A Grave Outcome for One Family Tree
October 29, 2012
It’s always fun to come across the unusual in genealogy. This gravestone in McFall, Gentry Co., Missouri is the first I’ve seen that includes a complete family tree! The stone is a solid piece of granite with the letters and family tree etched in the stone, and it measures about 3 feet wide by 6 feet long. The second photo shows the detail of the family chart including date and place of birth, date and place of marriage, date and place of death, etc...
I do believe I’m going to revise my will and make my kids do this for my grave!
Cheryl L.
Midwest Genealogy Center
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So who is the person buried
So who is the person buried there that came up with such a great way to display their genealogy?
There are actually three
There are actually three graves that I saw there--John Mack Elam (1943-2008, US Army Vietnam, Bronze Star Medal), and Dorothy Mae Elam (1951-2008, Women's Army Corps), and George Emerson Elam (1908-2006, son of Arthur Willis Elam and Audra Alice Wooderson).
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