Helping the present understand the past
A brick wall. Every genealogist has one at one time or another. My genealogy is no different. With Constitution Day being this week (September 17 to be exact) my thoughts have been centering on my brick wall. You see, the Daughters of the American Revolution work very hard to celebrate Constitution Week (for obvious reasons)…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Continuing our journey in Mount Washington Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to Russell Lee Conwell, infant son of Edward Conwell and Edith (Brown) Conwell (my grandparents). Russell was the third child of Edward and Edith. He has two sisters (still living) and one brother (still living). Russell was born…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re not straying very far from last week’s tombstone. It belongs to my maternal grandfather, Edward Bell Conwell, Jr. Edward was the second of eight children of Edward Bell Conwell, Sr. and Zella May (McCabe) Conwell. He had five brothers (one older, four younger) and two sisters…
Welcome to Tombstone Tuesday! Today’s tombstone is brought to you from Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, MO and belongs to my maternal grandmother, Edith Marie (Brown) Conwell. Edith was the youngest child of Richard Selman Brown and Martha Lucinda (Vaughn) Brown. She had five older sisters and four older brothers. Edith was born 1 December…