Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - Manerva Purkins


In
Mem ory
of
Manerva
Purkins
Born july
8th . 1821
& Died May .
7th . 1843

Buried Koon Cemetery, near Frances in southern Crittenden County. Tombstone photographed 3 November 2010. This style tombstone is common in the Crittenden - Caldwell - Livingston County, Kentucky area during the 1840s.

Manerva Hamby married Adam B. Perkins 7 July 1842 Crittenden County. An infant son of Adam and Manerva was born 8 April 1843 and died 16 April 1843. He is buried beside Manerva.






 


1 comment:

Nanakat said...

Thank you for posting this.

I've been trying to check on your blog every so often, and was excited to see one of my relatives at last.

Manerva Hamby Purkins was the daughter of Margaret Brasher and John Jesse Hamby, and Margaret was the sister of my 3rd-great grandfather, John Brasher, both being children of Thomas Brasher and Catherine Armstrong, or so we understand, anyway.