Thank you to everyone who encouraged my efforts and contributed
to the John Morgan Gravestone project. The engraving on the east side of the stone
in the Salt Lake Cemetery was completed in time for Memorial Day. I think it
looks beautiful!
Having John Morgan’s wives recognized on the blank side
of his gravestone has been a pet project of mine for a couple of years. In
order to solicit $money contributions$ from my cousins I sent
them the following explanation:
“I've felt compelled to see that the two
women who whole-heartedly embraced the teachings of the Church at that time
(1880’s), laid everything on the line, married this good faithful man, had his
children, and were good and faithful to the end need to be acknowledged with
his first wife (our great grandmother) on his monument.”
Helen Melvina “Mellie” is buried next to John
Morgan. The cemetery coordinates for his other wives gravesites are now on the
monument. A visitor would need to get a copy of the cemetery map from the
sexton’s office to go to their gravesites.
It took SL Monument an entire day and one-hundred
pounds of sand to sand-blast the new lettering into the gravestone.
Contributions for this project continue to be
welcomed. Send me an e-mail at: I see the creamery (written all together) @ Comcast
[dot] net for a mailing address.
That looks great! Thanks for sticking with the project. Flora Lee is going to take one of the footstones to the Marker company and see what they suggestion and get a price (the Rex footstones)
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