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Photos by Gary Webb
McLarry Cemetery
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Photos by Gary Webb
Marker photos and Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay and Patricia Nall
surveyed & photographed July 2009
Historical Marker: McLarry Cemetery
This site was first used as a
cemetery
in 1851 when property owner John R. Jones buried his infant son here. The
land was later donated as a public burial ground for the pioneer settlers of
the surrounding Wilmeth Settlement by Mary Virginia Dunn McLarry and her
father Robert A. McLarry. The earliest marked graves are those of a brother
and sister, Henry E. and Adella M. Hall, who died in 1870. Also buried here
is J. B. Wilmeth for whom the community was named. The site is now used by
descendants of the pioneer area families. (1981)
This cemetery is one of the
oldest ones in the area. Many of the old graves are unmarked. It is said that
there are over 200 graves with markers for less than 100. Thirty to forty
Negroes are buried in the back. In recent years remains from previous burials
have been found when digging new graves. The cemetery is active with the
remaining space reserved for family and friends.
The cemetery is fenced and the gate is kept locked. A historical marker is
inside the fence. The cemetery is well cared for.
33.239N
96.627W
History Historical Marker Alpha index
Name Birth Death Comment Row 1 5 vacant spaces July 23 1849 Jan 30 1910 “Mother”Wife of E.F. Myers Vacant space June 22 1881 June 17 1931 US Army 6 vacant spaces ------ Apr 8 1889 Aug 4 1888 Oct 24 1888 s/o A.M. & J.E. Talbot 10 vacant spaces Vacant space 1887 1976 1887 1978 Capt. US Army WWI 20 vacant spaces Row 2 3 vacant spaces ------ ------- ------ ------ Dec 24 1842 Sept 19 1919 Mar 13 1849 Feb 12 1914 Wife of John Hall 22 vacant spaces Nov 18 1913 May 22 1976 18 vacant spaces Row 3 15 vacant spaces Nov 28 1845 Mar 22 1896 1850 1942 Married 1866 1845 1896 1877 1969 Married Nov 22 1894 1875 1961 1899 1970 Vacant space Sept 27 1882 Sept 10 1902 Wife of H.T. Jeffries 1891 1931 7 vacant spaces ----- ------- ----- ------ 18 vacant spaces Row4 1893 1975 Aug 16 1819 Feb 26 1903 “Father” Feb 22 1822 Aug 1 1902 “Mother” Sept 9 1863 Feb 10 1870 Mar 15 1858 Feb 10 1870 18 vacant spaces Nov 24 1832 Aug 27 1899 Born Bordenham, Maine Age 67 years 26 vacant spaces Row 5 1852 1936 “Father” 1857 1930 “Mother” Dec 28 1877 July 12 1902 Wife of J.P. Kendall Married Dec 20 1900 42 spaces Row 6 2 vacant spaces ----- 1902 4 vacant spaces 1881 1928 “Father” 3 vacant spaces 2 cement blocks Vacant space 1883 1951 “Mother” 1847 1934 1838 1888 2 vacant spaces May 15 1903 May 15 1903 d/o J.W. & Cora McGarrah Jan 26 1909 Jan 26 1909 d/o D. & J. Durrett Vacant space 1902 1937 1887 1936 “Mother” Mar 9 1869 Mar 29 1932 “Father” ------ Mar 13 1940 Texas Pvt 16 Balloon Co. Air Service 1880 1952 “Mother” 1873 1956 “Father” Aug 23 1908 Dec 3 1971 Pvt US Army WWII 40 vacant spaces Row 7 8 vacant spaces Sept 2 1862 Apr 12 1891 Oct 12 1832 Apr 8 1875 Wife of Wm. Montgomery 5 vacant spaces Feb 26 1876 Mar 29 1904 May 5 1845 Jan 20 1906 May 14 1838 Apr 8 1933 Apr 25 1897 Nov 26 1897 Mar 4 1898 Sept 30 1909 d/o A.S. & E.K. Wheatley 1869 1934 “Mother” 1868 1932 “Father” Nov 6 1894 Nov 30 1919 Vacant space July 12 1904 May 14 1985 Begin McGarrah plot Feb 4 1907 Apr 24 1996 Sept 20 1893 Dec 3 1973 “Brother” End McGarrah plot 26 vacant spaces Row 8 2 vacant spaces Aug 11 1843 May 1 1887 Wife of J.W. Jones 3 vacant spaces 1881 1934 July 14 1841 Oct 13 1881 Wife of W.B. Faulkner Oct 23 1849 June 19 1901 Wife of R.A. McLarry ------ ------- Co. I Duke’s KY Cav CSA 4 vacant spaces Apr 15 1900 Aug 24 1900 s/o Don & H.E. McLarry 38 vacant spaces Row 9 3 vacant spaces Nov 1 1839 Aug 4 1927 June 8 1849 Apr 25 1902 Wife of H.F. Wilmeth Oct 28 1867 Sept 19 1873 s/o H.F. & M.M. Wilmeth Dec 12 1871 Nov 13 1886 s/o H.F. & M.M. Wilmeth 2 vacant spaces July 24 1831 Oct 2 1930 w/o Daniel Leak McKinney Jan 22 1827 Mar 19 1906 Jan 1 1807 Jan 14 1892 Age 85 yrs, 14 days Sept 11 1807 Jan 15 1892 Age 84 yrs, 4 mo, 4 days Nov 30 1850 Oct 9 1889 Mar 2 1850 Apr 28 1915 1885 1933 3 vacant spaces 1857 1934 1888 1937 1892 1983 1925 1989 1944 1986 1916 1993 June 30 1917 Oct 25 2001 1918 1987 38 vacant spaces Row 10 Vacant space Mar 24 1870 Aug 15 1909 Vacant space ------ ------- 1857 1928 Wife of W.D. Dunn 1848 1926 Vacant space July 27 1911 Feb 21 1914 s/o Tola & Lizzie Dunn 1883 1933 ------ ------ 50 vacant spaces Row 11 1871 1936 July 15 1901 Nov 4 1902 s/o A.A. & M.A. Stephenson 1877 1943 ------ 1913 Vacant space Feb 5 1894 Feb 16 1894 s/o Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Straughan Jan 15 1890 Dec 1 1891 d/o Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Straughan Sept 5 1909 July 23 1910 s/o Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Straughan Feb 17 1870 Sept 23 1935 Wife of R.J. Straughan Feb 17 1853 Oct 5 1926 Jan 19 1895 Nov 9 1948 46 vacant spaces Row 12 5 vacant spaces Dec 1 1901 June 11 1903 d/o R.L. & E.M. Hankal Aug 4 1899 Mar 6 1912 s/o R.L. & E.M. Hankal 5 vacant spaces 1887 1949 1882 1955 Jan 10 1920 May 5 1987 Vacant space 1930 2003 FHM 1909 1973 FHM 1898 1961 FHM 38 vacant spaces Row 13 Apr 3 1887 Jan 1 1905 d/o J.N. & S.A. McCarver Apr 28 1889 Jan 19 1905 s/o J.N. & S.A. McCarver 1858 1951 1856 1937 1876 1955 1869 1922 1937 1938 1855 1908 “Father” Begin
McCallum plot 1899 1909 1894 1909 1868 1945 “Mother” ----- ------ 1894 1980 1892 1962 End
McCallum plot 2 vacant spaces Vacant space Begin McElhaney plot 1886 1928 1879 1955 Vacant space End McElhaney plot 16 vacant spaces Row 14 8 vacant spaces McCallum plot Row 2 30 vacant spaces
Married Nov 27 1926
Wilmeth plot
Wilmeth plot
