Dycusburg Area Cemeteries

Area Cemeteries

Dycusburg Cemetery

Dycusburg Cemetery (Word document, 24 pages; 111 KB)
Located off Hwy. 70, just north of the town (near the intersection of Hwy. 902 to Fredonia.)

Yancey Cemetery
Located at Dycusburg. Turn right at the street just before the store (Martin’s), go straight until you come to the end of the street. The cemetery is located to the right on the hill. Cemetery in terrible condition, covered in creeping myrtle vines and fallen trees. Re-copied April 1999 by Doyle Polk, Dot Kunnecke and Brenda Underdown. Corrections/additions underlined, personal research in parentheses. Used with permission.

Yancey, George M. 1854 (07 Sept) 1935 (vital statistics)

Yancey, Ida E.                 1866          (11 Dec) 1946 (vital statistics)

Yancey, Samuel Leon          1847          (19 June) 1941 (vital statistics)

Yancey, M(ary) J(ane) (Clifton)          29 Nov 1866   17 Jan 1894 (second) wife of G.M.

Yancey, Clifton (son of G.M. & I.E.)          20 May 1892   19 Sept 1892

Yancey, Eliza A. (Elizabeth Jessup)          22 July 1814   08 Jan 1882 (wife of P.L.)

Bennett, P(resley) L. 24 July 1811          24 July 1891

Bennett, Georgia Y.          14 Jan 1883   06 Sept 1913 Wife of J.C.

Bennett, Clifton 12 Apr 1880   25 Sept 1902 son of L.F. and Annie P.

Bennett, Leon           11 Nov 1874   29 Nov 1880 son of L.F. and Annie P.

Bennett, Annie P(reston) (Yancey)          26 May 1851   02 Sept 1888 wife of L.F.

Bennett, L.F.          17 Oct 1848   22 Dec 1907 (married on 17 Nov 1874)

Gregory, Georgia          08 June 1879          04 Dec 1880 son of E. & J.E.

Gregory, Edgeworth          16 Jan 1840   28 Feb 1907

(from the first cemetery book, vol. 1, local tradition has the following persons as slaves of the Yancey family – we found corrections on these two stones:)

Gleen (on top of stone)

Hollowell, Anna   01 Mar 1902 (only date)

Gleen, Geutry           20 Dec 1890 01 Oct 1874 Age 4

Gleen, Jeiss              died May 10, 1891 Age 2