Tombstone Tuesday: Ella (Lee) Gatlin

Ella Lee was born on 5 October 1868 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Thomas Lee and Annie Glacheen. She married Clarence Bateman Gatlin on 28 November 1889 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Their children were Thomas (born 17 October 1890, died 18 April 1891), Annie Lee (born 9 July 18930, Mary Nevins (born 30 May 1895, died 13 April 1900), Lillie Gertrude (born 18 July 1897, died 26 November 1898), Helen Barbara (born 4 December 1899), Clara Louise (born 2 September 1902), Clarence Joseph (born 15 May 1906, died 14 November 1910), Katherine Elizabeth (born 16 November 1909), and Ida Lucille (born 30 July 1913). She died on 14 August 1954 and was buried on 16 August 1954 in Calvary Cemetery, Nashville, section 16, lot 64, space 9.

Tombstone Tuesday: Katherine Elizabeth Gatlin

Katherine Elizabeth Gatlin was born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee on 16 November 1909. She was the daughter of Clarence Bateman Gatlin and Ella Lee. She worked for AT&T for forty-one years. She died on 18 June 1994 in Kettering, Montgomery County, Ohio and was buried on 21 June 1994 in Calvary Cemetery, Nashville, section 16, lot 64, space 7.

Tombstone Tuesday: Clara Louise Gatlin

My first cousin three times removed Clara Louise Gatlin was born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee on 2 September 1902. She was the daughter of Clarence Bateman Gatlin and Ella Lee. She worked as a clerk for New York Life Insurance Co. in Nashville, Tennessee. She died on 31 January 1984 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio and was buried on 4 February 1984 in Calvary Cemetery, Nashville, section 16, lot 64, space 3.

Tombstone Tuesday: George Washington Tarkington

Although I have featured George Washington Tarkington's gravestone before, this is a much better photo of it. The tombstone was erected by the Woodmen of the World, West End Camp, and is located in section 13, lot 75, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

Tombstone Tuesday: Chloe (Cromp) and Maurice O. Fox

Photo by SkipAZ - Find A Grave contributor

Maurice Otis Fox was born in New York on 18 March 1907. He was the son of Charles and Ruth Fox. He lived in Madison County, New York all his life. He worked for the Penn Central Railroad, and worked for the Thruway Restaurant in Canastota, Madison County, New York for five years.

Maurice's first wife was Chloe Cromp. She was born in New York on 29 July 1903. Her first husband was Lester Russell. She and Lester had four children. Chloe died on 6 June 1951.

Maurice's second wife was my first cousin twice removed Louise Margaret Gray. After their marriage, he helped her run Lakeport Grocery in Lakeport, Madison County New York.

Maurice died on 9 February 1975. He and Chloe were buried in Collamar Cemetery, DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York.

Tombstone Tuesday: Clifford Irwin Clark

Photo by Jo Nelson (Family Hunter) - Find A Grave Contributor

Clifford Irwin Clark was born on 22 November 1896 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Charles W. and Grace Clark. He was a staff sergeant in World War I and World War II. He was a member of the 1507th Engineer Company. He married my first cousin twice removed Nina Lorraine Leech on 1 September 1917 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Their daughter Peggy was born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee on 19 September 1918. By 1920, the family had moved to Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. Their daughter Helen was born about 1921. Clifford worked as an auto mechanic. His wife Nina died on 3 August 1966. He died on 27 October 1970 and was buried in Memphis National Cemetery on 30 October 1970.

Tombstone Tuesday: Harry Ashby Lee

Harry Ashby Lee was born on 28 August 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Ashby Lee and Etta Pedigo. He married Joan Elise Roberts (the daughter of Earl Mason Roberts and my maternal grandfather's sister Florence Kathleen Boe) in 1952 in Missouri, and they had four children. Harry was a veteran of the United States Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War. He died on 3 August 2006 and was buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Oakville, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Tombstone Tuesday: Esther Elizabeth (Anderson) Kellman

Photo by Joan Kobernik Hoeft - Find A Grave contributor

Esther Elizabeth Anderson was born on 1 September 1889 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of my 2nd-great-grandparents Andreas Troedsson/Andrew T. Anderson and Marthe Elisabeth Eriksdatter/Erickson. She married Carl Winton Kellman on 15 November 1913 in Chicago. They had two sons, Carl Winton Kellman and Robert Anderson Kellman. By 1930, the Kellman family had moved to Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois. Esther's husband Carl died on 11 November 1944. Esther moved to Selah, Yakima County, Washington in 1960. She died on 17 November 1970 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. She was buried in Terrace Heights Memorial Park in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.

Tombstone Tuesday: John Harvey Sawyer

Photo by Linda Moore Mora - Find A Grave Contributor

John Harvey Sawyer was born on 10 January 1866 in Williamson County, Tennessee. He was the son of Lemuel Sawyer and Charlotte Carrington. He married Alice Taylor on 6 March 1889. They had six children: William Leslie Sawyer (born 14 February 1890), John Allen Sawyer (born 20 January 1892), Jane Sawyer (born March 1894), James Henry Sawyer (born 15 February 1896), Etta Sawyer (born about 1904), and Alice Sawyer (born about 1908).

John worked as a farmer. He was the sheriff of Williamson County in 1920, and possibly longer (either before or after 1920).

John's wife Alice died on 27 October 1923. On 1 June 1942, John married Emma Beech. John died on 6 July 1943 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin.

John was my second cousin 4 times removed. Charlotte Carrington's mother was Malvira Russell, the sister of my 4th-great-grandmother Sobrina Russell. Charlotte's sister Sophronia Carrington married Lemuel Sawyer's brother William D. Sawyer on 1 January 1852. Lemuel and Charlotte married on 26 December 1854. Malvira (Russell) Carrington, the widow of William or Wiley Carrington, married Lemuel and William D.'s father, William Sawyer, on 30 November 1859. I suspect that William was the brother of James Sawyer, who I believe was the father of my 3rd-great-grandmother Amanda Russell. So John may be my double second cousin 4 times removed.

Tombstone Tuesday: Peter Montague

Photo by Ray - Find A Grave Contributor

My 10th-great-grandfather Peter Montague was born in England about 1603. He arrived in Virginia in 1621, aboard the ship Charles. He represented Nansemond County in the House of Burgesses from November 1652-1653, and represented Lancaster County in the House of Burgesses in 1657-1658. He died in Lancaster County, Virginia in 1659.

Tombstone Tuesday: Carl Anderson Dahlquist

Photo by Mary Dutcher - Find A Grave contributor

Carl Anderson Dahlquist was born on 29 May 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Carl Frederick Dahlquist and Minnie Anderson. He married Marjorie Buell, and they had two sons. He was a veterinarian in LaGrange, Cook County, Illinois. He died on 19 September 2005 and was buried in Plainville Cemetery in Plainville, Adams County, Wisconsin.

Carl was my first cousin twice removed. His paternal grandparents were my 2nd-great-grandparents Carl Johan/Charles John Dahlquist and Mary/Marie Louise Borg.

Tombstone Tuesday: Sarah Mapplebeck

Photo by Mary Ann Missimer-Moore - Find A Grave contributor

Sarah Mappleback was born about 1854 in Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of George Mapplebeck and his second wife Jane, and the older sister of James Mapplebeck, my great-grandmother's stepfather/adoptive father. She worked as a fur finisher. Sarah, her mother, and her brother George moved to Camden, New Jersey in the 1890s. By 1910, Sarah had moved to Glassboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey. She died on 21 October 1920 and was buried in Manahath Cemetery in Glassboro.

Tombstone Tuesday: Erich and Elsa (Albiez) Hilpert

I came across the graves of Erich Hilpert (1925-1983) and Elsa (Albiez) Hilpert (1923-2005) while visiting St. Bartholomäus Catholic Church in Görwihl, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Elsa could be a distant relative of mine. Maria Anna Albiez (2 July 1796 - 20 March 1847) was my 4th-great-grandmother. She lived in Oberwihl and Niederwihl (now both part of Görwihl).

Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph F. and Marguerite (Hartung) Zieroff

Joseph Fredric Zieroff and Marguerite Hartung were the parents of Olivia G. Zieroff, the wife of John Henry Gersbacher (the son of my great-grandmother's brother Joseph John Gersbacher).

Joseph was born on 18 November 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Andreas Zieroff and Franciska Rung. He died on 28 January 1939 in St. Louis.

Marguerite was born on 26 April 1872 in St. Louis. She was the daughter of August Hartung and Catherine Almering. She died in St. Louis on 7 January 1953.

Joseph and Marguerite (Hartung) Zieroff are buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis.

Tombstone Tuesday: Carl Joseph and Christina (Nagel) Schneider

My 2nd-great-grandfather Carl Joseph Schneider was born on 22 Jan 1855 in Erpel, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. (The birthdate on the tombstone is incorrect.) He married Christina Nagel on  31 January 1878 in Bonn, Germany. She was born on 27 Feb 1851 in Kendenich, Rhein-Erft, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. They moved to Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany after their marriage. In 1892, they immigrated to St, Louis, Missouri with their children. Carl died in St. Louis on 5 November 1901. Christina died on 16 January 1934, also in St. Louis. They were buried in Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, in Section 035, Lot 0160.

Tombstone Tuesday: John and Paulina (Gersbacher) Schneider

My great-grandparents John and Paulina (Gersbacher) Schneider are buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in St; Louis, Missouri. They are in Section 35, Lot 0160. There is also a larger stone which marks the plot as the resting place of the families of C. J. (John's father Carl Joseph) and J. Schneider.

Tombstone Tuesday: James H. and Sophia C. (Stone) Gatlin

J. H. GATLIN

JUNE 6, 1826

MARCH 13, 1890

SOPHIA C. GATLIN

APRIL 25, 1833

MAY 13, 1888

I took these tombstone photos when I visited Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. Although I did not know who J. H. and Sophia G. Gatlin were, since they had my surname, I thought they might be related.

I have since discovered that J. H. Gatlin's first name was James. James H. Gatlin married Sophia C. Stone on 17 April 1856 in Stewart County, Tennessee. They lived in Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee in 1880. James died in Nashville.

Tombstone Tuesday: Sunshine Gatlin

Sunshine, my orange and white tabby girl, was born on 15 July 1990. The person who brought her to the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro, Bergen County, New Jersey was from Weehawken, Hudson County, New Jersey, so perhaps Weehawken was Sunshine's birthplace. I adopted Sunshine on 12 September 1990, four days after she had been brought to the shelter. She was the first cat that was ever all mine. She was like the feline version of me.

We had more than twenty years together. Sadly, she developed chronic renal failure. She survived for more than twenty-one months after her diagnosis, but the day came when she was too weak to fight any more. She passed away at Montville Animal Hospital in Towaco, Morris County, New Jersey on 13 November 2010.

Sunshine is buried in Abbey Glen Pet Memorial Park in Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey, in Section 15, Hillside, Row D, Block 8, Lot B.

The pet cemetery has a Gift of Love Memorial plaque. I added Sunshine's name and dates to it. I also added my cats Velvet and Ember, whose ashes were scattered on the grounds of the cemetery. I added Ember and Sunshine to the plaque at the same time, so Ember's name is above Sunshine's. I had added Velvet's name years earlier, but Sunshine's name ended up next to Velvet's name, one row over. My three girls are all together just like they were in life.

Tombstone Tuesday: Berberick

This is the large gravestone in the Berberick family plot in Cedarville Cemetery in Cedarville, New York. Smaller individual stones are in the plot for John Joseph Berberick, Margaret Tarkington Berberick, Kathryn Berberick Brewer, and Ray C. Brewer.

Tombstone Tuesday: Ivy M. Andre

Ivy M. Andre, the wife of George Julius Andre, was born on 17 May 1891 in Missouri. She and George had two sons. George predeceased her on 14 June 1950. Ivy died on 26 March 1973 and was buried in New Saint Marcus Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.