OAKLAND CEMETERY

Submitted by: Christopher S. Jacobs

"These two stones are for two patriarchs from my ancestry."

"I am interested in corresponding with anyone who is researching descendants of these two men.
I can be reached at: ChrisJacobs AT cp dot fuller dot edu (please convert this non-literal format of my e-mail address)"

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Isaac Osbin Burton (son of Jacob L. Burton & Rebecca Rachel Berry)

     b. 18 Oct 1807, Russell Co., VA
     d. 17 May 1884, Carter Co., KY

     First married 14 Dec 1827, Russell Co., VA
           Lucretia Osborn   
           b. 10 Sep 1806, Lower Castlewood, Russell Co., VA
           d. 05 Apr 1858, Carter Co., KY

    Second married 15 Apr 1860, Carter Co., KY
           Margaret Jane Osborn  
           b. 15 Oct 1842, Carter Co., KY
           d. 11 Mar 1891, Carter Co., KY


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Joseph Gordon Jacobs (son of Carter Henry Jacobs and Mary Martin)

    b. 16 Dec 1826, Washington Co., VA
    d. 22 May 1910, Carter Co., KY

    married 06 Aug 1852, Carter Co., KY
    Huldah Horn Burton (daughter of Isaac Osbin Burton & Lucretia Osborn)
    b. 02 Nov 1832, Russell Co., VA
    d. 24 Feb 1914, Iron Hill, Carter Co., KY


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Stephen Jacobs (son of Joseph Gordon Jacobs and Huldah Horn Burton)
b. 25 Feb 1859, Carter Co., KY
d. 17 Feb 1913, Iron Hill, Carter Co., KY

First married on 07 Dec 1882, Carter Co., KY
Margaret Virginia "Jennie" Underwood (1867-13 Nov 1884)
her burial place is unknown to me.

Second married on 5th or 12th Dec 1886, Grayson, Carter Co., KY
Ethel Deborah Meade (May 1872, Carter Co. - 18 Jul 1916, NE)
her burial place is unknown to me.

Clayborn Clayton Jacobs (son of Joseph Gordon Jacobs & Huldah Horn Burton)
b. 05 Nov 1885, Carter Co., KY
d. 16 Nov 1929, Carter Co., KY
No known spouse.

Alfred Green Jacobs (son of Joseph Gordon Jacobs and Huldah Horn Burton)
b. 20 Jan 1868, Carter Co., KY
d. 05 Feb 1945, Carter Co., KY

married on 16 Apr 1892, Carter Co., KY
Lucinda "Cinda" Lewis (daughter of Stephen Lewis & Prudence Osborn)
b. 07 Jan 1874, Carter Co., KY
d. 23 Jun 1962, Adams Nursing Home, 1409 2nd St., Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH


James Harrison Jacobs (son of Joseph Gordon Jacobs and Huldah Horn Burton)
b. 05 Mar 1862, Carter Co., KY
d. 15 Jan 1928, Iron Hill, Carter Co., KY

married on 18 Jul 1883, Carter Co. KY
Mary Ellen Hicks (daughter of William J. Hicks and Martha Jane Buckner)
b. 10 Dec 1864, Willard, Carter Co., KY
d. 29 Aug 1964, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH



Other children of Joseph G. and Huldah H. Jacobs said to be buried at 
Oakland Cemetery (no photos & no firsthand confirmation of burial site):

William Lee Jacobs
b. 21 Apr 1857, Carter Co., KY
d. 28 Mar 1898, carter Co., KY
married 10 Mar 1892, Carter Co., KY
Finetta "Nettie" Bailey (parents unknown to me)
dates unknown to me.

Sarah Ann Jacobs
b. 03 May 1861, Carter Co., KY
d. 08 May 1862, Carter Co., KY

Sylvia Caroline (Jacobs) Lewis
b. 29 Oct 1872, Carter Co., KY
d. 26 Mar 1946, Carter Co., KY
married on 31 Dec 1893, Carter Co., KY
Charles H. Lewis (son of Stephen Lewis & Prudence Osborn)
b. 04 Jun 1876, Carter Co., KY
d. 04 Apr 1938, 2528 Gallia St., Portsmouth, Scioto  Co., OH
bur. Memorial Burial Park, [Scioto Co., OH]

Amelia Catherine (Jacobs) Burton
b. 30 Sep 1875, Carter Co., KY
d. 24 Mar 1931, 2542 Gallia St., Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
married ca. 1893/4
Robert Lee Burton
b. 10 Dec 1871, Carter City, Carter Co., KY
d. 18 Mar 1942, Hayport Rd., Near Wheelersburg, Scioto Co., OH
both reportedly buried at Oakland Cemetery.


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