In
Memory
of
Miss M.A.C. McIlroy
Born Dec. 10, 1825
Died July 8,
1850
For to me to live is Christ
and to die is Gain
The intriguing tombstone was photographed in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky 23 March 2011. Note the dot (period) after each word or number. The epitapth is scripture from the Phillippians 1:21.
2 comments:
My husband's gggrandmother was a McILVOY and in the same area (Washington Co., KY) were McELROYs. McILROY almost seems like a mixture of the two!
The name McIlroy is not common in Caldwell County and I wonder if it has been misspelled.
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