Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday - Emmaline Duncan Myers
Emmaline Duncan Myers, born July 1856 (1858?) in Greene County, Pennsylvania, died 19 April 1929 in Wetzel County, West Virginia. She's buried in Quiet Dell Cemetery, in Aleppo, Greene, Pennsylvania. She married Andrew Myers on 17 Feb 1875 in Greene County. Their families had lived practically next door to each other since before Emma was born. Andrew was about 14 years her senior, but according to his pension papers, neither were married previously. He apparently had poor health and lingered several months after a stroke, finally dying on 29 April 1908 in Cameron, Marshall, West Virginia. They were extremely poor and had only his pension from the Civil War to live on. They had 13 children: Mary Sharlota, Lena Myrtle, Loucena (Lucinda?) - who died before 1900, John L., Easter B., James G. B. - died at age 15, Ethel, Wiley, George Washington, Goldie Agatha, Charles, Anna, and Encil Raymond.
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