters.  So this was a great discovery!  I found her maiden name on FindaGrave, memorial #55104535. Because of Bible records and the fact that she is buried in the same lot as her mother and other family members, I believe this proves the relationship.

MARY I. LANDER / died / Aug. 1, 1897.  I think all the LANDER names should be LAUDER, per Bible records.  FindaGrave also lists this name as LAUDER.
This is Mary Isabela Tilden Vessey Lauder.

  ELIZA LANDER / died / July 31, 1881.  This is Eliza Riggles.

EMMA L. MEANY / 1861-1862. / 
FRANCES Jeanette MEANY / 1858-1870. / Daughter of John Meany and Fraces Lenetta Smith
ANNA SMITH / 1901, aged 2 month [sic].  daughter of Samuel T. Smith and Minnie Riggles Smith

FANNIE MEANY / 1832-1881. / MARY I. MEANY / 1863-1933.

In memory / of / MARY ANN / beloved wife of / T.H. Smith / born / April 21, 1827 / died / Jan. 15, 1887. / She lived not for herself, / but for others. / She hath done what she could.

[cross and crown] / RICHARD RIGGLES / Born at Lincolnshire / England / March 23, 1802 / Died in Washington,

D.C. / Feb. 5^th 1880. / Gone but not forgotten. / Also his wife / MARY / Died Dec. 31, 1891 / Aged 81 years.

Removed from an unidentified location, 7 JUN 1859: 

Vessey, Leonard, age 38    

Vessey, Sarah, age 38 

Vessey, Thomas, age 6 

Tinkler, Samuel, age 48

Tinkler, Hannah, age 54 

Hyssett, Joseph 

Riggles, Jane, age 4

I believe the three Vesseys are a family unit.  Also, Samuel and Hannah Tinkler are husband and wife, parents of Mary Ann Tinkler Smith, wife of Thomas H. Smith, listed at the end of these listings.

Unmarked Burials:

Vessey, Margaret, age 25, bur. 16 DEC 1855

Vessey, John, age 35, bur. 22 MAR 1862 

Riggles, Eliza, age 10y3m, bur. 16 APR 1862

Vessey, Fanny C., age 1y6m23d, bur. 7 AUG 1862 

Vessey, Mary J., age 32, bur. 6 FEB 1863

Riggles, James, age 44, bur. 20 DEC 1863 

Vessey, Mary E., bur. 22 APR 1864

Smith, Elizabeth M., age 62, bur. 30 NOV 1867 

Hamner, Willie, age 10m13d, bur. 25 SEP 1868 

Vessey, Ruth Gertrude, age 1y7m, bur. 4 FEB 1873 

Vessey, Leonard, age 48, bur. 27 MAY 1877 

Lander, John W., age 5m, bur. 21 DEC 1884

Lander, Ethel, age 1m14d, bur. 1 AUG 1889 

Lander, Margaret M., age 7, bur. 7 SEP 1890 

Lander, Edward M., age 1y1m, bur. 2 DEC 1892 Hayward, 

Ruth I., age 25y6m, bur. 28 OCT 1895

Lander, Infant of J.W. and Mary I., stillborn, bur. 8 MAY 1896 

Hayward, Mary Ann, age 62, bur. 7 DEC 1901

Drechsler, Henry, age 45y11m, bur. 20 JUL 1904 

Hayward, John, age 81y11m1d, bur. 11 JAN 1911 

Beall, Infant of John A., stillborn, bur. 2 JUL 1918 

Vessey, John Thomas, age 55, bur. 27 AUG 1918

Smith, Thomas H., age 91, bur. 3 NOV 1926

I am still working on sorting out who is who and who belongs to whom, but it is a wealth of information!  I will update as I learn more.

I am also wondering if the people marked as being relocated in 1959 died in the cholera epidemic of 1848-1849 in Washington, DC.  Still trying to find more information on that.  I have had no luck tracking down information on who died in that epidemic.  Although Bible pages list Samuel and Hannah Tinkler as dying in 1844, I am wonderiing if perhaps there was a mis-reading of some other records.  In the 1850 census, their children are listed together, and Mary Ann is listed as age 21.  Somehow the children managed to stay together.  Amy Hyssett is also listed in two census records as living with Mary Ann, further strengthening my belief that they are family.

Smith family Bible pages

It's amazing what you find when you decide to clean up your computer files!  I had totally forgotten I had scanned these from Cynda.  I am showing the originals first, then adding my transcription, as best I could make out the writing.

SMITH FAMILY BIBLE PAGES

As best as I can make out the handwriting, these are pages from the Bible belonging to Elizabeth Mary Butcher Smith, with notes from her son, Thomas Henry Smith.

Bible page 1

Births:

Thomas Smith born June 24^th, 1800, in Munden County, Kent, England

Eliz. Mary Butcher born May 5^th, 1808 in Sandwich St., Portsea, Portsmouth, England

Mary Isabella daughter of Thos. And Eliz. M. Smith April 11^th, 1828 Portsmouth

Sydney John born June 14^th, 1830 in garrison of Columbo, Island of Ceylon

Frances Smith born Oct. 9^th, 1831, Kandy, Ceylon

Martha Ann born Oct. 24, 1833, Kandy Ceylon

Thos. H. Smith born Oct. 14^th, 1835, Colombo, Ceylon

Bible page 2

Deaths:

Thomas Smith Died March 23rd, 1838, Garrison of Trincomalie, Ceylon

Sydney J, Smith Died Sept, 29^th, Colombo

Martha Ann died March 16, 1836, Colombo

Elizabeth Mary Smith Died Oct. 31. 1867, Washington

Mary Isabella Vessey Died Feb. 4^th, 1863, Washington

Fanny Cornelia Vessey died August 6, 1862, Washington

Emma Louisa Meany Died August 21, 1861

Fannie Lenetta Meany died Feb. 26^th, 1870, Washington

Bible page 3

Births:

Frank L. Vessey born August 16^th, 1854, Washington

John F. Vessey, born Dec. 6^th 1856, Washington

Fanny L. Meany born August 19^th, 1857, New York

Sarah E. Vessey born Dec 26^th, 1859, New York

Mary I Meany born Jan 1^st, 1860, New York

Fanny C. Vessey born 14 Jan 1861, Washington

Emma Louisa born 18^th June, 1861, New York

John T. Meany born 2^nd Dec 1865, Washington

Ida May Smith born March 30^th, 1867, Washington

S. T. Smith born March 27^th 1869

Bible page 4

Marriages:

Thomas Smith to Elizabeth Mary Butcher by Rev. Mr. Tyrell, St. Paul’s Church, Dublin, April 4, 1827

Mary I. Smith to Leonard Vessey by Rev. Mr, French, Church Ephiphany, Washington, D. C., 13^th November

John J. Meany to Fannie Smith by Rev. Mr. Sathom (?) at the rectory St. Marks Church, New York, June 9^th, 1856

Thomas H. Smith to Mary Ann Tinkler by Rev. Lemon, Washington, D. C. June 20^th, 1865

Bible pages 5:

Happy day, happy day

When Jesus washed

My sins away

March 17^th, 1858

The Lord is my Shebard I shall not want.

(this is the way shepherd was spelled in the rewritten version, but spelled shepherd in the original writing)

(The original faded writing was at the top of the page, and rewritten per margin notes on the bottom of the page.)

Page 6:

Mrs. E. M. Smith

The gift of

Mr. Sheridan

(This was in faded writing at the top of the page and rewritten per margin notes at the bottom of the page.

This was my Mother’s Bible

It was a gift from a dear friend and brother in Christ ----

John Sheriden

Note: around the margin of these two facing pages is written:

My mother was born in Portsmouth, England in 1801.  Rewritten in Washington, D.C. March 9^th, 1902, T. H. Smith