Kessler Cemetery
Also known as Hodge Cemetery , Powder Mill Cemetery , Thomas Gibson Cemetery
Powder Mill, Hart County, Kentucky, USA
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Powder Mill, Kentucky, USACoordinates: 37.35220, -85.70110 - Cemetery ID:
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Add PhotosThomas Gibson was the last operator of the old gunpowder mill at Powder Mills on Lynn Camp Creek which was located just a short distance from the Gibson homestead. It ceased its gunpowder-making operation around 1865 just after the Civil War during which time gunpowder was sold to both the North and South, and thereafter was used at various times as a lumber mill, a grist mill, a woolen mill and lastly a carding machine operation – all powered from a huge overshot waterwheel at the base of the large spring which provided water for the entire town of Powder Mills. The town ceased to exist around 1945 when Schuyler Best, the last operator of any mill operations passed away. At one time, the town consisted of several houses, a doctor's office, a telephone exchange, a general store, and a post office. Now, only the doctor's office and post office remain. (per J.D. Larimore, 3/14/12)
Thomas Gibson was the last operator of the old gunpowder mill at Powder Mills on Lynn Camp Creek which was located just a short distance from the Gibson homestead. It ceased its gunpowder-making operation around 1865 just after the Civil War during which time gunpowder was sold to both the North and South, and thereafter was used at various times as a lumber mill, a grist mill, a woolen mill and lastly a carding machine operation – all powered from a huge overshot waterwheel at the base of the large spring which provided water for the entire town of Powder Mills. The town ceased to exist around 1945 when Schuyler Best, the last operator of any mill operations passed away. At one time, the town consisted of several houses, a doctor's office, a telephone exchange, a general store, and a post office. Now, only the doctor's office and post office remain. (per J.D. Larimore, 3/14/12)
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Powder Mill, Hart County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials0
- Percent photographed0%
Hart County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials95
- Percent photographed72%
- Percent with GPS27%
- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 74702
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