Headstone of Eld. R. W. and Clarissa Carlisle, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Coosa County
9 April 2026 · Photograph by Matt Wade
Named here: Robert Whatley Carlisle, Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens
Transcription
Double upright marble headstone, the top carved with clasped hands:
OUR / FATHER & MOTHER
Left: ELD. R. W. CARLISLE. / BORN / APR. 21, 1806. / DIED / NOV. 3, 1890. / AGE / 84 YS. 6 MS. 13 DS.
Right: CLARISSA CARLISLE. / BORN / APR. 1, 1808. / DIED / DEC. 2, 1887. / AGE / 79 YS. 8 MS. 1 DY.
Across the base: They have gone to worlds above, / Where saints and angels meet, / To realize our Saviors love, / And worship at his feet.
Citation: Photograph of the headstone of Eld. R. W. Carlisle and Clarissa Carlisle, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Coosa County, Alabama, taken by Matt Wade on 9 April 2026.
What it says, against the tree
Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Whatley Carlisle | Title | Eld. (Elder) | no occupation | context: a Baptist elder, a minister (FS-212 step 1 adds the occupation from Brewer) |
| Robert Whatley Carlisle | Birth | Apr. 21, 1806; age at death 84 years 6 months 13 days | 21 April 1806, Jackson, Georgia | agrees: the stone's age works out to 21 April 1806 exactly, against the typescript genealogy's 1804 (FS-212 step 3) |
| Robert Whatley Carlisle | Death | Nov. 3, 1890 | 3 November 1890, Mount Olive, Coosa | agrees |
| Robert Whatley Carlisle | Burial | Mount Pleasant Cemetery | 1890, Coosa, Alabama | new: the cemetery (FS-212 step 2) |
| Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens | Birth | Apr. 1, 1808; age 79 years 8 months 1 day | 1 April 1808, Putnam, Georgia | agrees (the age works out to 1 April 1808) |
| Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens | Death | Dec. 2, 1887 | 2 December 1887, Mt. Olive, Coosa | agrees |
| Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens | Burial | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, beside her husband | , Coosa, Alabama | new: the cemetery (FS-213) |