Jacob Holsclaw Cemetery
US 42, Florence
Boone County, Kentucky

Jacob and Frances HOLSCLAW were buried on the site which is now the Boone County Board of Education Administration Building on US 42, just south of Mall Road in front of Ockerman Junior High School.

The first 3 photos to the left are different shots of the headstone locations.

Ockerman Junior High School was built behind the Board of Education's Administration building. The 4th photo was taken standing in front of the headstones on the sidewalk behind the Administration building, looking back at Ockerman.

From the Collections of Carol Osborne

Jacob HOLSCLAW

Born: Dec 8, 1803 - Died: Nov 8, 1851
Married Dec 8, 1831
Aged 47 yrs 11 mo.

My buried friend can I forget
Or must the ? eternal ser?
He lingers in my memory yet
And in my heart he lives forever
He ? my ? with love ?

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From the Collections of Carol Osborne

Frances HOLSCLAW - wife of Jacob Holsclaw

Died: July 13, 1853
Aged: 45 yrs. 3 ds.

We have laid this mortal body ?
With its mother earth to rest
To Saints who once languished before
But since has entered your rest.

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From the Collections of Carol Osborne