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Leah Nancy  Jane <I>DeFoor</I> McKelvain

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Leah Nancy Jane DeFoor McKelvain

Birth
Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA
Death
24 Jan 1918 (aged 77)
Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, USA
Burial
Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.5437073, Longitude: -99.1405061
Plot
A-10
Memorial ID
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Contributor Gearldean gave me this info

L. N. J. DeFroor McKelvain, buried in the Moran Cemetery, was the wife of Robert K. McKelvain. Her full name was actually Leah Nancy Jane DeFoor. She was born Dec 9, 1840, died Jan 24, 1918 in Moran. She was the mother of 8 children: Mary Elizabeth Stillwell, William Robert, John Herbert, Martha Flippo, Sarah Ann Callaway, Nancy Olive Preslar, Lucinda A. Freeman, and Minnie Lee McKelvain. Three of her children, William Robert, Sarah Ann & Minnie Lee are also buried in the Moran Cemetery. John Herbert is buried in Battle Creek Cemetery in Stephens County. Martha died about 1889, Mary Ellizabeth died in Smelter City, Arizona, Nancy Olive in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. Their burial places are unknown to me.

Her husband, Robert K., died about 1879 & is buried on D. C. Stapp land in Stephens Co.
Contributor Gearldean gave me this info

L. N. J. DeFroor McKelvain, buried in the Moran Cemetery, was the wife of Robert K. McKelvain. Her full name was actually Leah Nancy Jane DeFoor. She was born Dec 9, 1840, died Jan 24, 1918 in Moran. She was the mother of 8 children: Mary Elizabeth Stillwell, William Robert, John Herbert, Martha Flippo, Sarah Ann Callaway, Nancy Olive Preslar, Lucinda A. Freeman, and Minnie Lee McKelvain. Three of her children, William Robert, Sarah Ann & Minnie Lee are also buried in the Moran Cemetery. John Herbert is buried in Battle Creek Cemetery in Stephens County. Martha died about 1889, Mary Ellizabeth died in Smelter City, Arizona, Nancy Olive in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. Their burial places are unknown to me.

Her husband, Robert K., died about 1879 & is buried on D. C. Stapp land in Stephens Co.

Inscription

Top Inscription: Thy Will Be Done

Name (As spelled on tombstone): L. N. J. DeFroor, Wife of R. K. McKelvain.

Bottom Inscription:
Dust thou art to dust returneth
Was not spoken of the soul.



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