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New Providence Cemetery
New Providence, Calloway County, Kentucky
July, 2000
Photos from 1972 visit

  Name Relationships Born Died
Mother Laura C. Albritten Shroat Wife of George Francis Shroat
Mother of Mrs. Vida Shroat Campbell
Grandmother of Mrs. Nola Campbell McKnight
15-Sep-1866 27-Dec-1892
Daughter Laura B. Shroat Infant daughter of Laura C. Shroat 11-Aug-1891 11-Mar-1892

Here is the graves of Vida Lee Shroat Campbell's mother and little sister.
Both died as a result of childbirth when Vida was 3 years old.
Only the baby's gravestone was found at this time.

Nola Campbell McKnight and 1st cousin Vida Turpin
next to grave of their baby Aunt, Laura B. Shroat,
who died soon after birth.

Two views to give a perspective of the approximate locations of the two graves.
The graves are very difficult to find. Below is a series of 6 photos of the New Providence cemetery, panning from left to right, standing at the edge of the grave yard. Notice the blue umbrella in the distance as the approximate location of the graves.













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