Clay County Cemetery Records,
Volume I

Source: Ancestry.com

Valentine Graveyard

Located: NW1/4, SW1/4, Section 24, Township 51, Range 32

Name: Henry Valentine
Death Date: 22 Dec 1882

Name: Eliss
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1850
Death Date: 14 Mar 1868

Name: Wilson
Death Date: 07 Jul 1872
Age: 1 year, 1 month

Name: Rosa B.
Death Date: 11 Sep 1872
Age: 5 years, 8 months

Name: Reuben
Death Date: 27 Oct 1881
Age: 2 months, 28 days

Note: Records taken by D. L. Van Dyke.
Mr. Valentine was a federal soldier, came to Clay County
after the Civil War. Personal friend of Gen. U. S. Grant.
He had two wives and 25 children; six children
died of scarlet fever and are buried on this farm.
Later family left for parts unknown.
Information given by Robert Withers.

December 13, 1945

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