Smith Cemetery
Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam
Source: Mrs. Marian Hammers copied this cemetery 06 May 1972. Dorothy Delaquila and Joanna Fox photographed many of the stones 24 March 1989. Mary Ann (Robinson) Fulcher, and Donald Ray and Myra Lynn Smith copied the stones 10 October 2002. Faye (Smith) Bard made a check October 2007. Helen McKeown walked the cemetery November 2007. This is compilation of all these.
Located on P.&M. Coal Company property near Green River at Paradise. This cemetery also known as Yontz & Nourse.
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- Mitchell Mason
23 October 1848 - 31 January 1935
Co. F. 35th KY Mounted Inf.
Kentucky Death Certificate #02423
Son of Ambrose G. Mason & Mary Joanna Lamb, Mitchell was born in Spencer Co., IN and married 08 April 1874, Loup City, NE, Ruth Scoles - Ruth E. Scoles Mason
16 June 1856 - 30 September 1923
Kentucky Death Certificate #26598
Ruth Elizabeth Scoles was born Effingham Co., IL
Daughter of L.H. Scoles & Mary E. Getz
Married Mitchell Mason, 08 Apr 1874, Loup City, NE - Mary A___ Mason
(Concrete top, adult grave, no dates)
Daughter of Mitchell & Ruth Scoles Mason.
Mary Alpha was born 10 July 1876, Arcadia, NE and died 15 November 1895 - In Memory of
Wm. Emmit Mason
16 June 1877 - 27 March 1878
Remains in Arcadia, NE
Son of Mitchell & Ruth Scoles Mason. - Mary Ann Brinkley
18 June 1828 - 14 June 1860
Mary Ann Lamb, believed to be daughter of John Dillis Lamb & Sarah Phillips.
Married 1) Ambrose G. Mason; married 2) John J. Brinkley, Spencer Co., IN - Emma, wife of William McDougal
13 May 1852 - 14 February 1878
Daughter of John J. Brinkley & Mary Ann Lamb
Married 16 January 1871, Robertson Co., TN, William McDougal. - W.C. Brinkley
No dates - Child's grave
Willie Clyde, son of John J. Brinkley & Mary Ann Lamb, was born about 1856 and died before 1870. - Isadore E. Mason
No dates - Infant's grave
Isadore Etta, daughter of Mitchell & Ruth Scoles Mason, was born 12 January 1880, Arcadia, NE & died 16 November 1883 - James E. Mason
No dates - Infant's grave
Son of Mitchell & Ruth Scoles Mason
Born 24 July 1885; died 25 August 1886 - Laura A. Mason
No dates - Infant's grave
Laura Allace, daughter of Mitchell & Ruth Scoles Mason
Born 24 August 1892; died 14 May 1894 - Rudolph Yonts
13 January 1788 - 20 July 1876
Born in North Carolina
Son of William & Mary Magdalena Yontz
Married Sabra Reed, 20 March 1809, Rowan Co., NC - Sabra Yonts
03 December 1791 - 08 March 1879
Caborah/Zabarey/Sabra Reed, believed to be the daughter of Abbington Reed - Abbington, son of R. & C. Yonts
15 January 1810 - 06 November 1853
Son of Rudolph & Sabra Reed Yonts
Abbington did not marry. - Ruth Yonts Dennis
Born about 1820; died 21 October 1888
Daughter of Rudolph & Sabra Reed Yonts Married 27 December 1838, Thomas Jefferson Dennis - Thomas Jefferson Dennis
06 February 1810 - 27 August 1849
Son of Abraham Dennis & Tabitha Rice
No stone found but believed to have been buried here with wife, Ruth Yonts Dennis, and son, Francis M. Dennis - Francis M., son of T.J. & R. Dennis
02 June 1842 - 22 February 1852
Son of Thomas J. & Ruth Yonts Dennis - Ety, daughter of R. & C. Yonts
Born [stone damaged] 1823 - 07 October 1848
Edith T. “Edy” was born about 1823; did not marry - Children of R. & M. Duncan
David
21 May 1859 - 06 April 1862
James
22 January 1860 - 10 April 1862 - Adam S., son of Andrew & Mary Duncan
04 September 1861 - 29 November 1862 - Infant daughter of Andrew & Mary Duncan
08 July 1866 - 08 November 1867 - Francis Toll
13 November 1813 - 05 May 1879 - Peggie Sidell, mother of Rhoda Kipling
03 April 1800 - 09 March 1877 - Presiller, wife of James Conley
02 February 1853 - 07 October 1878
Daughter of Robert Kipling & Rhoda Siddle
Married 29 April 1877 - William H., son of J. & P. Conley
27 September 1878 - 29 October 1878 - Infant daughter of J. & P. Conley
27 September 1878 - 27 September 1878 - Stone 1: “Mother” Rhoda, wife of Robert Kipling
25 September 1826 - 22 October 1898
Daughter of Peggie Sidell - Stone 2: Rhoda wife (of Robert Kipling)
25 September 1829 - 22 October 1898
Birth years on the two stones do not match. - Robert Kipling
21 September 1827 - 10 February 1902 - Leonard Smith
28 August 1813 - 09 June 1879
Son of Aaron Fairfax & Judith Stom Smith
Married 24 May 1838, Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Yontz - Elizabeth Smith
18 August 1811 - 04 December 1908
Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Yontz, daughter of Rudolph & Sabra Yontz [or Yonts]
Note: Leonard & Elizabeth have two stones. - William H. Smith
30 September 1841 - 06 July 1925
Son of Leonard Smith & Betsy Yontz
Married Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason, 12 February 1865
Kentucky Death Certificate #17681 - Isadore Smith
06 December 1844 - 25 September 1916
Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason, wife of William H. Smith
Daughter of Ambrose G. Mason & Mary Ann Lamb.
Note: Isadora has two stones.
Kentucky Death Certificate #24736 - Mary E. Humphrey
16 November 1865 - 02 February 1953
Mary Elizabeth ”Mollie“, daughter of William H. Smith & Isadora Mason
Married Rolla E. Humphrey, 21 December 1881
Kentucky Death Certificate #3904 - R.E., husband of M.E. Humphrey
14 April 1859 - 19 October 1893
Rolla Elliston Humphrey, son of Rolla Elliston Humphrey & Delila Bennett Woodward
Married Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Smith, 21 December 1881 - Leonard Mason Smith
11 November 1867 - 17 May 1953
“Len” Smith, son of William H. & Isadora Smith
Married 24 November 1892, Iona Jane “Annie” Widick
Kentucky Death Certificate #10047 - Iona Jane Smith
14 March 1876 - 11 September 1948
Daughter of Tobias Widick & Nicey Ann Jernigan
Kentucky Death Certificate #19423
Note: Death Certificate & obituary list death year as 1949 - Willie Clyde, son of W.H. & I. Smith
17 July 1869 - 02 November 1869 - In Memory of
Carlos R. Smith
Born 26 November 1882
Died 09 October 1973
Remains at Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, KY
Son of William H. & Isadora Smith
Married Birdie Lee Shacklette Bozarth - Donald Ray Smith
11 February 1928 - 19 February 2003
SSgt US Air Force WWII
Son of Carlos R. Smith & Birdie Lee Shacklette Bozarth
Married 1) Daisey Lou Gieseke 25 June 1953, Evansville, IN
Married 2) Myra Lynn Robinson 09 June 1973 - Richard Wayne Smith
07 March 1935 - 18 October 2003
Son of Carlos R. Smith & Birdie Lee Shacklette Bozarth
Married Ruby Mae Lear, 20 November 1956 - Verdie Mable Smith
07 January 1887 - 21 January 1888
Infant daughter of William H. & Isadora Smith - Small Stone - I.S.
- Nellie H. Thurman
1882 - 19--
Nellie May Humphrey, daughter of R.E. & Molly Humphrey, is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, KY
Tombstone: 22 December 1882 - 31 March 1978 - John R. Thurman
[26 May] 1872 - 23 February 1937
Son of Mack C. Thurman & Fannie R. Johnson
Born Shelbyville, Shelby Co., KY
Kentucky Death Certificate #5728 - William Rogers Heck
01 November 1893 - 03 November 1893
Infant son of Theodore Heck & Annie Isadora Smith, daughter of W.H. & Isadora Mason Smith. No stone. - William D. Smith, son of M. & S.A. Smith
09 November 1908 - 08 January 1909
Son of Erasmus Mitchell Smith & Susan A. Creager - M.F. Smith
11 December 1826 - 15 March 1888
Moses Fairfax Smith, son of Aaron Fairfax Smith & Judith Stum, never married. - P.W. Smith
20 May 1823 - 15 December 1898
Presley William Smith, son of Aaron Fairfax Smith & Judith Stum
Married Mary Ann Morton in Ohio Co., Ky., 06 June 1867. - Mary Ann Smith
24 February 1838 -
Daughter of Thomas Ross Morton & Nancy Bradley Rhoads
Wife of Presley William Smith - Lucinda Smith
08 August 1818 - 10 June 1885
Daughter of Aaron Fairfax Smith & Judith Stum
Never married. - Brucie Morton Smith
11 October 1908 - 09 September 1913
Son of Thomas Aaron Smith & Mary Sullivan
Kentucky Death Certificate #0057 - Nellie May Humphrey Jarvis
02 October 1908 - 21 April 1933
Daughter of W.S. Humphrey and Lena Engler
Married 18 December 1926, Charles Jarvis
Kentucky Death Certificate #8725 - John J. Smith
18 December 1884 - 01 April 1952
John Joseph Smith, son of William H. & Isadora Mason Smith
Married 26 December 1903, Mable Katherine Ham
Kentucky Death Certificate #8327 - Mable K. Smith
03 July 1887 - 30 November 1984
Daughter of John Luther Ham & Margaret “Alice” Eleanor Rule
Wife of John J. Smith - William Luther Smith
24 June 1913 - 21 May 1964
Son of John J. & Mable K. Ham Smith - In Memory of
William Mason Prine
24 August 1915 - 16 August 1971
Son of Empson Scobie Prine & Laura Idell Smith
Married Verna Valentine “Cotton” Ham - Juanita Smith
Died 20 June 1936
Age 20 years 9 months 5 days
Born 20 Sep 1915
Daughter of Leonard Mason Smith & Iona Jane Widick - Carolyn Smith
Born & died 28 December 1949
Daughter of Howard F. Smith & Irene Kittinger - Earnest Loyd Smith
19 October 1940 & 07 February 1946
Son of William E. Smith & Katie E. Roark
Kentucky Death Certificate #7369 - Willie E. Smith
13 February 1894 - 01 January 1957
Military marker: Pvt. KY Btry E 342 Field Arty WWI
13 February 1896 - 01 January 1957
Willie Earnest Smith, son of Leonard Mason Smith & Iona Jane Widick
Married Katie Roark, 02 July 1921 - Katie Smith
15 October 1904 -
Died 17 October 1968
Daughter of R.E. Roark & Mattie F. Buchanan
Wife of Willie E. Smith - Reathel D. Smith
10 October 1929 - 24 May 1937
Age: 7 years 7 months 14 days
Kentucky Death Certificate #14594
Reathel Don Smith, son of Merl Joseph Smith & Letha Mae Wade - Leonard E. Smith
14 July 1922 - 26 December 1983
Son of Willie E. Smith & Katie Roark - Ceaphus Booth
25 October 1887 - 08 November 1974
Read his obituary
Cora Booth - Alice Diane Smith
17 June 1950 - 17 June 1950
Daughter of Merl Joseph Smith & Letha Mae Wade - Harriett L. Grant
Born 02 October 1867
Died 18 November 1940
Age: 73 years 1 month 26 days
Daughter of R.V. & Elizabeth Wheeler
Kentucky Death Certificate #26970
Elizabeth, wife of R.V. Wheeler
04 September 1838 - 01 March 1911
Kentucky Death Certificate #7795
Elizabeth Frances Gordon Wheeler, daughter of Zacaria Gordon & Elizabeth Jones
Born Charlottesville, VA
Kentucky Death Certificate #7795 - J.W.J., Son of W.D. Johnson
no dates - James Richard Smith
09 May 1928 - 03 March 2004
F1 US Navy
SSgt US Air Force
WWII Korea
Son of Edward Leon Matthew Smith & Margaret Turley - Glenda Joyce Smith
01 April 1953 - 29 March 2005
Daughter of Merl Joseph Smith & Letha Mae Wade