On findagrave.com you show John William McCully 1847-1911(Memorial
#17202842) as having two stones in the Elgin Cemetery. I married
into the McCully family, my mother-in-law was Lola McCully Sainsbury
1912-2002. Anyway, there is a reason for the two stones. Many years
ago when I first visited the cemetery, I thought it peculiar that
there were the two stones, so I asked around in the family.
The story I was told was that when John died, the family couldn't pay
the stone cutter for his work, so he didn't release it and it stayed
in his workshop until Sarah, John's wife died in 1913. The family
scraped the money together, went to another stonecutter for the
gravestone with BOTH names. When the estate paid the money for the
FIRST stone, the stonecutter released it, and then there were TWO.
Dolly Sainsbury
John William McCully was born Feb. 22, 1847 in New London, Henry County, Iowa
He died May 23, 1911 in Lowden, Walla Walla Co., Washington (visiting his daughter), buried in Elgin, Oregon
His mother was Mary Ann(Scott) McCully 1821-1895, she is buried in Salem, Oregon
#17202842) as having two stones in the Elgin Cemetery. I married
into the McCully family, my mother-in-law was Lola McCully Sainsbury
1912-2002. Anyway, there is a reason for the two stones. Many years
ago when I first visited the cemetery, I thought it peculiar that
there were the two stones, so I asked around in the family.
The story I was told was that when John died, the family couldn't pay
the stone cutter for his work, so he didn't release it and it stayed
in his workshop until Sarah, John's wife died in 1913. The family
scraped the money together, went to another stonecutter for the
gravestone with BOTH names. When the estate paid the money for the
FIRST stone, the stonecutter released it, and then there were TWO.
Dolly Sainsbury
John William McCully was born Feb. 22, 1847 in New London, Henry County, Iowa
He died May 23, 1911 in Lowden, Walla Walla Co., Washington (visiting his daughter), buried in Elgin, Oregon
His mother was Mary Ann(Scott) McCully 1821-1895, she is buried in Salem, Oregon
On findagrave.com you show John William McCully 1847-1911(Memorial
#17202842) as having two stones in the Elgin Cemetery. I married
into the McCully family, my mother-in-law was Lola McCully Sainsbury
1912-2002. Anyway, there is a reason for the two stones. Many years
ago when I first visited the cemetery, I thought it peculiar that
there were the two stones, so I asked around in the family.
The story I was told was that when John died, the family couldn't pay
the stone cutter for his work, so he didn't release it and it stayed
in his workshop until Sarah, John's wife died in 1913. The family
scraped the money together, went to another stonecutter for the
gravestone with BOTH names. When the estate paid the money for the
FIRST stone, the stonecutter released it, and then there were TWO.
Dolly Sainsbury
John William McCully was born Feb. 22, 1847 in New London, Henry County, Iowa
He died May 23, 1911 in Lowden, Walla Walla Co., Washington (visiting his daughter), buried in Elgin, Oregon
His mother was Mary Ann(Scott) McCully 1821-1895, she is buried in Salem, Oregon
#17202842) as having two stones in the Elgin Cemetery. I married
into the McCully family, my mother-in-law was Lola McCully Sainsbury
1912-2002. Anyway, there is a reason for the two stones. Many years
ago when I first visited the cemetery, I thought it peculiar that
there were the two stones, so I asked around in the family.
The story I was told was that when John died, the family couldn't pay
the stone cutter for his work, so he didn't release it and it stayed
in his workshop until Sarah, John's wife died in 1913. The family
scraped the money together, went to another stonecutter for the
gravestone with BOTH names. When the estate paid the money for the
FIRST stone, the stonecutter released it, and then there were TWO.
Dolly Sainsbury
John William McCully was born Feb. 22, 1847 in New London, Henry County, Iowa
He died May 23, 1911 in Lowden, Walla Walla Co., Washington (visiting his daughter), buried in Elgin, Oregon
His mother was Mary Ann(Scott) McCully 1821-1895, she is buried in Salem, Oregon
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Two stones bear his name one is for wifeSarah
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