Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Tombstone Tuesday - Effie Boswell Alsobrook




Effie
Wife of
Willie
Alsobrook
Jan. 2, 1891
Mar. 25, 1914

Buried Alsobrook Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 30 July 2015.

According to her death certificate, Effie Alsobrook, was the daughter of Marion Boswell and Nora Vanhuser, both of whom were born in Kentucky. Her burial place is given as "Sanders Cemetery."[1] The cause of her death is given as "General Tuberculosis," from which she had suffered  for three years.

The 1910 Livingston County census listing of  the family of Marion and Nora shows a daughter, Effie L., born Jan 1891, and a daughter Carry, born Aug 1895.[2]  Apparently, Effie's sister, Carrie/Carry, was the second wife of William Hayden Alsobrook. According to the double tombstone of Hayden and Carrie Alsobrook, they were married 16 July 1916. [3]




[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #7962, Ancestry.com, accessed 18 September 2017.
[2] 1910 Livingston County, Kentucky Census, Dist. 3, E.D. 102, p. 15B, Ancestry.com, accessed 18 September 2017.
[3] Find A Grave Memorial # 45546677 Carrie Alsobrook and Memorial #45546583 Hayden Alsobrook, both buried in Hampton Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky, accessed 18 September 2017.

Published 28 November 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

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