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History of Valley View Cemetery
According to the history presented by Eunice Taylor Booher in 1937, this cemetery was established in
the spring of 1895 on approximately 2 acres at the northeast corner of the Wm.
H. Kennedy homestead.
The earliest burial we now know about was Ida Blizzard Garnett, March 8,
1895. That places the establishment of the cemetery before the Kickapoo
opening. Exactly why the Kennedy's set aside this parcel for a cemetery remains
an unsolved mystery, but we hope that the exploration of family relationships
will uncover some clues. For several years, it served the community of
Garnettville.
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Burials before Luther was founded in 1898 are clearly
those of Garnettville families, but this list covers those through the
1900 census so that the census can be compared with land records to
determine where families lived. |
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Plot
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Name
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Spouse's Name |
Birth date
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Death date
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"Smith", Nannie E.
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Lewis Smith |
March 09, 1858
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December 23, 1899
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19
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Blizzard, Ida
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Eugene Garnett |
December 07, 1862
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March 08, 1895
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Briscoe, Hattie Jane
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None |
August 19, 1878
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July 10, 1900
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Cole, Loren
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None |
June 1900
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July 1900
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Dial, John
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Lucinda Shell |
December 11, 1820
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May 29, 1899
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Donnell, Bertha Mildred
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None |
July 10, 1897
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June 20, 1899
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Donty, Dora
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Unknown |
September 02, 1831
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August 24, 1898
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19
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Garnett, Bert
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None |
January 30, 1895
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July 20, 1895
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6
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Hamilton, Jessie
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None |
November 10, 1884
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September 23, 1900
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4
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Hamilton, Little Eloy
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None |
August 22, 1891
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September 16, 1897
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Hand, Mary Josephine
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Lewis O. Briscoe |
September 05, 1877
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January 26, 1899
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3
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Illy, Lucy
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Unknown Danor |
August 13, 1877
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August 11, 1899
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Jackson, Amanda E.
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None |
August 16, 1877
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March 23, 1897
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Lowry, Daughter
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None |
November 24, 1896
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November 24, 1896
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Lowry, James W.
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None |
June 08, 1898
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August 02, 1898
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5
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Luster, Moses
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Rosanna Dial |
June 01, 1832
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November 02, 1897
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2 |
Markwell, Martha Shipley |
Thomas W. Markwell |
March 01, 1861 |
September 07, 1899 |
18
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Morgan, Emma
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J. A. Blizzard |
July 13, 1868
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November 01, 1895
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Morgan, William J.
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Elizabeth Ladd |
1826
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1899
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26
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Otey, Daughter
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None |
October 12, 1898
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October 12, 1898
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Perkins, Laurens
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None |
November 07, 1899
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November 30, 1899
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Phillips, James E.
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None |
October 18, 1896
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1899
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Ramsey, Son
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None |
November 18, 1897
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November 22, 1897
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10
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Rogers, Belle
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George Gray |
January 13, 1872
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April 09, 1899
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Shipley, Martha B.
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Thomas W. Markwell |
March 01, 1861
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September 07, 1899
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Tomberlin, James M.
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Asenath Clark |
December 17, 1836
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September 14, 1900
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Vandaveer, Sarah Catherine
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John Briscoe |
May 08, 1848
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January 18, 1900
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Vorel, William V.
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None |
1873
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March 25, 1896
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31
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Wadsworth, Ruby Alburtius
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None |
August 23, 1884
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October 19, 1900
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Walters, Flora
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None |
March 06, 1898
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November 23, 1898
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Welch, W. P.
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Lucy Ann (Unknown) |
November 21, 1840
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October 21, 1896
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Wells, Owen E.
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None |
October 20, 1897
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June 24, 1898
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17
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Wheeler, Amanda
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James Simmons |
1830
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September 19, 1895
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As Garnettville was absorbed by Luther, more families
used this cemetery and photos that can be dated to late 1912 show the north
fence being taken down for the first expansion into the adjoining
homestead. That expansion apparently extended to what is now the center
driveway.
In the late 1920s, the area north of the center driveway was
opened. In the 1930s, the old fences were replaced by the current rock
wall. Responsibility for the cemetery itself was taken over by the city of Luther and
it wasSeptember 07, 1899 renamed the "Luther Cemetery".
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