Flowers Mark the Graves in Wilson Cemetery

Margaret A.

Wife of

G.P. Wilson

Born

Mar. 14, 1836

Died

Apr. 11, 1906

Buried in the Wilson Family Cemetery, off Bells Mines Church Road, Crittenden County, Kentucky. The above tombstone was photographed 1 April 2013. Note the blooming daffodils.

Margaret A. Wilson's obituary tells a great deal about her life. She was "born in Livingston county, Ky., March 14, 1836; was married to Mr. George P. Wilson March 24, 1853, and died at their home near Weston, Ky., April 11, 1906.

"Sister Wilson professed religion when quite young and joined the Methodist church in 1853. She was of  cheerful disposition, and was an earnest, faithful worker in the church, and as a result of this faithful life many were induced to give up sin and turn to God.

"She leaves a husband, three sons and three daughters to mourn their loss. Two sons preceded her to the sun-bright clime above. Aunt Mag, as she was familiarly called, will be greatly missed. I preached her funeral at the residence where she had lived so long and we laid her away in the family cemetery near by, which she had already adorned with flowers, to await the resurrection at the last day."  [signed]  R.C. Love.[1]

The flowers in the cemetery planted by Margaret A. Wilson are still visible in the photograph above. We first located this cemetery in the early 1990s and several years later we used the flowers to guide us to the cemetery. The photograph below was made during a visit in the 1990s.

Wilson Cemetery with blooming daffodils 1990s

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[1] "Obituary," Crittenden Record-Press, Marion, KY, Fri., 4 May 1906, p . 1.

Published 3 May 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Wilson Cemetery

I first visited this old cemetery in the Bells Mines area of Crittenden County in 1989 and re-visited it several times through the early 1990s. Recently I got a longing to go back to the cemetery and take photos of all the tombstones, something I neglected to do in previous visits. Did I remember how to get there? I knew it was not far down the road from Greens Chapel Cemetery, but how far?  My good friend, Brenda Travis Underdown, who writes Forgotten Passages Blog, and I decided we would try to find it.  We put our memories together and came up with this: We knew we had to cross a little creek and climb a hill and surely the daffodils planted around the tombstones could be seen from a distance. So, we planned a spring visit, using the daffodils as a focal point.  The first attempt was not successful, but yesterday it worked and the daffodils could be seen from a distance.

This cemetery is on land formerly owned by Jeremiah Wilson whose Burial was likely the first in the cemetery. Buried beside him is his wife, Dolly.

 

Dolly H.

Wilson

Born

Sept. 11, 1808

Died

Jan. 21, 1892

 

Nearby are the tombstones of Jeremiah and Dolly's son and daughter-in-law, George P. and Margaret (Crabtree) Wilson.

 

George P.

Wilson

June 28, 1830

Nov. 15, 1917

Gone by not forgotten

 

 

Margaret A.

Wife of

G.P. Wilson

Born

Mar. 14, 1836

Died

Apr. 11, 1906

 

 

The graves of the following children of George P. and Margaret are nearby:  Joseph Robert, June 14, 1860 - July 12, 1874 and William P., February 1, 1856 - May 23, 1858.

 

Other children of Jeremiah and Dolly are buried here, too.  W.J. Wilson, February 16, 1839 - October 6, 1875 and Joseph Wilson, May 28, 1837 -  September 16, 1871. A daughter of Jeremiah and Dolly rests nearby.

 

 

Elizabeth A.

Wife of

J.L. Lamb

Died

Jan. 17, 1865

Aged 22 years

 

There are many more tombstones in this cemetery and we were fortunate to locate all of those recorded in the 1990s. For a complete list, refer to The Crittenden County Kentucky Cemeteries North Western Section, Volume III, published 2005 and available from the Crittenden County Genealogical Society.

 

Nearby is the tombstone of James E. Taylor. It was face down on the ground and perhaps had been toppled by a downed tree during a recent ice storm.

 

 

James E. Taylor

Born

Oct. 11, 1829

Died

Nov. 13, 1863

 

 

The following tombstone is interesting in that it is handcarved and is shaped somewhat like the sandstone tombstones of the 1830s and 1840s in the area.

 

 



 

Sarah

E. Black

Departed

This Life

March 18th

A.D. 1848

Aged 16 mo

5 days

 

A footstone with her full name sits at the foot of the grave.



 

One of the most interesting tombstones is that of M.D. We do not know who is buried here.

 

 

M.D.

1827

1908

 

Published 2 April 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

 

 

  



Tombstone Tuesday - Jeremiah Wilson

There are two tombstones for Jeremiah Wilson, who died 7 June 1850 and is buried in the Wilson Family Cemetery, off Bells Mines Church Road in northern Crittenden County. The tombstone on the left is handcarved and has no dates. The tombstone on the right was professionally carved. This photo was taken 27 November 1989.

Jeremiah Wilson was born 1 December 1802 probably in Tennessee and came to what was then Livingston County at an early date.

Jeremiah Wilson married Dolly H. (surname possibly Taylor), who was born 11 September 1808, died 21 January 1892 and who is also buried in the Wilson Family Cemetery. They had the following children: Ruth Malvina, Nancy N., George P., Joseph E., William J., America Elizabeth and Margaret A.

Jeremiah owned land on the Tradewater River, Ohio River and on Camp Creek. In 1849, he gave one acre for a "baring ground and to build a church to be used for all denominations of Christians that believe in fundamental doctrine of Religion ..." Bells Mines Cumberland Presbyterian Church was built on this land.

Published 28 Oct 2008, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog   http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com