Ritchey and I visited Hazel Green Cemetery, in the small town of the same name, March 21, 2023. Excessive storms and winds the week or so before had left trees, branches and debris in the cemetery, most of which was piled away from the gravestones. Fortunately the majority of stones were still intact. Until finding a newspaper article from The Hazel Green Herald in May, 2018, while researching for a post, I had never heard of this small town. Then someone sent a message saying they grew up in Hazel Green and never expected to see anything about their home town on the blog. I was enchanted by their excitement and decided there and then that when Ritchey and I visited Wolfe County, Hazel Green Cemetery would definitely be on the agenda!
From Lexington, Kentucky, take I64 to Winchester, then the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway to Hwy 191. Take a left onto Hwy 191 and continue to Hazel Green until Hwy 191 makes a right turn. The cemetery is a short distance away on the left – still within the city limits – and just past the Masonic Lodge. Takes about an hour and a half, which of course depends on traffic.
Spencer Clay Cooper, April 23, 1845 – May 13, 1916. Captain Union Army, Founder and Editor Hazel Green Herald 1885
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky – April 1, 1916
Sarah A. Cooper, 1837-1913
Robert B. Day, September 14, 1880 – February 4, 1905
Rosa Adaline Wilson, September 30, 1849 – November 1, 1929
Preston Wilson, July 10, 1823 – January 7, 1862. Louisa Trimble, his wife, October 16, 1831 –
Rose Trimble Hensley, January 3, 1830 – March 27, 1863
Nelson Harvey Trimble, December 4, 1835 – January 14, 1853
William Trimble – January 12, 1787 – October 2, 1870. Eleanor O’Hair, his wife, October 14, 1797 – May 24, 1855
Michael O’Hair, 1749-1813, County Down, Ireland to Hazel Green, Kentucky. Soldier of the Revolution, Pioneer of Kentucky. Served with General Daniel Morgan’s famous rifle regiment in the Battle of Saratoga with Major Thomas Posey in the defense of Valley Forge and with General George Rogers Clark’s Illinois Regiment defending Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio against the British and Indians.
Michael O’Harro, Virginia, PVT Rifle Regiment Continental Troops, Revolutionary War, 1757-1813
John Bush, CO A, 2nd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles, CSA, 1822-1911
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Asbury Trimble, December 3, 1825 – October 15, 1864
McKinley Cockrell, January 16, 1827 – January 22, 1855. Emily Trimble, his wife, January 4, 1828 – December 12, 1897
Drue S. Godsey, August 21, 1848 – August 12, 1907. Mary B. Godsey Mulholland, February 17, 1850 – June 24, 1927. Serg Drue S. Godsey, CO I, 13 KY CAV CSA, August 21, 1848 – August 12, 1907
Sacred to the memory of my dear, dear boy Henry L. Godsey, September 11, 1868 – September 22, 1908
George W. Wheeler, May 23, 1850 – March 6, 1934
Mary Alice Coldiron Hurt, April 29, 1887 – August 5, 1983, married to Fred Price Hurt December 21, 1910
Fred Price Hurt, November 10, 1884 – August 4, 1985, married to Mary Alice Coldiron December 21, 1910
PVT Jordan Wills, CO A, 2 KY MTD Rifles, CSA, April 28, 1850 – April 22, 1910
Twin Sisters, Lucy, wife of T. M. Lee, December 13, 1875 – September 3, 1917. Callie, wife of A. J. Blankenship, December 13, 1875 – July 26, 1917.
Interesting!
Thank you!!
Phyliss
Sorry your first winter back to KY has been so bad.