Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
Name of Cemetery: Abandoned McKnight-Talbot
State: Nebraska County: Saunders Township: Newman
Section: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 6 Township: 14 N RANGE: 5E
Recorded By: Mark Fisher 12115 CR 574, Farmersville, TX 75442
Date Recorded: 23 December 2001
General Description: This is a small cemetary apparently dating from the 1870-1890's located on the Saunders County side of the county road that forms the boundary with Butler County. Four graves have upright markers, and several more are marked with rocks, bricks or broken markers. Several depressions can be seen in the ground that could be additional unmarked graves. In all there appear to be 6 to 12 graves present. The cemetary is marked with an "Abandoned Cemetery" road sign and the county appears to be mowing it.
The following names were found there:
- Anthony, Elizabeth
McKnight, Winfred
Talbot, Elbridge A.
Talbot, George N.
Of the marked graves, the following was transcribed:
- Elizabeth A. daughter of W. & A. Anthony
d: July 7, 1882 Aged 1y, 2m, 22d
Winfred son of IT & ML McKnight
d: March 26, 1882 Aged 10m, 11d
Elbridge A. son of ???? Talbot
(The marker for this grave is nearly worn smooth)
George N. son of John and Julia A. Talbot
d: December 26, 1873 aged 5y, 3m, 2d
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