McDowell Cemetery

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Submitted by Lisa Sons

Beginning on the front steps of the Estill County Court House, go right onto Main Street, continue north on hwy. 89 out of Irvine, turn right onto Rd. # 1705 – White Oak Road. Continue on White Oak Road until you come to the White Oak Church on the left. Pass the church and then turn right onto McDowell Cemetery Ln. Slowly, follow the road up the hill to the McDowell Cemetery.

Documented: 27 May 2000 

by

Gloria Jean “Jeannie” Charles Sons & Lisa Gail Sons

The oldest marked grave in the cemetery is that of Samuel McDowell, his wife Elizabeth Wiseman McDowell and dau. Elizabeth McDowell Richardson.  Samuel died about 1849, although it is not indicated on the tombstone.  Their stone is approximately in the center of the cemetery.  

Upon entering cemetery, listing begins to the right and back row, closest to barn fence-line. 

Hattie Powell (nee Wiseman)  1888 1961  
  (Hattie Wiseman Powell, b. 18 April 1888 dau. of Dillard & Mary Belle Berryman Wiseman, wife of James Powell, mother of Omer Powell)
Dillard Wiseman

April 1863

Feb. 17, 1939

 
  (Son of Abner Isaac & Elizabeth Walling Wiseman, husband of Mary Belle Berryman)
Marybelle B. Wiseman Feb. 1862 Feb. 23, 1942  
  (Mary Belle Berryman, wife of Dillard Wiseman, Mother of Hattie Wiseman Powell)
Sam Wiseman       Dec. 21, 1902 Feb. 1, 1959  “Gone But Not Forgotten”
  (Husband of Sally, father of Polly, Linda, Opal, Doug, Aline, Lois, Wilma)
Sally Wiseman    Oct. 26, 1914 Jan. 17, 1975  “Gone But Not Forgotten”
  (Wife of Sam Wiseman, mother of Polly, Linda, Opal, Doug, Aline, Lois, Wilma)
James Foster  Aug. 31, 1926 Sept., 13, 1952  
Linda L. Wiseman

June 15, 1949

   “Infant”
Harlan Campbell 1911 1963  
Nannie G. Neal  Jan. 26, 1909 Apr. 8, 1943  “Mother”
Rebecca McDowell 

June 5, 1938

   

(oss)  Harold H. McDowell 

May 9, 1940

   
Lulie Ballard Dec. 26, 1910 Sept. 2, 1934  “Mother, Meet Me in Heaven”
Minnie McDowell 1883 1957  

(oss) Johnnie McDowell

1883 19??  
Julia Moreland  1907 1932  
Evelyn Wiseman  Nov. 21, 1941 Nov. 21, 1941 Daughter of Annie and Charlie Wiseman”
Glen Wiseman Oct. 3, 1934 Oct. 9 1934 “Son of Annie and Charlie Wiseman”
Norah Wiseman  Dec. 12, 1894 Apr. 4, 1938  “Mother”
Robert Wiseman July 15, 1892 Sept. 16, 1923 “Father”
Mabel Wiseman Nov. 8, 1921 Apr. 16, 1922  
Thelma Wiseman  Nov. 11, 1917 Aug. 3, 1928  
Wash Powell  Aug. 19, 1868 July 12, 1944  “At Rest”
  (George Washington Powell, son of Frances Marion Powell II and Frances J. Abney Vandine Powell, husband of Minerva Martin Powell)
Minerva Powell

May 11, 1869

Aug. 14, 1951  “At Rest”
 

(Minerva Martin Powell, wife of George Washington “Wash” Powell)

Vester Wiseman Jan. 10, 1916 Aug. 23, 1980 “Gone But Not Forgotten”
James Abner      
Matilda Abner      
Mary Ann McClain Nov. 2, 1876 Aug. 5, 1923  
Lener Tyree  Dec. 18, 1886 Nov. 19, 1956 “At Rest”

(oss)  Laney Tyree

Sept. 2, 1881 June 17, 1968  
 

(Laney Tyree is a brother to Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tyree Marcum)

James H. Tyree Nov. 1, 1923 July 15, 1954   “He was the Sunshine of Our Home”
  (son of Laney & Lener Tyree)
Leo Edrie Tyree May 6, 1916 July 16, 1944 “She was the Sunshine of Our Home”
 

(dau. of Laney & Lener Tyree)

William Henry Harrison 1843 1914 “Co. E, 47 Ky. Inf.”
  (b. Aug. 1843, m#1-11 May 1860 to Millie Ann McDowell, m#2 - May 1901 Sarah Abney, William Henry Harrison was the son of Charlie & Margaret Peggy Shimfessel Harrison, father of William “Bud”, John T., Margaret “Mag”, Martha J. Bellis, James W. “Jim”, Sarah Ellen Bishop, Taylor Price, Nannie Sie Powell, and Molly Wine.)
Millie Ann Harrison June 1843 Sept 19, 1899 “Gone But Not Forgotten”
 

(Millie Ann McDowell Harrison, dau. of Samuel & Elizabeth Betsy Wiseman McDowell, wife of William Henry Harrison, and mother of William “Bud”, John T., Margaret “Mag”, Martha J. Bellis, James W. “Jim”, Sarah Ellen Bishop, Taylor Price, Nannie Sie Powell, and Molly Wine.)

Samuel McDowell      
(oss)  Elizabeth McDowell      
(oss)  Elizabeth Richardson      
  (Samuel McDowell b: Abt. 1810      d: Abt. 1849 in Estill Co., KY      m: 28 April 1833 in Estill Co., KY  Elizabeth Betsy Wiseman  b: 1810 in KY dau. of Abner Wiseman, Sr. & Isabella Blanton Wiseman).  Elizabeth Richardson is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wiseman McDowell.  Daughter Elizabeth was b. 1838 Estill Co., Ky. m. abt 1856 in Estill Co., Ky. to Pearson Richardson)  (Other children of Samuel & Elizabeth Betsy Wiseman McDowell included:  Isabell Howe, Samuel II, John, Millie Ann Harrison, and James B. McDowell.  This is the oldest marked grave in the cemetery)
Charlie McDowell   Dec. 1, 1888 Nov. 16, 1974  
Willie Harrison Apr. 15, 1900 Nov. 4, 1919 “Gone But Not Forgotten”
Willie Woolery 1890 1918  
Florence Brinegar 1894 1919  
Nannie Woolery 1902 1920  
Ella Woolery 1900 1922  
Mary Woolery 1873 1930  

(oss)  John Woolery

1859 1943  
Dave Woolery 1898 1931  
Charlie Riddle  Sept. 7, 1867 Feb. 10, 1943 “In Memory of Our Beloved Father”
Annie Wiseman Aug. 18, 1881 Mar. 23, 1965  “There is Rest in Heaven”

(oss) John Wiseman

Nov. 20, 1871 July 18, 1926  
Martha J. Wiseman Jan. 5, 1896 July 28, 1912 “Gone But Not Forgotten”
“Dau. of John & Mary Wiseman”
Emma Witt 1856 1932 “Mother, Gone To Her Home in Heaven”
Robert Woolery Dec. 9, 1892 Feb. 4, 1958 “Ky. PVT Co. C., 166 Inf. 42 Div., World War I, PH”
Infant Woolery Oct. 17, 1911 Nov. 1, 1911  
Clide Woolery Feb. 14, 1909 Oct. 29, 1911  “Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven”
Maggie Woolery Jan. 10, 1891 Nov. 21, 1977  

(oss)  Everett Woolery

July 25, 1886 Mar. 27, 1944  
Martha W. Powell Apr. 23, 1868 Sept. 2, 1935 “Gone But Not Forgotten”
Sterling Wayne Harrison Feb. 2, 1959 Feb. 2, 1959  
Chester A. Witt Sept. 30, 1914 Nov. 17, 1935 “The Lord Gave and The Lord Hath Taken Away”

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