EVERSON FAMILY CEMETERY LETTER, BIG ELM FARM, HARRISON CO, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. THIS RECORD WAS DONATED TO THE HARRISON COUNTY WVGenWeb PROJECT/ARCHIVES ONLY ********************************************************************** TRANSCRIBED AND SUBMITTED BY: Mariana Zuelsdorf (zuelsdorf@cybertime.net) From LDS Microfilm Reel #163928 Enterprise, W Va May 6th 1946 Joe: This morning Hughie and I went to the old cemetery on the Big Elm Farm as I had promised. The uppermost thought was to locate the grave of a Mr Wamsley of Revoluntionary days, which I recently read of in Nettie Bartlett's book, but unfortunately his grave is not marked. The place is so overgrown with lilac bushes about seven feet high, and myrtle grows about ten inches high, which in turn has entirely covered the old grave yard. Joe, there is no doubt in my mind but what the two Everson girls were buried there on that farm or their family grave yard. Perhaps buried only with a wood marker, then after many years the family purchased the stones and were then unable to tell which were the right graves. And then in turn that gave rise to the term that no one knows the exact year Billy (William) Hood bought the farm, but was told by a Mrs. Everson that grandma Everson thought she was being tricked in some manner and immediately pronounced a curse on Billy Hood, using some passage of the old Testament and all the lowdown adjectives she could think of. Well she was supposed to have cursed the whole tribe of Hoods and their descendants. During the recent panics in the banks it seemed prophetic. I once hear from one who is now dead a tale concerning Billy Hood during the Civil War, but since the Hoods are friends of mine it should not be written on paper. So much for that. Oh, yes, I would say by the sunken places in the grave yard that there had been from 60 to 75 graves. Only 23 have any markers, and some of them only a plain stone. Sarah Malissa, daughter of Geo. W and Elizabeth Siers, died April 29, 1858, aged 17 years. H L wife of D H Courtney, died Jan 12th 1872, aged 29 years Hoodie, son of D H and H L Courtney, died Nov 11th 1888----, aged 4.? This is not what I expected to find but hope there will be one or two items which will be of interest. Yours for anything I can do to make your book interesting. Harry Glaspell Over. Page 2 Celia R., wife of Felix R Sturm, died Aug 23rd 1853, aged 37 years and 8 months Martha, wife of Josiah Miller, die Dec 29th 1872, aged 40 years 1 month Josias Miller, died March 21st 1965, aged 37 years 7 months ** Napoleon, son of F S and C R Sturm, died Nov 29th 1868, age 28 years Elijah, son of S and Eliza Boyers, died Aug 15th 1816, aged 8 years Matilda Ann, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Hellem, died April 1st 1857, aged 23 years A C Moore, died Aug 2nd 1881, age 79 years Julae, daughter of O(zias) and A(my)A(nn)Tetrick, died Jany 8th 1879, age 13 years (Lula) Spencer W Sturm, born April 5th 1824, died April 13th 1902 Madisonia, wife of Spencer W Sturm, died July 7th 1872, aged 48 years Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Belch, died Sept 21 1845, died aged 46 years, 4 mos. and 28 days Samuel Moore, son of John and Margaret Belch, died Jany. 28 1855, age 25 years Eleanor Ann, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Belck, died Oct. 12th 1854 Elizabeth Ann M, wife of Samuel Boyers, died Sept 12 1856, aged 29 years, 11 mos. 26 days. Charles M Tetrick, son of O and A A Tretrick, died Oct 13 1864, age 3 years and 26 days Tasy, wife of Joseph Tetrick, born May 13th 1803, died June 7th 1890 Joseph Tetrick, died April 27, 1861, aged 58 years,6 mos and 6 days MZ: I have copied this exactly as it appeared on the microfilm including possible misspellings. Obviously the date of death for Josias Miller is incorrect since the letter was written prior to 1965.