Tombstones

Tombstones

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Andrew Campbell Family

 Newmilns Churchyard, Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland

{from Helen Curtis}

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Andrew Campbell Family, side 1   

Andrew is the brother of Johanna who married Thomas Gillies

{from Helen Curtis}

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Andrew Campbell Family, side 2

{from Helen Curtis}

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Campbell Inscription, side 1

{from Kenny Monaghan}

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Campbell Inscription, side 2

{from Kenny Monaghan}

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another Andrew Campbell, 2 stones away, inscribed: 

The family burial place of Andrew Campbell, Schoolmaster in Loudoun 1809

{from Helen Curtis}

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William Benedict 

Bessemer Cemetery, Gogebic County, Michigan.  This is my grandfather, Vigilio Benedetti

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Gillies Family

 William Loudon Gillies & wife Hannah Illg, their son Carl Gillies & wife Kay Loomis, Delton, Barry County, Michigan.  William is a son of John Gillies & Anna Stringham

{from Bill Gillies}

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Daniel Gillies

 Lesmahagow Churchyard, Lanarkshire, Scotland.  Daniel is the father of Thomas

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Thomas Gillies & Johanna Campbell

 Eversley Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.  They are my 3rd great grandparents & parents of Daniel Gillies who married Catharine Loudoun

{from Elaine Ballard}

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Gillies Family

 John Gillies, wife Anna Stringham & son Byron, West Berlin, St. Clair County, Michigan

{from Bill Gillies}

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John Gillies & Anna Stringham

 West Berlin, St. Clair County, Michigan.  John is a son of Daniel Gillies & Catharine Loudoun

{from Bill Gillies}

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Byron Stringham

 Father of Anna Stringham, West Berlin, St. Clair County, Michigan

{from Bill Gillies}

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Stringham Family

 West Berlin, St. Clair County, Michigan

{from Bill Gillies}

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Mary Wilsie Stringham

 Mother of Anna, West Berlin, St. Clair County, Michigan

{from Bill Gillies}

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Earl Lloyd Gillies & wife Pansy Palmer

 Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio.  Earl is a son of John Gillies & Anna Stringham

{from Bill Gillies}

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George Gillies & wife Nannie Dashiell

Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa.  George is a son of John Gillies & Anna Stringham

{from Bill Gillies}

 

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Anna Gillies

 Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa.  Daughter of George & Nannie

{from Bill Gillies}

 

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Loudoun Family

 Galston Cemetery, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Catharine Loudoun is commemorated here, with her parents & siblings

{from Helen Curtis}

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George Dashiell & wife Sarah Carnes

 Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa.  Parents of Nannie

{from Bill Gillies}

 

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Dashiell - Gillies

 Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa

{from Bill Gillies}

The following names and cemeteries are noted in an old family bible.  Some very kind volunteers generously donated their time and have walked through the named cemeteries and others in the area and could not locate any of the graves.

Catharine Loudoun, my great great grandmother

Family Bible lists her burial in Almont, Lapeer County, Michigan.  Cannot locate grave. 

Daniel Gillies, my great great grrandfather

Family Bible lists his burial in Reese, Tuscola County, Michigan.  Cannot locate grave. .

William Loudon Gillies, son of Daniel & Catharine

Family Bible lists his burial in Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan.  Cannot locate grave. 

Peter Sprecksel, my great grandfather

Family Bible lists his burial in Blumfeld, Saginaw County, Michigan.  Cannot locate grave. 

 

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