FRANCE Cemetery 
Todd County Kentucky
Transcribed November 27, 1999 
By Robert Lee Watson, Delma O’Dean Watson-Borders, and Robert Stephen Watson 

Alphabetical listing of persons buried in France Cemetery 
KEY:  NAME (birth year – death year)(tombstone reference # ) 

ADAMS 
 ELLER D.  ADAMS (1863 – 1947)(10d) 
 FINAS ADAMS (1904 – 1905)(10a) 
 HENRIETTA P. ADAMS (1853 – 1868)(9e) 
 HENRY N. ADAMS (1866 – 1903)(9l) 
 T.M. ADAMS (1826 – 1897)(10b) 
 VICK H. ADAMS (1889 – 1891)(9f) 
 WILLIAM T. ADAMS (1863 – 1930)(10d) 

FRANCE 
 FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS FRANCE (1827 – 1912)(7g) 
 JAMES M. FRANCE (1840 – 1862)(8d) 
 WILLIAM FRANCE (1802 – 1870)(9c) 
 WILLIAM J. FRANCE (1872 – 1874)(9d) 
 WILLIAM H. FRANCE (1836 – 1836)(8a)(first identified burial in France Cemetery) 

GLENN 
 AILEEN GLENN (1900 – 1900)(5a) 
 GUSSIE D. GLENN (1879 – 1897)(6d) 
HOLLIS GLENN (1899 – 1900)(7b) 
INFANT DAUGHTER GLENN (1897 – 1897)(6g) 
 INFANT DAUGHTER GLENN (1889 – 1889)(7d) 
JAMES D. GLENN (1874 – 1938)(4d) 
JOE J. GLENN (1868 – 1906)(6e) 
JOHN M. GLENN (1862 – 1865)(8b) 
LITTLE BOY GLENN (1894 – 1895)(7c) 
ROBERT L. GLENN (1865 – 1899)(6d) 
ROSA M. GLENN (1871 – 1918)(6a) 
TEXIE GLENN (1869 – 1909)(6f) 
THEODOCIA GLENN (1857 – 1859)(8c) 
WILLIAM FINLEY GLENN (1859-1911)(7e) 

HARRIS 
 HAYES RICHARD HARRIS (1897-1988)(2a) 
 JAMES M. HARRIS (1871-1938)(2b) 
 MARY J. HARRIS (1870 – 1936)(2c) 
 S.M. HARRIS (1886 – 1965)(4a) 
 MINOR HARRIS (1899 – 1950)(4b) 
 LESTER C. HARRIS (died 1940)(4c) 

JOHNSON 
 ELIZABETH J. JOHNSON (1833 – 1903)(9r) 
G.W. JOHNSON (1827 – 1909)(6k) 
GEORGE JOHNSON (1856 – 1856)(7j) 
JOSEPH JOHNSON (1856 - ????)(7j) 
MINNIE E. JOHNSON (1885 – 1889)(6n) 
N.S. JOHNSON (1831 – 1897)(9q) 
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1880 – 1880)(6m) 
 VIRGINIA JOHNSON (1836 – 1877)(6l) 

KENNER 
 CECIL KENNER (no dates)(1c) 

KINNER 
 BLANCH E. KINNER (1906 – 1935)(2d) 

PIDCOCK 
 DAVID L. PIDCOCK  (1859 – 1859)(8i) 
 JOSEPH U. PIDCOCK  (1850 – 1850)(8i) 
JAMES H. PIDCOCK  (1864 – 1866)(9g) 
JEFFERSON B. PIDCOCK (1868 – 1869)(9i) 
HORATIO PIDCOCK  (1826 – 1899)(8g) 
MARTHA L. PIDCOCK  (1866 – 1868)(9h) 
MARTHA S. PIDCOCK  (1829 – 1878)(8h) 
SARAH A. F. PIDCOCK  (1851 – 1884)(8f) 

SEARS 
 SARAH SEARS (1843 – 1913)(2e) 

UNKNOWN (22 identifiable graves are marked with uncut fieldstones bearing no names) 

WATSON 
D.S WATSON (1831 – 1921)(3b) 
HICKMAN WATSON (no dates)(1c) 
INFANT DAUGHTER WATSON (1874 – 1874)(9j) 
INFANT SON WATSON (1856 – 1856)(7k) 
JEFFERSON B. WATSON (1835 – 1918)(5b) 
JOHN WATSON (1797 – 1871)(7m)(oldest identified person buried in France Cemetery) 
LONNIE M. WATSON (1896-1959)(1a) 
MARGARET E. WATSON (1841 – 1906)(5c) 
MARTHA A. WATSON (1805 – 1873)(7n) 
MINNIE WATSON (no dates)(1c) 
MINNIE D. WATSON (1899-1973)(1b) 
MINNIE V. WATSON (1865 – 1865)(7l) 
P.J. WATSON (1840 – 1912)(3b) 
W.L. WATSON (1849 – 1911)(7o) 

WOLF 
 MARY WOLF (1827 – 1882)(9k) 
 Tombstone Inscriptions from France Cemetery 

FIRST ROW  (rows run from south to north, beginning on the western side of the cemetery) 

LONNIE M. WATSON 
KENTUCKY 
PVT US ARMY 
WORLD WAR I 
JULY 16, 1896  MARCH 23, 1959 
(1a:  stone military marker with Christian religious emblem) 

MINNIE D. WATSON 
1899-1973 
(1b:  Latham Funeral Home Marker) 

MINNIE WATSON 
HICKMAN WATSON 
CECIL KENNER 
(1c:  3 names on one stone market, no dates) 

SECOND ROW 

HAYES RICHARD HARRIS 
DEC 22, 1897   APR 1, 1988 
(2a:  stone marker) 

JAMES M. HARRIS 
FEB 2, 1871    DEC 18, 1938 
(2b:  stone marker) 

MARY J. HARRIS 
FEB 24, 1870    JAN 29, 1936 
(2c:  stone marker) 

BLANCH E. KINNER 
AUG 8, 1906    JUNE 28, 1935 
(2d:  stone marker) 

SARAH SEARS 
1843 -  1913 
(2e:  stone marker) 

THIRD ROW 

UNKNOWN 
(3a:  Grave marked with uncut fieldstone.  This might be a foot-stone for James M. Harris) 

FATHER    MOTHER 
D.S. WATSON  P.J. WATSON 
1831-1921 1840-1912 
(3b:  both names on one stone marker) 

UNKNOWN 
(3c: Grave marked with uncut fieldstone.) 

FOURTH ROW 

S.M. HARRIS 
MAR 20, 1886    SEPT 3, 1965 
(4a:  stone marker) 

MINOR HARRIS 
1899 – 1950 
(4b:  stone marker) 

LESTER C. HARRIS 
KENTUCKY 
PVT 10 4 SN TN 
29 DIV 
OCTOBER 9, 1940 
(4c:  stone military marker with Christian religious emblem) 

JAMES D. GLENN 
JUNE 26, 1874 
FEB 19, 1938 
(4d:  stone marker with foot-stone marked J.G.) 

FIFTH ROW 

AILEEN 
DAUGHTER OF J.D. & MOLLIE GLENN 
BORN SEP 9, 1900 
DIED NOV 9, 1900 
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 
(5a:  stone marker with foot-stone marked A.G.) 

JEFFERSON B. WATSON 
JUN 28, 1835 
JAN 31, 1918 
HERE LIES ONE WHO IN HIS LIFE WAS A KIND FATHER AND A TRUE HUSBAND 
 (5b:  stone marker) 

MARGARET E. 
WIFE OF J.B. WATSON 
AT REST 
MAY 26, 1841 
MAY 25, 1906 
WATSON 
MOTHER THOU HAS FROM US FLOWN 
TO THE REGIONS FAR ABOVE 
WE TO THEE ERECT THIS STONE 
CONSECRATED BY OUR LOVE 
(5c:  stone marker with inscription on back) 

UNMARKED 
(5d: concrete marker with foot-stone of fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(5e:  grave marked with uncut fieldstone) (with foot-stone of fieldstone) 

LARGE OAK TREE 

UNKNOWN 
(5f: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

LARGE OAK TREE 
  

SIXTH ROW 

MISS ROSA M. GLENN 
JUNE 12, 1871 
APRIL 11, 1918 
(6a:  stone marker) 

UNKNOWN 
(6b: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(6c: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

ROBERT L.   GUSSIE D. 
SON OF    DAUGHTER OF 
J.W. & S.M. GLENN  J.W. & S.M. GLENN 
BORN    BORN 
FEB 8, 1865   AUG 18, 1879 
DIED    DIED 
NOV 9, 1899   OCT 31, 1897 
(6d:  the two entries above are on opposite sides of the same marker) 
(foot-stone says RLG)  (foot-stone says GDG) 

JOE J. GLENN 
BORN DEC 18, 1868 
DIED JAN 14, 1906 
(6e:  stone marker with foot-stone marked J.J.G.) 

TEXIE GLENN 
1869 -  1909 
(6f:  stone marker with unmarked fieldstone for foot-stone) 

INFANT 
DAUGHTER OF JOE J. AND TEXIE GLENN 
BORN & DIED MAR 10, 1897 
(6g:  stone marker) 

UNKNOWN 
(6h: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(6i:  grave marked with uncut fieldstone) (with foot-stone of fieldstone) 

CEDAR TREE 

UNKNOWN 
(6j: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) (with foot-stone of fieldstone) 

G.W.  JOHNSON 
BORN SEPT 20, 1827 
DIED MAR 22, 1909 
DEAREST FATHER THOU HAST LEFT US 
HERE THY LOSS WE DEEPLY FEEL 
BUT TIS GOD THAT HATH BEREFT US 
HE CAS (sic) ALL OUR SORROWS HEAL 
JOHNSON 
(6k: stone marker with foot-stone marked GWJ) 

VIRGINIA 
WIFE OF G.W. JOHNSON 
BORN JUNE 29, 1836 
DIED NOV 1, 1877 
AFFLICTION FOR LONG TIME I HAVE 
PHYSICIANS SKILL IN VAIN 
TILL CHRIST WAS PLEASED TO GIVE ME LAST 
AND RID ME OF MY PAIN 
(6l: stone marker) 

SAMUEL 
SON OF G.W. & M.M. JOHNSON 
BORN JAN 13, 1880 
DIED JAN 13, 1880 
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT 
FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 
(6m: stone marker) 

MINNIE E. 
DAU. OF G.W. AND MM JOHNSON 
BORN MAR 9, 1885 
DIED NOV 19, 1889 
BEAUTIFUL BUT LOVELY 
SHE WAS BUT GIVEN A FAIR BUD TO EARTH 
TO BLOSSOM IN HEAVEN 
(6n: stone marker) 

SEVENTH ROW 

UNKNOWN 
(7a: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) (with foot-stone of fieldstone) 

HOLLIS 
INFANT SON OF W.F. AND M.L. GLENN 
JULY 17, 1899 
JULY 22, 1900 
(7b: stone marker) 

LITTLE BOY 
SON OF W.F. AND M.L. GLENN 
BORN AUG 8, 1894 
DIED DEC 6, 1895 
OUR DARLING BABY 
GOD TOOK HIM HOME 
WHERE THERE’S NO SORROW 
NO DARK PATHS TO ROAM. 
(7c: stone marker) 

INFANT 
DAU OF W.F. & M.L. GLENN 
BORN AND DIED OCT 16, 1889 
SLEEP ON SWEET BABY 
AND TAKE THY REST 
GOD CALLED THEE HOME 
HE THOUGHT IT BEST 
(7d: stone marker) 

WILLIAM FINLEY GLENN 
DEC 15, 1859 
OCT 21, 1911 
(7e: stone marker with foot-stone of fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(7f: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS FRANCE 
1827 -  FEB 19, 1912 
(7g: stone marker) 

UNKNOWN 
(7h: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(7i:  grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

LARGE OAK TREE 

GEORGE  JOSEPH 
SONS OF G.W. & V. JOHNSON 
BORN AUG 29, 1856 BORN AUG 29, 1856 
DIED SEP 20, 1856 DIED SEP 2(missing piece) 
SLEEP ON SWEET CHILD AND TAKE YOUR REST. 
GOD CALLED YOU HOME.  HE THOUGHT IT BEST. 
(7j:  This stone marker for twins is cracked with a small piece missing.  There is a single foot-stone with the initials JKJ/GLJ.) 

INFANT 
SON OF D.S. & P.J. WATSON 
BORN & DIED NOV 5, 1856 
IT WAS AN ANGEL THAT VISITED THE GREEN EARTH AND TOOK THE FLOWERS 
(7k: stone marker) 

MINNIE V 
DAU OF D.S. & P.J. WATSON 
BORN JUL 27, 1865 
DIED NOV 27, 1865 
BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN 
(7l: stone marker) 

FAREWELL 
JOHN WATSON 
BORN FEB 15, 1797 
DIED NOV 3, 1871 
OUR FATHER AND MOTHER ARE GONE 
THEY LAY BENEATH THE SOD 
DEAR PARENTS THO WE MISS YOU MUCH 
WE KNOW YOU REST WITH GOD 
(7m: stone marker with foot-stone marked JW) 

FAREWELL 
MARTHA A. 
WIFE OF JOHN WATSON 
BORN FEB 10, 1805 
DIED AUG 6, 1873 
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY 
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD 
(7n: stone marker with foot-stone marked MAW) 

FATHER 
W.L. WATSON 
BORN APRILO 6, 1849 
DIED MAY 3, 1911 
(7o: stone marker with foot-stone marked WLW) 

EIGHTH ROW 

IN MEMORY OF 
WILLIAM H. FRANCE 
BORN FEB 10, 1836 
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
MAR 19, 1836 
(8a: stone marker with foot-stone made of fieldstone) 

JOHN M. 
SON OF J.W. & S.M. GLENN 
BORN APR 8, 1862 
DIED NOV 1, 1865 
(8b: stone marker) 

THEADOCIA 
DAU OF J.W. & S.M. GLENN 
BORN MAR 18, 1857 
DIED JUN 21, 1859 
(8c: stone marker) 

JAMES M. FRANCE 
BORN FEB 25, 1840 
DIED SEP 3, 1862 
(8d: stone marker) 

UNKNOWN 
(8e: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

SARAH A.F. 
WIFE OF HORATIO PIDCOCK 
BORN MAR 8, 1851 
DIED MAR 30, 1884 
FAREWELL TILL WE SHALL MEET AGAIN 
(8f: stone marker – lower parts of inscription could not be read) 

HORATIO PIDCOCK 
BORN DEC 24, 1826 
DIED JUL 12, 1899 
(8g: stone marker) 

MARTHA S. 
WIFE OF H. PIDCOCK 
BORN NOV 29, 1829 
DIED MAY 29, 1878 
FAITHFUL WIFE AND MOTHER DEAR 
IN SWEET REPOSE IS SLEEPING HERE 
HER PAINFUL LOSS WE DEEPLY FEEL 
BUT GOD CAN ALL HER SORROWS HEAL 
(8h: stone marker) 

DAVID L.   JOSEPH U. 
BORN AUG 19, 1859  BORN FEB 17, 1850 
DIED SEP 20, 1859  DIED OCT 17, 1850 
SONS OF H. & M.S. PIDCOCK 
SLEEP ON SWEET BABES AND TAKE YOUR REST 
GOD CALLED YOU HOME WHEN HE THOUGHT BEST 
(8i: stone double-marker with two names side-by-side on front.   –  double foot-stone has initials JUP/DLP) 
  

NINTH ROW 

UNKNOWN 
(9a: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(9b: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

FAREWELL 
WILLIAM FRANCE 
BORN MAY 26, 1802 
DIED MAR 16, 1870 
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD 
THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS 
AND SUCH WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM 
REVELATIONS 14 CHAPTER 13 VERSE 89 
(9c: stone marker) 

WILLIAM J. 
SON OF B.?. AND R.J. FRANCE 
BORN APRIL 25, 1872 
DIED JULY 10, 1874 
NOT LOST BLEST THOUGHT BUT GONE BEFORE 
WHERE WE SHALL MEET TO PART NO MORE 
(9d: stone marker) 

HENRIETTA P. 
DAUGHTER OF A.M. & T.M. ADAMS 
BORN AUG 25, 1853 
DIED FEB 18, 1868 
(9e: stone marker) 

VICK H. 
SON OF R.B. AND M.E. ADAMS 
BORN JULY 19, 1889 
DIED JUNE 7, 1891 
(9f: stone marker) 

JAMES H. PIDCOCK 
BORN FEB 21, 1864 
DIED JUE 26, 1866 
(9g: stone marker with foot-stone) 

MARTHA L. PIDCOCK 
BORN FEB 7, 1866 
DIED JAN 9, 1868 
(9h: stone marker with foot-stone) 

JEFFERSON B. PIDCOCK 
BORN MARCH 13, 1868 
DIED JULY 12, 1869 
(9i: stone marker with foot-stone) 

INFANT 
DAU OF D.S. AND P.J. WATSON 
BORN JULY 14, 1874 
DIED JULY 21, 1874 
THOU ART GONE LITTLE INFANT 
SWEET CHILD OF OUR LOVE 
FROM EARTH’S CAIRY (sic) STRAND 
TO BRIGHT MANSIONS ABOVE. 
(9j: stone marker) 

MARY A. WOLF 
BORN MAR 29, 1827 
DIED AUG 29, 1882 
WHY SHOULD WE WEEP FOR HER, WAS SHE NOT READY 
OIL IN HER LAMP AND HER BRIDAL ROBES ON 
WAITING IN FAITH WITH A HOPE FIRM AND STEADY 
THE GOOD SHEPHERD’S CALL AND THE PLAUDITS WELL DONE. 
(9k: stone marker with foot-stone) 

HENRY N. ADAMS 
BORN MAR. 14, 1866 
DIED MAY 31, 1903 
(9l: stone marker – could not read inscription) 

UNKNOWN 
(9m: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(9n:  grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(9o:  grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

UNKNOWN 
(9p: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

N.S. JOHNSON 
AUG 25, 1831 
NOV 23, 1897 
(9q: stone marker) 

ELIZABETH J. 
WIFE OF N.S. JOHNSON 
APR 7, 1833 
AUG 6, 1903 
(9r: stone marker) 

TENTH ROW 

FINAS 
SON OF 
R.B. & M.E. ADAMS 
JUN 27, 1904 
MAR 11, 1905 
SLEEP ON SWEET BABE AND TAKE THY REST. 
GOD CALLED THEE HOME.  HE THOUGHT IT BEST. 
ADAMS 
(10a: stone marker with foot-stone) 

HOPE 
T.M. ADAMS 
BORN SEPT 2, 1826 
DIED JAN 11, 1897 
(10b: stone marker with foot-stone with initials TMA) 

UNKNOWN 
(10c: grave marked with uncut fieldstone) 

ADAMS 
WILLIAM T.  ELLER D. 
1863 – 1930  1863 – 1947 
(10d: stone double marker with two names) 
  
  

Transcriber’s Notes: 

France Cemetery in 1999 is in remarkably good condition, considering that it is maintained only sporadically by descendants of people who are buried there. 

A total of 88 graves were identified, with 22 being marked by uncut fieldstones (all of which appear to be sandstone from the nearby creek or fields).  There are probably many additional unmarked graves in France Cemetery that have no stones or stones that have sunk or disintegrated.   There are many spaces between identifiable graves where others may be buried. 

Most of the people buried in France Cemetery are related to one another.  Although this transcription makes no attempt to show the locations of individual graves relative to one another, the actual gravesites generally appear to be grouped by families.  The graves of John Watson and Martha Anderson Watson, including three of their sons and two of their daughters (Mary Wolf and Elizabeth Johnson) and their families, are grouped together at the northern end of the cemetery.  The France family members are buried at the southern end of the cemetery.  The Glenns, Pidcocks, Harrises and others are grouped in between. 

The families buried in France Cemetery all had members that lived near the cemetery.  At least some of them received their mail through the Wilhemina, Todd County, Kentucky post office. 

The earliest known burials with inscriptions are those of children.  Over one-third (23 out of 66) of the identified burials in France Cemetery are children under the age of five years.  A significant number of these deaths occurred at or near birth.  Another significant number of infant deaths appears to have occurred at around the time of weaning.  There is no apparent evidence of influenza or epidemic based on a cursory analysis of the dates of death. 

The location of the cemetery is on a wooded knoll overlooking Whippoorwill Creek, off of Kentucky State Highway 181, about Ύ mile southeast of where the highway crosses over Whippoorwill Creek.  There are no roads or driveways within 1/3 mile of the cemetery.  Access is only through private land and generally requires four wheel drive vehicles and/or firm ground. 

Steve Watson 
November 28, 1999