Murder and Mayhem

Jessie Billings Stewart

June 10, 2021 (June 10, 2021) Jennifer

12 April 1879 – 27 October 1925 This is such an unusual little headstone, with just the name and then this little metal handle with her etiquette-book married name inscribed on it. I have no idea of the significance of the handle, if any, but it struck me as quite curious and interesting. Jessie was […]

Harry Edward Green

May 9, 2021 (May 30, 2021) Jennifer

6 April 1900 – 16 December 1927 Harry Green was the second son born to Fred Green and Mary Reinke Green Ebertshauser Lau. Both his parents were German immigrants who’d arrived in their early teens. Mary was only 16 when they married while Fred was 22. At the time of the 1900 census, they were […]