Grandview Cemetery
Smith Road
California, Kentucky
This cemetery is pretty large, and the old stones aren’t just in one place, but seem to be placed throughout the cemetery. This listing represents three rows that I recorded in one section. The cemetery is very well kept.


Part One:

This is partial listing of stones, and not in any kind of order (including location – we both took a pad and walked three rows, so all I can say is that these burials were within three rows of each other.) Consider it taking a stroll through the cemetery until you get tired (which is what we did). I’ll do my own disclaimer – there were two of us and some of the stones were so old we put down the information as fact if we both agreed on the number, or letter. Things we couldn’t agree on, we put a question mark behind, and then some inscriptions were just too eroded to read, so I either used a dash or wrote illegible. Any name that didn’t have a death date has the name “Living” instead of the name that was on the stone. Anything in quotations is a saying or additional adornment on the stone. Each stone is indicated by the Capitalized Surname, so the name may appear more than once. I suggest you use your search tool to find names.



DEMOSS
Sarah A.
wife of Samuel Demoss
died Dec 8, 1866
aged 57 years, 3 mo., 19days

GOEBEL
Otis M.
1903 – 1983
Anna K. nee Borman
1901 – 1992
metal memorial at the bottom of grave
that seems to be for Otis also:
Otis Mitchell Goebel
U.S. Army
1904 – 1983
Cross on metal
(this seems to be a monument placed by V.A.)

WILLIAMS
Lawrence
3/1/1895 –6/23/1966
Suda nee GOEBEL
11/14/1897 – 6/17/1987

FITZGERALD
Hazel
1893 – 1976

BOYERS
Eliza B.
wife of
Almeida Boyers
died Oct 26, 1872
aged 24 years
“Asleep in Jesus”

YOUNG
Leola Laycock
1905-1997
Clyde Berton
1898 – 1985

LAMB
MAGGIE
1-12-1982 – 4-16-1982

LAMB
Ray
Sept. 29, 1928 – Dec 5, 1985
Lou
July 28, 1927 – March 7, 1981
“Photo part of monument”

MCLAUGHLIN
Revd. A.P. McLaughlin
Died Mar 21, 1853
in his 39th year

POWERS
James R.
Kentucky
S. Sgt. 821 Engineer Co.
World War II
July 6, 1905 – Dec. 5, 1969

KREYLING
George P.
P.F.C. U.S. Army
World War II
1914 – 1982

KREYLING
“Father” George V.
1877 – 1961
“Mother” Minerva D.
1889-1975

GASKINS
“Father” Fred C.
1902 – 1954


THORNBERRY
Edward S.
Tec. 5 US Army
World War II
May 9, 1917 – Oct. 22, 1987

BARKER
Catherine E.
wife of John H. Barker
Born Nov. 27, 1818 – Died Oct. 18, 1886

JUDD
J.A.
departed this life
Sept. 20, 1881
aged 8_ yrs, 10 mo., 10 days

BEAL
“Our Beloved Son”
David Bryon Beal
1958 – 1972

BORMAN
Louis P.
1909 – 1986
Living
1913 –

CROPENBAKER
“Father” Edward F.
1904-1974
“Mother” Zelda V.
1906 – 1988

STULL
“Father” Living
Oct 10, 1929 –
“Son” “Jimmy” James R.
May 21, 1955 – Sept. 24, 1998
“Mother” Living
Jan 13, 1930 –

MAHANEY
Henry H., Sr.
Virginia (State)
WWI
P.F.C. US ARMY
Mar. 25, 1899 – Aug. 29, 1967

GASKINS
David Todd
Oct 20, 1960 – July 26, 1982
“Precious Memories”
“Photo part of monument”

JOLLY
“Father” Glen
1890-1951
“Mother” Kathryn
1893 - 1968

ZIEGLER
“Mom” Margaret R.
1899 “Maw” 1981

SELLERS
Stanley E.
son of Chas. & Rosie Sellers
1905 – 1908

MASON
old stone illegible except
for the name Maria toward the
bottom.

BROKEN / MISSING STONE
next to the “Maria Mason” stone”
MASON
first name illegible
born Jan 6, 1873
died Feb. 17, 1884?

THORNBERRY
“served under Gen. Geo Patton/I’ll be seeing you soon.”
Edward S.
May 9, 1917 – Oct. 22, 1987
“Husband/Dad/Grandpa”
Living
Sept 1, 1921 –
“Married Sept 14, 1942”
“Our Children: (this listed 7 names which I did not
record)

CRUSE
“Daughter”
Kelli Jo
Nov. 2, 1982

BAY
“Dad” Delmar L.
1915-1998
“Mom” Ruby K.
1923 – 2002
“Married March 22, 1941”

GERDING
Vivian
Dec 10, 1926 – Aug 30, 1999
Herbert
Nov 11, 1911 – Apr 5, 1984

LAWSON
Maria
died Sept 1, 1865
aged (looks like either 23 or 73 yrs & 3 mos.)
We thought it looked more like 73.

OLD, MOSSY STONE
couldn’t read it at all
a small upright, thick stone
between Maria Lawson and Charlotta Barker


BARKER
Charlotta (possibly C.)
dau. of L.C. & M.C. Barker
died Sept. 21, 1866
aged 2 yrs & 17 days

MAHANEY
“Wife” Ella Roberta Mahaney
July 30, 1902 – Oct. 16, 1980

FITZGERALD
Harry E.
1876 1946

SANSOM
Carroll T.
Pvt. US Army
World War II
1917 – 1978
“Cross as part of metal monument”

JACKSON
“Father” Art L. 1877 – 1965
“Mother” Lettie M. 1878 – 1967

DEMOSS
In memory of
Samuel Demoss
born Nov 16, 1802
died July 17, 1887
His Wife
Sarah A.
born Aug 18, 1809
died Dec 8, 1866
“followed by illegible verse”

WILLIAMS
Anna M.
wife of H.X. Williams
died Dec ________
Note: this stone was very pitted,
mossy and eroded.




LAYCOCK
“Dad” Alfred A. 1884 – 1973
“Mother” Nannie Phillips 1883 – 1977
Note: A large rose was engraved between the two names.

YOUNG
Clyde B. Young, Jr.
Dec. 10, 1927 – May 7, 1994
“Dayton and Fort Thomas Fire Departments”
Note: a fire helmet was engraved at top of stone.
An insignia, unfamiliar to me, was engraved in the center. I assume it was a fire dept. symbol?

YOUNG
Ronny
Mar 19, 1931 – May 28, 1978
Living
May 7, 1931
“Softly as I leave you”

MCMAINS
Clarence E.
Pvt US Army
World War II
1925 – 1984

MAHANEY
“Husband – Dad”
Howell H., Jr. 1919 – 1994
“Wife-Mom”
Genevieve L 1923 – 1997

MCLAUGHLIN
Erected
as a tribute
of affection by
C?. A. McLaughlin
in the memory
of his brother
J.M. McLaughlin
who departed this life
June 2nd, 1843
aged 31 yrs, 6 mos, 24 days

DEMOSS
Sacred
to the memory of
Katherine
consort of
Peter Demoss
who departed this life
July 4, 1842
Aged 83? (could be 88, but don’t think so)
10 mo. & 18 days

DEMOSS
Sacred
to the memory of
Peter Demoss
who departed this life
Sept. 2_, 1811:
aged 88 years, 3(or 9) mos., 16 days

GASKINS
Daniel L. 1939 – 1997

KREYLING
Living –
Sept 1, 1954 –
Grace
Dec 17, 1935 – Nov 22, 1980
“Don’t worry about me, friends,
because I am not dead,
I am just resting.”

BARTLOW
“Husband” Richard
1911- 1990
“Wife” Alma
1910 – 1993

GASKINS
“Mom”
Nellie E. (nee POWERS)
May 5, 1911 – Oct 5, 1993
“In God’s Care”

BARKER
Sacred
to the memory of
Joseph Barker
who departed this life
March 4th A.D. 1820
in the 52nd year
of his life
“Thou art gone to reap the full reward
of patience, faith, and love;
to meet with joy thy smiling Lord
in the blest realms above.”

BROKEN STONE
between Joseph Barker & John H. Barker

BARKER
John H. Barker
born (stone cracked over date)
died Jun 18, 1851
Sarah
wife of J.H. Barker
born June 21, 1789
died July 22, 1837
A.G. Barker
born Oct __, 1811
died Sept___, 1854
Rachel Barker
Note: birth and death dates weren’t
completed – like she wasn’t buried here,
but expected to be.)
Martha J. Barker
born; not filled in, 1800?
died July 26, 1819?
Henry C?. Barker
dates illegible
Sam---?
dates illegible
Note: stone was old and hard to read
and got worse as it got closer to the ground.
It was a tall “family” slab-type stone (standing).