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Cooper - Penland Cemetery, 80-1 Summary Report, page 26

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PENLAND - COOPER CEMETERY, 80-1 Remnant of only remaining marker: "Suffer little chi(ldren) to come unto me." This portion of an inscription identifies the stone remnants as those of the marker for Isabella J. Penland, since Mrs. Johnson's book includes that epitaph for her on the stone that Mrs. Johnson saw in the cemetery before 1971. The stone fragment was subject of the communication excerpted below from John Rankin to Beverly Curry: It appears to me that the little marker remnant in the Cooper - Penland Cemetery (80-1) is most likely for Isabella Jane Penland, daughter of Rev. Alexander Penland and his wife, Isabella Jane Allison. The daughter was born in 1856 and is not listed among the children in the census of 1860. Therefore, it can be assumed that she is the one who died and is buried in the old family cemetery in a child's grave, which should date back to before 1860. Alexander Penland is known to be buried in the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, so his wife of the same name as this daughter is most likely also at Ebenezer. 26 - (2750)    

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