Re: Bentley Family Cemetery --Alexander County, NC
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In reply to:
Bentley Family Cemetery --Alexander County, NC
Angela Miller 6/11/07
When I visited and read this cemetery in the 1980s the cemetery at that time was under the care of Clarence and Elvena (Bentley) Cook [she later married a Whitener; tombstone in cemetery].The Cooks removed all the rocks with no inscriptions and replaced then with metal funeral home markers for easier mowing of the cemetery.This explains the metal markers with no names on them.Since my listing was published in Alexander County Cemeteries the identities of more individuals buried there in unmarked graves have been established one of which is Mary (Campbell?) Bentleyb. 1775 Wilkes County d. between 1870-1880 Alexander County.She was listed as 105 years old in the 1870 Alexander County census.She was the widow of Moses Bentley, Sr. who died in 1827 Burke (now Alexander Co.) NC.For a look at photos of the cemetery visit the Alexander County GenWeb site.Elsie Arcuri has done a marvelous job in photographing this cemetery.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncalexan/bentleycem_list.htmlhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ncalexan/bentleycem_list.html
James W. MIller, Jr
Site Administrator of Bentleys of NC, TN and Ky at myfamily.com