Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Royston, John W. 
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Cemetery:           Maple Grove Cemetery
Name:               John W. Royston

Date Of Photograph: September 14, 2009
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Monument and smaller stones located in Section E - Lot 425

ROYSTON MONUMENT

Inscription on two sides of monument:

JANE E.
WIFE OF
J. W. ROYSTON
DIED
JUNE 9, 1888
AGED
67 YEARS

Side 2:

JOHN W.
DIED
MAR 21, 1897
AGED
82 YEARS

Smaller headstones located near the monument:

FATHER
MOTHER
BABIES

Note:  John W. Royston obituary shows he was born November 9, 1815 in 
Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey and died March 21, 1897 in Rives Junction, 
Jackson, Co., MI at the age of 81 years 4 months and 12 days, cause of death 
la Grippe.  He resided in New York after leaving New Jersey and married his 
wife Jane E. Royston on March 24, 1841 and in September of that year, came to 
the township of Vevay.  In 1875, they moved to Mason where Jane Royston died 
June 9, 1888.  He later married Mrs. Martha A. (Dewey) Claflin and they moved 
to Rives Junction.  He was a prominent farmer and left behind two sons, Ellery 
T. and Frank L. Royston and Mrs. S. A. Booth.

(Obituary was added to the memorial page on Find A Grave courtesy of Randy 
Gladstone)

                     

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