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5201 Lowry City Cemetery Higgins, Floyd Robi (I34822)
 
5202 Lowry City Cemetery Gilbert, Jewell Margret (I34828)
 
5203 Luce Section, Dixmont Corner Cemetery Smith, Eliza Jane (I43046)
 
5204 Luce Section, Dixmont Corner Cemetery Garland, Otis S (I43055)
 
5205 Ludwig Cemetery Rhodes, George William (I11787)
 
5206 Lula Cemetery Davis, Alice (I55881)
 
5207 Lula Cemetery Johnston, William Edward (I55882)
 
5208 Lutheran Cemetery Kelley, Son (I8210)
 
5209 Lyles Cemetery Lyles, Richard Wilson (I53468)
 
5210 Lyles Cemetery Lyles, John Scudder (I53471)
 
5211 Lynnhurst Cemetery Ragan, Reverend William Henry Sr (I36746)
 
5212 Lynnhurst Cemetery Mills, Nancy Elizabeth (I36772)
 
5213 Lynnhurst Cemetery Ragan, William Henry Jr (I36773)
 
5214 Lynnhurst Cemetery Headrick, Myrtle (I36774)
 
5215 Lynnhurst Cemetery Ragan, Charles Oliver Sr (I36775)
 
5216 Lynnhurst Cemetery (Unknown), Jeannette B (I36778)
 
5217 Lyons Cemetery Carter, Margaret Melvina (I40638)
 
5218 Lyons Cemetery Tolley, Nancy Jane (I55130)
 
5219 Lyons Cemetery Tolley, James Avery (I55131)
 
5220 Lyons Cemetery Tolley, Nat (I55132)
 
5221 Lyons Cemetery Bailey, Alice (I55133)
 
5222 Lyons-la-Forêt England, King Of England Henry I of (I37271)
 
5223 Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester (1090 - 29 September 1157) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, and a wealthy heiress who brought the lordship of Gloucester, among other prestigious honours to her husband, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester upon their marriage. He was the illegitimate son of King Henry I of England.

Her own father was Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan. As she was the eldest daughter of four, and her younger sisters had become nuns, Mabel inherited all of his honours and properties upon his death in 1107.

As Countess of Gloucester, Mabel was significant politically and she exercised an important administrative role in the lordship.

Mabel was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1090, the eldest of the four daughters of Robert FitzHamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan, and his wife, Sybil de Montgomery. Her three younger sisters, Hawise, Cecile and Amice all became nuns, making Mabel the sole heiress to her father's lordships and vast estates in England, Wales, and Normandy.

Her paternal grandfather was Hamon, Sheriff of Kent, and her maternal grandparents were Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas of Belleme.

In March 1107, her father died in Normandy, leaving his lordships and estates to Mabel. Her mother married secondly Jean, Sire de Raimes.

In 1107, Mabel married Robert of Caen, an illegitimate son of King Henry I by his mistress Sybil Corbet. Their marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis who also names her parents. He would later become an important figure during the turbulent period in English history known as The Anarchy which occurred in the reign of King Stephen of England. Throughout the civil war, he was a loyal supporter of his half-sister Empress Matilda who would make him the chief commander of her army. He had originally sworn fealty to King Stephen, but after quarrelling with him in 1137, his English and Welsh possessions were forfeited, and thus he joined forces with Matilda.

Mabel brought to her husband, the honours of Gloucester in England, Glamorgan in Wales, Sainte-Scholasse-sur-Sarthe, Evrecy and Creully in Normandy. By right of his wife, he became the 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, and gained possession of her father's castle of Cardiff in Wales. In August 1122, he was created 1st Earl of Gloucester; henceforth, Mabel was styled as Countess of Gloucester.

As countess, Mabel exercised a prominent administrative role in the Gloucester lordship. Her political importance was evident when she was made responsible for seeing that her husband upheld his side of the agreement in the treaty he made with Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. She also witnessed four of Robert's charters; as well as giving her personal consent for his foundation of the Abbey of Margam, whose endowment came from her own lands. Later, after Robert's death, Mabel assumed control of the honour of Gloucester's Norman lands on behalf of her eldest son William.

Together Robert and Mabel had at least eight children:

William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1112- 23 November 1183), married Hawise de Beaumont by whom he had five children, including Isabella of Gloucester, the first wife of King John of England, and Amice FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester.
Roger, Bishop of Worcester (died 9 August 1179)
Hamon FitzRobert, (died 1159), killed in the Siege of Toulouse.
Robert FitzRobert of Ilchester (died before 1157), married Hawise de Redvers, by whom he had a daughter Mabel who in her turn married Jordan de Cambernon.
Richard FitzRobert, Sire de Creully (died 1175), inherited the seigneury of Creully from Mabel, and became the ancestor of the Sires de Creully. He married the daughter of Hughes de Montfort by whom he had five children.
Philip FitzRobert, (died after 1147), Castellan of Cricklade. He took part in the Second Crusade.
Maud FitzRobert (died 29 July 1190), married Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester by whom she had three children.
Mabel FitzRobert, married Aubrey de Vere
Robert also sired an illegitimate son, Richard, Bishop of Bayeux by Isabel de Douvres.

Mabel's husband died on 31 October 1147. Mabel herself died on 29 September 1157 in Bristol at the age of sixty-seven years. 
Fitzhamon, Countess of Gloucester Mabel (I15922)
 
5224 Macedonia Cemetery Edie, Eula Blanche (I40572)
 
5225 Macedonia Cemetery Nails, Eva (I52260)
 
5226 Macedonia Cemetery Treas, Amanda M (I55859)
 
5227 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, John (I55860)
 
5228 Macedonia Cemetery Reed, Martha J (I55861)
 
5229 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, William G (I55867)
 
5230 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, Martha Elizabeth (I55868)
 
5231 Macedonia Cemetery Davis, Wyatt (I55869)
 
5232 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, Hardin L (I55870)
 
5233 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, Sam (I55871)
 
5234 Macedonia Cemetery (Unknown), Becky Jane (I55872)
 
5235 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, Orton B (I55873)
 
5236 Macedonia Cemetery (Unknown), Lura (I55874)
 
5237 Macedonia Cemetery Sutherland, James Virgil (I55887)
 
5238 Macedonia Cemetery Drummond, Bessie R (I55893)
 
5239 Macey Cemetery Grady, Mary Jan (I39915)
 
5240 Macey Cemetery Sutherland, Daniel T (I39918)
 
5241 Macey Cemetery Sutherland, Daniel T (I39918)
 
5242 Machpelah Cemetery Godbey, Louis Oberheu (I36470)
 
5243 Machpelah Cemetery Williams, Anna Custis (I36471)
 
5244 Machpelah Cemetery Yoakum, George Washington (I38169)
 
5245 MacKoy Old Christain Churchyard Jones, Saint Clair (I36750)
 
5246 MacKoy Old Christain Churchyard Jones, Hiram (I36755)
 
5247 MacKoy Old Christain Churchyard Cremeans, Hulda Jane (I36756)
 
5248 Mackville Cemetery Kagey, Benjamin Franklin (I47819)
 
5249 Mackville Cemetery Shelton, Lou Ella (I47820)
 
5250 Mackville Cemetery Shelton, John R (I47821)
 

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