Sacred Ground: Laurel Dale Cemetery

In the early 1880s, an outbreak of typhoid fever swept through the English settlement of Rugby, causing several deaths and stirring panic in the relatively new utopian village. The bout with typhoid fever nearly spelled Rugby’s demise before it had even gotten its feet on the ground — and also marked the beginning of the town’s cemetery, Laurel Dale. 

Located on the Cumberland Plateau where Morgan, Fentress and Scott counties meet, on the tabletop lands between the Clear Fork River and White Oak Creek, Rugby was the dream of English author and reformer Thomas Hughes. The Tom Brown’s School Days author envisioned a place in America that was free of England’s social class bindings; a place where younger sons who weren’t destined to inherit their fathers’ riches could flourish. 

Rugby probably wouldn’t have succeeded even without major obstacles. But the obstacles caused irreparable damage to the dream — and none of those setbacks were bigger than the typhoid fever outbreak of 1881, just months after the village was founded.

Rugby was christened in October 1880. By August 1881, less than one year later, there were around 300 residents in the village. But then sickness descended. And people were dying. In all, eight people died of typhoid fever over the span of just a few weeks. 

Typhoid was a major fear for western civilization in the 1880s. It had likely been around for hundreds of years prior to that. Between 1607 and 1624, illness claimed the lives of 85% of the population at James River in Virginia colony, which experts came to realize was typhoid. But it wasn’t until the mid 19th century that French doctors Pierre-Fidele Bretonneau and Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis described typhoid fever as a specific disease, as they performed autopsies on people who died of fever in Paris.

When typhoid fever spread in Rugby, many of the village’s residents fled in terror; only a few dozen remained by that winter. 

Once typhoid fears subsided, residents returned, and Rugby eventually grew to be slightly larger than it had been in summer 1881. But that disease outbreak was never forgotten.

The deaths of 1881

Laurel Dale Cemetery is located near the end of a ridge that extended like a finger from the northeast side of the village towards the Clear Fork River. Just over the hill from the cemetery was the Gentlemen’s Swimming Hole, where the men of Rugby bathed. Today, the cemetery is a trailhead for a popular hiking trail that leads to both the swimming hole and Meeting of the Waters, where White Oak empties into Clear Fork a short distance away.

While much of Rugby is located in Morgan County, the village’s original boundaries extended into Scott County, and the town burial ground was located in Scott County.

While typhoid fever victims made up many of the early burials at Laurel Dale, the first burial wasn’t a typhoid victim but a baby named Edwin James Bone.

“Eddie,” as the child was called by his family, was born in June 1880 and was only seven months old when he died in January 1881. 

No additional information is available about baby Eddie, and he does not have a head stone at Laurel Dale. The information denoting his burial as the first to occur at the cemetery was documented by Rugby historian Patricia Wichmann.

It was on Aug. 9, 1881, that the first typhoid fever victim died at Rugby. He was 44-year-old Philip Henry Nairn, a realtor. He was buried one day later, on August 10, and was the first funeral at Rugby’s Christ Church Episcopal, according to church records. The priest in charge of the service was Joseph H. Blacklock. At that time, the cemetery was known simply as “Rugby Cemetery.”

Nairn was originally from Cumberland, England. His death was announced along with three others in the Sept. 10, 1881 edition of The Rugbeian newspaper. The newspaper noted that Nairn was well-known both in the fledgling village and the surrounding countryside, and also noted that he was a brother-in-law of “Rev. F. Courtney, one of the leading Episcopal clergymen of Chicago.” 

Four days later, Osmond Frederic Dakeyne, age 30, was buried at the cemetery. He, too, died of typhoid fever. He is the first person buried at Laurel Dale who has an identifiable head stone. 

Dakeyne was originally from Blunham, England. He was one of Rugby’s original settlers, and was described in an obituary that appeared in the Aug. 20, 1881 edition of The Rugbeian as corresponding secretary of the Board of Aid, the official name of the business entity that owned Rugby. 

The newspaper article noted that Dakeyne had been seriously ill with fever in 1878, forcing him to resign his job in South America. Afterwards, he sailed to America and arrived in Rugby with John and Henry Boyle in late January 1880.

It was with Dakeyne’s death — and the reporting of the village newspaper, in which he was heavily involved — that we learned more about Rugby’s typhoid fever outbreak.

“The illness which proved fatal to him was contracted during a hot and trying ride from Wartburg early in July,” the newspaper noted. “The symptoms at first were merely those of nervous prostration caused by exposure to the sun: but as days passed on, the case became complicated. Steadily increasing weakness was followed by typhoid symptoms, producing insensibility on August 9th and death, after one or two evanescent rallies, early on the morning of Sunday the 14th.” 

The next to die was T. Edward Partridge, from London, England. His grave wasn’t marked, but he was buried at Laurel Dale on Aug. 21, 1881, according to church records. He had been in the village only about three months at the time of his death, managing a dairy operation. Partridge was one of the three men whose deaths were announced along with Nairn’s in September 1881.

Joseph Edward Virgo, another of those three men, died on Aug. 31, 1881. He was 36 years old at the time of his death, and had established a farm on the west side of town after arriving in the settlement in April 1881. He was originally from London. 

The last of the four men whose deaths were announced by the village newspaper in September 1881 was J.H. Lee, of Birmingham, England, who was said by the newspaper to have been 21 years old when he died. However, Rugby historians — who believe he arrived in the U.S. in November 1879 after landing in New York — have fixed his age at around 18. 

Joseph V. Vanderberged may have been buried at the cemetery in September 1881 as well, although his name doesn’t appear in the records of Rugby’s Christ Church Episcopal. 

Also in September 1881 was the death of Rodney Brown, originally from Cheltenham, England. Like many other early burials at Laurel Dale Cemetery, his grave is unmarked. Church records indicate that he was buried on Sept. 11, 1881. 

The next to die was William C. Child on Nov. 4, 1881. He was 26 at the time of his death, and was originally from London. 

Finally came the death of Idy Chaytor, although his age and the exact date of his death aren’t known.

In all, eight men had died of typhoid fever from Aug. 9, 1881 to early November 1881.

The cemetery grows

Besides young Eddie Bone, the first person not native to England to be buried at Laurel Dale may have been J.S. Winkley, who was buried at the cemetery in late May 1882. 

Winkley, who was about 43 at the time of his death, was originally from New Hampshire. He served in the Union army during the Civil War. He was married to Rosilah Reed, and had four children. He supervised construction of the Thomas Hughes Free Public Library in Rugby, a duty his wife assumed upon his death. The library opened later in 1882. His widow and children later moved from Rugby and returned to Massachusetts.

It wasn’t just the town library that Winkley was involved in building. He also built the town commissary, the drug store, and several residences in the village. He also served as president of the village’s school board once it was established.

It was sickness that brought Winkley from Massachusetts to Rugby when the colony was established, and he credited it with extending his life. However, he fell ill with diarrhea in May 1882 and died soon thereafter.

Stones become common

Only one of the earliest graves at Laurel Dale — that of Osmond Dakeyne — is marked with an identifiable stone, though a couple of others are marked with old iron stakes. With time, though, stones became more commonplace. Some of them are original; others have been placed in more recent years.

Charles Oldfield died in 1882 at the age of about 48 and is an example of the latter. Church records indicate that he was buried on June 21, 1882.

On July 13, 1882, Caroline Emory was buried at Laurel Dale. Her name does not appear in online transcriptions of the cemetery, but her death and place of burial were recorded in the records of the Christ Church Episcopal. 

John A. Dimling is believed to have died on Dec. 15, 1882 and was buried at the cemetery, and he is one of the earliest burials at Laurel Dale with an original headstone. However, it appears that the stone’s script makes the date easy to confuse, and what is believed by some to be a “2” in Dec. 15, 1882 is actually a “7.” Church records show that he was buried on Dec. 17, 1887, which would have made him 32 at the time of his death. Additionally, a one-year-old girl, Grace-Ann Dimling, was buried at the cemetery in 1985. This was likely John’s daughter. 

Meanwhile, Alfred Woodley Mason, an infant, died at Rugby’s Newbury House on Nov. 21, 1883 and was buried at the cemetery the following day.

A notable name

Perhaps the most notable person buried at Laurel Dale was Margaret Wilkinson Hughes. The mother of Thomas Hughes — the English reformer credited with being the founder of the colony — she died on Oct. 5, 1887, at the age of 90. 

Thomas Hughes never lived at Rugby, but his mother did. She made the move with her niece to help the fledgling settlement grow, and her home was known as Uffington House, after her home in Oxfordshire, England. The rest of her family remained in England. Her daughter, Jane, was England’s first female civil servant.

Margaret Hughes was married to John Hughes, who died in 1857. 

A number of other Rugby residents were buried at Laurel Dale prior to Mrs. Hughes’ death in 1887. Among them were brothers John Molyneux and Richard Molyneux, who were buried side-by-side in 1885.

John was two years old when he died in March 1885. Richard was just three months old when he died in July 1885. They were the sons of John and Ellen Molyneux, who later moved from Rugby to Rockwood. John Molyneux was a well-known merchant in Rockwood prior to his death in 1934.

Another Molyneux sibling, James, was buried at the cemetery when he died in November 1890 at the age of 11 months.  

The cemetery today

Laurel Dale Cemetery remains active today, with well over 400 burials since its inception in 1881. The most recent burial was Evelyn Jane Letner, who was buried there when she died in October at age 60. Her parents, Ralph and Natia Bertram Letner, were previously buried at the cemetery in 2007 and 2009. Several of Ralph and Natia’s other children are also buried at the cemetery, including Tommy in 2005, Gerald in 1985, and Donnie in 2009. A daughter-in—law, Judy Ooten Letner, was buried at the cemetery in 2008, along with a grandson, Boyd, in 2010. 

Earlier this year, Chuck Berry was buried at the cemetery when he died at age 72. His parents, Charles and Rosie Frogge Berry, were previously buried at the cemetery. He has two siblings, Jack and Benjamin, buried at the cemetery, as well.

Like the Letner family, the Berry family lived just outside Rugby and there are several other Berrys buried at Laurel Dale, though none in recent years.

The Frogge family also lived in the area; those familiar with the area will note that Thelma Frogge operated a roadside general store on Hwy. 52 for many years. The most recent member of the family buried at Laurel Dale was Bertha Frogge in 2021. Her husband, Dan Frogge, was previously buried at the cemetery in 1986. Several generations of the Frogge family are represented at the cemetery, dating back to Timothy Frogge Sr., who was buried at the cemetery in 1946. His wife, Nancy Deckard, was buried there in 1950. 

The other burial that has taken place at Laurel Dale in 2024 is Teresa Matthews Coker, who died in August at age 81. Her husband, Gordon Coker, was previously buried at the cemetery in 1990.

Cemetery Census

LAUREL DALE CEMETERY
GPS Coordinates: 36.36872, -84.69763
First Burial: 1881
Last Burial: 2024

Ernest Alexander, 1863–1956
Ina Giles Alexander, 1867–1943
Mary Alexander, 1892–1928
Michael Alley, 1950–1999
Bertha Henry Anderson, 1927–2021
Mary Bertram Barden, 1877–1919
Cloyed Barnett, 1925–2000
Darrell G. Barnett, 1960–2015
Nataisa Barnett, 1975–1975
Natalie Barnett, 1975–1975
Vida Fletcher Barnett, 1933–1997
Cora Brewster Barnette, 1910–1990
Katie Filyaw Barnette, 1902–1997
Paris S. Barnette, 1887–1976
Keith Bean, 1945–1983
Harold Beaty, 1980–2012
Ann Stover Bell, 1943–2020
Eva M. Bell, 1946–N/A
Benjamin Bensted, 1855–1925
Jessie F. Bensted, 1867–1936
John T. Bensted, 1908–1977
Annie Berry, 1843–1925
Benjamin Berry, 1926–1926
Benjamin A. Berry, 1957–1999
Charles Berry, 1952–2024
Charles Berry Sr., 1929–1957
Ernest Berry, 1863–1888
Eva Berry, 1877–1957
Eva Berry, 1936–1936
George W. Berry, 1837–1928
Jack Berry, 1954–2011
Jeremiah Berry, 1845–1935
Nancy Jenkins Berry, 1842–1908
Rosie Frogge Berry, 1932–2008
Ahile Bertram, 1870–N/A
Albert Bertram, 1918–1993
Albert Bertram, 1846–1912
Alvin Bertram, 1937–1937
Brenda Bowling Bertram, 1953–2018
Carol Neely Bertram, 1949–2018
Carolyn Morris Bertram, 1941–2017
Charles S. Bertram, 1891–1937
Charles W. Bertram, 1946–N/A
Claude C. Bertram, 1951–2017
Clifford C. Bertram, 1908–1992
Cora Meece Bertram, 1896–1983
Curtis Bertram, 1907–1988
Darwin Bertram, 1941–2011
Deborah Meece Bertram, 1879–1933
Douglas Bertram, 1915–2006
Edward Lee Bertram, 1945–2008
Edward M. Bertram, 1885–1954
Elbert Bertram, N/A–1928
Emma Myers Bertram, 1917–2002
George Bertram, N/A–1931
Glenn Bertram, 1961–2012
Howard F. Bertram, 1963–2001
Infant Bertram, 1939–1939
Jack H. Bertram, 1926–1927
James Bertram, 1923–1923
Jessie Bertram, 1898–1940
Joel Bertram, 1882–1955
Johnny Bertram, 1953–2007
Juanita Bertram, 1922–1999
Judith Stanley Bertram, 1941–2010
Judy Bertram, 1948–N/A
Junior Bertram, 1941–N/A
Lena Imogine Bertram, 1925–1926
Lois Gibson Bertram, 1943–N/A
Loverna Epperson Bertram, 1875–1900
Mark Bertram, 1969–2020
Mary Bertram, 1943–1945
Maudie Silcox Bertram, 1896–1931
Minnie Bertram, 1895–1900
Nathan Bertram, 1890–1951
Nettie Meese Bertram, 1887–1976
Nova Crabtree Bertram, 1907–1985
Ora Clouse Bertram, 1916–2000
Othnel Bertram, 1920–1964
Ricky Bertram, 1970–2020
Roy Bertram, 1931–2007
Rubine L. Bertram, 1876–1899
Sarah Meece Bertram, 1893–1974
Sarah Hancock Bertram, 1846–1925
Sherrie Bertram, 1967–1990
Steve O. Bertram, 1952–N/A
Velma Martindale Bertram, 1916–1969
William Bertram, 1888–1967
Zelphy Bertram, 1923–1923
Bethel Blevins Jr., 1953–2022
Bethel Blevins, 1974–1974
Nevada Frogge Blevins, 1919–1999
Teresa Blevins, 1957–N/A
Emily Norris Bolin, 1857–1950
Haywood S. Bolin, 1877–1956
Edwin Bone, 1880–1881
William Bonner, 1984–1984
Jennie O. Bourne, 1872–1962
Ernest L. Brewster, 1933–1975
Geneva Brewster, 1919–2001
Nancy Brewster Brewster, 1882–1957
Rachel J. Brewster, 1945–N/A
Yvonne Barnett Brewster, 1937–1988
Charles Brooks, 1878–1947
Tusnelda Oberheu Brooks, 1874–1958
Rodney Brown, N/A–1881
Andrew B. Burroughs, 1850–1886
Infant Byrd, N/A–N/A
Isham Byrd, 1923–2000
Hattie E. Carey, 1943–N/A
James M. Carey, 1929–2004
Betty Chadwell, 1928–2008
Idy Chaytor, N/A–1881
William C. Child, 1855–1881
Janet C. Chitwood, 1960–1992
Charles Augustus Clark, 1835–1886
Sarah Smith Clark, 1839–1888
James Clouse, 1883–1955
Elizabeth Bean Coakley, 1860–1932
Francis Joseph Coakley, 1862–1914
Gordon Coker, 1937–1990
Teresa Matthews Coker, 1942–2024
Alice Pearson Crabtree, 1940–2006
Clarence Crabtree, 1907–1995
Earl S. Crabtree, 1962–N/A
Elizabeth Keen Crabtree, 1909–2003
Frannie E. Crabtree, 1987–2023
Infant Crabtree, N/A–1886
Robert Crabtree Jr., 1960–2015
Robert Gordon Crabtree Sr., 1938–2013
William S. Crabtree, 1961–N/A
Willie P. Crabtree, 1983–2017
Artela Isbell Cummins, 1868–1938
William Cummins, 1861–1939
Osmond Dakeyne, 1851–1881
Georgia Frogge Davidson, 1943–1970
Kimberly Davis, 1964–2019
Grace Dimling, 1884–1885
John A. Dimling, 1855–1882
Elizabeth Hancock Dishman, 1857–1890
Carl Fletcher, 1936–1938
Charlie Fletcher, 1918–1918
Charlotte Pittman Fletcher, 1874–1951
Elizabeth Fletcher, 1846–1926
Eva Pittman Fletcher, 1906–1992
Harold E. Fletcher, 1927–1997
Harry Fletcher, 1906–1964
Hattie Bertram Fletcher, 1927–2011
John Fletcher, 1878–1922
John W. Fletcher, 1894–1918
Nancy Oxford Fletcher, 1815–1892
Ora Fletcher, 1903–1904
Rufus Fletcher, 1930–1993
Tommie Fletcher, 1963–1974
Walter Fletcher, 1865–1937
Willie Jones Fletcher, 1937–2004
John A. Fondenberger, 1825–1895
Carol Letner Foster, 1944–N/A
Daryl G. Foster, 1970–2019
John L. Foster, 1931–1982
Sarah Gibson Frazier, 1946–1983
Arthur Fletcher Frogge, 1923–1990
Bertha L. Frogge, 1927–2021
Daniel Frogge, 1904–1986
Dock Frogge, 1882–1964
Ernest Frogge, 1906–1987
Everette Frogge Sr., 1898–1962
Gertrude Fletcher Frogge, 1897–1991
Gladys Lairson Frogge, 1918–2009
Gladys Zachary Frogge, 1923–1950
Helen Frogge, 1912–1991
Jesse James Frogge, 1912–1991
Lawrence Frogge, 1925–1978
Nancy Deckard Frogge, 1871–1950
Roscoe Frogge, 1932–1933
Sallie A. Frogge, 1882–1978
Timothy Frogge Sr., 1870–1946
Vernon Frogge, 1935–1955
Walter Gardner, 1853–1885
Arthur Gehring, 1926–2008
Mary Koth Gehring, 1932–2003
Alvin Gibson, 1900–1972
Edith Royal Gibson, 1909–1965
Emit E. Gibson, 1894–1970
Joe A. Gibson, 1921–1999
Horace W. Giles, 1871–1918
Mary Sager Giles, 1846–1907
Solomon Giles, 1845–1916
Bessie Gilliat, 1883–1897
Ellen McDaniel Gilliat, 1838–1906
Leila C. Gilliat, 1883–1906
Marguerite Cherry Gilliat, 1912–2002
Robert Gilliat, 1909–2002
William Gilliat, 1830–1898
Charlene T. Glazier, 1937–N/A
Jennon Glazier, 1965–2011
John R. Glazier, 1937–1993
Linda Evans Goad, 1949–N/A
William Goad, 1946–N/A
William Gregory, 1936–1936
Columbus Griffith, 1912–1989
Eva Sexton Griffith, 1882–1972
Elijah Guion, 1845–1902
Etta Byrd Hamlin, 1914–2004
Freeda K. Hamlin, 1967–N/A
Henry C. Hamlin, 1910–1976
Teresa L. Hamlin, N/A–1965
Nelis Hammond, 1909–1933
Nelson Harness Jr., 1947–2017
Norma Puckett Harness, 1940–2013
Joey Hatmaker, 1962–1984
James Hicks, 1889–1941
Thomas S. Howell, 1941–2021
Margaret Wilkinson Hughes, 1797–1887
Mary Miske Human, 1943–2016
Bradley Hundley-Pemberton, 1948–N/A
Patricia Hundley-Pemberton, 1950–2021
Caydon Huseman, 2016–2016
Alice Joceyln, N/A–1888
Wiley Jost, 2018–2018
Ida Clark Kellogg, 1856–1945
Nelson Kellogg, 1850–1925
Almira Bertram Kennedy, 1864–1933
M. A. Kennington, 1860–1950
Moses Kennington, 1845–1929
Mary Jane King, 1833–1909
Charles B. Kolb, 1868–1935
Frances S. Kolb, 1870–N/A
Dohy Cicero Lawhorn, 1923–2002
James Lawhorn, 1917–1930
Nita Satterfield Lawhorn, 1927–1986
Ronald Lawhorn, N/A–N/A
Ruth Newport Lawhorn, 1930–2012
J. H. Lee, 1862–1881
Barbara Bohlaender Lender, 1818–1905
Boyd Letner, 1970–2010
Donald Letner, 1956–2009
Evelyn Letner, 1964–2024
Gerald Letner, 1952–1985
Judy Letner, 1951–2008
Natia Bertram Letner, 1925–2009
Ralph Letner, 1921–2007
Thomas Letner, 1950–2005
Harry T. Linden, 1854–1891
Genevieve Oberheu Lourie, 1872–1962
Helen Lourie, 1907–1981
James Lourie, 1876–1953
Katrina Wright Lovett, 1970–2014
Jennifer Lyons, 1987–2013
Allen House Martin, 1898–1993
Churchie  Martin, 1985–2005
Margaret Carroll Martin, 1938–2022
Noel Martin, 1929–2023
Oscar Martin, 1895–1990
Alfred Mason, N/A–1883
Massengale, N/A–N/A
Janice Carroll McDowell, 1944–2019
Kyle J. McDowell, 1929–1991
Donna Ward Messick, 1960–2002
Irville Miske, 1922–1982
James Miske, 1949–2007
Michael Miske, 1892–1963
James Molyneux, 1889–1890
John Molyneux, 1882–1885
Richard Molyneux, 1885–1885
Ben F. Monroe Jr., 1947–N/A
Tammie Fletcher Monroe, 1958–2005
Mike Morabito, 1915–1994
Tressie Gibson Morabito, 1924–2005
N/A Morabito, N/A–N/A
N/A Morabito, N/A–N/A
Lewis M. Myers, 1921–1983
Seva Litton Myers, 1925–2001
Henry Whitehead Mytton, 1840–1890
Bonnie Seabolt Nagy, 1960–2004
Philip Nairn, 1836–1881
Anna Hicks Newport, 1912–2003
Arthur Newport, 1911–1969
Vernon Newport, 1952–1972
Nancy Ferguson Norris, 1833–1892
Emma Lender Oberheu, 1839–1910
Louis Oberheu, 1830–1910
Charles Oldfield, 1834–1882
Herstle Owens, 1926–1993
Mrs. Parker, N/A–N/A
T. Edward Partridge, N/A–1881
Susan Pearch, N/A–2002
Lora Pittman Pearson, 1908–1978
Obed L. Pearson, 1914–1988
Ora Philo Perrigo, 1856–1903
Arthur Pfau, 1879–1963
Lydia Oberheu Pfau, 1869–1959
Benjy Pittman, 1964–2021
Carl Pittman, 1913–2000
Dorothy Eloise Pittman, 1936–1936
Eva Pittman, N/A–N/A
Myrtle Fletcher Pittman, 1902–1951
Royce Pittman, 1932–1981
Johnny Potter, 1956–1956
Oliver Potter, 1912–1995
Willie Buck Potter, 1919–2000
Edd Potts, 1899–1987
Mildred Potts, 1901–1989
Dallas Puckett, 1945–1945
Rita Puckett, 1946–1946
Thomas Puckett, 1904–1980
Walter Puckett, 1881–1939
B. J. R., N/A–1886
Deborah L. Ray, 1954–2009
Opal Litton Ray, 1927–2000
Roy T. Ray, 1925–1990
Luella Haymond Raynes, 1860–1903
Anna Benstead Reagan, 1929–1999
Harley Reagan, 1931–1998
Lillie Frogge Reagan, 1900–1983
Mervin Reagan, 1922–1989
Ralph Reagan, 1925–1986
William Reagan, 1882–1950
Beriah Riddell, 1847–1897
Mary Riddell, 1838–1913
Jim Roller, 1939–2020
Lucy Roller, 1937–2023
Charles Russell, N/A–1949
Reba Ann Russell, N/A–N/A
Grace Fletcher Seabolt, 1909–1977
Henry Seabolt, 1896–1960
Holly E. Seabolt, 1919–1974
Lowell Seabolt, 1945–2014
Lunda C. Byrd Seabolt, 1881–1948
Mary Davidson Seabolt, 1943–2013
Rita Seabolt, 1952–1952
Rugby Seabolt, 1935–1936
Troy Seabolt, 1961–2023
Troy Seabolt Sr., 1939–1998
William M. Seabolt, 1871–1948
Edford Sexton, 1954–N/A
Flora Bertram Shelley, 1912–2000
Robert H. Shelley, 1910–1979
Betty Miske Silcox, 1941–2011
Alberta Rose Smith, 1947–1948
Frank Smith, 1924–2007
Jane E. Smith, 1872–1889
Nancy Rudye Smith, 1912–1997
Novella Ward Smith, 1928–2015
Rebecca S. Stafford, 1809–1892
N/A Stephens, N/A–N/A
Denita Jones Stewart, 1957–N/A
Haskel Stewart, 1940–2008
Damon Straub, 1973–2002
L. W. T., N/A–1889
Laura Walton Tally, 1887–1934
Arthur Taubert, 1906–1996
Ruby Lawhorn Taubert, 1910–2003
Mary Arnfield Taylor, 1840–1918
Thomas Taylor, 1840–1905
Jerry Thomas, 1955–2012
Clarence Tompkins, 1895–1984
Jossie” Lawhorn Tompkins, 1900–1981
Virginia Tompkins, 1918–1920
Emily N/A, N/A–1989
Henry N/A, N/A–N/A
S. L. N/A, N/A–N/A
Joseph V. Vanderberged, N/A–1881
Joseph Virgo, 1845–1881
Anna J. Walton, 1890–1892
Elizabeth Taylor Walton, 1849–1933
George Walton, 1885–1912
John Walton, 1883–1899
Robert Walton, 1841–1907
Sarah Walton, 1881–1959
William Walton, 1877–1958
Bepo H. Ward, 1939–N/A
Clysten J. Ward, 1925–1939
Elijah Ward Jr., 1897–1986
Fritz Ward, 1920–1983
Infant Ward, N/A–N/A
Matilda Smith Ward, 1900–1990
Nugene Ward, 1921–1921
David Webb, 1964–1986
Edith Prescott Wellman, 1883–1914
Eleanor Wellman, 1880–1918
Sarah Pomeroy Wellman, 1840–1902
Leann West, 1985–1986
John Whaley, 1827–1902
Hugo Wichmann, 1884–1978
Isabel Guion Wichmann, 1892–1979
Wilhelmina Hadden Williams, 1878–1934
Mary J. Wilson, 1844–1914
S. G. Wilson, 1860–1938
W. F. G. Wilson, 1845–1909
J. S. Winkley, 1838–1882
Scott Winningham, N/A–1890
Debbie Worthington, 1959–N/A
Jamie Worthington, 1990–1993
Sharon Ann Barnett Wright, 1947–2013

*There are a number of unidentifiable graves at Laurel Dale Cemetery.

This story is part of the Scott County Cemetery Project.