Mud River Mine Cemetery
Contributed by Jake Penrod
Location: near Penrod, Kentucky. Cemetery visited December 2009.
“THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IS NOT A PUBLIC CEMETERY. NO BURIALS ARE PERMITTED ON THIS PROPERTY. TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED.”
Someone obviously disagreed.
Mud River Mine Cemetery with the Penrod Family stone in the foreground.
Mud River Mine Cemetery.
Tree stump in the Mud River Mine Cemetery. From Jake Penrod, “Tobias is said to have been shot near a tree. This stump looked old enough, though I doubt it was there in 1806.”
Penrod Family
Tobias, 1758 - 1806
Catherine, 1780 - 1889
Leander, 1832 - 1903
Mary Ann, 1840 - 1869
Children of Leander and Fannie Latham Penrod:
Lydia Penrod Arnold, 1882 - 1908
Ollie Penrod, 1884 - 1901
Willie Penrod, 1885 - 1885
Back of the Tobias Penrod Family tombstone.
Tombstone of George Penrod.
George Penrod, April 6, 1795 - January 22, 1892
Gone but not forgotten
Tombstone of Jane Penrod.
Jane Penrod, 1803 - May 12, 1865
George Penrod
PVT KY Militia
War of 1812
April 6, 1792 - January 22, 1892
Blank tombstone
Blank tombstone in relation to George Penrod plaque
About 100 yards from the Mud River Mine Cemetery, near the road. Another possible grave?