Tombstone Tuesday - William and Darthulie Jennings

Jennings

William

Aug. 5, 1861

Feb. 18, 1940

Darthulie

Jan. 1, 1860

Feb. 3, 1936

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, near Salem, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 November 2017.

According to his death certificate, [1] William Jennings was born in Kentucky and was the son of T.J. Jennings, born Tennessee, and Elizabeth Boone, born Kentucky.  William Jennings died in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky 17 February 1940.[2]

Darthula A. Jennings was born in Kentucky and died in Salem. She was the daughter of Beverly Boswell, born Kentucky, and Sarah Cooper, born Kentucky.[3]

W.M. Jennings and Darthula A. Boswell were married 7 March 1881 at the home of B.T. Boswell in Crittenden County. [4]

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #5048, Wm. Jennings, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Jan 2018.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Kentucky Death Certificate #5451, Darthula A. Jennings, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Jan 2018.

[4] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II, 1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 122.

Published 27 March 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

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]

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[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/