Tombstone Tuesday...

Emily Susan Yunker

Daughter of John James & Mary Ann (Younger) Yunker

Born 11 Sep 1873, Effingham county, Illinois

Died 9 Nov 1884, Fayette county, Illinois*

Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Effingham county, Illinois

Emily Susan Yunker spent the morning of November 9th baking pies.  Once she finished she went outside to play.  While playing around the family's wagon in the yard, she was crushed to death. The pies she baked that morning ended up being served to guests after her funeral.

*Fayette county, IL 1884 death register #1140

Tombstone Tuesday...

Christ Church Cemetery

Sherburne, Chenango county, New York

Stephen Medbury - Died 9 Nov 1869

Athalinda Medbury (his wife) - Died 4 Nov 1884

Tombstone Tuesday...

Crynant Cemetery, Glamorgan, Wales

Amy Morgan

Born in California 16 Jun 1865

Died at Swansea 20 Jan 1875

"As mine own shadow was this child to me

A second self far dearer and more fair."

Also Elizabeth Morgan

Died 28 Apr 1892

Age 59

"Beloved in Life, Deeply Lamented in Death"

Also Thomas Morgan

Died 19 Jul 1909

Age 81

Thomas came to the U.S. in 1852 eventually making his way to California where he co-owned a gold mine in Cherokee, CA with his younger brother, Jenkin Morgan.  Around 1856 he went back to Wales where he married, Elizabeth Williams and by 1859 they are back in the U.S.  Around 1870 the family returns to Wales where Thomas and Elizabeth remain for the rest of their lives.   

Tombstone Tuesday

Abraham Lincoln Albee

20 Apr 1920

Woodlawn Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo county, California

 

Califnornia Department of Public Health dateh certificate for Abraham Lincoln Alvee (sic), 1920, #2996

 

The San Francisco Examiner newspaper (California) - 22 Apr 1920 issue, pg. 4 (section cc)

Tombstone Tuesday...

Veronica Alphenia MANLEY

Born:  7 Sep 1893

Died:  4 Feb 1894

Buried:  Green Hill Cemetery, Logan county, IL

Veronica (nicknamed Ronie) was the daughter of John Milton and Rachel Anna (Carrothers) Manley.  She died just shy of 5 months old.  John and Rachel must have wanted a lasting memory of this precious baby and had this photograph taken after she died.  Five of their twelve children died at under 2 years of age.   

Tombstone Tuesday

Omaha Valley Cemetery (Homer, Dakota county, NE)

Olive W. Combs (May 22, 1870 - Aug 30, 1871)

Jennie B. Combs (Jan 20, 1872 - Jul 29, 1887)

Sattie E. Combs (Feb 29, 1876 - Dec 5, 1897)

Children of S.A. & M.J. Combs

S.A. Combs (1846-1926)

Tombstone Tuesday...

Daniel Morgan

Born: 9 Jun 1816, in Wales

Died: 4 Feb 1884, in Butte county, California

Buried: Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Butte county, California

-and his wife-

Married: 22 Jul 1845, in Cadoxton Juxta Neath, Glamorgan, Neath, Wales

Janet (Powell) Morgan
Born: 31 Dec 1821, in Wales
Died: 19 Aug 1899, in Butte county, California
Buried: 23 Aug 1899, in Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Butte county, California

"Mother thou art now at home
'Mong angels fair above
But yet below thy child must roam
Till summoned by His love."

Tombstone Tuesday

Elsie Maxine Vaughan
Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne county, OK

Tombstone Tuesday

Eleven year old Emily Susan Yunker spent the morning helping her mother bake pies. Afterward she went outside to play. She was playing around the wagon when it rolled into her; crushing her to death. The pies she baked that morning ended up being served at her funeral. She was buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Moccasin, Effingham county, Illinois.

Tombstone Tuesday

Leah (Evinger) Burtner, wife of Jacob Burtner died 7 Dec 1849, age 21 yrs

buried Otterbein Cemetery, Hutton Twp, Coshocton county, Ohio

Tombstone Tuesday...

Stephen Medbury died May 2 1856 (aged 85 years, 6 mos, 6 das), buried New Berlin (Greenwood Cemetery), Chenango, New York, USA