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"Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have."
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)Old Ben Franklin couldn't have been further from the truth with this statement. on my recent genealogy trip in July 2004, I have seen everything from the worst to the BEST kept cemeteries, luckily the worst were far and few between ...
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The following is a listing of the cemeteries I visited on my recent vacation. I am creating one link for each cemetery and then link subsequent pages off of that main page ... limiting four photo's per page, hopefully this won't cause too many head aches waiting for each page to come up on your screen :)
Finally - got a freeware program that trims down the photo file sizes nicely, please let me know if you have problems viewing any of the pages ... posted: 08/20/04
this is currently another work in progress check back often ! as other's share their findings with us too ...
Arizona
- Cross-Cut / Williams Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ [on E. Van Buren St. a block west of N. 48th St.] ...
[posted here so that I may share these photo's with those running the Saving Graves web site] ...
this one has 5 web page ... the two hdpth headstones that we were looking for, are not here ... at least the grave marker's are no longer visible ... the caretaker of this cemetery is an all volunteer group called "Pioneer Cemetery Association" which over sees several cemeteries in the Phoenix, AZ area ... it has been practically abandoned, and has to be one of the poorest condition cemeteries that I have seen :( it was fenced and the gate was locked [but on my visit, there was a whole in the fence, which I gained access through, to photograph the existing headstones and the site in general] ... this cemetery is said to not be in the best of neighborhoods, and PCA has heard that there have been several reports of tombstones that have been hauled off over the years :/
- Glendale Cemetery near Phoenix, AZ [east of N. Grand Ave. (Hwy 60) on W. Northern Ave. at N. 61st Ave.]
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Greenwood Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ [at W. Van Buren St. and N. 27th Ave., south and west of the 10 and 17 Freeway interchange] ...
this one has 3 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
California
- Academy Cemetery - Academy, Fresno County CA [east out of Fresno, and through the town of Clovis on Hwy 168 ... watch for the road side Historical Marker on the right side of the road ... the town of Academy is almost non existence] ...
this one has 5 web pages ... showing the Academy Methodist Church, the Academy Cemetery along with the hdpth headstones found there, and then the Millerton Lake and original county courthouse there ... note: for some reason I didn't see the grave marker for Allee Smith Hedgpeth 1913-1996 that we show listed on the grave yard web page
- Forest Lawns in Cypress, CA [on Lincoln Ave. (Carson St.) in Orange County east of the Los Angeles County line] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Needles Riverview Cemetery in Needles, CA [located east of town on Hwy 95, south of interstate Hwy 40]
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier, CA [located on Workman Mills Rd. at Rose Hills Blvd. cemetery parallels east side of the 605 Fwy.]
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
Kentucky
- Aetna Grove Baptist Cemetery - Green County, KY [south of Hwy 569, on Aetna Grove - Eve Rd. near Ira Wright Rd.] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the sign for the Aetna Grove Baptist Church and one hdpth headstone found there ...
- Armour Cemetery - Hart County, KY [off of Hwy 677 on Davis Bend Rd. up the street from the Davis Cemetery] ...
this one has 2 web page ... showing the lush vegetation engulfing this old country cemetery out in a field ... and the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Brookside Cemetery - Campbellville, Taylor County, KY [between W. Broadway (Hwy 68) and W. Main St. (Hwy 323) west of the downtown area] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Davis Cemetery in the Canmer area of Hart Co., KY [off of Hwy 677 on Davis Bend Rd.] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Good Hope Cemetery in Taylor County, KY [off of Saloma Rd. (Hwy 527) near Old Graham Rd.] ...
this one has 7 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Hedgepeth Cemetery near Hopewell Church in Hart County, KY [near the area of Hwy 677 and Hwy 31E] ...
this one has 2 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Hedgespeth Cemetery in Green County, KY [off of Hwy 218 west of the Barren River, near intersection of Lawson at V. Thompson Lane] ...
this one has 3 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Hedgespeth Cemetery # 1 in Taylor County, KY [off of Hodgenville Rd. (Hwy 210) near Old Mac Rd.] ...
this one has 7 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Hedgespeth Cemetery # 2 in Taylor County, KY [off of Maple Rd. (Hwy 1511) south of the Marion County line, beyond the end of Hedgespeth Rd.] ...
this one has 2 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Horse Cave Cemetery in Hart County, KY [Hwy 218 east from Hwy 31W take Walthal Ave. right, cemetery on the left] ...
this one has 2 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Macedonia Cemetery in Green County, KY [on Hwy 88 southwest of Donansburg] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Mitchell Cemetery in Green County, KY [north of Hwy 88, towards the end of Mitchell Cemetery Rd. near the bend in the Rd. located not far from the Hart County line] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Taylor County, KY [located north of Hwy 210 on Mt Carmel Church Rd. at Sullivan School Rd.]
this one has 2 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Mt. Washington Cemetery in Taylor County, KY [located on Mt. Washington Cemetery Rd. [continuation of Maple Rd., Hwy 1511] east of Saloma Rd. (Hwy 527)
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Pearl Webb Cemetery in Hart County, KY [not sure of the name of the road, some referred to it as the cut-off / short-cut to Camner from Hwy 88 (east) to Hwy 31E ... it joins up just south of Hwy 677 ... cemetery is on the right before coming to Hwy 31E]
this one has 5 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Poplar Grove Cemetery in Taylor County, KY [located on Poplar Grove Rd. in the top north-east corner of Taylor County]
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Thompson Cemetery in Green County, KY [this cemetery is located off of Hwy 218 west of the Barren River, continue up Lawson passing V. Thompson Lane and the Hedgespeth Cemetery, and turn right on Ron Thompson Rd. ... it's on the left near the end of the street] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- New ! Whickerville Cemetery in Hart County, KY [this cemetery is located on Whickerville Rd. south of Hwy 88 in the south-east corner of Hart County]
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- New ! Whitlock Cemetery in Green County, KY [think this cemetery is located in southern part of Green County off of Hwy 70 / 68 in the Liletown area] ... [the photo's from this one, were sent to us recently] ... thank you Jean !
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- New ! Zion Cemetery in Taylor County, KY [this cemetery is located on Social Band Rd. (Hwy 462) and south of Maple Rd. (Hwy 1511)]
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
Missouri
- Greenhill Cemetery in Rockport, MO [east of the downtown area, off of Hwy 136] ...
this one has 3 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Hillcrest Cemetery - south of Skidmore, Nodaway Co., MO [on Hwy 113 south out of Skidmore on the right] ...
this one has 4 web page ... these are all Linville's ... at the moment I am not sure if they are all descendants of Joel Spencer Linville, a son of Barthane (Hedgpeth) and William Isom Linville ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
- Masonic Cemetery in Skidmore, MO [on Hwy DD west out of Skidmore on the right side] ...
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
Oklahoma
- Enid City Cemetery in Enid, OK [east of Van Buren St. (Hwy 81) on the north side of Willow Rd.] ...
this one has 4 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ... note: for some reason there were two grave marker I didn't find, one for Ethel Hedgpeth who died in 1930 and the other was Jo Ann Hedgpath who died in 1942 that we show listed on the grave yard web page
- New ! Stigler Cemetery in Oklahoma [the photo from this one, was sent to us recently] ... thank you Nadine !
this one has 1 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
Oregon
- Brown Family Cemetery - near Roseburg, Douglas County, OR [east about 4 miles out of downtown Roseburg on the north side of Hwy 138] ...
this one has 4 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ... along with some Boyer's and naturally some Brown's too :)
Tennessee
- Pleasant Hills Cemetery in Sharon, Weakley Co., TN [located on Old Troy Rd. about one mile west of Hwy 45E north out of Sharon, TN ... it's across the street [south] from the Pleasant Hills Baptist Church]
this one has 2 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
Texas
- New ! Ochiltree Cemetery in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX [located just a couple miles south out of town on the west side Hwy 83]
this one has 2 web page ... showing the hdpth marker's found there ...
so far so good :) more to follow !
Note, I am sure there were many that I missed, as I didn't have my notes with me on this trip :( mainly the married daughter's and their families that might have been in these cemeteries. Perhaps some of our viewer's of this web site can help us out and share their photo's or let us know who and where to add to the list for our next trip :) "spring of 2005" hopefully !
Thankfully the County Libraries in Hart, Green and Taylor Counties of KY had cemetery books of transcribed headstones available ... which added several more cemeteries than I knew of ...
more coming soon !
If you happen to have a snap shots of any the tombstones of our H*D*P*TH ancestor's, and their descendants [especially married daughter's] that we don't have recorded yet, please consider sharing them with us all here, so that we can add them and or include a link here for them [ if they are posted on another web site ] ...
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