Submitted by Samone Ratcliff <samone@mis.net on Jan 5, 2000

The Albert Ison-James H. Fraley Cemetery

        These names and dates were taken from an old cemetery on land which belonged to 
Albert Ison by my mother, Dorothy Barker Ison of Isonville, KY.  The additional notes at 
the end were provided by her, her mother, Blanche Fraley (later she changed this, her 
middle name, to Faye) Ison Barker and her sister, Sarah Lou Ison Gilliam. The graveyard 
is located on Rocky Branch in Elliott County on land that has belonged to members of 
their family since the early 1800s.  Each spring, she, along with her Aunt Sarah Lou and 
Sarah’s husband, Frank, clean and decorate the graves.  If you would like more 
information on this graveyard please feel free to contact me.  

1. Granville Math Barker - Oct 1, 1931                        
2. Mary Alice Ison - July 27, 1925                
3. Ezra Henderson Ison - Mar 22, 1922 - Mar 24, 1922      	
4. Peace Fraley - Feb 9, 1904 - Nov 14, 1982                                
5. Violet Sweet Ison - Sept 17, 1919 - Oct 31, 1920  
6. Violet Sweet Fraley - Feb 23, 1910 - May 22, 1917        
7. Allen Ison - Jan 24, 1852 - Jan 23, 1929
8. Elizabeth Ison  - Dec 25, 1844 - Sept 10, 1926
9. Sarah Jane Fraley - June 13, 1867 - June 17, 1927   
10. James Henderson Fraley - Sept 7, 1862 - June 25, 1954      
11. Ison Infants - Walter 1889 & Lucy 1892


Notes:
        1.    Granville Math Barker was the son of David and Blanche Ison Barker
and the great-grandson of both Allen and Elizabeth Smith Ison and James
Henderson and Sarah Jane Rucker Fraley. He died during a difficult breech
birth.
        2.    Mary Alice Ison was the daughter of Albert and Mary Alice Fraley
Ison and the granddaughter of both Allen and Elizabeth Smith Ison and James
Henderson and Sarah Jane Rucker Fraley.  She was born premature and lived
only 30 minutes.  Her sister, Blanche Ison Barker said her little head
would fit in a tea cup.
        3.    Ezra Henderson Ison was the son of Albert and Mary Alice Fraley Ison
and the grandson of both Allen and Elizabeth Smith Ison and James Henderson
and Sarah Jane Rucker Fraley.  His sister, Blanche Ison Barker says he died
of croup.
        4.    Peace Fraley was the daughter of James Henderson and Sarah Rucker
Fraley.  
        5.    Violet Sweet Ison was the daughter of Albert and Mary Alice Fraley
Ison.  She died of the bloody flux.
        6.    Violet Sweet Fraley was the daughter of James Henderson and Sarah
Jane Rucker Fraley.  She died of lock jaw after stepping on a prick in the
barnyard.
        7.    Allen Ison was the son of Doctor and Elizabeth Fraley Ison.  
        8.    Elizabeth Smith was the daughter of Hyrum and Elizabeth Brown Smith
and the widow of Martin Ison, first cousin of Allen Ison.
        9.    Sarah Jane Rucker Fraley, wife of James Henderson Fraley.
        10.  James Henderson Fraley was the son of Daniel and Millie Evans Fraley.
        11.  The Ison infants were the children of Richard and Martha Ann Rice
Ison.  The dates given are their death dates.  Family stories state that
they both died of snake bites.  Their stone was erected much later.

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