Old Baptist

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Pictures by Jean Leeper taken on Feb 29, 2004

It is located in the NE corner of section 26 of Jefferson township, near Finley Chapel,

on the corner of 140th Street and Gabriel Avenue.

I do not know the history of the church.

A pioneer cemetery is one that has not had a burial in fifty years.

From the road looking SW.

Above, looking NE and below, looking SE, from the same spot.

Conover stone is in the middle of the above picture.

The parents are listed on this side and the children on the backside. There are a row of small stones to the north.

George H Conover, Apri 10, 1832 - Oct 14, 1911

Adaline Kingsbury Conover, his wife May 24, 1837 - Feb. 27, 1922

Madison M Conover, June 24-1862 - Aug 28, 1862

Lottie M Conover, Aug 24 1863 - Sept 29, 1863

Freddy G Conover, June 4, 1866 - Aug 21, 1866

Etta M Conover, Oct 11, 1871 - Oct 16, 1872

Lettie Conover, Sep 21, 1873 - Nov 8, 1873

Elmer Conover, Mar 5, 1875 - Sep 14, 1878

Lue R Conover, Oct 8, 1866 - Sep 22, 1878

Barr family stone.

In Memory of Alexander Barr, Samuel Spring, Erastus Ives

The children of John Barr and Orvilla Spring (Ives) Barr

Samuel Huffman Barr, Aged 5 mos.

Mary Philena Barr, Aged 12 years.

Lauren Leslie Barr, Aged 11 mos.

George A Johnson, son of G S and E Johnson, died May 3, 1855, aged 3y's 1mo 21 d's

Robert N Johnson, son of G S and E Johnson, died Aug 7, 1855, aged 10 mo 4dys

Lucinda Morton, wife of Richard Morton, died Aug 5, 1861?

Aged 19?y 11m and 17d

Stone is damaged so I enlarged the picture to try to read it.

James H Stockton, son of J and L Stockton, died June 14, 1863, aged 20 yrs. 8 Mo. 4d.

Killed before Vicksburg

This stone was standing and the other one was on the ground in front .

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