Oak Grove Cemetery, Union Co., Ky

Oak Grove Cemetery consists of 2 sections. When you find the cemetery, you will first notice the newer section that is fenced in and kept mowed. Behind this fenced in area is what appears to be the woods. Look again and you will see tombstones dotted around amongst the trees, bushes, and vines. These older tombstones go part of the way down the hill. If you visit this cemetery, watch your step, as the vines will trip you or else a hole will almost get you. Too bad we can't get someone to help clean out this cemetery. There might be even more graves that I am missing. I found several by stepping on something hard, moving the vines, and finding a tombstone laying on the ground. Of the readable tombstones, the oldest one is from 1866, Naomi Tripp, and the most recent is 1946, Ella Caton. There are 10 stones completely unreadable or worn smooth from time. There are also 2 more that initials were the only thing I could read on them. Here is a map that shows the general location of Oak Grove. According to folks who went to school in that area in the early 1900's, there was a school right next to the cemetery. Today it looks like an empty field, with a pipe sticking up that the older folks say is where the well was located for their drinking water during school. Please see NOTES below the listing of tombstones for additional burials.

Agin, Lincoln (30 Dec 1823 - 29 Sept 1907)
Agin, Martha C. Agin (28 __ 1844 - 24 ___ 186?)(wife of Lincoln)
Arnold, J. H. ( 10 Feb 1829 - 24 July 1901)
Arnold, Mary H. (16 Oct 1838 - 19 Sept 1888)(wife of J. H.)
Arnold, W. P. (1873 - 1905)(Daddy)
Baker, Sallie (21 Mar ____ - 18 Dec __ ) (his note says broken stone, age 4 yrs, 8 mo, 27 days
Baker, Sarah R. (15 May 1833 - 19 June 1871)(wife of T. J.)
Baker, T. J. (Nov 1830 = 23 Apr 1880)
Below, Lu____ (1 Mar 1830 - 25 No 1871)
Carrier, William (2 Jan 1866 - 4 Mar 1866)(son of W. & C.)
Caton, Ella (1860 - 1945)
Caton, William H. (1849 - 1899)
Caton, Willie (27 July 1891 - 20 Dec 1892) (son of W. H. & Ellen, age 1yr, 4m, 27d)
Cowan, E. B. (16 May 1826 - 27 Nov 1906)
Davis, Maudy Ora (28 Dec 1893 - 21 Oct 1896)(infant daug fo J. W. & S. A.)
Divine, P. F. (14 June 1887 - 20 Jan 1888)(infant son of J. T. & L. A.)
Donaldson, Lucinda (9 Apr 1815 - 9 Dec 1886)(wife of W. W.)
Gunn, J. H. (1 Nov 1873 - 2 Nov 1873)(son of N. S. & N. K.)
Hampton, Bettie T. (15 NOv 1861 - 17 Mar 1911)(wife of J. A.)
Hampton, Infant (30 Dec 1886 - 4 Jan 1887)(infant of J. A. & B. T.)
Heffington, Chest (1847 - 1914)(Is this an abbreviation for Chester?)
Heffington, Clarence (3 July 1897 - 12 July 1899)(son of W. H. & M. J.)
Heffington, Otto (11 Apr 1903 - 11 July 1904)(son of W. H. & M. J.)
Holt, James M. (22 July 1886 - 23 Jan 1900)(Our Darling)
Holt, Lillian (27 Aug 1891 - 17 June 1892)(daug of Robt. & Virgie) Holt, Mary V. (17 Sept 1868 - 13 Mar 1904)(wife of R. H.)
Holt, Virgina L. (13 Mar 1904 - 19 Aug 1904)(daug of R. H. & M. V.)
Keesee, Elizabeth (26 Oct 1826 - 24 Apr 1880)(wife of H. L.)
Keesee, Willie (22 Aug 1864 - 19 July 1884)(son of H. L. & Elizabeth)
Kelley, America (24 Dec 1821 - 20 Oct 1896)(wife of A.)
Kelly, Austin (1 Mar 1809 = 16 Aug 1871)
Kelly, Cornellia (24 Aug 1845 - 25 Sept 1870)(daug of Austin & America)
Lynn, George (20 Apr 1863 - 1881)
Lynn, Infant (17 June 1885 - 17 June 1885)(infant of J. W. & N. A.)
Lynn, John (18 Nov 1874 - 1 Jan 1877)(son of P. A. & P. A.)
Lynn, L. A. (4 Aug 1888 - 21 Dec 1888)(son of E. V. & S. F.)
Lynn, Mark (18 Nov 1874 - 23 Jan 1899)
Lynn, Martha S. (4 Oct 1865 - 8 Aug 18??)(daug of E. A. & P. A.)
Lynn, Nancy (11 Dec 1861 - 17 June 1891)(wife of J. W.)
M., B. (footstone only)(? maybe for Wilson B. Miller)
Miller, Wilson B. (15 Feb 1860 - 6 July 1898)
O, M. H. (stone only has initials)(personal knowledge this is Matthew Henry Owens Apr 1822 - 19 Jan 1902)
O, N. J. (stone is worn smooth, but family tale says this is his 4th wife, Nancy Jane Tripp Owens)(21 Mar 1844 - 16 Apr 1916)
Perry, M. A. (7 Feb 1825 - 1 Ma_ 1893)(wife of Washington)
Pinion, Alie (3 Nov 1882 - 2 Feb 1886)(daug of W. A. & A. H.)
R., B. L. (possibly for Bishlam Lee Ragsdale)
Ragsdale, William Luther (25 Jan 1860 - 9 Aug 1886)(age 26yrs, 6ms, 14dys)
Reynold, Ruth E. (17 Feb 1847 - 31 Jan 1876)
Reynolds, Ann M. (21 Jan 1875 - 6 Mar 1878)(daug of Isaac & Ruth E.)
Reynolds, M. (17 Oct 1865 - 31 Mar 1867)
Riddle ____, (7 July 1892 - 27 Oct 1882)(son of _ Y. & M. C. Riddle)
Riddle, J. C. (10 Feb 1816 - 11 June 1878)
Sigler, Carroll Thomas (4 Aug 1882 - 15 Sept 1882)(son of J. M. & A. K.)
Springer, C. A.,(6 Oct 1880 - 23 Oct 1881) (son of W. G. & A.)
Springer, Willie (son of J. & __ )
Townsend, Arminda A. (14 Mar 1823 - 24 Nov 1894)
Tripp, Naomi J. (5 Feb 1866 - 27 Aug 1866)(daug of Z. L. & N. J.)
Tripp, Olive Bell (18 June 1860 - underground)(daug of Z. L. & N. J.)
Trusty, Infant (31 July 1902 - 31 July 1902)(son of Tom & Edith)
Unreadable 10 stones
Unreadable, M. C. A. (nothing else on stone)
Unreadable, W. (Only first initial readable)
Webb, Jewell M. (6 July 1884 - 20 July 1904)
Whitledge, Myrta Ann (24 July 1877 - 13 Aug 1879)(daug of H. & S. A.)
Whitledge, Salie Henry (9 aug 1883 - 26 Aug 1883)(daug H. & J. A.)
Youngs, David M. (17 Jan 1816 - 28 Mar 1886)(husband of Lucy C.)
Youngs, Deilah May (8 Apr 1890 - 15 July 1890)(daug of James & Delia)
Youngs, Delia (4 Jan 1868 - 22 Mar 1891)(wife of James)
Youngs, Lucy C. (11 July 1828 - 18 Nov 1896)
NOTES
From Union County, KY Genealogy, Volume III Cemetery and Death Records, by Peyton Heady, 1987. I have a photo copy of his listing for Oak Grove Cemetery. Comparing what I photographed against his list, I have a few more people listed than he does. However.... He visited this cemetery in the mid 80's, where as I did not photograph until Nov. 2000. While I may have stones that he did not find in the underbrush, he also has people listed that I do not have too. Here are the ones that he found that I did not stumble across in the overgrown vines.
Clarence Heffington, son of W. H. & M. J. 3 July 1897 - 12 July 1899
C. A., son of W. G. & A. Springer, 6 Oct 1880 - 23 Oct 1881
____, son of _ Y. & M. C. Riddle, 7 July 1892 - 27 Oct 1882
Martha C. Agin, wife of Lincoln, 28 ___ 1844 - 24 ___ 186?
Martha S. Lynn, daughter of E. A. & P. A., 4 Oct 1865 - 8 Aug 18??
Willie Springer, son of J. & __
Sallie Baker, 21 Mar ____ - 18 Dec __
(his note says broken stone, age 4 yrs, 8 mo, 27 days. in fenced Baker plot)
(my note, I was inside that fenced plot and the stone is now sunk into the ground or so covered in vines as I did not see it)
Other differences we have;
for Delilah May Youngs, he has Beulah May
for Alie Pinion he has Salie
for Cornelia Kelly he as Colimella
for Olive Bell Tripp, he has her only as Olive Bell
for James M. Holt we have different birth years.
The graves that I found, that he didn't stumble on were J. H. Arnold, Mary H. Arnold, Lu_ Below, William Carrier, a footstone for B. M.(which I assume belongs to Wilson B. Miller), J. H. Gunn, George Kelly, M.H.O. (Mathew Henry Owens), Naomi J. Tripp, a stone for M. C. A..

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