Oakland County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Everitt, Family Monument 
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Jesse Winters jessejwinters@aol.com August 9, 2007, 1:09 pm

Cemetery:           Del Smith, Lyon Twp. Cemetery
Name:               Family Monument Everitt

Date Of Photograph: August 8, 2007
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Everitt Family Monument

Additional Comments:
Submitted photo This 15-foot-high gravestone in Chubb Cemetery in Lyon Township 
was restored by the Maria Moore No. 432 branch of Questers International. The 
19th-century monument, which had fallen into disrepair when the group 
discovered it last year, marks the resting place of Maria Moore's parents and 
sister. 

In 1876, Maria (pronounced Ma-RYE-uh), who was born in Lyon, moved with her 
husband, James, to Milford Township. After James' untimely death in an 1887 
buggy accident, Maria took over the family's horse and stock farm — a 
remarkable move for a 19th-century woman. She ran the business, along with her 
flower garden and women's club, until her death in 1926.

Questers Judy Nelson and Betty Whitworth discovered the gravestone, which dates 
to the mid-19th century, during a 2006 cemetery tour. Maria's parents, John and 
Polly Harvey Everitt, and sister Alice are buried beneath the stone. 

When Nelson and Whitworth saw the monument, the uppermost stone was lying on 
the ground, broken into pieces. 

A reception at the site on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. will feature a brief 
presentation on the Moore and Everitt families, as well as the Questers 
International organization, which was founded in 1944 and has more than 15,000 
members in the U.S. and Canada. The Milford branch comprises 22 members.

The public is invited to attend the event, which will begin at 11 a.m. in the 
Chubb Road Cemetery at the corner of Chubb and Nine Mile roads in Lyon 
Township. Light refreshments will be served. 



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