Kennedy Cemetary




This cemetary is located in a lovely hilltop meadow on private land still held by the Jack Kennedy family. The area is a little hard to pinpoint, unless you have an old map. It is near what was known as Eliza's (Lizy's) Run, in the former town of Orton. Though in days past this was a "bustling" area, it is now sparsely populated, and no longer has its own post office; being served by the Normantown post office instead.

For the purposes of this page, I am simply listing the gravesites alphabetically to make searching easier, although obviously the graves are not in alphabetical order in reality! My comments concerning the physical properties of the headstones are in brackets. I have tried to faithfully record the carvings.




[granite,lichen covered; at the top is a carving of an infant's right hand, back facing, with index finger pointing skyward]


COY EARL
[italics]infant son of
J.D. AND L.E. KENNEDY
BORN
MAY 3, 1887
DIED
FEB. 27, 1889
[italics]Asleep in Jesus Blessed
Thought
[footstone]C.E.K.


[granite double headstone, lichen covered, left side has "MOTHER" in a banner and underneath a carved female right hand, palm facing, with index finger pointing skyward; right side has "FATHER" in a banner and underneath a carving of a male right hand, palm facing, with index finger pointed skyward]

[left side]LOUISA E.
KENNEDY
JULY 8, 1846
MAY 11, 1923

[right side]J.D.
KENNEDY
JUNE 23, 1850
FEB. 19, 1923
[centered, italics]Their memory shall ever be a
guiding Star to Heaven
[footstone, left]L.E.K.
[footstone, right]J.D.K.


[granite, lichen covered]
JAMES R.
KENNEDY
1823-1902
[italics]We remember you still
[footstone]J.R.K.


[polished granite, flat in ground]
LURA KENNEDY
OCT. 8, 1886
SEPT. 28, 1935


[granite, lichen covered]
REBECCA
KENNEDY
1823-1912
[italics]Gone But Still Remembered
[footstone] R.K.


[granite, lichen covered, at top is a carving of a child's right hand, palm facing, index finger pointing skyward]
W. LOYD
SON OF
J.D. & L.E.
KENNEDY
JULY 12, 1889
MAY 12, 1923
[italics]Christ loved him
and took him
home
[footstone]W.L.K.


[granite, lichen covered, worn and difficult to read]
DELPHA
[backslanted]W.S.C.M.
REASER
BORN OCT.25, 1900
DIED NOV. 29, 1900
[italics, difficult to read except last line] He thinks Best
[footstone]D.R.


[granite, lichen covered]
KENNETH
REASER
1913-1917
[footstone]KR



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