This cemetery is known as the Arthur Preston Cemetery and is located at Ulysses, KY in Lawrence Co. on KY Rt. 581. The cemetery is located about 4 miles into Lawrence Co., from the Johnson Co. line on the River Road, or about a mile on 581, off 645 (going toward Inez) at Ulysses. The cemetery is up on the hill from the old Arthur Preston home place, it is across the River from Nats Creek, or Patrick. This cemetery was donated to KYGENWEB by Kym Hitchcock.
1st Row
1st grave has a very unique concrete vault
over it as well as down inside the ground. (reads);
1. L. M. Preston Born; Sept. 18,
1840
Died Jan. 22, 1908
2. Sarah Jane Preston
March 13, 1868- Oct. 9, 1953 (Mother)
3. Arch C. Preston B. Nov. 9, 1889-
D. Sept. 11, 1912 Age 22 years, 8 months, 2 days
4. Rae
Preston
July 10, 1888- Oct. 9, 1964
5. Mae Preston
October 22,
1893- April 24, 1974
6. 2 stones
7. unread-able
2nd Row
8.
Sue A. Taylor
April 22, 1850- Dec. 25, 1878
9. Marcus Preston
1905-1978 (this is a dbl headstone, wife is still living)
10. Susan T.
Preston
Dec. 11, 1830-Dec. 31, 1910
Third Row
11. Goebell C.
Cassell
April 17, 1922- Sept. 9, 1924 (a few stones cast to the side of this
grave unreadable)
12. Julia "wife of W. J. Maynard"
March 22,
1875-June 6, 1903
13. Mary F. Preston
Nov. 25, 1859- Aug. 8,
1879
14. small hand made stone has initials on it.
ASHP (the H
could be a M) only date is 1812
15, 16, 17 all unreadable
Three
(graves set lower on the point of the cemetery):
1. Mabel L. Preston
1905-1949
2. Ellen L. Preston 1877-1915
3. Frank A. Preston
1870-1948