In 1821, a small boy met his death from boiling water. No burial ground had been established so the boy's father got permission from Gen. Metcalfe to bury the boy in the conner of his farm, thus we have the origin of the Carlisle Cemetery.
Carlisle Cemetery
Solders Buried Around Memorial in Carlisle Cemetery
World War I
Name
Birth
Death
notes
Ernest Harmon 1894 1918 died at Camp Meade, Maryland
James W. McCracken 1894 1919 died at Coblenz, Germany
William H. Brooks 1892 1818 killed in action, St. Die Sector, Vasges, France
James F. Delaney 1893 1920 died at Carlisle, Ky.
Eddie Roy McGinley 1892 1918 killed in action Argonne Forest, France
Samuel F. Watkins 1892 1918 died of wounds Aimes Hts. France
James Spencer Huffstetter 1890 1918 died at Cruthe, France
Walter Purcell 1893 1918 died at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
Orville Edward Mann 1896 1918 died at camp Funston, Kansas
Aquilla D. Stone 1897 1918 died at Great Lakes, Illinois
Michael Bryan Laughlin 1897 1918 died at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
George Rector Clark 1892 1918 died at Part Clinton, Ohio
World War II
Name
Birth
Death
notes
Ollie C. Bussell 1921 1945 killed in action, Germany
William L. Morris 1925 1944 killed in action, Italy
Edgar L. (Jack) Ham 1921 1945 killed in action, Italy
Howard J. Ritchie 1918 1944 killed in action, Layte Island
William L. Jenkins 1911 1944 killed in action, Italy
Lloyd J. George 1919 1943 killed in action, North Africa Area
Marion M. Letcher 1924 1944 killed in action, France
Leslie B. McVey 1913 1944 killed in action, France
Lloyd F. Duncan 1914 1945 killed in action, Belgium
Robert T. George 1916 1944 killed in action, Normandy
Ollie Guthrie, Jr. 1926 1945 killed in action, Iwo Jima
Cecil Kenneth Jolly 1924 1944 killed in action, Italy
Andrew B. Metcalfe 1920 1945 killed in action, Italy
Everett S. Cook 1915 1945 killed in action, Belgium
Llody Waugh 1918 1944 lost in action Invasion of Normandy, France
Korean War
Jesse James Bretz 1931 1951 killed in action, Korea
Data compiled in the fall of 1975 by Charlotte Stacy Hardin with student help.
Dates complete through Sept. 30, 1975.
Submitted by: Jewell Mckenzie Wilson