STANLEY FAMILY CEMETERY Pike County, Kentucky Submitted by: Jennifer Stanley Copyright (c) March 2000 by Jennifer Stanley. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jennifer Stanley. ************************************************************************ SGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** STANLEY FAMILY CEMETARY The Stanley family cemetary is located at Canada, Kentucky. The main road at Canada is US 119. You would drive north to Dix Fork. Then, turn left onto the bridge. You will see the road sign marked "DIX FORK". You will drive about a mile up the hollow. On the right side of the road, you will see a sign marked "BROWN BRANCH". Turn right. About a quarter mile down brown branch hollow, you will come to a brick house on the right side of the road. There is a "W" in the yard as the williamson family lives in the house. The road to the cemetary goes right through their property. The road up the hill to the cemetary is quite steep. You may want to park at the bottom and walk up. The cemetary has both very old and relatively new graves. The oldest part of the cemetary is the original Stanley family cemetary. The stones are made of slate rock and have been whitewashed. Most of all these stones are completely illegible. A few can be read and I have included them. Alot of the stones are broken. There are also stones that have been thrown over the hillside, for what reason I don't know. The newer part of the cemetary has very few Stanley's. The family story about the cemetary is that Joseph Stanley handmade all the tombstones and coffins. The tombstones are all handcut and engraved. The coffins were all handmade and one of joseph's daughter's (no one is sure who) handmade the linings of all the coffins. She did all the sewing alone. Nothing was "store bought". After Joseph's death, his son William Moses took over making the stones but no one is sure if he also continued making the coffins. By the time of William's death, everything was professionally done. Here is the list of tombstone transcriptions in somewhat alphabetical order: J.M. BALL LEONA BLACKBURN WAYNE BLACKBURN BABY BROWN OCT 28, 1902 APR 13, 1874 MARCH 25, 1878 MAR 23, 1935 NOV 21, 1952 APR 12, 1945 DEC 29, 1953 MAR 23, 1935 "HIS TOILS ARE PAST, "FAREWELL UNTIL HIS WORK IS DONE, WE MEET AGAIN" HE FOUGHT THE FIGHT, THE VICTORY WON." ADA M. BROWN ALFRED C. BROWN ARMENDA BROWN JAMES BROWN OCT 18, 1913 1892 - JULY 18,1935 1901 - 1992 1896 - 1960 GLADYS BROWN HARRIET B. BROWN JANE BROWN J.B. BROWN 1900 - 1985 DEC 10, 1857 BORNED OCT ?, 1917 OCT 5, 1923 OCT 26, 1923 JANE BROWN SEPT 30, 1924 "SHE WAS A KIND AND NALLEN - DEC AFFECTIONATE WIFE, JUNE 1, 1940 FOND MOTHER AND "WE WILL MEET AGAIN" A FRIEND TO ALL." JOHN E. BROWN POLLY BROWN POLLY E. BROWN BOSTIC MAR. 5, 1958 1881 - 1968 1941 - 1964 DEC. 16, 1984 "AT THE GATEWAY I'LL "REST IN PEACE" BE WAITING WHEN THE LOVING ONES PASS THRU I WILL SEE THEM AS THEY ENTER, PAPA SHALL I LOOK FOR YOU" T.J. BROWN ROY T. BROWN WILLIAM CODY BROWN BORN FEB. 10, 1907 PVT US ARMY APR. 19, 1881 JAN. 26, 1980 WORLD WAR II DIED MAR 7, 1921 JUNE 30, 1906 MAR 12, 1976 "DEATH IS THE CROWN OF LIFE" W.G. BROWN W.S. BROWN SR W.T. BROWN DEC 26, 1894 MAR 13, 1836 1877 - 1955 SEPT 29, 1918 OCT 30, 1925 PVT CO D 120 INF KIND FATHER OF LOVE, WAS KILLED IN THE THOU ART GONE TO THY BREAKING OF THE REST, FOREVER TO BASH HINDENBURG LINE MID THE JOYS OF THE BLEST IN FRANCE NEAR BELLEQUART DIED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE TWAS NOBLE THUS TO DIE GOD SMILES ON VALIANT SOLDIERS HIS RECORD IS ON HIGH BROWN BROWN AUDREY L. GEORGE H. ETHEL M. WILLIAM S. JULY 25, 1927 DEC. 16, 1920 APRIL 11, 1916 MAY 20, 1910 AUG. 10, 1983 OCT. 8, 1994 NOV. 25, 1993 OCT. 19, 1996 IN GOD WE TRUST RICHARD D. CHAMBERS JOHN M. COCHRAN NANCY J. COCHRAN 1947 - 1977 MAR. 1, 1891 DEC. 22, 1892 NOV. 24, 1957 JAN. 6, 1967 HUSBAND WIFE BABY GIRL FISH KENNETH FISH GEORGE F. FORD M.E. GRACE AUG. 3, 1959 DEC. 12 - 15 1958 1891 - 1968 1874 - 1947 IN MEMORIES HE LIVES ALBERT JUSTICE MARY J. JUSTICE BETTIE ANN KENNEDY NOV. 7, 1873 OCT. 21, 1876 AUG. 17,1872 AUG. 25, 1942 AUG. 14, 1934 JULY 12, 1958 MAY HE FIND JOY A LOVING MOTHER MAY SHE REST IN THE LIFE AND A FAITHFUL IN PEACE EVERLASTING FRIEND. MAY ELLA MAYNARD GEORGE H. MAYNARD MYRTLE M. COLUMBUS NOV. 10, 1882 MAY 13, 1927 NOV. 13, 1930 FEB. 6, 1925 JUNE 30, 1915 MAY 10, 1971 SEPT. 29, 1985 SHE WAS THE SUN- DADDY, WE SHINE OF OUR HOME WILL MEET YOU RAY EDWARD MAYNARD MAYNARD MAYNARD 1933 - 1934 NANCY ELIZABETH J.C. CLEMMO IRELAND 1887 - 1955 1883 - 19 1909 - 1909 - 1973 (FOOT MARKER SAYS CLEMMA M. RUNYON 1909 - 1978 MAYNARD MAYNARD HENDERSON MAYNARD RICHARD DICK SARAH ANN JOHN H. ALBERTA MAR 26, 1859 SEPT. 13, 1885 JULY 8, 1889 1910 - 1917 - 1982 AUG 25, 1935 APR. 9, 1941 DEC. 12, 1974 GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. HENDERSON MAYNARD SUSAN MAYNARD MAYNARD MAY 28, 1906 AUG. 30, 1854 PROSPER ETTA MAE JUNE 28, 1907 JAN. 25, 1925 APRIL 3, 1909 FEB. 5, 1914 FEB. 12, 1981 THOMAS MCNEELY REBECCA MEADE MELISHA JEAN MORRIS PRICIE REED APR. 17, 1829 JUNE 6, 1884 MAY 17, 1949 JUNE 2, 1906 FEB. 9, 1918 MAY 25, 1967 JULY 21, 1950 OCT 16, 1923 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN RUSSELL RUTHERFORD FRED M. SMITH LEE B. SMITH CELIA RAN MICHEAL H. EMMA JEAN KENTUCKY AUG 31, 1891 1903 - 1966 1903 - 1984 1958 - 1960 1929 - 1960 F3 US NAVY WWI AUG 24, 1956 MAY 9, 1902 BELFRY AUG 11, 1960 RUSSELL SMITH VINA SMITH AMERICA STANLEY BERTHA E. STANLEY 1927 - 1993 JUN 20, 1878 JAN. 6, 1844 WAS B. SEPT. THE 27th APR 21, 1947 MAY 20, 1925 1889 HER END WAS PEACE D. OCT THE 12th 189? BABY STANLEY** BUD STANLEY CELA STANLEY DANIEL STANLEY (THERE ARE FOUR JAN. 28, 1865 MOTHER UNCLE GRAVES MARKED APR. 9, 1904 JULY 19, 1852 1886 - 1956 BABY STANLEY. GONE BUT NOT DEC. 14, 1918 ALL FOUR BABIES FORGOTTEN REST, MOTHER, REST IN A DIED FROM NATURAL QUIET SLEEP. WHILE FRIENDS CAUSES) IN SORROW O'ER THEE WEEP. ELIZABETH S. STANLEY EVA STANLEY FLOID STANLEY FRANKLIN DELANO STANLEY 1865 - 1951 MAR. 22, 1868 WAS B. US NAVY KOREA MAR. 30, 1923 1934 - 1978 FRA? EDWARD STANLEY BORNE OCT. 1926 DIED 1929 "AT REST" GEORGE H. STANLEY JENNIE STANLEY JOSEPH STANLEY FATHER MOTHER FATHER MAY 12, 1837 OCT. 10, 1841 AUG 10, 1836 JAN 14, 1919 APR. 22, 1920 MAY 12, 1921 OUR FATHER HAS GONE ONE LONG YEAR HAS RESTING IN THE HOPE TO A MANSION OF REST, PASSED, SINCE WE SAW OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION. GLORIOUS LAND BY THE OUR DEAR MOTHER LAST; DEITY BLEST. GOD CALLED HER HOME, IT WAS HIS WILL; HER MEMORY IS AS DEAR TODAY AS IN THE HOUR SHE PASSED AWAY. A LOVING MOTHER, TRUE AND KIND. NO FRIEND ON EARTH LIKE HER WE'LL FIND. BUT IN THAT HOME IN HEAVEN ON HIGH, WE'LL MEET OUR DEAR MOTHER, BY - AND - BY. JONAH STANLEY JOHN B. STANLEY KENNETH STANLEY LUTHER STANLEY JAN. 9, 1902 WAS B. JUNE THE - ? JUNE 10, 1896 SEPT. 15, 1921 June 7, 1918 188? JUNE 14, 1958 MAR. 21, 1984 D. OCT THE 10th WWII VETERN JOHN E. STANLEY APR. 4, 1872 FEB. 14, 1944 AT REST EULA MARIE STANLEY JOSEPH FERRELL STANLEY BORN: DEC. 20, 1925 BORN: MAR. 26, 1926 DIED: OCT. 9, 1926 DIED: MAR. 31, 1934 FATHER MOTHER BABY HINKLE JACOB HINKLE NELLIE FITCH HINKLE MARY STANLEY SPARKS MOTHER STANLEY JULY 7, 1871 (NELLIE HINKLE) FEB. 4, 1939 MOSES STANLEY STANLEY STANLEY WAS B. MAY THE ? MOSE NANCY MARY ALBERT 18?? APRIL 4, 1883 OCT. 15, 1886 MAY 31, 1898 JAN. 31, 1898 SEPT. 25, 1959 NOV. 23, 1974 APRIL 3, 1945 JUNE 4, 1994 THINE IS THE KINGDOM, POWER AND GLORY. O.C. LANDON STANLEY PRICY STANLEY REBECCA STANLEY ONEY JUNE 8, 1889 1882 - 1938 MAY 7, 1921 WILLIS JUSTICE STILTNER TRIMBLE - MCCOY ARTHUR E. VINCENT 1951 - 1993 1807 - 19 NOV. 23, 1925 AUG. 28, 1926 OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN CHARLEY R. VINCENT LEAH VINCENT TOM VINCENT JUNE 1, 1904 MOTHER FATHER MAY 22, 1927 APR. 10, 1900 MAY 1, 1893 THE HEART'S KEEN ANGUISH DEC. 12, 1989 NOV. 15, 1957 ONLY THOSE CAN TELL, WHO'VE BID THE DEAREST AND BEST FAREWELL. SCOTTY DEAN WALTERS JACK WILLIAMSON JANICE WILLIAMSON NOV. 27, 1971 1906 - 1998 1934 - 1999 JULY 6, 1989 GOD'S LITTLE ANGEL RUSH CONEY WILLIAMSON BABY BILLIE WRIGHT BABY RUTH WRIGHT JULY 4, 1938 SEPT. 3, 1931 MAR. 6, 1930 JULY 2, 1981 SEPT. 3, 1931 MAR. 6, 1930 LONELY TIRED TRAVELER HIS MEMORY IS BLESSED WE WILL MEET AGAIN HOME FROM HIS JOURNEY. THOMAS C. WRIGHT OUR DARLING FEB. 25, 1935 AUG. 31, 1935 JESUS WEPT.