Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday - George M. Dallam, Infant


George M.
Infant son of
W.J. & K.A. Dallam
Born April 26th
1847
Died August 3rd
[1849]

Buried Smithland Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 20 December 2010.

George M. Dallam was the child of William J. Dallam and Kate A. Miles. William J. Dallam was born 1821 Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky and died 1893 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. He married Catharine Miles in 1843 Crittenden County. The family appears on the 1850 Livingston County census, Smithland,  and then on the 1860 Henderson County census. By 1870, they had moved to Evansville. William J. Dallam served as Postmaster and Deputy County and Circuit Clerk in Livingston County. After moving to Evansville, he was in the shoe and boot business. Both William and Kate Dallam are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville.

Copyright on text and photographs
by Brenda Joyce Jerome, CG
Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog
http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com

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