Crawford County ArArchives Photo Tombstone.....Bourne, Whitfield 
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Cemetery:           Whitfield Bourne (1798-1879) Family Cemetery
Name:               Whitfield Bourne

Date Of Photograph: May 26, 2008
Photo can be seen at:
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Bourne (Whitfield) Family Cemetery
  The Bourne Family cemetery is located a short distance North of Dripping
Springs on the Whitfield Bourne old homestead (on hwy 220 just north of
intersection with Dripping Springs Rd on east side of road).  The farm is now
owned by Howard Myers.( As of 1995 the farm is no longer owned by Howard Myers.)
 The old log house has been moved to the Prairie Grove Battlefield area ( The
house was reconstructed and his the first building you see when entering the
Battlefield Park). 
  Whitfield Bourne was born Aug. 24, 1798 in Lexington, Kentucky.  He served as
a Private in Capt. Lewis Co. of Infantry, 13th Regiment of (Dudley) Kentucky
during the War of 1812.  After the war, he decided to go west and was one of the
early settlers of Crawford County.  Mr. Bourne first settled a few miles below
Van Buren; then when the Lovely Purchase was opened for settlement, he moved
into that area near what is now Sallisaw, Oklahoma.  In 1828, the land was ceded
to the Cherokee Indians and the white settlers had to give up their homes; he
than came back to Crawford Country and settled near Dripping Springs.
  He married Clarinda Weaver on September 4, 1831.  She was born in White
County, Tenn. on January 16, 1813.  They were parents of several children.  She
died on January 21, 1851.  He then married Mrs. Madaline (Brownlee) Kelly.  She
was born June 30, 1822.  To this union were born five children.
	Cemetery listings are:
	Whitfield Bourne, died 4-1-1879, age 80 yrs., 7 mos., 7 days.
	Madaline, 2nd wife of Whitfield Bourne, died 1-16-1887
		age 64 yrs., 6 mos., 26 days.
	Mary B. (Brownlee), wife of J.I. Lynn, died 12-8-1868, age 27 years. She was a
sister to
		Madaline Bourne.
	(These are the only three markers in the burial grounds but there are other
persons buried
	here). Namely:
	Clarinda (Weaver) Bourne, born 1-15-1813, died 1-21-1851.  She was Whitfield’s
first wife. ( New marker placed in 2003 by decendants of Clarinda and Whitfield)
	Lucretia (Weaver) Mayes, a sister to Clarinda Bourne.
	Several Nieces to Lucretia, believed to be children of Clarinda and Whitfield
Bourne.


Additional Comments:
This image is looking south. Cemetery is on private property. Current house
shown in photo is original location of hometead house that had been moved.  A
new marker (2003) has been placed on grave of Clarinda (Weaver) Bourne; 1st wife
of Whitfield Bourne.  The two tall headstones are of Whitfield (right) Madeline
-2nd wife.

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