Sycamore: Church, Cemetery, and School
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
(Last updated on December 20, 2002)
Overview
Sycamore School and Sycamore Methodist Church were two separate buildings located within one hundred yards of each other on present day Sycamore Road north of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Both buildings played a significant role in the life of my relatives. The buildings no longer exist, but three generations of Masters are buried at Sycamore Cemetery, site of Sycamore Methodist Church.
Sycamore Methodist Church Cemetery
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Comments
Bailey, Eula Ree
9 Oct 1903
12 May 1972
Wife of John F. Bailey
Bailey, John Alvie
28 Nov 1936
24 Feb 1968
Bailey, John F.
15 Oct 1902
24 Mar 1969
Bailey, Kathleen
17 Nov 1941
2 Dec 1942
Bailey, Ronald
29 Aug 1951
29 Aug 1951
Cowley, Charles R.
23 Dec 1897
6 Jun 1950
Cowley, Emma L.
24 Dec 1875
7 Oct 1956
Cowley, Hiram Franklin
6 Dec 1871
5 Jun 1929
Cowley, Horace L.
16 Mar 1895
11 Jun 1972
Cowley, Jesse B.
1893
1973
Cowley, Katherine
1895
23 Apr 1988
Wife of Jesse B Cowley; married 26 Jun 1912
Cowley, Sara Elizabeth
7 Jun 1874
2 Apr 1953
Cowley, Truman
16 Oct 1904
9 Oct 1979
Day, Benjamin M.
20 Feb 1871
23 Jan 1927
Doalen, Louisa
10 Dec 1897
Age 86 years
Garner, Benedict
4 Mar 1841
31 Mar 1922
Garner, Earl Lee
30 Aug 1932
31 Aug 1932
Son of Ordie & Josephine Garner
Garner, Elizabeth J.
2 Nov 1841
12 Oct 1915
Wife of Benedict Garner
Garner, John A.
28 Jan 1911
28 Jan 1978
Garner, Josephine R.
27 Jul 1914
19 Oct 1984
Wife of Ordie A. Garner
Garner, Ordie A.
30 Aug 1906
12 Aug 1982
Garner, Walter H.
5 Feb 1924
27 Dec 1924
Son of A.N. & S.A.
Garner, Zelpha A. Chaudoin
9 Nov 1921
25 Apr 1972
Wife of John A. Garner
Gray, James
23 May 1841
9 Dec 1913
Father of Sophrona Gray Masters
Gray James S.
3 Feb 1971
24 Nov 1909
Gray, Minerva
16 Nov 1854
Wife of James
Gray, Nancy J.
31 Jul 1866
27 Jul 1920
Luttrell, Ara Mae
31 Jul 1907
28 Oct 1974
Masters, Annie I.
17 Jul 1866
3 Jan 1956
Daughter of James Alfred Masters; Sycamore School Teacher
Masters, Bessie M.
12 Jun 1896
16 Feb 1929
Daughter of James C & Rebecca H. Day Masters
Masters, Charles A.
13 Jan 1893
18 Jun 1898
Son of James C & Rebecca H. Day Masters
Masters, Elizabeth (Fox)
20 Dec 1835
19 Mar 1911
Wife of Joseph Masters
Masters, Henry
20 Nov 1860
16 Dec 1902
Masters, Herbert Lewis
23 Feb 1912
26 Nov 1984
Husband of Mayetta Meador Masters; Son of William Henry & Maggie K. Masters
Masters, James Alfred
24 Feb 1838
12 May 1898
Son of William S. & Rebecca A. Masters
Masters, James Colmore
15 Mar 1863
27 Dec 1940
Sone of James Alfred & Sarah Stader Masters
Masters, Joseph
23 Feb 1829
29 Feb 1904
Masters, Lucille (Humphrey)
2 Jun 1907
7 Apr 1997
Wife of Roman A Masters.
Masters, Maggie Kilgus
4 Nov 1884
24 Mar 1954
Wife of William Henry Masters
Masters, Mary A.
10 Nov 1858
16 Jun 1931
Daughter of Joseph F. & Elizabeth Fox Masters
Masters, Pearl
4 Apr 1906
27 Dec 1906
Daughter of William Henry & Maggie K. Masters
Masters, Rebecca A.
1808
1896
Wife of William Selby Masters
Masters, Rebecca Hazeltine (Day)
24 Mar 1873
16 Jun 1915
Second wife of James Colmore Masters
Masters, Roman Alfred
30 Aug 1908
22 Mar 1996
Age 87; Son of William Henry Masters
Masters, Sarah Jane (Stader)
22 Apr 1838
12 Aug 1928
Wife of James Alfred Masters
Masters, Sophrona E. (Gray)
19 Feb 1867
11 Dec 1902
Wife of Henry Masters
Masters, William Henry
20 Feb 1876
27 Jun 1927
Masters, William Selby
1809
1897
McMillen, Charles Horace
10 Mar 1909
8 Feb 1996
Husband of Olive G. Cowley McMillen
McMillen, Helen V. (Shain)
2 Aug 1994
McMillen, William Lee
24 Jan 1937
27 Jan 1937
Moore, Jennie (DeWitt)
24 Jun 1850
28 Aug 1932
Wife of Thomas Moore; Daughter of John DeWitt & Hally Williams
Patterson, A. W.
1866
Patterson, Ella
1877
1926
Wife of A. W. Patterson
Patterson, Harold E.
8 Mar 1918
8 Mar 1918
Swartz, Jessie F.
23 Feb 1882
17 Dec 1927
Swartz, Minnie B.
15 May 1885
2 Apr 1959
Wife of Jessie F. Swartz
Williams, Frances E.
2 Jun 1849
5 Jan 1914
Relatives in my family tree are highlighted in yellow! Great, GG, and GGG grandparents are in bold!
Sycamore School Class of 1909/1910
Miss Annie Masters, Teacher
Charles Cowley, Ethel Cowley, Eula Cowley, Horace Cowley, Jesse Cowley, Lawrence Cowley, Barney Day, Golda Day, Grace Day, Jesse Day, Sherley Day, Avert Eggen, Chandler Eggen, Ida Eggen, Dessie Garner, Essie Garner, Mae Garner, Ovid Garner, Willie Garner, Anna Belle Gill, Delbert Gray, Lela Gray, Verna Gray, Gracie Hobbs, Virgil Hobbs, Harley Irwin, Roy Irwin, Stanley Irwin, Bessie Masters, Elmer Masters, Pal Masters, Virgil Masters, Elmer McMillen, Essie Nall, Geneva Nall, Otha Nall, Pearl Nall, Stella Nall, Roy Scott, Goldie Shelton, Grace Shelton, Clarence Veirs, Mary Eliza Viers, Rosa Veirs, Arch Williams, Edna Williams, Howard Williams
Contract for Church Property
This indenture made and entered into this 12th day of February, 1891 between Wm. J. M Douglas and Lucinda Douglas his wife of the county of Hardin and State of Kentucky of the first part and the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States of America of the second part witnesseth: That the said Wm. J. M Douglas gives and conveys and by these presents doth bargain give and convey to the said Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America a certain tract or parcel of land lying in and being situate in the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky and on the waters of Mill Creek on the south side and parallel with the Shepherdsville Road and about one hundred yards from the Sycamore School House towards Elizabethtown containing one square acre; in trust for the use and benefit of the ministry and membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America subject to the discipline usage and (unreadable) of the said Church as from time to time authorized and declared and if ever unoccupied as church property or as a burying ground it is to go back to the said Douglas. And when the house to be built on the said land is completed and when it is not occupied by the Methodist Episcopal Church it may be used by any other Evangelical Denomination subject to any damage that may result from such occupation. In testimony whereof the said Wm. J. M. Douglas and Lucinda Douglas his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of dower and homestead exception if the land conveyed in this deed have hereunto set their hands this day and year first above written.
Signed: Wm. J. M Douglas and Lucinda Douglas
Deed of Conveyance for Church Property
This Deed of Conveyance, made and entered into this 4th day of May, 1891, between Wm. J. M. Douglas and Lucinda Douglas his wife, party of the first part, and the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sycamore, party of the second part, witnesseth: that said party of the first part, for in consideration of the sum of Five Dollars in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. The parties of the first part do hereby sell and convey to the party of the second part and their successors one acre of land lying and being in Hardin County, Kentucky the following described property, to wit: Beginning at a stone in The Shepherdsville Road about 6 poles southwest of the Sycamore School House thence with said road a southwest course 12 ¾ poles to a stone thence a little east of south 12 ¾ poles to a stone thence a straight line to the beginning containing one acre lie the same more or less in trust for the use and benefit of the ministry and membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America subject to the discipline usage and ministerial appointment of said church as from to time authorized and declared and if sold the proceeds shall be disposed of and used in accords with the provisions of said discipline to have and to hold the same, together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto the parties of the second part and their successors in office forever. And the said parties of the first part hereby covenant with the said party of the second part that they will warrant the title to the property hereby conveyed unto said party of the second part and their successors in office forever.
In Testimony Whereof, the party of the first part has hereunto subscribed their names the day and year aforesaid.
Signed: X (his mark) William J. M. Douglas and Lucinda Douglas
Recorded by John H Wells, Clerk of the County Court on the 4th day of May, 1891.
