Double the Greats
My dad might think this is a great spot, but for me it is doubly so [groan]
While most of my family has been in the United States for some time, our move to Michigan and Hillsdale was a bit slower (we generally move a township a generation these days). Before you, you will see the gravestone of my 2nd-Great Grandfather, John Henry Stemen and his second wife, Emma. By pedigree this is the oldest relative of mine buried here. My 2nd-Great Grandmother Matilda Spangler (yes, I am distantly related the business you may see from this vantage point) and her parents were actually the first to settle in Hillsdale before moving to Albion and being buried there. My 3rd-Great Grandfather Daniel Spangler was a fireman (opposite task of what you normally think of that profession) at the Power Plant in Hillsdale. Matilda, my 2nd-Great Grandmother, was the first wife of John Henry Stemen, but she died of the Spanish Flu in 1918.
N41 59.ABC W84 39.DEF
- A = # of order (#x) Great grandparents these individuals are to allenite (me)
- B = Daniel Spangler was my #x-Great Grandfather
- C = # of Digits in the First Name of John Henry Stemen's First Wife's Name
- D = 4th Digit of Year of Death of Emma Stemen
- E = 3rd Digit of Year of Death of Emma Stemen
- F = 4th Digit of Year of Birth of John Henry Stemen