NANCY JAMES
1857-????
Nancy J. (Foster) James was born in 1857 in Alabama to Hiram Foster and Elisabeth (Henson) Foster and died on unknown date. She married John H. James on 25 Sep 1884 in Choctaw County, Alabama. John and Nancy had two children: one girl and one boy. Nancy died somewhere between 1888 and 1891. John had remarried his second wife in 1891 after Nancy's death.
Nancy and John were buried at Paragon Cemetery, but flood waters within the county washed the graves away. It is said they eventually ended up in the Gulf of Mexico via creeks and other channels of water.
The pictures to the left show the creek that runs next to the cemetery and attempt to show the sinkhole.
1857-????
Nancy J. (Foster) James was born in 1857 in Alabama to Hiram Foster and Elisabeth (Henson) Foster and died on unknown date. She married John H. James on 25 Sep 1884 in Choctaw County, Alabama. John and Nancy had two children: one girl and one boy. Nancy died somewhere between 1888 and 1891. John had remarried his second wife in 1891 after Nancy's death.
Nancy and John were buried at Paragon Cemetery, but flood waters within the county washed the graves away. It is said they eventually ended up in the Gulf of Mexico via creeks and other channels of water.
The pictures to the left show the creek that runs next to the cemetery and attempt to show the sinkhole.
NANCY JAMES
1857-????
Nancy J. (Foster) James was born in 1857 in Alabama to Hiram Foster and Elisabeth (Henson) Foster and died on unknown date. She married John H. James on 25 Sep 1884 in Choctaw County, Alabama. John and Nancy had two children: one girl and one boy. Nancy died somewhere between 1888 and 1891. John had remarried his second wife in 1891 after Nancy's death.
Nancy and John were buried at Paragon Cemetery, but flood waters within the county washed the graves away. It is said they eventually ended up in the Gulf of Mexico via creeks and other channels of water.
The pictures to the left show the creek that runs next to the cemetery and attempt to show the sinkhole.
1857-????
Nancy J. (Foster) James was born in 1857 in Alabama to Hiram Foster and Elisabeth (Henson) Foster and died on unknown date. She married John H. James on 25 Sep 1884 in Choctaw County, Alabama. John and Nancy had two children: one girl and one boy. Nancy died somewhere between 1888 and 1891. John had remarried his second wife in 1891 after Nancy's death.
Nancy and John were buried at Paragon Cemetery, but flood waters within the county washed the graves away. It is said they eventually ended up in the Gulf of Mexico via creeks and other channels of water.
The pictures to the left show the creek that runs next to the cemetery and attempt to show the sinkhole.
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Upon visiting this cemetery, one can see the place where a sinkhole occurred near the creek that runs by this cemetery. It is understandable how several graves could have been washed away.
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