MARTIN CORN
CEMETERY
SE Quarter Section 25, Township 48, Range 30

This neglected family burial ground lies in the SE quarter. It is at
the West end of a slough full of trees, about 1600 feet East of Gibson
Road and about 700 feet North of Schoonover Road. The fenced
area is only about 50 feet square and is becoming overgrown; only
the large stone to Martin Corn and the one to the Brannams are still
standing. The following reading contains several corrections and
additions to the 1934 DAR reading.
  • Corn, Martin, d: Aug. 15, 1894; age: 81 years, 2 months, 6 days
  • Corn, Martha, d: Oct. 14, 1909; age: 86 years, 7 months, 14 days
  • Headstones, "father" and "mother"
  • Footstones, two reading "M. C." A small shrouded urn from top of stone.
  • A native stone
  • Temple, infant son of Albert and Nancy Temple, Dec 17, 1876 (only date). Footstone, "I. T.".
  • Brannam, Martha A., wife of W. M. Branam, b: Nov. 6, 1854, d: Sept. 13, 1880
  • Brannam, Annie L., daughter of W. & M. A. Brannam, b: Aug. 1, 1880, d: Oct. 6, 1880
  • Brannam, infant child of W. & M. A. Brannam (no dates)
  • A native stone.
  • Bradley, Mattie T., wife of Murphy Bradley, d: April 1, 1895; age: 19 years
  • Footstone, M. T. B.
  • Corn, George M., son of S. W. and E. Corn, d: Dec. 4, 1891; age: 2 months, 12 days
  • Corn, Martin L., son of S. H. and L. Corn, d: May 28, 1837; age: 1 year, 3 months, 1 day

The following stones reported in 1934 were not found in 1991:

  • Corn, Joseph M., son of J. S. and R. Corn, d: June 2, 1881; age: 10 days
  • Corn, G. E., son of G. W. and B. Corn, b: Feb. 5, 1892, d: March 4, 1892