McDowell Cemetery

Beginning on the front steps of the Estill County Court House, go right onto Main Street, continue north on hwy. 89 out of Irvine, turn right onto Rd. # 1705 – White Oak Road. Continue on White Oak Road until you come to the White Oak Church on the left. Pass the church and then turn right onto McDowell Cemetery Ln. Slowly, follow the road up the hill to the McDowell Cemetery.

Documented: 27 May 2000

Gloria Jean “Jeannie” Charles Sons & Lisa Gail Sons

The oldest marked grave in the cemetery is that of Samuel McDowell, his wife Elizabeth Wiseman McDowell and dau. Elizabeth McDowell Richardson. Samuel died about 1849, although it is not indicated on the tombstone. Their stone is approximately in the center of the cemetery.

Upon entering cemetery, listing begins to the right and back row, closest to barn fence-line.

Hattie Powell (nee Wiseman)	1888	1961
	(Hattie Wiseman Powell, b. 18 April 1888 dau. of Dillard & Mary Belle Berryman Wiseman, wife of James Powell, mother of Omer Powell)
Dillard Wiseman	April 1863	Feb. 17, 1939
	(Son of Abner Isaac & Elizabeth Walling Wiseman, husband of Mary Belle Berryman)
Marybelle B. Wiseman	Feb. 1862	Feb. 23, 1942
	(Mary Belle Berryman, wife of Dillard Wiseman, Mother of Hattie Wiseman Powell)

Sam Wiseman	Dec. 21, 1902	Feb. 1, 1959	“Gone But Not Forgotten”
	(Husband of Sally, father of Polly, Linda, Opal, Doug, Aline, Lois, Wilma)
Sally Wiseman	Oct. 26, 1914	Jan. 17, 1975	“Gone But Not Forgotten”
	(Wife of Sam Wiseman, mother of Polly, Linda, Opal, Doug, Aline, Lois, Wilma)
James Foster	Aug. 31, 1926	Sept., 13, 1952
Linda L. Wiseman	June 15, 1949		“Infant”
Harlan Campbell	1911	1963
Nannie G. Neal	Jan. 26, 1909	Apr. 8, 1943	“Mother”
Rebecca McDowell	June 5, 1938
(oss) Harold H. McDowell	May 9, 1940
Lulie Ballard	Dec. 26, 1910	Sept. 2, 1934	“Mother, Meet Me in Heaven”
Minnie McDowell	1883	1957
(oss) Johnnie McDowell	1883	19??
Julia Moreland	1907	1932
Evelyn Wiseman	Nov. 21, 1941	Nov. 21, 1941	Daughter of Annie and Charlie Wiseman”
Glen Wiseman	Oct. 3, 1934	Oct. 9 1934	“Son of Annie and Charlie Wiseman”
Norah Wiseman	Dec. 12, 1894	Apr. 4, 1938	“Mother”
Robert Wiseman	July 15, 1892	Sept. 16, 1923	“Father”
Mabel Wiseman	Nov. 8, 1921	Apr. 16, 1922
Thelma Wiseman	Nov. 11, 1917	Aug. 3, 1928
Wash Powell	Aug. 19, 1868	July 12, 1944	“At Rest”
	(George Washington Powell, son of Frances Marion Powell II and Frances J. Abney Vandine Powell, husband of Minerva Martin Powell)
Minerva Powell	May 11, 1869	Aug. 14, 1951	“At Rest”
	(Minerva Martin Powell, wife of George Washington “Wash” Powell)
Vester Wiseman	Jan. 10, 1916	Aug. 23, 1980	“Gone But Not Forgotten”
James Abner
Matilda Abner
Mary Ann McClain	Nov. 2, 1876	Aug. 5, 1923
Lener Tyree	Dec. 18, 1886	Nov. 19, 1956	“At Rest”
(oss) Laney Tyree	Sept. 2, 1881	June 17, 1968
	(Laney Tyree is a brother to Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tyree Marcum)
James H. Tyree	Nov. 1, 1923	July 15, 1954	“He was the Sunshine of Our Home”
	(son of Laney & Lener Tyree)
Leo Edrie Tyree	May 6, 1916	July 16, 1944	“She was the Sunshine of Our Home”
	(dau. of Laney & Lener Tyree)
William Henry Harrison	1843	1914	“Co. E, 47 Ky. Inf.”
	(b. Aug. 1843, m#1-11 May 1860 to Millie Ann McDowell, m#2 - May 1901 Sarah Abney, William Henry Harrison was the son of Charlie & Margaret Peggy Shimfessel Harrison, father of William “Bud”, John T., Margaret “Mag”, Martha J. Bellis, James W. “Jim”, Sarah Ellen Bishop, Taylor Price, Nannie Sie Powell, and Molly Wine.)
Millie Ann Harrison	June 1843	Sept 19, 1899	“Gone But Not Forgotten”
	(Millie Ann McDowell Harrison, dau. of Samuel & Elizabeth Betsy Wiseman McDowell, wife of William Henry Harrison, and mother of William “Bud”, John T., Margaret “Mag”, Martha J. Bellis, James W. “Jim”, Sarah Ellen Bishop, Taylor Price, Nannie Sie Powell, and Molly Wine.)
Samuel McDowell
(oss) Elizabeth McDowell
(oss) Elizabeth Richardson
	(Samuel McDowell b: Abt. 1810 d: Abt. 1849 in Estill Co., KY m: 28 April 1833 in Estill Co., KY Elizabeth Betsy Wiseman b: 1810 in KY dau. of Abner Wiseman, Sr. & Isabella Blanton Wiseman). Elizabeth Richardson is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wiseman McDowell. Daughter Elizabeth was b. 1838 Estill Co., Ky. m. abt 1856 in Estill Co., Ky. to Pearson Richardson) (Other children of Samuel & Elizabeth Betsy Wiseman McDowell included: Isabell Howe, Samuel II, John, Millie Ann Harrison, and James B. McDowell. This is the oldest marked grave in the cemetery)
Charlie McDowell	Dec. 1, 1888	Nov. 16, 1974
Willie Harrison	Apr. 15, 1900	Nov. 4, 1919	“Gone But Not Forgotten”
Willie Woolery	1890	1918
Florence Brinegar	1894	1919
Nannie Woolery	1902	1920
Ella Woolery	1900	1922
Mary Woolery	1873	1930
(oss) John Woolery	1859	1943
Dave Woolery	1898	1931
Charlie Riddle	Sept. 7, 1867	Feb. 10, 1943	“In Memory of Our Beloved Father”
Annie Wiseman	Aug. 18, 1881	Mar. 23, 1965	“There is Rest in Heaven”
(oss) John Wiseman	Nov. 20, 1871	July 18, 1926
Martha J. Wiseman	Jan. 5, 1896	July 28, 1912	“Gone But Not Forgotten” “Dau. of John & Mary Wiseman”
Emma Witt	1856	1932	“Mother, Gone To Her Home in Heaven”
Robert Woolery	Dec. 9, 1892	Feb. 4, 1958	“Ky. PVT Co. C., 166 Inf. 42 Div., World War I, PH”
Infant Woolery	Oct. 17, 1911	Nov. 1, 1911
Clide Woolery	Feb. 14, 1909	Oct. 29, 1911	“Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven”
Maggie Woolery	Jan. 10, 1891	Nov. 21, 1977
(oss) Everett Woolery	July 25, 1886	Mar. 27, 1944
Martha W. Powell	Apr. 23, 1868	Sept. 2, 1935	“Gone But Not Forgotten”
Sterling Wayne Harrison	Feb. 2, 1959	Feb. 2, 1959
Chester A. Witt	Sept. 30, 1914	Nov. 17, 1935	“The Lord Gave and The Lord Hath Taken Away”