Helping the present understand the past
It’s Tuesday again and you know what that means…that’s right, it’s another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Continuing with the family buried in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-grandmother, Ida Marie (Krueger) Altman. Tombstone of Ludwig, Ida and Clarence Harvey Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Ida Marie was the…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Today we’re jumping states from Missouri to North Dakota and jumping families, as well, from my maternal side to my paternal side. Located just over an hour west of Fargo, North Dakota and 15 minutes west of Lisbon, Anselm is a small unincorporated farming community. I’m sure if…
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…