I liked this tombstone of my great grandmother Mary Ann O'Neal Bond's first cousin, Mary Nancy Ann England Elkins, because it is a different shape than most. The date of birth on this stone, which is located at Sears Cemetery, east of Cottage Grove, shows August 21, 1865. However a family Bible, the 1870 census, the 1880 census and the special census for deaf marriages (she and her husband were both deaf) all indicate that she was born in 1864. We can't always rely on tombstones for correct dates.
Read more about her on my website:http://www.joanneskelton.com/p463.htm
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