Showing posts with label Groom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Groom. Show all posts

Friday, November 4, 2011

Cedar Hill Cemetery Vandalized

Vandals hit the historic Cedar Hill Cemetery in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky last weekend, damaging a number of old tombstones. The damages have been estimated at over $100,000.

Richard P'Pool, a local historian, is attempting to repair these broken tombstones the same way he did when vandals struck the cemetery in 2005.

Among the damaged tombstones is the one for Evelyn Groom shown below as it looked in March 2011. Following the work of the vandals, the tombstone was broken into several pieces and lying face down on the ground. Information on this vandalism should be reported to the Princeton Police Department.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday - Evelyn Groom


Evelyn
Dau. of
Geo. A. & Willie H.
Groom
Jan. 3, 1904
Jan. 15, 1911
She was but a jewel lent us
to sparkle in our midst a while
Then God called and took
His treasure
Before she knew an early guile

Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 18 March 2011.

George A. Groom and Willie Hunter married in Caldwell County, Kentucky 1 August 1899. The 1910 Caldwell County census lists Evelyn as the only child of George and Willie Groom.

Copyright on text and photographs
by Brenda Joyce Jerome, CG
Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog
http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com