McKinney Cemetery, Second Ward, St. Helena Parish, La. File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue This cemetery is taken from the book St. Helena Parish Cemeteries, 1914 - 1987. Published by the St. Helena Historical Association, Inc., Rt. 1, Box 131, Amite, La. 70422 The LaGenWeb Archives would like to express their thanks to the Association for giving us permission to put these cemeteries online. The society retains the copyright to these works. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Directions: About 2 1/2 miles from Greensburg, La., north at the McKinney Home Place. Sarah Corkern June 2, 1762 August 9, 1845 "Mother, dead and yet she liveth - Her last words, "Lord Jesus receive my soul" Peace to her memory" Jas. C. Taylor "A member of the bar" Died August 4, 1849 "Peace to his memory" Mary Therasher S.R. & R.A. Corkern May 1, 1831 September 20, 1831 J.P. Harvel September 12, 1859 Jan 11, 1860 Sybil McKinney Wife of S.J. Abbott Oct 25, 1863 March 2, 1901 Martin Luther McKinney Mar 6, 1857 July 12, 1918 Nancy Harm (name not clear) Feb 14, 1856 Aug 11, 1926 John Corkern June 15, 1757 Mar 19, 1843 "He was a kind and charitable man" (Mason) J.U. Harvel Oct 30, 1862 July 3, 1865 Third son of S.R. & R.A. Corkern Born & died Jan 20, A.D. 1841 Our Little Emmet (No other inscription) John C.T. Corkern Sept 27, A.D. 1849 Sept 4, A.D. 1852 Japtha McKinney Co. F 6th Mil. Mexican War (Pink Marble Stone) Eudora Ada McKinney Aug 4, 1853 Mar 9, 1932 Rose Ann Foster Wife of S.R. Corkern Feb 24, A.D. 1812 May 30, A.D. 1842 "She was amiable, died in peace and rests with the Saviour" John D. McKinney La. Pvt. U.S. Army World War I July 15, 1895 Sept 23, 1962 Thadis Craig McKinney May 29, 1902 July 16, 1973 Additional markers copied by Inez B. Tate and grandson, Randy Travis in 1977 Elinor Estelle Dau. Of Gertrude McKinney & Walton W. Watson Mar 15, 1916 "You have but passed beyond where we can see." Charles Linwood Latham Infant son of Nancy Harvin & Martin L. McKinney Oct 19, 1888 Nov 29, 1888 "Our loved one" Sybil Billings Clary Wife of Jeptha McKinney April 11, 1825 Oct 25, 1863 Charles A. Dyson Miss Pvt. Co K 16 Regt. Miss. Inf. CSA June 4, 1840 Nov 28, 1893 Sarah Adaliza Corkern Wife of Jeptha McKinney April 29, 1829 May 3, 1861 "Farewell my love for a season" Rudolph F. Barbier Pvt. US Army World War I Aug 7, 1893 April 12, 1975 Eleanor McKinney Barbier Born March 5, 1890 Died June 23, 1986 Paul James Harvin McKinney Oct 22, 1886 Feb 9, 1971 ************************************************ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/cemeteries/mckinney.txt