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| Cemetery Name: |
Greenlee (Edward) - a.k.a. Morgan Greenlee |
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| County: | Mason | |
| USGS Quad: | Mt. Alto | |
| Coordinates: | 38.7747ºN -81.9580ºW | |
| Maintained by: | Not maintained regularly as yet | |
| Land owner: | Vada Greenlee Cottrill family | |
| Date added to WVCPA register: | August 2006 | |
| Condition of cemetery**: | Poor (October 2006) | |
| Accessibility: | Not easily
accessible. On north side of Leon-Baden Rd. on old Morgan Greenlee farm on Cooper's Fork of Ten Mile Creek.
Descendants of those buried in the
cemetery are always welcome. With prior permission, you may park at the Cottrill
home by the garage - the path to the cemetery is through the gate to the
right and back of the garage. Out of courtesy, please check in at Cottrill's home before walking back to the
cemetery to let them know you're there and for what reason. Note: Mrs. Cottrill passed away in January 2008, and we do not know precisely who the present owner is. We advise stopping at the house anyway, and if there is no answer, you may want to check in with the neighbor across the street (her brother Gene) before hiking back into the property. As more information becomes available regarding access, we will post it here. |
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** Condition of cemetery as
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| Last Name: | First Name: |
Born: |
Died: |
Inscription: |
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| Badgley | John | 21 December 1823 | 1 June 1881 | "In the midst of ... are my dearest..." "Aged 57Y. 5M. 11D." |
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| Badgley | Mary E. | 28 November 1859 | 19 December 1895 | "Aged
36Y. 21D." "Wife of P.D. Badgley" "From love's shining circle ... drop away" |
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| Burgoyne | William | 9 November 1852 | 21 May 1879 | "Aged 26Y.
6M. 12D." "Together Forever" |
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| Casto | Carl | 1919 | 1932 | |
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| Casto | Kenneth G. |
10 December 1917 | 3 May 1937 |  |
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| Corfee | Grover | 24 July 1888 | 25 February 1892 | "Aged 3 Ys
7 Mo 1 Da" "Son of G.H. & M.D. Corfee" |
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| Corfee | Herbert B. | 24 July 1891 | 16 September 1920 | [Son of George & Mary Corfee, husband of Clara Belle (Clara is buried at nearby Pine Grove Cemetery)] |  |
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| Corfee | Infant daughters | 6 February 1890 | 1890 | "Infant
daus of G.H & M.D. Corfee" "Born on Earth to live in Heaven" |
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| Corfee | Infant son | 1919 | 1919 | "Infant son of H.B. and C.B. Corfee" |  |
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| Corfee | Joseph | 1828 | 29 December 1883 | [Husband and wife - shared stone - parents of George Corfee, grandparents of the Corfee children also buried in this cemetery - the original Joseph Corfee farm is located nearby, according to family researchers] |  |
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| Corfee | Sarah | 1838 | ||||
| Davis | Evy L. | 18 September 1880 | 12 September 1898 | "Dau. of P.L. & L. Davis" |   |
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| Edwards | Arazina B. | 29 March 1883 | 21 January 1902 | "Them also which sleep
in Jesus will God bring with Him" [Dau of James and Amanda Edwards] |
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| Fenimore | Leila Ann | 29 February 1844 | 3 August 1873 | "Aged 29 ys 5 ms 3
ds" "Wife of Thos. T. Fenimore" [Incorrectly listed in "Mason Co. Cemetery Inscriptions" as her sister Ann Eliza, who, according later research in "The Descendants of Edward Greenlee", died when she was only 3 years old] |
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| Greenlee | Ann Eliza | 23 May 1858 | 21 March 1862 | "Dau.
of M. & E. Greenlee" [3 years of age] |
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| Greenlee | Aubrey B. | 13 March 1891 | 27 November 1945 |  |
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| Greenlee |
Charles
Donald |
21 October 1921 | 6 January 1922 |  |
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| Greenlee | Edward | 10 January 1801 | 26 January 1874 | [Aged 73 yrs 16 ds - son of Edward and Hannah] | |
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| Greenlee | Eliza Jane | 23 May 1822 | 11 July 1882 | "Wife
of Morgan Greenlee" "Aged 60 ys 3ms 18ds" [According to Greenlee family researchers, she was born May 23, 1822] |
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| Greenlee | Grover | 26 April 1892 | 21 May 1947 | |
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| Greenlee | Lora F. | 6 April 1896 | 3 April 1971 | [Dau. of Charles and Mary Jones, wife of Aubrey Greenlee] |  |
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| Greenlee | Lucetty | 19 February 1855 | 11 March 1862 | "Dau.
of M. & E. Greenlee" "Aged 7Ys. 20Ds." [Rest of inscription illegible in photo] [Birth date according to Greenlee family researchers] |
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| Greenlee | Morgan | 15 May 1819 | 1 September 1904 | "Aged 85 ys __Ms __Ds" [Son of Morris & Nancy Greenlee] |
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| Greenlee | R. Morgan | 2 May 1911 | 30 May 1940 | [Son of Willard & Laura Greenlee] |  |
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| Greenlee | Peggy Holdway | ca. 1830 | [Unmarked grave - died as young mother - wife of Edward - researchers list her name also as Margaret] | |
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| Greenlee | Rachel A. | 22 December 1856 | 29 July 1862 | "Aged 5ys. 7ms. 8
ds." [Dau. of L. & M.L. Greenlee] |
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| Greenlee | Virginia | 15 October 1856 | 28 January 1857 | [Aged 3 mo 13 ds - dau of M. & E. Greenlee] |  |
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| Greenlee | Willard | 7 April 1863 | 26 May 1934 | [Son of Morgan and Eliza Greenlee] [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Wm. & Martha Duff - death date from her death record] |
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| Greenlee | Laura | 4 October 1866 | 1 January 1942 | |||
| Greenlee | Williard Vance | 20 March 1891 | 20 March 1891 | "Son of W. & L. Greenlee" |  |
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| Higginbotham | Ida May | 14 June 1869 | 16 August 1950 | [Dau. of Joseph & Sarah Corfee, wife of Perry F. Higginbotham - from her KY death certificate] | |
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| Higginbotham | Margrate M. | 21 August 1890 | 24 May 1915 | "Dau of P.F. & I.M. Higginbotham" |   |
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| Higginbotham | Perry Francis | 11 September 1861 | 22 April 1938 | [Son of P.Oglesberry and Hannah Tillis Higginbotham, husband of Ida May Corfee (dau. of Joseph & Sarah Corfee) - from his death certificate] | |
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| Hill | [Infant of Ward Hill] | |
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| Hill | [Infant of Ward Hill] | |
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| Meadows | ___ April 18__ | "Son
of P. & S. Meadows" "Aged 8(?) Years" |
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| Meadows | Alen G. | 27 Mar 1862 ? | "Son
of P. & S. Meadows" "Aged 9 yrs. __ms. 27 ds" |
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| Meadows | Eliza E. | 29 October 1865 | 10 September 1891 | "Aged 25 yrs 10 mo 11 ds" [Dau of P. & S. Meadows] |
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| Meadows | Parris | 20 May 1901 | "Aged 70 Yrs. 4 Mos." |  |
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| Meadows | Sinia | 31 July 1833 | 20 August 1891 | "Aged 58
ys 11 mo 21 ds" [Lucinda Woodrum Meadows] "Wife of Parris Meadows" |
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| Meadows | Ward | 5 November 1875 | 30 March 1909 | "Aged 23Y. 4M. 26D." [Son of Parris & Sinia - rest of inscription illegible in photo] |
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| Rice | Carl | [Shared stone] |  |
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| Rice | Eva | |||||
| Rice | Jefferson Clark | April 1865 | [Son
of James H. and Elizabeth Greenlee Rice - some sources list his first
name as Jabez] [Husband and wife - shared stone] |
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| Rice | Virginia | November 1869 | ||||
| Russell | George | 1896 | 28 August 1899 | [Aged 3 yrs - son of S. & Fannie Russell] | |
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| Russell | Sadie | 1894 | 17 August 1899 | [Aged 5 yrs - dau. of S. & Fannie Russell] | |
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| Williams | Infant | 17 May 1901 | 17 May 1901 | "Infant son of M.C. and E.D. Williams" |  |
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| Wilson | [Infant of George Wilson, another infant grave alongside, identity unknown] | |
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| Probable Burials: | ||||||
| Corfee | Chester | 16 February 1879 | 27 April 1888 | [Aged 9 yrs 2 mo 11 ds] | |
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| Greenlee | Andrew M. | 23 May 1857 | 8 July 1900 | [Son of Morgan & Eliza Greenlee] | |
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| Greenlee | Calvin H. | abt 1848 | 11 August 1873 | [Age 25 yrs - son of William & Sophia Greenlee] | |
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| Greenlee | Virginia | 1 June 1847 | 18 August 1873 | [Aged 26 yrs 2 mo 17 ds - daughter-in-law of Morgan Greenlee] | |
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| Comments: | Dates or information in Red type from research on the individual, or dates based on age at death as indicated on the tombstone. | |
| Work completed under auspices of WVCPA: | Initial clean-up and photo-survey of this cemetery was completed in early October 2006 with the assistance of Connie Hitchings and June Edge from Ohio. Much work remains to be done to finish clearing the cemetery and keep it maintained. June and Connie hope to do just that with the assistance of their families. We will continue to offer our assistance when and where we can. Our thanks to Connie for bringing this cemetery to our attention, and for contributing many of the photos that have been used on this page. | |
| Photos from walk in to the cemetery (with directional instructions from Connie): | ||
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<< "This is a picture of the peoples
mailbox and address on Leon-Baden Road. The driveway down which the cemetery is located is just left of these boxes. I would guess this cemetery is a mile off the road and in the woods, up a hill." |
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<< "If you followed the tree line on
your right if you are arriving, the trees are in the shape of an L. In this picture you are just seeing a part of the shortest part of the L. You have to go almost to where it makes the bend or the corner of the L shape." |
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<< "This shows where we went into the
woods. It is more of a path than it looks like in this picture. This path has several hickory nut trees. The path into the woods bears to the left and you will see the Greenlee Cemetery sign. This is not very far into the woods." (The cemetery sign is in the photo at the top of this web page) - from the field, it is on the uphill side opposite the creek, just before you cross a little rocky run near the cabin. You'll see a fairly obvious opening in the trees where four-wheelers have re-opened a trail in recent years. |
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<< The cemetery is in the woods to the
left in this photo, taken on the walk back out to Leon-Baden Road. (June and her uncle Owens Corfee in the photo from August 2006) |
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<< "Not too far from the sign you
will see this dead tree." This is a huge old pine tree, much of it rotted away with time. It has been used for years as an identifying marker to help locate the cemetery. Clip from a topo map
showing the location >> |
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From the October 2006 Clean-Up with WVCPA Staff: |
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Updated: 07 September 2012