KY Frankfort Cemetery

[NFB22]

Took a mid-week field trip to Frankfort, Kentucky last week on one of the more recent warmer days. Thought I would share a few photos from my visit to the Frankfort Cemetery. The cemetery is located on a hill that overlooks the city and the Kentucky River.

It is the burial place of numerous Civil War officers from both the Union and Confederacy including Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Maj. General George Crittenden, Maj. General Thomas Crittenden and other officers and enlisted troops.

(From the cemetery looking across the Kentucky River towards the Kentucky State Capital Building)

(Confederate Monument circled by graves of Confederate dead, some of which are unknown)

(Unknown Confederate grave)

(Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner's grave)

The cemetery also has a number of other notable graves including the (disputed) grave of Daniel Boone and his wife and Marine officer Presley O'Bannon. It's also the final resting place for a number of Kentuckian veterans of the Mexican-American War, Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. who was killed at the Battle of Okinawa.

(Daniel Boone's gravesite. However, there is dispute as to whether his remains are actually there)

(Gravesite of Presley O'Bannon)

 

[mofederal]

Thank you for the great short tour. For wrestling fans the grave of Miss Elizabeth Hulette is also located there.

 

[Pete Longstreet]

Thank you for the great short tour. For wrestling fans the grave of Miss Elizabeth Hulette is also located there.

Was that Macho Man's manager, Miss Elizabeth?

 

[Pete Longstreet]

Took a mid-week field trip to Frankfort, Kentucky last week on one of the more recent warmer days. Thought I would share a few photos from my visit to the Frankfort Cemetery. The cemetery is located on a hill that overlooks the city and the Kentucky River.

It is the burial place of numerous Civil War officers from both the Union and Confederacy including Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Maj. General George Crittenden, Maj. General Thomas Crittenden and other officers and enlisted troops.

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(From the cemetery looking across the Kentucky River towards the Kentucky State Capital Building)

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(Confederate Monument circled by graves of Confederate dead, some of which are unknown)

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(Unknown Confederate grave)

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(Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner's grave)

The cemetery also has a number of other notable graves including the (disputed) grave of Daniel Boone and his wife and Marine officer Presley O'Bannon. It's also the final resting place for a number of Kentuckian veterans of the Mexican-American War, Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. who was killed at the Battle of Okinawa.

View attachment 393329(Daniel Boone's gravesite. However, there is dispute as to whether his remains are actually there)


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(Gravesite of Presley O'Bannon)

Thanks for sharing. I really like that first picture that overlooks the Kentucky River.

 

[donna]

Thanks for posting. Haven't been there in years. I have some relatives buried there.

 

[Patrick H]

I really enjoyed your photo tour! Thanks for posting it.

 

[Rebforever]

Good pics.

 

[Paul Yancey]

Great pictures. I have visited this cemetery many times. It is a beautiful cemetery that is well kept.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Awesome thread!

Semper Fi, Presley O'Bannon....

Bill

 

[lupaglupa]

Lovely old cemetery!

 

[NFB22]

Awesome thread!

Semper Fi, Presley O'Bannon....

Bill

I did notice at his grave it's spelled "O'Banion" but in everywhere else I've seen his name printed online or in print, its O'Bannon.

 

[mofederal]

Yes, the one and only.

 

[bdtex]

Very nice @NFB22 . Couldn't have asked for better weather either. May I suggest entering the second picture in an upcoming Photo Of The Month contest? Great picture.

 

[JOHN42768]

Thanks for the tour.