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The footnote Maven, herself, welcomed us yesterday. Thank you Maven for your kind and warm welcome! We look forward to a very long, and always educational, journey with GYR!

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

FATHER

THOMAS G. CROSIER

FEB. 25, 1874

APR. 18, 1924

SON

NORVAL T. CROSIER

SEPT. 9, 1915

SEPT. 16, 1924

Thomas Gilbert Crosier was born on 25 Feb 1874. He was the son of William Henry Crosier and Sarah Jane Williams. He was one of ten children born to this couple.

Thomas married Emma Refunia Pelmir Christine Clarkson, 11 Apr 1900 in Monroe County. [Her marriage license lists her name as Emma Refunia Pelmir Clementine Clarkson.]

The couple had eleven children.

Thomas & Emma Crosier

Norval T. Crosier was born 9 Sep 1915 and died at the age of nine years on 16 Sep 1924. Cause of death is unknown, a death certificate has not been located.

McCORMICK

MOTHER                    FATHER

VIANNA A.                    R. LEE

MAY 1, 1866                    JAN. 11, 1864

OCT. 25, 1922                    JAN. 13, 1933

Vianna Anetine Dunbar was born 1 May 1866 [although her death certificate states she was born 1 May 1856; her mother would have only been 16 at the time - although not impossible of course, her mother was not married in 1856.] She was born to William T. Duncan and Rebecca Brown, in West Virginia. It is unknown at present if she had other siblings.

Vianna married Robert Lee McCormick, unknown when and where. It is unknown if the couple had children at this time. She died 25 Oct 1922. Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage.

Robert Lee McCormick was born 11 Jan 1864 to Jonathon McCormick and Margaret Counts, in Monroe County. He had at least one other sibling [Andrew Jackson McCormick - 1871 to 1948]. He died 14 Jan 1933.

VIRGIL F.

CALDWELL

OCTOBER 23, 1912

MARCH 31, 2001

Virgil F. Caldwell was born 23 Oct 1912 in Waiteville, Monroe, WV to William Robert Caldwell and Bertha Bostic. He was one of at least nine children born to this couple.

Virgil never married. He died 31 Mar 2001.

W.B. DOSS

SON OF

C.W. AND ARBELLE DOSS

BORN

OCT. 2, 1888

DIED

MAY 29, 1906

(unable to read inscription)

 No further information is known regarding this young man or his parents at present.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

SARAH J.

DAU OF

J.M. AND N.C.

CROSIER

FEB. 27, 1856

[?]  6, 1889

Sarah J. Crosier was the third born child of John McIlhenny Crosier and Nancy C. Chapman. Born in Monroe County [probably Waiteville], it is believed she never married. [A death record has not been located at this time.] I have been unable to determine the month of death due to wear on the stone.

LAFON

SENNA ANN          SYLVESTER S.

Sylvester Sebury Lafon was born 30 Sep 1858, Giles County, Virginia to William Harrison Lafon and Nancy Kelly. He was the 7th born of nine children. He married Senna Ann Williams [date unknown].

Senna Ann Williams was born 02 Dec 1859 in Pembroke, Giles, Virginia to Madison Williams and Katherine Doyle. [Siblings are unknown.]

Sylvester died 11 May 1940 in Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia. Senna died 03 Feb 1945 in Lindside, Monroe, West Virginia.

DAD

SHERMAN C.

TOLLEY

JAN. 21, 1920

SEPT. 20, 1989

Sherman Catlin Tolley was born 21 Jan 1920 to William Edward Tolley and Gillie M. Ray. He was the 4th born of nine children.

He married Mabel Amanda Bowyer [1917-2000] about 1950. The couple had five children: Carolyn, Martha, Edward, Deborah and Sherman Stanley.

Sherman died 20 Sep 1989.

SUSAN, FIRST

WIFE OF

WM. L. DUNCAN

OCT. 11, 1824

APRIL 6, 1857

Very little is known regarding Susan. Her maiden name was Susannah Miller. She was born 11 Oct 1824 to G. & S. Miller in Montgomery County, Virginia.  She married William Lawson Duncan [1821-1906] 31 Mar 1844 in Giles County, Virginia. The couple had at least seven children: Elizabeth; Araminta Agnes; Missouri Ann; Harriet; George Clifton; Nancy L.; and Hannah E.

She died 6 Apr 1857. Her death record states she died from "puerperal fever". The definition for this ailment is "A serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth...(usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)" [Found here.] Her death was three weeks after the birth of Hannah, which is presumed to the source of the "fever".

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New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

REBECCA C.

WIFE OF

WM. T. DUNBAR

BORN

MAY 20, 1839

DIED

MAY 31, 1919

Rebecca C. Brown was born 20 May 1839 in Monroe County, WV. I have done no research on her or her family at this time.

She was married to William T. Dunbar [1821-1892].

She died 31 May 1919.

RICHARD R. TOLLEY

PVT US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

1922                    1986

Richard R. Tolley was born in 1922 to William Edward Tolley and Gillie M. Ray in West Virginia. He was the fifth born of nine children to the couple.

It is believed that Richard never married.

He died in 1986 in West Virginia.

ROXIE BRADLEY LAFON

DAU OF F.P. & ANNIE BRADLEY

OCT. 26, 1893

JUNE 26, 1932

Roxie Bradley was born 26 Oct 1893 to F. Pennington Bradley and Annie McCormick [daughter of Joseph Preston McCormick and Martha Caroline Bean].She was one of at least five children born to this couple.

She was married to Lake Lafon. No info is known on this couple.

She died 26 June 1932 in McDowell County, West Virginia. Cause of Death is listed as cancer.

RUBY A. EPPLING

APRIL 7, 1917

SEPT. 11, 1981

No info is known at this time.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

Family Of

W.R. HARLESS

NELLIE B.                     WILLIAM R.

1906-1988                    1905-1959

WE WILL MEET AGAIN

No known information.

 

OREN

CROWDER

MAY 19, 1909

JAN. 3, 1941

Our loved one.

Oren Arnette Crowder was born on 19 May 1909 to Henderson Crowder and Bertha Mottesheard, on Laurel Branch, Monroe County, West Virginia. [It is unknown at this time if they had further children.]

He married Hallie Onda Unknown.

Oren died 3 Jan 1941 at his home on Laurel Branch, in Monroe County. Hie died from cancer of the sigmoid colon. He was 31 years 7 months and 6 days. His funeral was at the Lobban Funeral Home in Alderson, WV. He was buried on 5 Jan 1941.

ORVAL

RAY

DEC. 29, 1908

AUG. 17, 1980

Orval Ray was born 29 Dec 1908 to Joseph Price Ray and Malsenna Shepard, in West Virginia. He was fifth born of seven children to this couple.

To the best of my knowledge he never married.

Orval died on 17 Aug 1980 in Monroe County, West Virginia.

OSCAR

1879 - 1962

Oscar Gilbert Lafon stated on his WWI draft registration that he was born on 3 Apr 1878. However, no birth or death records have been uncovered at present to confirm or deny this. He was born to Mazarine O. and Sarah S. Lafon. He was fourth born of seven children to the couple in Giles County, Virginia.

He married Annie Unknown in 1903, it is believed in Monroe County, although no marriage record has been uncovered.

The couple went on to have 7 children: Unnamed Boy, James, Elwood, Irene, Eleanor, Buell and Harvey.

He died 1962.

PURNELL

1910 - 1915

No known information. A search through death records does not reveal a Lafon dying in the year in 1915. And there are no Purnell Lafon's listed in the death indexes. It is possible that if this stone were put up years later that the dates are incorrect.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

MARY H.

EPLING

BORN

NOV. 13, 1907

DIED

JAN. 11, 1908

Mary was born on 13 Nov 1907 to William A. Epling and Alice F. Bean., in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia. She was the fifth of seven children born to the couple [only 2 lived to adulthood].

Little Mary was only 8 weeks old when she died on 11 Jan 1908. Her stone is shared with four other siblings.

MARY T. THIRD

WIFE OF

Wm L DUNCAN

NOV. 12, 1824

MAY 28, 1903

Mary Thompkins Thurmond was born 12 November 1824 to Phillip Thurmond III and Mary Thompkins Hill, we believe she was born in Amherst County, Virginia.

Mary married William Lawson Duncan [1821-1906] on 02 Dec 1863 in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia.

It is unknown if there were any issue.

Mary died 28 May 1903.

LAFON

MASON                    MYRTLE

1889-1970                     1885-1937

No known information.

NANCY ALICE

DOSS

BORN

OCT. 19, 1860

DIED

AUG. 3, 1899

Thy memory shall ever

be a guiding light to Heaven.

Nancy Alice Lafon was born 19 Oct 1860 to William Harrison Lafon and Nancy Kelly, in Giles County, Virginia. She was one of at least 9 children born to the couple.

She wed Charles Oliver Doss [b. 1862 Roanoke Co., VA] on 20 Dec 1881 in Monroe County. It is unknown if there were any issue at this time.

She died 03 Aug 1899 in Monroe County. Cause of death: "Stomach Trouble".

NANIE B. McCORMICK

WIFE OF

B.H.McCORMICK

SEPT. 15, 1876

NOV. 24, 1939

SHE HATH KEPT THE FAITH

Nanie Bush Doss was born 15 Sep 1876 to George Washington Doss and Arabella Steele [Arabella was the daughter of Thomas Steele and martha Caroline Bean], in Monroe County, West Virginia. She was the eldest of six children born to the couple.

Nanie married Bern H. McCormick [details unknown]. It is unknown if there were any issue.

Nanie died 24 Nov 1929.