I spent quite a lot of time today searching cemetery lists of Ripley County, Missouri. I thought my great grandfather, Emerson Laney, might have died there. His daughter was supposedly born there and not long after, he died. I realize it was a long shot. There were so many cemeteries for one county. I was tired and my back was aching from looking so long. The woman who did this research has photos of all the tombstones and will send you one if requested. For every single name I looked at, she went traipsing through sometimes very overgrown, neglected cemeteries. What wonderful people, who do all this work so the rest of us can look for our ancestors. The spirit of Elijah is so strong in some people.
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