Mirabile Township -- Section 27, Township 56, Range 29
Located: 1.6 mile north of Mirabile on D, east side of road behind the Paxton House.

The Paxton farm in Mirabile Township contained an old burying ground, possibly, used as a slave cemetery in the early days.

From records of Elmer E. Clark, it states that most of the graves in the Paxton-Kemper lot at Highland Cemetery at Hamilton were moved from the old Paxton plantation graveyard in Mirabile

JAMES, John P., Oct. 30, 1823 Feb. 8, 1850
Melcenia A., Aug. 10, 1826 Jan. 25, 1850
William E., d. 1852 aged 21y

KEMPER, Sallie, 1842-1875
Frankie R., 1867-1869
Paxton, 1875-1875

PAXTON, James D., 1806-1863
Mary E., his wife, 1815-1878
Julia F., 1845-1855

PENNEY, John J., Nov. 25, 1840 Sept. 8, 1842

RITCHIE, Louise, 1812-1859

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