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Cemetery Name:

Board (Elk Fork)

Board Elk Cemetery, Waybright stone with Greg Killen

County: Jackson
USGS Quad: Gay        Map
Coordinates: 38.7779ºN  -81.59466ºW
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner Greg Killen
Date last visited May 2012
Condition of cemetery**: Poor
Accessibility: Difficult. On top of hill, no road to cemetery.
From Ripley, go east on 33. Turn right (south) on Gay-Allentown Rd. Turn left onto Killen Lane. There is a body repair shop there. Stop and ask directions. At the time of my visit, owner was Greg Killen, who was trying to sell the property. Greg took me up to the cemetery, which I would have never found without his assistance. Cemetery is on 120 acre farm owned by Greg Killen.

** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

 

Last Name: First Name:

Born:

Died:

Inscription:

Photo:

Source:

Board Elizabeth   November 1886 "Aged 74 Ys 8 Ms 2 Ds" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Waybright John L 1871 1952 "Father" Tombstone for John L and Ida M Waybright
Marriage Register - See Line 171
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Waybright Ida M (Chandler) 1875 1939 "Mother "
[See Marriage Cert image]
             

 

Comments: Data in Red is not inscribed on the tombstone and has either been calculated based on death date or as a result of research on the individual.

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This cemetery is seriously overgrown with weeds and has not been cut for some period of time. Although there are only two tombstones visible, there is evidence of additional graves in that several 'sunken' spots are in the vicinity of the existing two tombstones. Additional tombstones may have fallen, but cannot be seen because of the overgrown nature of the site. Greg mentioned that he had bought the farm from a 'Waybright', but did not mention any relationship to the stone in this cemetery. A picture is shown of the sign on the Gay-Allentown road for Killen LN, off which the cemetery is located. There is no cemetery sign posted.

Sign for Killen LN  

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