Henderson
County, Kentucky Cemetery
HORSESHOE
BEND CEMETERY
Contributed by Helen
Keusch
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This is how the cemetery looks from the road. The yellow line
under the area in the woods where the 4
markers are located (Evaline, Elijah K, Elijah E., and Mary Jane).
There are probably more stones in the area as the community of
White City was nearby. John and Sally Eakins are probably buried
there, but their graves weren't found. Their stones might be way
underground, under a huge tree, or might have been stolen by "visitors"
and used in landscape designs somewhere.
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Elijah K. Eakins (1/7/1825-8/26/1852)
Elijah King Eakins was the son of John Eakins and Sarah "Sally"
King Eakins.
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Evaline M. Boyle Eakins (8/2/1829-9/2/1852)
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Elijah E. Eakins (6/10/1852-Sept 1852)
Infant son of Evaline and Elijah K. Eakins.
All three died of Cholera.
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Stone reads: Mary Jane, daug'tr of John & Sarah Eakins, born
July 17, 1831. The death date is on the bottom part of the stone
which wasn't found, but Mary Jane probably died between the 1840-1850
census. There may be other children of John & Sally buried
there also. According to the 1840 census, there are two missing
females--one born 1835-1840, and one born 1830-1835. This marker
was found under about 2 ft of dirt.
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