Tombstone Tuesday - 09 Feb 2010

Following in my previous Tombstone Tuesday ] I will be chronicling the photographs I have taken of the New Zion Union Church Cemetery, located on the Ray Siding Road in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia. Each week I will be highlighting two of these tombstones.

Alice B. and William A. EPLING

William A. Epling was born 02 Feb 1867 in Giles County, Virginia. He married Alice “Allie” Bean on 21 Oct 1894 in Monroe County. He died 22 Aug 1949. He was the son of Jacob Epling and Harriet Sibold.

Allie was born 10 April 1870 in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia to William McHarvey Bean and Margaret Smith Perkins. She died 02 Nov 1960 in Gap Mills, Monroe County, WV.

The couple had the following children: Willie, Harriet, Annie, Loretta, Mary, Paul, and William. Only the last two lived to adulthood.

Mary Alice Crosier Furrow

Mary Alice Crosier was born 29 Dec 1863 to John McIlhenny Crosier and Nancy C. Chapman. She married Oscar Wiley Furrow on 01 Mar 1883 in Monroe County, West Virginia. She was the mother of: Mabel, Ivy and Fred.