Tombstone Tuesday

BEAN

MARY F.          JOHN M.

1897 - 1975          1866 - 1954

John Monroe Bean, Sr. was born in 1866 in Cincinatti, Ohio to William M. Bean [1832-1890] and Margaret Smith Perkins Bean [1828-1891].

Mary Elizabeth Faudree Bean was born 1897 in Centennial [now located between Gap Mills and Sweet Springs], West Virginia to Stephen L. Faudree [1857 - 1929] and Elizabeth Carnifax Faudree [1861 - 1929].

The couple had 3 sons together. [John had been married twice before and had 12 children from those marriages. Both of his previous wives died young.]

John and Mary are buried at New Zion Union Church Cemetery,  located in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia. They are my grandparents.