Boone County Cemeteries
Allen Cemetery
aka Low Gap
Original "Walking" and Transcription of Stones by Lora Pauley, Helen Kirby and Hettie Holestin
Published in "Kith and Kin of Boone County" quarterly
Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by K. Torp
Located "on the hill just above the Low Gap Bridge, on land originally owned by St. Clair Ballard"
Note: All data in brackets ( ) was added by the original cemetery transcriber
ST. CLAIR BALLARD, d. 26 Dec 1873, age 71 yrs., 4 mo., 12 da., s. John & Chloe (Flynn) Ballard, m. Ruth Meadows.
(Ruth m.2. Lewis Bayes.)
Unmarked grave near grave of St. Clair Ballard.
WILLIAM ANDREW MCNEELY, b. 1864, d. 1931, s. Gordon & Valeria J. (Fry) McNeely, m. Rose Lee Hopkins
ROSA LEE (Hopkins) McNEELY, b. 1867, d. 1958, dau. Mandeville J. & Letha Ann (Ballard) Hopkins.
MYRTLE C. GREENE, b. 1884, d. 1926.
VIVIAN E. ALLEN, daughter of R. B. & J. D. ALLEN, b. 19 May 1896, d. 1 Feb 1901, dau. Robert Bruce & Josephine
(Hopkins) Allen.
HERBERT H. KESSINGER, b. 1880, d. 1957.
LUCINDA KESSINGER, b. 1892, d. 1954.
SUSAN M. wife of B. H. CANTLEY, b. 20 Jan 1837, d. 17 Mar 1879, dau. John F. & Evaline (Griffith) Bowman &
wid. Burwell S., s. St. Clair & Ruth (Meadows) Ballard.
B (artholomew) H. CANTLEY, b. 8 Mar 1847, d. 17 Aug 1914, age 67 yrs., 5 mo., 9 da., s. John & Nancy (Ball)
Cantley.
BETHEL ALLEN, b. 1 Jul 1891, d. 19 Apr 1048, s. Robert Bruce & Josephine (Hopkins) Allen, m. Laura Workman.
DALLIE L. BALLARD, b. 8 Aug 1896, d. 21 Aug 1938.
HESTER A. BALLARD, b. 1888, d. 20 Feb 1926, first wife of Oakey Ballard, dau. Francis & Elizabeth (Hager) Pauley.
SIDNEY J. BALLARD, b. 1889, d. 1920.
OMA LEE LUCY (Workman) BALLARD, b. 1892, d. 1953.
ROBERT BRUCE ALLEN, b. 18 Dec 1868, d. 1853, s. James H. & Mary Ann (Dingess) Allen, m. Josephine (Hopkins)
Stollings, dau. Mandeville J. & Letha Ann (Ballard) Hopkins & wid. Cleophas Stollings.
JOSEPHINE D. ALLEN, b. 9 Jan 1863, d. 23 Dec 1925, wife of Robert Bruce Allen, above.
M(andeville) J. HOPKINS JR., b, 1876, d. 1931, s. Mandeville J. & Letha Ann (Ballard) Hopkins, m. Bessie E.
Smoot, below.
BESSIE E. (Smoot) HOPKINS, b. 1877, d. 19__?, dau. Daniel & Mary (Atkins) Smoot.
EDWIN FOREST ABBOT, b. 1883, d. 1948.
ENID D. ABBOT and baby DAVID LEE, dates 1916 & 1947
ELLA E. HOPKINS, b. 27 Dec 1856, d. 5 Jun 1877, dau. Mandevile J. & Letha Ann (Ballard) Hopkins
VIOLA (Adkins) MILLER, b. 1863, d. 1957, dau. Anderson & Elizabeth (Cummins) Adkins, m. Peter D. Miller, below.
PETER D. MILLER, b. 18 Jul 1863, d. 10 Oct 1920, s. William & Dollie Ann (Roberts) Miller.
LONDUS FRED MILLER, b. 30 Jun 1891, d. 8 Dec 1940.
Infant - BILLIE LOUANN, d. 30 Oct 1950.
COBET ELWOOD CRADDOCK, b. 17 Mar 1896, d. 31 May 1962.
JOHN E. CRADDOCK, b. 19 Jan 1931, d. 12 Dec. 1966.
CHARLES RAY McNEELY, b. 15 Jun 1887, d. 18 Oct 1955, WWI Veteran.
RUPERT McNEELY JR., b. 1 Oct 1924, d. 8 Mar 1927.
POLLY ANN COLLINS, B. 15 Sep 1856, d. 14 Jul 1931 (?Mary Ann Nelson, m. William, s. Aaron & Nancy (Epling)
Collins?)
CLARA STEWART, b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 17 Aug 1921, dau. Lewis & Elizabeth (Nelson) Stone, m. William Stewart, below.
W(illiam) L. STEWART, b. 8 Apr 1849, d. 4 Feb 1936, s. Elias & Rebecca (Belcher) Stewart.
WILLIAM WILSON STEWART, b. 1881, d. 1944, m. Pearl, below.
PEARL STEWART CHAMBERS, b. 1900, d. 1974.
WILLIAM WILSON STEWART JR., b. 2 Feb 1925, d. 2 Feb 1925.
ROBERT VERNON CRACCOCK, b. 2 Jun 1932, d. 16 May 1968, West Virginia Pvt. U.S. Army, Korea.
JULIA A. (Newly) VICKERS, b. 1838, d. 1909, m. James T. Vickers, below.
JAMES (T.) VICKERS, b. 1837, d. 1915, s. John & Lucy (Cunningham) Vickers.
SAMUEL HOLSTIN, b. 21 Jan 1877, d. 12 Feb 1920.
JOSEPHINE B. wife of B.F. GRIFFITH, b. 1859, d. 1914.
CHARLES O. JARRELL, b. 1877, d. 1916, s. Anthony & Emmaline (Mitchell) Jarrell, m. Willie K., below
WILLIE K. JARRELL, b. 1870, d. 1928.
BOBBY GENE KING, b. 24 May 1935, d. 8 Oct 1959, West Virginia PFC, U.S. Army.
ELSIE E. MULLINS, b. 3 Dec 1910, d. 28 Jul 1964.
ALMYRIA ROBERTS, b. 26 Sep 1880, d. 28 Jun 1942.
JOHN BUNTING JR., b. 2 Nov 1892, d. 22 May 1935.
L.W. HAYES, b. 28 Apr 1879, d. 8 Apr 1936.
JULIA R. VICKERS, b. 1875, d. 1920, dau. James T. & Julia (Newly) Vickers.
REBEL CANTLEY, b. 6 Nov 1911, d. 29 Apr 1971.
HOWARD CANTLEY, b. 20 Aug 1882, d. 13 Oct 1967.
EMILY KESSINGER, b. 1858, d. 1938.
ANNA F. KESSINGER, b. 1861, d. 1907 (? Anna F. Hopkins, dau. Mandeville J. & Letha Ann (Ballard) Hopkins, m.
John W. S. Wilson & Mary (Green) Kessinger?)
LETHA A. (Ballard) HOPKINS, b. 18 Aug 1836, d. 13 Jul 1892, dau. St. Clair & Ruth (Meadows) Ballard, m. Mandeville
J. Hopkins on 6 Mar 1856, s. Henry s. & Elizabeth (Jackson) Hopkins.
Markers at head and foot of grave beside Letha have M. J. H., assumed to be that of her husband, Mandeville J.
Hopkins, b. 1832, d. 1914.
VIRGIE W. BALLARD, b. 4 Jul 1895, d. 10 Nov 1918
