Tombstone Tuesday - June 3, 2014 - Jay Morgan Densmore

Jay Morgan Densmore was born on October 9, 1903.  He was the 6th child born to Mary Morgan Hainer and Charles Densmore.  He was born in East China Township Michigan.

This is a photo of the Charles Densmore Family around 1914 or 1915.  Jay Morgan is on the left in the back row. From left to right in the second row are : Jay Morgan, Elizabeth, Charles Ray, Addie, Dorothy (she died in 1919) From left to right in the front row are: Mary Kathryn, Mary Morgan (Hayner), Harry Hayner, Charles S. Densmore holding Alan Glen,  John Reynolds.

Jay Morgan married Edna M Horton and they had two ; Marian Elizabeth and Jay Morgan Jr.  Edna M. Densmore died on may 25, 1956.  Margaret is Jay Morgan's second wife.

Jay Morgan Densmore died on June 5, 1981 in Marine City, Michigan. He is buried in the Rosehill Cemetery in East China Township near Marine City, Michigan.

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Sorry for the absence...

I am back to work at Home Depot and the month between Mother's day and Father's Day is the busiest month for the whole year in the garden center!  So  I have been a bit tied up.  I had hoped to get a few blogs in anyway but it just has not happened.  I will try to get some blogs written. I have a couple in progress that I will finish and hope to write some new.  In the meantime, I am also planning to get back at Tombstone Tuesday....Beginning today..

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Jan

Tombstone Tuesday - May 6, 2014 - Frederick Overley

Frederick Overley was born on March 2, 1765 in Bethel (Lancaster County), Pennsylvania. His parents came from Wurtemberg, Germany. His father Martin (Oberlin) Overly was born in 1732 and his mother Eva Marie Nagle Overly was born in 1729. His parent brought the family to Ross Co. Ohio in 1797. They migrated to Kentucky, before they moved back to Ohio and settled near Hopetown. At age 12, Frederick was a scout in the Revolutionary War.


He married Mary Ann Hines. They had two children John (1795), George(1798), Polly (1801), Elizabeth(1802) Rebecca (1806), Susannah (1812), Mary Ann (1813), and Margaret(1815). They lived in Hopetown, Ohio. Frederick Overley is buried in Overly Chapel Cemetery, Springfield township, Ross County, Ohio. He died on May 3, 1848.

This is extracted from an Ross County Ohio book documenting Revolutionary War Veterans.