Leach Cemetery aka Irvin Cemetery

Between Horse Cave and Rowletts on the Irvin Cemetery Road

Hart County, Kentucky

This cemetery was cleaned and restored from a "jungle like condition" in the spring of 2008. Work is continuing to reset stones, etc.

Photos of the cleanup work

Name

Birth

Death

Description

Brown, Jessie

1/22/1828

12/8/1883

Hardy, Chenelsey Owen

8/27/1818

5/7/1896

W/o Jacob Benjamin Hardy, d/o William Peter & Tabitha Leach Owen - Married in 1846 to Jacob Benjamin Hardy

Hardy, George Peter

6/13/1849

1/9/1924

H/o Bettie Bohannon Hardy. S/o of Jacob Benjamin & Chenelsey Owen Hardy.

Hardy, Henry John

3/21/1847

1/22/1898

H/o Martha J Sheppard Hardy

Hardy, Luella H Peden

10/17/1859

4/1/1899

W/o Thomas Joel Hardy, d/o Moses Thompson & Mary Catherine Francis Peden

Hardy, Martha J Sheppard

5/15/1852

9/9/1940

W/o Henry John Hardy, d/o Robert & Jane Sheppard. “At Rest”

Hardy, Thomas Joel

10/1/1851

7/8/1917

H/o of Luella H Peden Hardy, s/o Jacob Benjamin & Chenelsey Sharp Owen Hardy

Irvin, Charles Victor, Sr

10/24/1874

7/23/1931

H/o of Leila Hardy Irvin. “His toils are past. His work is done. He fought the fight. The victory won.”

Irvin, Leila Hardy

9/12/1878

6/7/1951

W/o Charles Victor Irvin, Sr, d/o Thomas Joel & Luella H Peden Hardy

Irvin, Roberta Jean

5/10/1935

1/25/1937

D/o Thomas Joel Irvin & Nellie Taylor. “She was the sunshine of our home.”

Kessinger, George T

3/22/1935

8/3/1935

S/o of Herbert & Luella Irvin Kessinger

Kessinger, Herbert

1907

1968

SSA H/o Luella Irvin Kessinger

Kessinger, Luella Irvin

7/4/1914

SSA W/o Herbert Kessinger, d/o Charles Victor, Sr & Leila Hardy Irvin. Buried in Leesville Cemetery in Hart Co

Kirtley, Andrew Jackson

11/17/1858

8/1/1906

H/o Alice Taylor Kirtley, s/o John Milton & Elizabeth Ann Witherspoon Kirtley. “His toils are past, his work is done. He fought the fight/the victory won.”

Kirtley, Alice Taylor

1/9/1858

3/14/1902

W/o Andrew Jackson Kirtley, d/o Marshal & Elizabeth Dawson Taylor. “Rest mother rest in quiet sleep. While friends in sorrow after thee weep.”

Kirtley, Allie Elizabeth

11/21/1892

12/12/1910

D/o Andrew Jackson & Alice Taylor Kirtley. “Gone in her young years afar from life’s cares.”

Leach, Ellen D Renfro

1838

8/22/1913

SSA Peter Owen Leach.

Leach, Elizabeth Wilhelm

10/7/1807

5/5/1877

SSA Henry Leach. D/o George Wilhelm & Elizabeth Howdeshelt

Leach, Henry

6/2/1784

1/1/1849

H/o Elizabeth Wilhelm, s/o John J & Eleanor McHenry Leach

Leach, John J

9/7/1768

3/9/1844

H/o Eleanor McHenry Leach, s/o John & Sarah Collins Leach

Leach, Joseph Simeon

12/30/1844

10/27/1864

S/o Henry & Elizabeth Wilhelm Leach

Leach, Peter Owen

6/18/1839

7/14/1918

SSA Ellen Douglas Renfro Leach, s/o Henry & Elizabeth Wilhelm Leach

Leach, William

1797

1830

S/o John J & Eleanor McHenry Leach

Locke

7/4/1896

7/8/1897

Locke, Elijah D

5/23/1828

9/7/1899

H/o Serena Locke

Locke, Isaace

11/27/1856

8/16/1858

Locke, Serena

6/25/1830

4/9/1895

W/o Elijah D Locke

Matthews, Earl

9/15/1913

9/17/1913

S/o of Birdie Reynolds

Matthews, Lela May

4/17/1928

5/5/1929

D/o Birdie Reynolds

Owen, Tabitha Leach

7/28/1795

8/28/1843

W/o William Peter Owen, d/o John J & Eleanor McHenry Leach. “In Memory of”, Consort of Peter Owen

Owen, Peter

9/7/1791

9/2/1857

H/o Tabitha Leach Owen, s/o Joseph & Prescilla Tribble Owen

Page, Mary

3/15/1803

1878

W/o William Page

Smith, Lloyd

1898

1974

Winn Funeral Home tin marker

Staples, Nora Lee Kirtley

5/1/1880

2/27/1920

W/o Robert F Staples, d/o Andrew Jackson Kirtley. “She was the sunshine of our home.” - Married 1902

Staples, Robert F

11/12/1866

1/5/1929

H/o Nora Lee Kirtley Staples, s/o James William Staples. “May he find joy in the life everlasting.” - Married 1902

Taylor, Roscoe

8/26/1894

5/22/1895

S/o James G & Alvie Ellen Hardy Taylor