Day 6 - Part 2 - Lexington's Machpelah Cemetery

After our first two attempts to find our ancestors in the Lexington Cemetery, Dad and I made some phone calls and found a gentleman in Lexington with all the information we needed!  He was so helpful and we now have maps to all of the graves.  We found many relatives that we didn't know were there and the stories are fascinating!  The Machpelah cemetery is Missouri's most celebrated cemetery and is one of the oldest corporations in continual existence in Missouri.  There is so much history here (besides ours!)  

Here are some close family members:

William and Lucy Burton Lankford

Parents of Robert Hall Lankford

Grandparents of Gilbert

Great Grandparents of Hal

My Great Great Grandparents

Margaret Virginia Green Gordon
Married to Dr. William A Gordon, a prominent local physician
They had 10 daughters.

William and Margaret Gordon, Parents of Jennie Gordon Lankford
Grandparents of Gilbert
Great Grandparents of Hal
My Great Great Grandparents

Robert H Lankford, Father of Gilbert, Grandfather of Hal,
My Great Grandfather

Jane Lee (Jennie Lee) Gordon Lankford, Mother of Gilbert,
Grandmother of Hal, My Great Grandmother

Dr Alvin Peter Lankford
Brilliant Surgeon, who was well respected in his field.  Died very young.
Robert Hall Lankford's brother, Gilbert's Uncle, Hal's Great Uncle,
My Great Great Uncle

Dr. A.P. Lankford
Born
April 11, 1841
Died
June 1, 1884
True, Noble, Unfortunate in Life
In Death, Rest.
May we meet again where the mists
are cleared away. 

This is the Lankford lot, Section C, Lot 72.  Robert and Jennie are left foreground.  Alvin Peter is large monument, and next to fence in front of Dad are William and Lucy Lankford, Hal's great grandparents.