Three Forks of the Kentucky River Historical Association

William Abner Cemetery

Abner Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Tom "TT" Barrett

From Booneville, take Route 11 south to Upper Wolfe Creek Road.
Turn right onto Wolfe Creek Rd, cross the river and turn right onto Lower River Road.
The cemetery is on top of a hill on the left side about 1.2 miles down, on the Parker heirs' property.

Abner, William
b. Aug 04, 1807, Madison Co. KY
d. Aug 11, 1883, Buck Creek, Owsley, KY
s/o Elisha Abner & Nancy Loving
h/o Jane "Jenny" Baker

Barrett, James
b. Jun 04, 1888
DC has 1887, 1900-1910 census have 1886
d. Feb 14, 1919
s/o Jesse Fuller Barrett & Hannah Estridge
h/o Esther Million
Married with 1 child in 1917 (WWI Draft Card)

Bishop, Mollie Gay
b. Apr 02, 1904, Owsley County, KY
d. Sep 04, 1929, Buffalo, Owsley, KY
d/o Thomas Jefferson Gay & Lydia "Liddy" Taylor
w/o Walter I. Bishop

Eversole, Allie
b. Jul 20, 1912, Owsley County, KY
d. Jul 18, 1919, Conkling, Owsley County, KY
d/o Nathan (Nathaniel) Eversole & Sarah Jane Woods

Eversole, (Nancy) Elizabeth Deaton
b. May 05, 1868
d. Dec 09, 1950
d/o William Deaton & Susannah Combs- Freeman
m1 Jefferson M. Woods
m2 John C. Eversole
m3 George Washington McKee

Eversole, John C.
b. Aug 1863, Owsley County, KY
d. Sep 1902, Owsley County, KY
s/o James Eversole & Elizabeth Abner
h/o Nancy Elizabeth Deaton

Eversole, Sara Jane Woods
b. Apr 1885, Owsley, KY
d. Jan 1939, Owsley, KY
d/o Jefferson Woods & Nancy Elizabeth Deaton
w/o Nathan Eversole

Eversole, Tommie
b. Oct 26, 1925, Owsley, KY
d. Jan 13, 1936, Richmond, Madison Co., KY
d/o Nathan Eversole & Sarah Jane Woods

Gay, Albert
b. Jul 02, 1893, Owsley, KY
d. Nov 11, 1923, Owsley, KY
s/o Thomas Jefferson Gay & Lydia "Liddie" Taylor
h/o Lula Allen

Gay, Arthur b. Sep 13, 1926, Owsley, KY
d. Aug 23 1944, Richmond, Madison Co. KY
worked for the Owsley County Public Parks
s/o Shelby Gay & Hulda Moore

Gay, Floe Allen
b. May 12, 1929, Owsley, KY
d. Apr 14, 2001, Newport, Campbell Co., KY
d/o Lewis "Tack" Allen & Lucy Helen Taylor
w/o Fred Dale Gay

Gay, Fred Dale, PFC US Army WWII
b. Nov 07, 1923, Owsley, KY
d. Sep 11, 1997, Florence, Boone County, KY
s/o Albert Gay & Lula Allen
h/o Floe Allen

Gay, Lula
b. Aug 04, 1897, Owsley, KY
d. Jan 07, 1924, Owsley, KY
d/o George W. Allen & Mary J. Saylor w/o Albert Gay

Gay, Lydia Taylor
b. Mar 20 1864, Owsley, KY
d. Jul 09, 1944, Owsley, KY
d/o James Pendleton Taylor & Manerva Jennings
w/o Thomas Jefferson Gay

Gay, Thomas Jefferson
b. Mar 27, 1869, Owsley, KY
d. Apr 27, 1949, Owsley, KY
s/o Russell Lewis Gay & Elizabeth "Eliza" Williams
h/o Lydia Taylor

Hacker, Lucy Ann Williams
b. Nov 27, 1875, Owsley KY
d. June 05, 1907
d/o Lewis Williams & Eliza Jane Anderson
w/o John Hacker

In addition, there are about 13 unreadable stones, with a total of 28 marked graves.

Annotations by Betty Thomas Finger

Sources: Birth Records, Death Certificates, SSDI, Census Records,
Find A Grave, Tom Barrett's Owsley Cemeteries, and Ancestry.com






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