QUESTIONS
As I stated in the Introduction, as of December 2007,
I have established connections between 18 Surnames and the
67 people they name, leaving the following unresolved Surnames listed with the
number of individuals of that name (See Alphabetized List):
Brown (1 name)
Estelle (Estill)
(4)
Harmon (4)
Hummel (2)
McGinnis (1)
Purcell (1)
Rice (1)
Sutton (4)
Towns (1)
The Surname Rice
shows up on the JC
History map and in census data as a neighbor of the Alexanders
but with a different first initial. Census
data also show that Charles Harmon,
who is buried here, lived in the vicinity of the cemetery and was a neighbor to
a J. L. Jones, but I can’t seem to
fine any connect to our Jones.
The parents of the two Hummels reported to be buried here by funeral home records
also lived in the vicinity and were neighbors to William Williams.
Perhaps the only connection for these last names is
simply that they lived in the vicinity and knew the Alexanders
and of their cemetery so that when the time came, they ask for and received a
place to lay there loved ones to rest.
Using Certificates of Death (COD) I have established
two fairly good groupings of Purcells in Jasper CO., particularly in a town called Purcell (this Family/Town name duality
is probably not a coincidence) however, I can’t find any connection with our
Thomas Purcell, 1874-1902. I haven’t located Thomas on any census but perhaps
he also just lived in the area.