Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Imbler Cemetery

Imbler Cemetery   Imbler Cemetery

Surname Name Date of Birth Date of Death Other Information Images
Imbler1Jacob4 Oct 179718 May 1873

Jacob Imbler was born in North Carolina2, the son of William J. Imbler and Frances Sears3.

Jacob Imbler married Martha Bass 17 Oct 1837 in Christian Co., Kentucky4.

Jacob and William Imbler are listed among the well-known first comers who lived in the Old Liberty and Murphy Lake Country along with John S. Atkinson, George O. Prowse, Jesse Murphy, Jacob Oglesby, Richard Thompson and others5.

Jacob Imbler who lived west of Greenville raised over 2000 pounds of tobacco to the acre. It is said about the year 1850, he offered to bet $3000 that he could raise 3000 pounds of tobacco regardless the weather on any acre of ground he might select on his farm or in his neighborhood. The people were so well convinced that he could succeed that the wager was never accepted6.

Gravestone of Jacob Imbler
Imbler7Martha23 May 181813 Nov 1884

Inscription: Wife of Jacob Imbler

Martha Bass married Jacob Imbler 17 Oct 1837 in Christian Co., Kentucky8.

Martha was the daughter of Jacob Bass Sr. and Nancy Webb9.

Gravestone of Martha Imbler
Imbler10Samuel W.25 Nov 183919 Feb 1862Son of Jacob Imbler & Martha Bass11.Gravestone of Samuel W. Imbler
Imbler12William A.25 Aug 18381 Sept 1862Son of Jacob Imbler & Martha Bass13.Gravestone of William A. Imbler

Notes:

  1. Hammers, Marian G. “Imbler Cemetery.” Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries. Vol. 4. Madisonville, KY: Marian G. Hammers, 1980. 65.
  2. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 180a [stamped], dwell. 78, fam. 78, Jacob Imbler.
  3. Information provided by Jean Wells.
  4. Christian County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds Book 1, 1818-1841, page 149: Oct 16, Jacob Imbler to Martha Bass, married October 17 1837 by A. Boyd M.G.
  5. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 85.
  6. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 386.
  7. Hammers 4:65.
  8. Christian County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds Book 1, 1818-1841, page 149: Oct 16, Jacob Imbler to Martha Bass, married October 17 1837 by A. Boyd M.G.
  9. Information provided by Jean Wells.
  10. Hammers 4:65.
  11. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 180a [stamped], dwell. 78, fam. 78, Jacob Imbler.
  12. Hammers 4:65.
  13. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 180a [stamped], dwell. 78, fam. 78, Jacob Imbler.

Location: From Greenville. Take U.S. Route 62 west to Kentucky Route 189. Turn south onto KY-189 and go about 7 miles to the intersection of KY-189 and KY-853. About a mile past KY-853 on the right will be a gated drive. The gate will be locked and you need permission to enter property (ask at the brick house diagonally east across the road). The cemetery is 600 feet north of KY-189 and near a large pond.

Approximate coordinates: 37.129644, -87.298008

Photographs made December 2012 by Ann Wickliffe. Used with her permission.

Contributed by Jean Wells

Updated March 14, 2017