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110    TARKENTON FAMILY

Location - off Hwy 64 near the Jordan E. Turner Nursery.


Directions: Follow Hwy 64, turn onto lane beside Jordan E.Turner's Nursery in Roper. The cemetery is about 0.2 mile from the road in the middle of a field.

Survey by Vance & Veronica Haskett in 1990.

1. Brophy, James Hope (Capt.)   (b. 1819 - d. 1888)
Safe in the arms of Jesus
2. Davis, Earnest Gordon   (b. 5 Oct 1916 - d. 0ct 8 1921)
Parents: Ernest L. Davis & Ethel Tarkenton
3. Davis, Mildred R.   (b. 3 Apr 1907 - d. 27 Jun 1909)
Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven. Parents: Ernest L. Davis & Ethel Tarkenton
4. Poyner, Maranda E.   (b. 18 Apr 1836 - d. 18 Dec 1913)
Asleep in Jesus
5. Swain, C. H. (Rev.)   (b. 5 Mar 1854 - d. 18 Dec 1907)
In memory of. A precious one from us is gone. A voice we love is stilled. A place is vacant in our home. Which never can be filled
6. Swain, Lucy Frances   (b. 1 Sep 1861 - d. 19 Dec 1925)
Tender mother & faithful friend. Wife of Cecil Swain. Parents: Arneh Waters & Jane Morris
7. Tarkenton, Blanche M.   (b. 27 Aug 1903 - d. 6 Feb 1923)
From Mother's arms to the arms of Jesus. Footstone
8. Tarkenton, Eva S.   (b. 1880 - d. 1926)
Double headstone
9. Tarkenton, Isadore   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Stone is 8 inches thick; couldn't turn over to read.
10. Tarkenton, Thelma Louise   (b. 16 Aug 1908 - d. 6 Mar 1919)
Parents: E.C. & Lizzie A. Tarkenton
11. Tarkenton, William Henry   (b. 1857 - d. 14 May 1946)
Double headstone. Parents: Ashby Tarkenton & Carrie Litchfield. wife: Isadora R. Brophy (m) 24 May 1893