GIBBONS FAMILY CEMETERY

Situated in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 3 Township one-fourth mile
southeast of Highway between Earl and Patterson Springs, and about two
miles north of Earl, being upon a knoll and adjoining lands of Hazel
Turner, W. L. Wilson, and Dr.  J. P. Aydolotte.  Mr. Joe Wright of
Shelby went with the worker to help locate this old cemetery.

Owner of Cemetery:  Estate of Perry Roberts, deceased

Approximate number of marked graves:  13
  Unmarked graves:  10

Earliest marked grave:  John K. Gibbons, d. April 6, 1839

General condition of cemetery:  Surrounded by cultivation and grown up
in underbrush, consisting of about ¼ acre

Date of survey:  Dec. 8, 1939
Workers:  Forest B. Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Runyans, Ruben H.
D.  April 24, 1906
Aged:  93 yrs.

Gibbons, A. I.
D.  Aug. 30, 1869
Aged:  51 yrs.

Runyans, Margaret, wife of
  R. H. Runyans
D.  Oct. 9, 1891
Aged:  29 yrs.

Runyans, Jacob
D.  Oct. 10, 1874
Aged:  34 yrs.

Runyans, F. A.
Aged:  4 yrs.
(No dates)

Runyans, Buchannan
D.  Oct. 21, 1859
Aged:  1 yr., 8 mos.

Gibbons, Mary E.
D.  Aug. 31, 1854
Aged:  5 years, 8 mos., 12 ds.

Gibbons, John K.
D.  April 6, 1839
Aged:  73 yrs.

Gibbons, (No initials)
D.  Feb. 1, 1844
Aged:  11 mos.

Runins, Dianna
D.  Nov. 1844
Age:  51 yrs.

Gibbons, Columbus C.
D.  June 2, 1866 or 1868 [Faint text]
Aged:  20 yrs, 9 mos., 25 ds.

Gibbons, J. M.
D.  April 3, 1844
Aged:  8 yrs., 5 mos.

Gibbons, Hannah J.
D.  Dec. 7, 1845
Aged:  67 yrs.

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn.
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