Redmon or Bennett Cemetery
Franklin County, Kentucky
Located on Hickory Ridge Road and may be outside Franklin County. Christine Atwood located and transcribed the information on April 27, 1984. At that time the property was owned by Arthur M. & Deborah Atwood Salyers.
Condition Note: A low rock wall once surrounded the cemetery. It has collapsed inward possibly covering readable stones. There are a number of fieldstones; only two stones legible and one broken stone with top piece missing.
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Redmon, Robert | b: May 6, 1838 – d: June 3, 1908 · o/s/w Kate |
| Redmon, Kate * | His wife · b: April 18, 1843 – died: March 6, 1915 |
| Bennett, John | d: October 17, 1824, Aged 52 years |
| Broken Stone | Top missing, only bottom legible, 21 years |
| Footstone | M. W. B. |
| Footstone | R. B. |
Biographical Notes
* Catherine "Kate" Arnold Redmon was the daughter of Philip Dodge and Frances Bennett Arnold. She appears with her family in District 2 of the 1850 Franklin County, Ky census, page 66. Philip Dodge Arnold married Frances Bennett October 17, 1833 in Franklin County.
Catherine "Kate" Arnold Redmon died of pneumonia on March 6, 1915 at Avenstoke, Anderson County, Kentucky. Her death certificate indicates she was buried March 7, 1915 in the Redmon Cemetery. Her obituary was located in the Frankfort Courier on March 8, 1915 and reads as follows: "Mrs. Kate Redmon, aged 72, died Saturday, at her home of pneumonia. She was the widow of R. W. Redmon. The funeral took place at Graefenburg, Shelby County and she was buried in the family graveyard, yesterday."