by Sharon Hall | Jan 28, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
John Baptiste Priquet, according to his death certificate, was born in Paris, France on April 18, 1843. Curiously, his gravestone (added later) says that he was born in 1846 and various family research sites indicate an April 14, 1846 date as well. His daughter’s...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 21, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Tombstone Tuesday
In 1754 three sons were born to Charles and Sally (Weathers) Pierson in Culpeper County, Virginia. The boys were named, perhaps in order of birth, Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego. Charles and Sally were the parents of at least one other child, Charles. My internet...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 14, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
Absalom Baker Scattergood was born on July 11, 1822 in Dolington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I was unable to definitely determine who his parents were, although one source lists his parents as John Head and Catherine (King) Scattergood. I believe, based on the...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 7, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
Marmaduke Norfleet Bell (III) was born in 1836 to parents Marmaduke Norfleet Bell, Jr. and Mary “Polly” Landing (or Landen) Bell. Marmaduke and Polly were married on February 23, 1826 and had seven children listed in the 1850 United States Census. That year,...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 17, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
America Virginia Palmer was born on June 11, 1848 in Cass County, Missouri to parents William Henry and Jane Francis (Cowherd) Palmer. The Palmer family is enumerated on the 1850 Census with William listed as a farmer with property worth $340 with three young...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 10, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
“Here lyeth interred the body of the Reverend Mr. John Sparhawk minister of this place 23 years last past and dyed the 29th of April, 1718 in the 46th year of his age.” This is the epitaph of Reverend John Sparhawk, buried at the Congregational Cemetery in...
