One of the most beautiful monuments in
Smithland Cemetery is the H.F. Given Family Tomb. The land for the
monument was purchased on 19 July 1860, a few
months after the death of Adaline C. Haynes Given, wife of H.F. Given.[1]
The tomb is almost 160 years old and has
witnessed a great deal of history, including the occupation of Smithland by the
Federal Army during the Civil War. The tomb needs some very costly repairs to
insure it survives for future generations to enjoy. The Smithland Cemetery
Committee welcomes donations to help defray the cost of these repairs.
Donations may be sent to Smithland Cemetery Fund, Smithland City Hall, 310 Wilson
Avenue, PO Box 287, Smithland, Kentucky 42081. Any queries may be directed to
Smithland City Hall at 270-978-2446.
Top of Tomb
In Memory of
Adaline C. Given
Front, Panel 1
Dickson
Given born July 3, 1784 died Jan. 7, 1830 Epitaph:
He spent his life serving his friends and the public.
Mrs. Nancy
Ramsey born Oct. 23, 1791 Married to Dickson Given Feb. 26, 1807 Married to Jonathan Ramsey 1832[2] Died Feb. 3, 1854 [3] Epitaph: Unreadable
Esther
A. Daughter of Dickson & Nancy Given
& Wife of W.P. Fowler Born July 22,
1809 Died July 1, 1847
Front, Panel 2
Adaline C. Daughter of C & S. Haynes Wife of H.F. Given Born Apr. 30, 1814 Died in the City of New Orleans Jan. 9, 1860
H.F.
Given born in Livingston Co, Ky July 7,
1811 Died Oct. 13, 1873
Front, Panel 3
Joseph R.
Given Born 1779 Died Oct. 3, 1832 in the 53 year of his life
Elizabeth
wife of J.R. Given died Feb. 27, 1833 in
the 39 year of her age
Mary sister of Dickson & Joseph R. Given and
wife of Dr. J.A. Whyte died Oct. 4, 1832
in the 55 year of her age
Back, Panel 1
Sarah Wife of C. Haynes died June 11, 1849 Aged 72 years
W.B. Haynes
born Jan. 18, 1804 died at Hickman, Ky
July 15, 1830
Epitaph:
By strange
hands thy dying eyes were closed
By strangers
hands thy decent limbs composed
By strangers
thy humble grave adored
By strangers
honored and by strangers mourned.
By
his sister A.C. Givens
Back, Panel 2
Annie wife of H.F. Given Born in Henderson Co, Ky Aug. 9, 1840 Died Apr. 17, 1900
Geo.
Milford Son of E.P. & Elizabeth
Haynes Died March 31, 1851
[No
epitaphs]
Back, Panel 3
Missing
[1] Livingston
County, Kentucky Deed Book 4:522, Town Trustees to H.F. Given. Recorded 25 July
1860.
[2] Joyce
McCandless Woodyard, Livingston County,
KY Marriages, Vol. 1 (Oct 1799-July 1839),
(Smithland, KY: no. pub. 1992), 115. Jonathan Ramsey married Mrs. Nancy
Given, widow, 23 Oct 1831
Livingston County.
[3]
Jonathan Ramsey, age 74 and born Tennessee, and Nancey Ramsey, age 58 and born
Kentucky, were enumerated on the 1850 Cole County, Missouri census., Roll
M432_393, p. 243A, Ancestry.com
[4]
The recording of Mrs. Berna Presnell McChesney in "The Old Cemetery at
Smithland, Kentucky," The Register
of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 41, 1943, p. 239 lists his age at death as 70. The 1840
Livingston County, Kentucky census shows Christopher Haynes between the ages of
60 and 70.
Published 14 Feb 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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