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St. Patrick's Church is the biggest building in Palms...
and a thriving parish. They have added a new wing to the church. To
the right -- out of the picture, I'm sorry I didn't take a shot, is the Parish
Hall -- it's a long one-story pole barn with siding -- and looks big enough
to hold a goodly number of people at a Friday Fish Fry (or a family reunion?)
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There is also a commercial building in Palms. It
formerly housed the Post Office (you can see the Palms Post Office sign on
the window of the smaller building, but you can't quite read the zip code
written below) and the Package Liquor Store. As far as I know, both
buildings are empty now.
About a mile away from this main street in Palms is the St. Patrick's Cemetary. In this picture I think the marble obelisk on the left of the center of the picture is Simon Cain's marker. The rest of the family is buried on a slight hill just behind the photographer. Again, I'm sorry I didn't turn right around and take some more pictures.
A couple of years ago, Pat and I drove to Palms -- it was April of 1997, just before I came to Kentucky. We took some pictures of Palms, St. Patrick's Church, and the cemetary.
Here's a picture of Judge Deegan's house in Palms. On my recent trip in June of 2002, the house was gone. It took me awhile to realize that I WAS on the right road, but the house was just missing. There weren't even any red bricks to show where it had been.
In the cemetary, we took a lot of pictures, trying to capture the engraving on the stones, if possible. They are mostly made of soft marble, and they are covered in lichen and moss, so they are hard to see. I need to get back there and clean up the stones.
I believe this stone says: "EDWARD /son of J & B Cain/died March ______/ aged/21 years 3 mos/and 23 days
I have my hand on Simon Cain's grave marker. It is very hard to read,
but can be located by it's relationship to the Mullett family stone. For
some reason, Simon's marker is not clustered with the other Cain markers
in this cemetary, but is all by itself closer to the Mulletts.
When you drive into Palms along the Palms road this is the view.
This is the front view of St. Patrick's church, Palms, in 1997, before they
built the new addition on the right side. You can see the community
center on the right. The statue on the left is of St. Patrick, himself.
This is the stone for John Cain, husband of Bridgette Mullett, father of William and Joseph, and 11 others
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About a mile away from this main street in Palms is the St. Patrick's Cemetary. In this picture I think the marble obelisk on the left of the center of the picture is Simon Cain's marker. The rest of the family is buried on a slight hill just behind the photographer. Again, I'm sorry I didn't turn right around and take some more pictures.
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A couple of years ago, Pat and I drove to Palms -- it was April of 1997, just before I came to Kentucky. We took some pictures of Palms, St. Patrick's Church, and the cemetary.
Here's a picture of Judge Deegan's house in Palms. On my recent trip in June of 2002, the house was gone. It took me awhile to realize that I WAS on the right road, but the house was just missing. There weren't even any red bricks to show where it had been.
In the cemetary, we took a lot of pictures, trying to capture the engraving on the stones, if possible. They are mostly made of soft marble, and they are covered in lichen and moss, so they are hard to see. I need to get back there and clean up the stones.
I believe this stone says: "EDWARD /son of J & B Cain/died March ______/ aged/21 years 3 mos/and 23 days
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This is the stone for John Cain, husband of Bridgette Mullett, father of William and Joseph, and 11 others