Hartford vs. Gillespie

Interesting appeal of a lawsuit about a Hartford public cemetery. The story begins in 1871, with the next event occurring in 1916. Then a lawsuit in the 1930's. The question being "Who owns Oakwood Cemetery?"

260 Ky. 833

City of Hartford v. Gillespie et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Decided October 22, 1935.

        Appeal from Ohio Circuit Court.

        BARNES & SMITH for appellant.

        HEAVRIN & MARTIN and GILMORE KEOWN for appellees.

        OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUDGE RICHARDSON.

        Reversing.

        The determination of the issues presented herein requires a chronological statement of the statutes and the deeds involved, and a construction of them.

        The city of Hartford, Ohio County, Ky., was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly, approved February 3, 1808. 3 Litt. Laws of Kentucky, p. 442.

        In July, 1871, the trustees, under the statutes in operation at that time, constituted a board to do business. They were "a body corporate, and by that name [trustees] may sue and be sued," with the right to "elect one of their body chairman of that board, with power "to purchase, take, and hold the title to not exceeding forty acres of land, in or near the town, for a public cemetery"; "to improve such ground, and appoint a keeper thereof"; "to sell small parcels of the ground to individuals for the purpose of interment"; "to receive and collect subscriptions to aid in purchasing, taking care of, and repairing such ground." 2 Stanton's Revised Statutes of Kentucky, 1867 Ed. p. 422.

        The General Assembly, by chapter 99, Acts 1891-92-93, p. 256, classified the cities and towns of the commonwealth. The city of Hartford was assigned to the fifth class by chapter 116, Acts of 1904, p. 280 (Ky. Stats. 1930, sec. 2740). Each city of the fifth class was thereby declared to be (section 3615, Ky. Stats.) a corporation by the name it then had, with perpetual succession, and with power to sue and be sued, to "purchase, lease, receive, hold and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of the same for the common benefit." The government of the city of Hartford was, also, thereby (section 3616, Ky. Stats.) vested in a mayor and a city council to consist of six members. And it was further provided (section 3637-9) "that where the city owns a cemetery it shall be under the control and management of the city council; they shall fix the price at which the lots shall be sold, and may execute deeds therefor; a receipt from the treasurer shall be complete evidence of title."

        On the 27th day of July, 1871, a deed was executed and delivered by William P. Forman and Helen Forman, for the consideration of $500, evidenced by notes, "to the trustees" of the town of Hartford and their successors, in office, in trust, conveying to them as trustees, "for the use of the public as a cemetery, and for the use of such persons as the said trustees or their successors, shall sell lots or a part of the premises," a certain boundary of land, containing twelve acres and three rods with the reservation stated in the deed, which is not now here involved. On November 13, 1916, the city council of Hartford, by and through J.C. Iler, mayor, and J.A. Howard, clerk, executed and delivered a deed, conveying the same land to J.E. Bean, J.C. Iler, and C.O. Hunter, trustees of Oakwood Cemetery, "and their successors in office" for the recited consideration of $1 in cash, and the further consideration that the grantees and "their successors in offices will keep the amount of $1,000.00 and interest and hold same as a trust fund, not to be used for any purpose, but may use all the interest from the $1,000 annually, together with the proceeds of the burial lots to improve and upkeep the said cemetery."

        The deed undertakes to confer upon Bean, Iler, and Hunter, as trustees, and their successors in office, the power to appoint their successors, with the restriction that a vacancy be filled by them or their successors, by the appointment of a resident of the town of Hartford. John E. Bean was therein designated commissioner to make deeds to burial lots, with the power in Bean, Iler and Hunter, as trustees, to appoint another commissioner in lieu of Bean. And it contains this provision:

        "The said trustees shall have the power to make rules governing the cemetery, the same as the city council has, and if at any time, said trustees shall think it best to incorporate the cemetery, this may be done as the law of the state requires. The duty is imposed upon the treasurer of the cemetery, on the request of the city council, to report to it the amount of money received and paid out and the balance on hand in cash or notes."

        The city of Hartford brought this action against W.H. Gillespie, T.H. Black and W.J. Bean, trustees of Oakwood Cemetery, C.O. Hunter, J.C. Iler, and the executor of John W. Bean. The petition alleges that upon the execution and delivery of the deed by the Formans, the city of Hartford, by and through its board of trustees, immediately took possession of the land described in the deed, as a cemetery, and continuously exercised all authority over it, until the execution and delivery of the deed, by which the city undertook on November 13, 1916, to confer upon J.E. Bean, J.C. Iler, and C.O. Hunter, trustees of the Oakwood Cemetery, all of the city's authority over the cemetery, and the control of the $1,000 referred to in the city's deed to Bean, Iler, and Hunter; thereafter J.C. Iler ceased to be a resident of the city of Hartford, and Bean and Hunter elected W.H. Gillespie to fill the vacancy in the trusteeship occurring from Iler's removal from the city. Later, C.O. Hunter removed from the city, when Bean and Gillespie elected T.H. Black as Hunter's successor. And in 1932, upon the death of Bean, Gillespie and Black elected W.J. Bean to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of J.E. Bean. Gillespie, Black, and W. J. Bean are now claiming to be the successors in office of J.E. Bean, J.C. Iler, and C.O. Hunter. It is charged in the petition they are in the possession of the cemetery, and there are now in their hands, $210.69, cash; $400, evidenced by Stalsworth's note, and state warrants of the value of $1,673.62, derived from the sale of lots, and that, from the proceeds of the sale of burial lots, the trustees, acting under the aforementioned deed, had purchased of R.D. Newton a lot adjoining that embraced in the Forman deed, to be used, and was being used, as a part of the cemetery. Hunter, Black, W.J. Bean, J.C. Iler, and the executrix of the estate of John E. Bean, it is alleged, are wrongfully and without right withholding from the city council, the cemetery, the money, notes, and warrants, mentioned above; and are fixing the price of burial lots, selling and conveying the same to the purchasers, although requested to surrender the control and possession of the cemetery and turn over the money, notes and warrants to the city. The city in its petition, prays that the "ownership and rights" of the city of Hartford and Gillespie, Black, W.J. Bean, Hunter, Iler, and the estate of John E. Bean, to the cemetery, money, notes, and state warrants, and the land conveyed by Newton to them as trustees, be determined and declared. A demurrer was sustained to the petition. It was dismissed. A mere reading of the statutes in force at the date of the Forman deed, and the Forman deed, is sufficient to establish that the title to the land described in the Forman deed was in the city of Hartford at the date of the deed of Bean, Iler, and Hunter. The Forman deed, conveying the land to the trustees of the town, did not vest in them, but in the city, the legal title. Trustees of Falmouth v. Horter, 4 Litt. 119; Mason v. Mulholn, 6 Dana, 140. The statute, in operation in 1871, expressly provided that the city of Hartford may acquire title to land not exceeding 40 acres for cemetery purposes by a conveyance to the trustees of the town, and clearly defined the duties of the trustees in respect thereto.

        Section 3616 (Acts of 1891-92-93, c. 250, sec. 10) operated to abolish the office of trustees of the city of Hartford. Section 3637-9 expressly confers exclusive control and management of the cemetery, and imposes the duty appertaining thereto, upon the city council, with the power and duty to "fix the price at which the lots shall be sold" and to execute deeds therefor.

        With section 3637-9 of the statute in mind, it is easy to see that in so far as the deed to Bean, Iler, and Hunter, attempts perpetually to divest the city council of its statutory power and duty, respecting the control and management of the cemetery, the pricing and selling the lots therein, it is a nullity. City of Louisville v. Parsons, 150 Ky. 420, 150 S.W. 498. And in so far as it attempts to, or does, confer upon the trustees named in the deed and their successors the power of self-perpetuation, it is likewise invalid. It constitutes neither a sale of, nor an incumbrance upon, the land therein described. Trustees of Augusta v. Perkins, 3 B. Mon. 437; Giltner v. Trustees of Carrollton, 7 B. Mon. 680; Massey v. City of Bowling Green, 206 Ky. 692, 268 S.W. 348; Russell v. Bell, 224 Ky. 298, 6 S. W. (2d) 236.

        The members of the city council who authorized the execution and delivery of the deed to Iler, Hunter, and Bean, and Iler, Hunter, and Bean, must be presumed to have had knowledge of the existence and purpose of section 3637-9 at the time of the execution and delivery of the deed by the former to the latter. Its language is plain, simple, and free of ambiguity. Pulaski County v. Richardson, County Treasurer, 225 Ky. 556, 9 S.W. (2d) 523; City of Newport v. McLane, 256 Ky. 803, 77 S.W. (2d) 27, 96 A.L.R. 655.

        The city council, at the time it executed and delivered the deed to them, was an agent of the city, with delegated powers, and was without right to divest itself of and confer upon Iler, Bean, and Hunter the power or duty to exercise the discretion vested by the statutes in the council in the control and management of the cemetery and fixing the prices of the lots. Carter v. Krueger & Son, 175 Ky. 399, 194 S.W. 553; Conrad v. Pendleton County, 209 Ky. 526, 529, 273 S.W. 57; Clark County Fiscal Court v. Powell County Fiscal Court, 223 Ky. 10, 2 S.W. (2d) 1039. And it must be presumed that in dealing with it, Bean, Iler, and Hunter not only had knowledge of the existence of this statute, but the extent of the authority of the city council when acting thereunder. Perry County v. Engle, 116 Ky. 594, 76 S. W. 382, 25 Ky. Law Rep. 813; Floyd County v. Owego Bridge Co., 143 Ky. 693, 137 S.W. 237; Leslie County v. Keith, 227 Ky. 663, 13 S.W. (2d) 1012.

        The city council, at the date of the deed to them, had the power under the statutes to appoint an administrative agent and delegate to him the power to control and manage the cemetery and to fix the price and execute deeds to lots therein, subject to its approval and regulation, but it was entirely without power to delegate to them the discretion which the statutes vest in the city council in respect to the cemetery, its control and management.

        It is apparent that it is our view that, at most, the deed of November 13, 1916, conferred on Bean, Iler, and Hunter, and those who have acted and are acting thereunder, no more than a mere agency, terminable at the will of the city council. It was therefore their duty, on the demand of the city council, to surrender to it, all money, notes, and state warrants derived from their control and management of the property, and the title and possession of the land paid for out of the sale of the cemetery lots, as well as the entire control and management of the cemetery.

        The judgment of the circuit court not being in harmony with our views, it is reversed, with directions to overrule the demurrer to the petition, and for proceedings consistent herewith.

Equality Methodist Church Cemetery - First of Three Postings

EQUALITY METHODIST CHURCH

Established 1857

EQUALITY METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY on the Hill

Established 1889

Cemetery List compiled May, 2007

by

Juanita Overhults Brown

***Addington, Joshua B. --(Buried in old Equality Cemetery, no TS) Family: b. 11 Nov 1804 OCK-d.ca 16 Feb 1869 OCK; s/o William Henry & Dorcas (Barnard) Addington; 1m. 04 Mar 1828 Sally Ann (Cooper), b. 1804- KY -d. ca 1833 KY; Lived in the Goshen area near Beaver Dam and probably buried in the Goshen Methodist Church Cemetery on the Goshen Rd., OCK.; d/o Henry & Nancy (Phipps) Cooper; 3m. Polly (Fulkerson) m. 14 Mar 1861.

               

***Addington, Sallie (Igleheart)--(No TS, buried in the old Equality Cemetery) Family: b. 26 Dec 1804-d. bet 1860 Census & 14 Mar 1861 KY; 2w/o Joshua B. Addington, (m. 07 Oct 1834 KY); d/o John & Rachel (Nichols) Igleheart.              

***Addington, John Henry--Family: b.11 Oct 1832--d.1840-1850 died young; s/o Joshua B. & Sallie (Cooper) Addington.  May have been buried with his mother in the Goshen Methodist Church Cemetery on the Goshen Rd., OCK.

***Addington, George W. --Family: b. 1849-d. 17 Apr 1852; s/o Joshua & Sallie (Igleheart) Addington.

               

Addington, Andrew Jackson--TS: b. 01 Oct 1844-d. 18 May 1923; KVS: OCK; s/o Joshua & Sarah “Sallie” (Igleheart) Addington.

               

Addington,  Rhoda J. (Brown)--TS: b. 07 Mar 1844 OCK-d. TS inscription 18 Feb 1896 is incorrect.  Family: dod-10 Feb 1899 OCK.  TS put up recently, death date incorrect via newspaper Hartford Republican., p.2, Feb 17, 1899); w/o Andrew Jackson Addington (m.14 Feb 1865 OCK); d/o Presley & Sarah “Sallie” Humphrey Brown.

**Addington, Sallie Irabelle--Obit: b. 25 Dec 1878 KY-d. 13 Feb 1882; d/o Andrew Jackson & Rhoda Jane (Brown) Addington.

Addington, Elijah P. --TS: b. 19 Mar 1847 KVS: KY-d. 26 Nov 1924, KVS: OCK; s/o Joshua B. & Sallie (Igleheart) Addington  (Elijah, never married.).

               

Addington, William  Blackman--TS: b. 04 Apr 1811 OCK-d. 12 Apr 1893 OCK; s/o William Henry & Dorcas (Barnard) Addington.

                                                                                                                                                                               

Addington, Nancy (Coleman)--TS: b. 24 Sep 1811 KY -d. 01 Mar 1883 KY; w/o William Blackman Addington (m. 19 Nov 1834 KY); d/o Henry & Delilah (Hocker) Coleman.

               

Addington,  John Wesley--TS: b. 25 May 1840 OCK-d. 28 Feb 1896 OCK; s/o William Blackman & Nancy (Coleman) Addington.

**Addington, Cordelia (Drake)--KVS: b. 27 May 1850-d. 25 Aug 1911 KVS: MCK.   (Death certificate lists Smallhous as burial place, but no tombstone found there.  No TS at Equality Cemetery either.); w/o John Wesley Addington (m. 12 Sep 1867 MCK); d/o Benjamin Tolbert & Mary Ann (Bilbro) Drake.

***Addington, William Benjamin--BAC’s book: b. 21 Apr 1870-d. 08 Mar 1871; s/o John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.

               

***Addington, Mary D. --BAC’s book: b. 23 Oct 1879-d. 09 Oct 1880; d/o John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.

                               

**Addington, Laura Z. --BAC’s book: b. 03 Mar 1881, H. Rep. obit:1883-d. 08 Mar1901; d/o  John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.

               

**Addington, Infant--BAC’s book: b. 15 May 1890-d. 23 Jun 1890; s/o  John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.

               

**Addington, Jennie B. --BAC’s book: b. 03 Feb 1894-d. 12 Aug 1894; d/o John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.

               

Addington, Ada Belle (Addington)--TS: b. 03 Jan 1869 OCK-d. 16 Sep 1940 OCK; w/o William “Willie” Blackman Addington, III (m. 16 Dec 1895); WBA was buried in ARK in 1926; d/o John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.

                                                                                                                               

Addington, John Lee--TS: b.1872, KVS: OCK 01 Dec 1872-TS: d.1933, KVS: 08 Oct 1933 MCK;

s/o John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington.          

Addington, Elizabeth “Betty” (Allen)--TS: b. 1873, Other source: Nov--TS: d. 1956, KVS: 28 Nov 1956 MCK; w/o John Lee Addington (m. 27 Feb 1896 OCK); d/o Thomas “Tom” & Susan (Bullock) Everly Allen.      

               

Addington, Arlie--TS: b. 11 Oct 1900-d. 18 Jul 1901, Other source: d. 08 Jul 1901; s/o John Lee & Elizabeth “Betty” Addington.                         

Addington, Albin Luther--TS: b. 07 Mar 1882 OCK, d-10 Oct 1922, KVS: 10 Nov 1922 OCK.  (Family: Month of death on TS incorrect); s/o John Wesley & Cordelia (Drake) Addington; Veteran of Spanish American War.

                                                                                                                               

Addington, Ora Ellen (Brown)--TS: b. 23 Mar 1889 OCK-d. 27 Aug 1976 OCK; w/o Albin Luther Addington (m. 03 Jul 1910 OCK); d/o Elijah Collins & Lu(isa) Melvin (Igleheart) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

Addington, Infant (Luther-via KVS)--TS: b. 14 Sep 1911 KY-d.18 Sep 1911 OCK; s/o Albin Luther and Ora Ellen (Brown) Addington.               

Addington, William “Bill” Meredith--TS: 27 Mar 1847-d. 25 Sep 1938, KVS: 28 Sep 1938 OCK;

s/o William Blackman & Nancy (Coleman) Addington.

               

Addington, Margaret Priscilla (Kimbley)--TS: b. 30 Sep 1850-d.19 Jul 1937, KVS: OCK; w/o Wm Meredith Addington (m. 20 Oct 1870 OCK); d/o Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann (Graves) Kimbley.

                                                                                                                               

**Addington, Henry Pigman “Henry Pig”--b. KVS: 11 May 1876 OCK-d. 22 Jan 1935

Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY.  Obit says, “Brought to Equality for burial”; s/o William “Bill” Meredith & Margaret Priscilla (Kimbley) Addington; h/o Esther Bertha Meyerhoffer.  Married in MCK. 

                                                                                                                               

Addington, Frank Ray--TS: b. 12 Dec 1879, KVS: KY, d. 01 May 1960, KVS: OCK;

s/o William “Bill” Meredith & Margaret Priscilla (Kimbley) Addington.

                                                                                                                               

Addington, Grace (Reid)--TS: b. 26 Jul 1882, KVS: KY-d.23 Nov 1965, KVS: OCK;

w/o Frank Ray Addington (m. 23 Sep 1903); d/o “Zach” & Mary “Mollie” C. (Fields) Reid.

                                                                                                                               

Addington, Infant son (Reid)--TS: b. 28 Aug 1905, Other source: OCK-d.31 Aug 1905,

Other source: OCK; s/o Frank Ray & Grace (Reid) Addington.

Addington, William Kimbley “Little Bill”--TS: b. 04 Aug 1882, KVS: KY-d. 16 Oct 1973, KVS: OCK; s/o William “Bill” Meredith and Margaret Priscilla (Kimbley) Addington.

                                                                                                                               

Addington, Eulah “Eula” (Withrow)--TS: b. 19 Oct 1885, KVS: KY-d.14 Dec 1973, KVS: OCK; w/o William Kimbley Addington (m. 19 Aug 1908 KY); d/o Samuel Elgin & Myrtle “Mertie” A. (Igleheart) Withrow.

                                                                                                                               

**Addington, Infant--from newspaper: b. ca 26 Oct 1912; d/o William Kimbley & Eulah “Eula” (Withrow) Addington.

                                                                                                                                                                          

***Addington, Mary D. --Family: b. 1849-d. Census: 1860-1870; d/o William Blackman & Nancy (Coleman) Addington.   

Alexander, John Jerdon--TS: b. 30 Mar 1891, Family info: IN-d. 27 Sep 1921, KVS: Jefferson Co., KY; s/o Merton & Agnes (Semersheim) Alexander; h/o *Clara Bell (Durham) (m. 23 Mar 1912 McLean Co., KY) John was killed in a Martwick Mines-MCK accident.  (She 2m. Marion Ball, 05 Sep 1922 OCK.)

                                                                                                                               

Allen, Debbie--TS: b. 12 Jan 1903-d.10 Jul 1903; d/o George Washington & Sallie Elizabeth (Cummings) Allen.

                                                                                                                               

Allen, Ruby (Igleheart)--TS: b. 27 Jan 1901-d. 20 Feb 1922, KVS: MCK; w/o Chester L. Allen (m._);

 d/o Clark M. & Anna “Annie” L. (Withrow) Igleheart

                                                                                                                               

Allen, Susan W. (Bullock)--TS: b. 29 Oct 1836-d. 12 Jun 1903; 1m. *Francis Marion Everly (m. 19 Oct 1858 MCK);  2m. *Thomas “Tom” W. Allen (m. 02 Jul 1866 OCK)   He was b. 1841-d. 28 Jan 1883;

d/o Joseph & Catherine (Conner) Bullock.

                                                                                                                               

Allen, Samuel “Sam” W. --TS: b. 04 Apr 1871, KVS: McLean Co., KY-d.13 Jan 1935, KVS: Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY.  (KVS lists burial at Centertown-TS at Equality.);

s/o Thomas “Tom”  W. & Susan  W. (Bullock) Everly Allen.

Allen/Barnard, Leona C. (Brown)--TS: b. 14 Jul 1878-d. 24 Jan 1944, obit: 25 Jan 1925

Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY; 1m. Samuel “Sam” W. Allen  (m. 16 Apr 1896); 2m. Mayworth Barnard (m. 29 Jul 1939 OCK) (He is buried at the Billie Fulkerson Cemetery); d/o William Logan & Harriet Ann (Addington) Brown.

Allen, Bertie May--TS: b. 14 Aug 1915 OCK-d. 12 Apr 1917; d/o Samuel W. & Leona C. (Brown) Allen.

                                                                                                                               

**Alvey, Douglas F. --KVS: b. 18 Aug 1911-d. 23 Sep 1913 OCK; s/o Luke and Belle (Eaves) Alvey.

                                                                                                                               

Ashby, Bertie Belle (Balls)--Buried as a Balls.  See Balls listing for info.

                                                                                                                                                                          

Ashby, Shelby--TS: b. 12 Feb 1857 KY-d. 18 May 1921 KY; s/o Jared T. & Elizabeth (Brown) Ashby.

                                                                                                                               

Ashby, Artelia E. (Brown)--TS: b. 27 Oct 1860 KY -d. No date, Other source: 22 Nov 1936; w/o Shelby Ashby (m. 12 Oct 1885 OCK); d/o James Ben & Altha Celia (Addington) Brown.

                 

Atherton, Frank E. Ray--TS: b. 17 Oct 1897-d. 26 Aug 1914, KVS: 25 Aug 1914 MCK (Death certificate lists burial in Central City, but TS is at Equality Cemetery.); s/o Wm. P. & Amanda Jennie (Calvert) Atherton.        

Balls, Thomas F. --TS: b. 1845, KVS: Sep 1845 ARK, Other info: 07 Sep 1845-d. 1915 KVS: 27 May 1915 OCK; s/o Robert Rellic & Martha (Bell) Balls; step-s/o Wm Murrell Hunter who 2m. Martha (Bell) Balls.   

Balls, Eliza Henrietta (Curtis)--TS: b. 1855, KVS: 15 Dec KY-d. 1924, KVS: 31 Mar 1924 OCK; w/o Thomas F. Balls (m. 16 Dec 1877 KY); d/o James A. & Nancy Emmeline (Addington) Curtis.                      

***Balls, Jessy H. --TS: b. 02 Dec 1878-d. 09 Jun 1879 (Jessy, R. C. and Wm B. Balls are all on one stone in the old Equality Cemetery down by the church.); child/o Thomas F. & Eliza Henrietta (Curtis) Balls.

                                                                                                                               

***Balls, R. C. --TS: b. 02 Jul 1880-d. 17 Oct 1883; child/o Thomas F. & Eliza Henrietta (Curtis) Balls.

                                                                                                                               

***Balls, William B. --TS: b. 04 Feb 1884-d. 01 Aug 1885; s/o Thomas F. & Eliza Henrietta (Curtis)Balls.

                                                                                                                               

***Balls, Infant--b. 23 May 1891 (dates from old cemetery list) –d. 15 Jun 1892 (dates from old cemetery list); child/o Thomas F. & Eliza Henrietta (Curtis) Balls. 

Balls, H. Finch--TS: b.1896 KVS: KY-d. 1918 KVS: 24 Mar 1918 OCK. (Listed Hettie F. in KVS, H. French on TS.); h/o *Lillie Boise Maddox (m. 14 Feb 1916); s/o Thomas F. & Eliza Henrietta (Curtis) Balls.

Balls, William Marion--TS: b. 27 Aug 1847 AR-d. 25 Jan 1926, BAC: OCK; s/o Robert Rellic & Martha (Bell) Balls; step-s/o Wm Murrell Hunter who 2m. Martha (Bell) Balls.

                                                                                                                               

Balls, Martha “Mat” Elizabeth (Addington)--TS: b. 22 Jan 1850, KVS: OCK-d. 28 Apr 1919, KVS: OCK; w/o William Marion Balls (m. 08 Apr 1869); d/o Joshua B. & Sallie (Igleheart) Addington.    

Balls-Ashby, Bertie Belle--TS: b. 26 Mar 1874 KY-d. 29 Jul 1896 KY; d/o Wm Marion & Martha E. (Addington) Balls; w/o Oscar Shelton Ashby (m. 30 Jan 1894).  He was buried at Central Grove Cemetery near Centertown, OCK.

                                                                                                                               

Balls, Arah D. (Withrow)--TS: b. 11 Oct 1887, KVS: OCK 30 Oct 1888-d. 11 Jun 1922, KVS: MCK;

w/o Marion B. Balls (m. 08 Jul 1906); d/o Joseph Henry & Madora “Dora” (Bullock) Withrow.

Balls, Sylvia Marie--TS: b. 1908, KVS: KY 10 Mar 1908-d. 1911, KVS: 19 Nov 1911 OCK; d/o Herbert “Hub” Davis & Effie M. (Williams) Balls.  

Balls, Edward--TS: b. 14 Dec 1906-d. 18 Dec 1906; s/o William Edmond & Belva (Everly) Balls (m. 04 Apr 1902); Belva was the d/o Reason Howard & Sallie M. (Simmons) Everly; Wm  E., s/o Wm Marion & Martha Elizabeth (Addington) Balls.

Balls, Sophie d 9 Jun 1910                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Jr., William Logan--TS: b. 07 Mar 1801-d. 12 Apr 1890; s/o William L. & Sarah (Pigman) Barnard; 1m. *Francis Smith Berryman (m. 24 Dec 1830); 2m. *Octavia Berryman (sisters)

 (m. 18 Jan 1841).

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Paine--TS: b. 18 Nov 1864 KY-d.16 Dec 1864 KY; s/o Charles Thomas & Nancy Jane (Ross) Barnard; gs/o Wm L. & Frances Smith (Berryman) Barnard.                                                                             

Barnard, Sarah Pigman--TS: b. 03 Sep 1833-d. 15 Sep 1926; d/o Wm Logan & Frances Smith (Berryman) Barnard.  (Never married.)

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Thaddeus--TS b. 07 Jun 1837 KY-d. 01 Apr 1872 KY; s/o Wm Logan & Frances Smith (Berryman) Barnard; h/o *Sarah Ellen “Sallie” (Ross) (m. 02 Mar 1859) (Sallie 2m. Benjamin T. Drake 05 Nov 1876).

                 

Barnard-Drake, Sarah “Sallie” Ellen (Ross)--TS: b. 1843, Family: 08 Jul 1843-d. 1933,

Family:  21 May 1933 MCK; 1m. Thaddeus T. Barnard: 2m. Benjamin Tolbert Drake (m. 05 Nov 1876) He is buried at 

New Hope Cemetery, MCK; d/o Thomas Morton & Annie Barbara (Rhoads) Ross.

Barnard, Solomon Lee--TS: b. 09 Apr 1864-d. 08 Jan 1866; s/o Thaddeus & Sallie Ellen (Ross) Barnard.

Barnard, Edgar K. --TS: b. 20 Sept 1867-d. 30 Jul 1893 KY; s/o Thaddeus & Sallie Ellen (Ross) Barnard.

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Infant--TS: b. 31 Mar 1898-d. 25 Apr 1898; child/o Thaddeus Ross & Ida Mae (Morton) Barnard; gs/o  Thaddeus & Sallie (Ross) Barnard.

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, George Wesley--TS: b. 10 Aug 1832-d. 28 May 1909; s/o Lloyd & Nancy (Hocker) Barnard; gs/o William L. & Sarah Pigman Barnard.

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Mary Jane (Bennett)--TS: b. 02 May 1835-d.17 Mar 1915, KVS: 18 Mar 1915 OCK;

w/o George Wesley Barnard (m. 25 Sep 1854); d/o Joseph E. & Mary Ann (Igleheart) Bennett.      

Barnard, Jacob Henry “Jake”--TS: b. 17 Oct 1862-d. 02 Nov 1947, KVS: OCK; s/o George Wesley & Mary Jane (Bennett) Barnard.

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Martha “Mattie” Bell (Hunter) Drake--TS: b. 01 May 1881-d. 21 May 1955;

1m. James C. Drake (m. 19 Apr 1898) Buried Equality; 2m. Jacob Henry Barnard (m. 06 Jun 1919);

d/o James Robert & Gabriella “Gabe” (Hawkins) Hunter.

                                                                                                                               

Barnard, Leona C. (Brown) Allen--(Buried by 1^st husband.  Information under Allen.)

**Bidwell, Lafayette--b. ca 1821-d. Obit: 05 Oct 1905 KY; s/o ___.

                                                                                                                               

**Bidwell, Lavina S. (Berryman) Planer--KVS: b. 27 Mar 1837 OCK-d. 03 Apr 1919 MCK; w/o Lafayette Bidwell (2m. 5/6 Feb 1859); 1m. Christian Planer (m. 01 Jan 1855); d/o Weeks & Lavina (Berryman) Berryman.

               

**Bidwell, William “Bud” Forest--KVS: b. 08 Nov 1861-d. 25 Apr 1936 MCK; s/o Lafayette & Lavina (Berryman) Bidwell.             

Bilbro, Samuel Walker--TS: b. 21 Jan 1850-d. 02 Feb 1922; s/o Abraham & Cynthia Ann (Drake) Bilbro.

                                                                                                                               

Bilbro-Ballard, Lula (Talley) Withrow--TS: b. 1877, KVS: 10 Oct 1877-d. 1929, KVS: 24 Oct 1929, McLean Co., KY.  Buried by 2^nd husband; 1m. *Joseph Henry Withrow (m. 27 Jun 1897); 2m. Samuel W. Bilbro (m. 24 1907-Caldwell Co,KY); 3m. *R. H. Ballard, McLean Co., KY; d/o John Bartley & Sarah Elizabeth (Hines) Talley, II.

>>Bishop, Erasmus--Book: b.1790 MD-d. 1849 OCK; s/o __; (Reported to be buried on his farm and across the fence from the Equality Methodist Church Cemetery.  A large cedar stump marked the head of the grave in 1970 when his grave was visited by family and also marked it with a stake at the head and foot;  (m. Nancy Ann Kerford- buried at the Rowe Cemetery, Centertown, OCK).

               

***Bishop, Thompson T. --b. 1822 -d. 1901; s/o Erasmus & Nancy Ann (Kerford) Bishop.

                                                                                                                               

***Bishop, Dorcas Ann (Addington)--b. 10 Jan 1831-d. 1865; w/o Thompson T. Bishop (m.19 Feb 1852); d/o Joshua B. & Sally Ann (Cooper) Addington.

               

***Bishop, Martha A. --b. 1865-d. after Jun 1870; d/o Thompson T. & Dorcas Ann (Addington) Bishop.

                                                                                                                               

***Bishop, 3 Infants--b. -d.; children/o Thompson T. & Dorcas Ann (Addington) Bishop.                               

**Bolton, Felix & Tabitha (Curtis)--Found on early list of Reid Cemetery in the Equality

 area.  See Reid Cemetery List for info.

                                                                                                                                                                          

**Boone, Onida--b. 04 Sep 1908-d.04 Sep 1916; d/o Jess & Gracie (Everly) Boone.         

Boone, Floucy Oteilla “Flossie”--b. KVS: 08 Feb 1912 MCK –d. TS: 13 Dec 1912;

d/o Jess & Gracie (Everly) Boone.   

Boone, Baby--b. (TS-writing eroded), Family records: b. 09 Aug 1908-d. 14 Aug 1908;

child/o Fred & Opal Alice (Johns) Boone.

               

Boone, Girtie--b. (TS-writing eroded), Family records: 03 Aug 1909-d. 26 Sep 1910;

d/o Fred & Opal Alice (Johns) Boone.

               

Boone, Ruby Pearl--b. (TS-writing eroded), KVS: 16 Feb 1913 OCK-d. KVS:

13 Jun 1913 OCK; d/o Fred & Opal Alice (Johns) Boone.

Boone, Richard T. --b.(TS-writing eroded) KVS:  09 Nov 1918 OCK-d. Family records:

20 Nov 1918, KVS: 19 Nov 1918 OCK; s/o Fred & Opal Alice (Johns) Boone.    

*** Brown, George W. --b. 1850 Census: 1824- -d. obit: HH 25 Jan 1882; s/o James & Jemima (Barnard) Brown. 

*** Brown, Matilda Cynthia (Addington)--b. 1850 Census: 1824- -d. obit: HH 12-31-1881;

w/o George W. Brown (m. 12 Jan 1843 KY); d/o W. Henry & Polly (Davis) Addington.

Brown, Bryant D. -- TS: b. 22 Dec 1847-d. 13 Aug 1894; s/o George W. & Matilda C. (Addington) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

Brown, John Fletcher (Johny in KVS)--TS: b. 1851, KVS: 10 Nov 1852 KY-d. 21 Jun 1933,

KVS: 02 Jun 1933 OCK.

Brown, Mary Ellen (Withrow)--TS: b. 13 Oct 1861-d. 24 Jun 1943; w/o John Fletcher Brown (m. 18 Dec 1876); s/o George W. & Matilda Cynthia (Addington) Brown; d/o Isaac Vernon & Elizabeth Jane (Reid) Withrow.

***Brown, Martha E. --b. May 1862-d. 13 Mar 1881; d/o George W. & Matilda C. (Addington) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

Brown, Letta Mae (Leda M.-KVS)--TS: b. 01 Feb 1927-d. 21 Jan 1933, KVS: OCK;

d/o Archie B. & Thelma Alberta (Neal) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

Brown, James “Ben” Benjamin--TS: b. 08 Sep 1838 OCK-d. 27 Apr 1908; s/o Joshua & Elmira (Humphrey) Brown. 

                                                                                                                                 

*Brown, Altha Celia (Addington)--KVS: b. Apr 1842 KY-d. KVS: 13 Jul 1927 OCK;

w/o James Ben Brown (m. 16 Nov 1859); d/o William Blackman & Nancy (Coleman) Addington.

                  

**Brown, Nash Brentwood--KVS: b. 22 Oct 1864-d. KVS: 22 Mar 1916 OCK; s/o James Ben & Altha C. (Addington) Brown.             

Brown, Nancy N. – TS: b. 02 Oct 1865-d. 10 Nov 1866; (On tombstone with Bessie & Girtie.); d/o_.

               

Brown, Bessie--TS: b.10 Sep 1871-d. 12 Oct 1873; (On stone with Girtie D. & Nancy.); d/o _.

Brown, Girtie D. --TS: b. 02 Apr 1873-d. 12 Dec 1875; (On tombstone with Bessie & Nancy; Listed as Eddie D. on an earlier Equality Cemetery list.); d/o _.

               

Brown, Oscar Pigman--TS: b. 16 Mar 1880, KVS: KY-d. 09 May 1946, KVS: OCK;

s/o James “Jim” Ben  & Altha C. (Addington) Brown.

Brown, Ethel (Brown)--TS: b. 01 Apr 1884, KVS: KY-d. 19 Jan 1914, KVS: 18 Jan 1915 OCK;

w/o Oscar Pigman Brown (m. 27 Jun 1907 KY); d/o Emory Worth & Martha “Mattie” E. (Everly) Brown.

               

Brown, Joseph Shelby “Joe”--TS: b. 15 Mar 1886, KVS: KY-d. 04 Dec 1955, KVS: Daviess Co., KY (Resident of OCK); s/o James “Jim” Ben & Altha Celia (Addington) Brown.         

Brown, Georgia E. (Ashby)--TS: b. 22 May 1891, KVS: KY-d. 26 Jul 1960, KVS: OCK;

w/o Joseph “Joe” Shelby Brown; d/o Lewis “Luke” M. & 2m. Nancy (Shown) Ashby.

                                                                                                                               

Brown, P. W. (also known as Presley Warren,  P. Warren & Warren)--Other sources: b. ca 1855 OCK

-d. from wife’s obit: ca 1928; s/o George W. & Matilda Cynthia (Addington) Brown.

**Brown, Margaret Ann “Maggie” (Hocker)--KVS: b. 12 Jun 1862-d. KVS: 11 Sep 1939,

Obit: Christian Co., KY; w/o Presley Warren Brown (m. 08 Mar 1883 OCK); d/o Valentine “Tiny” & Adeline (Reid) Hocker.  

Brown, Harry D. --TS: b. 04 Jul 1883, obit: 08 Jul 1884 OCK-d. No date, KVS: 21 Nov 1962 OCK,

78 yrs old; s/o Presley Warren & Margaret “Maggie” Ann (Hocker) Brown; 2m. Emma (Tucker)

(m. 15 May 1917 Daviess Co., KY).  Emma, b. 16 Jun 1881-d. 24 Jan 1961, is buried at Buck Creek Cem., McLean Co., KY.  Emma & HD’s 1^st wife, Arra, were sisters.

Brown, Arra Bell (Tucker) (KVS:  Ana B.)--TS: b. 12 Feb 1886, KVS: McLean Co., KY-d. 28 Oct 1916, KVS: 28 Oct 1915 OCK; 1w/o Harry D. Brown (m. 12 Aug 1905); d/o John W. & Lucinda C.“Lou” (Tiffutt-sp?) Tucker.

               

**Brown, Margaret R. (twin)--KVS: b. & d. 17 Aug 1915 OCK; d/o Harry D. & Arra B. (Tucker) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

**Brown, Louise (twin)--KVS: b. & d. 17 Aug 1915 OCK; d/o Harry D. & Arra B. (Tucker) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

Brown, Isabelle--TS: b. 08 Sep 1921-d. No date, KVS: 11 Dec 1982 OCK; d/o Harry D. & 2m. Emma (Tucker) Brown.

Brown, Leenus--TS: b. 12 Mar 1888, KVS: OCK-d. 14 Aug 1947, KVS: MCK; s/o Presley Warren & Margaret Ann (Hocker) Brown.

                                                                                                                               

Brown, Stella B. (Withrow)--TS: b. 14 Jul 1890-d. 29 Dec 1975 (A 4 has been cut over the 9.); w/o Leenus Brown (m. 09 Nov 1906); d/o Alonzo L. & Altha D. “Ida” (Brown) Withrow.

                                                                                                                               

**Brown, Infant--b. No date.-d.  from OC newspaper:  ca 02 Mar 1910; child/of Leenus & Stella (Withrow) Brown.                

Brown, Barney B. --TS: b. No date.-d. No date; (No info found, but based on the fact that he is buried near Leenus and Stella Brown, some think the infant is possibly the child listed above.

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Brown, Nellie--TS: b. No date.-d. No date; (No info found, but based on the fact that she is buried in the area of other P. W. Brown family, some think that she is the 6 yr old daughter that was accidentally shot in 1900.  Name not included in obit.)               

                                                                                                                               

Brown, Jennie (Bullock)--(Listed Julie on earlier list.), TS: b. Jun 1874-d. 01 Aug 19, Obit: 31 Jul 1904; w/o Claude Lee Brown (m.15 Jun 1893)  He s/o Geo W. Brown;   2m.Onie/Ona Yaden.  They are buried- Island Methodist Cemetery, Island, McLean Co., KY; d/o Dabney Cosby & Elizabeth (Crawford) Bullock.

               

Brown, William Logan--TS: b. 19 May 1835, -d. 07 Aug 1912, KVS: 06 Aug 1912 OCK;

s/o James (Faith Dr.) & Jemima (Barnard) Brown; Civil War Veteran (USA).