A wonderful find - maybe not what you were looking for, but ancestors nonetheless - and you've scrapped it beautifully; I just love your background paper!
Hopefully, your next trip will be a bit more fruitful...
You are finding and documenting such interesting facts and ideas about your families in such a beautiful way. What a treasure to be able to find these memorials.
May Cemetery in Maysville, WV (Grant County) was neglected and overgrown.
In search of Dad's maternal grandfather Millard Whetsell's grave, i was thrilled when I thought I found it. I did not. What I did find was the marker for Millard's mother-Mary Whetsell and her niece, Lillie E. Iman. Lillie was born the same year as Millard's daughter Mae and also died young.
It was Millard who erected the large stone for his mother and niece.
Mary lived with Millard in 1900. Mary and Lillie lived with Millard in 1910. After Mary died, Lillie was back with her parents (Frank and Rosa) and siblings in the same dwelling as Millard. At that time (1920) Millard was a postmaster in Emoryville, an unincorporated coal town in Mineral County.
Looks like Mary had 4 kids with husband Israel: Millard, John, Rosa and Albert.
I hope to get back to this cemetery again, maybe next spring when the leaves are not out on the trees and the light is better. Next time we'll park at the bottom of the hill across from the Fire Department and walk up the rut filled road.
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