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Anderson Cemetery is site of Trabue and wife Mary

From Richard Phelps

The Anderson Cemetery is the site of the burial places of Daniel Trabue and wife, Mary. The goal was to find and restore the marker of Mary and place her stone moved beside her husband's. Daniel Trabue was a Kentucky Frontiersman, Revolutionary War Soldier and one of Columbia's founding Fathers.

This cemetery, located in the edge of Green and Adair County, is undergoing a renovation with the assistance of professional restorers Jill Halcomb Smith and Jeff Smith. The cemetery has long been maintained by Lloyd and Laura Mitchell Wilds.


Mary Trabue's stone is a newly reconstructed stone, probably missing for 100 years, broken into pieces and put together and re-erected by Heritage Tombstone Cleaning who did all the work. They restored several stones in that cemetery and did a great job on the work.

This story was posted on 2024-04-04 18:56:43.
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Group working to restore Mary Trabue's marker

2024-04-04 - Adair/Green County, KY - Photo from Richard Phelps
The stone on the left is a new reconstructed stone of his Daniel Trabue's wife Mary which has probably missing for 100 years. It was broken into pieces and put together and re-erected by Heritage Tombstone Cleaning.

Helping to set the stone of Mary Trabue beside her husband's are, from left: Jeff and Jill Smith, Richard Phelps, Mike Watson, and Phillip Coffey.
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Restoration at the Anderson Cemetery

2024-04-04 - Adair/Green County, KY - Photo from Richard Phelps
The Anderson Cemetery in the edge of Green and Adair Counties, is undergoing a renovation with the assistance of professional restorers Jill Halcomb Smith and Jeff Smith. The cemetery has long been maintained by Lloyd and Laura Mitchell Wilds. The most recent project completed was to find and restore the marker of Mary Trabue and place her stone beside her husband Daniel's.
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