Boschong Subscribers, The newspaper article in the Shenandoah Herald is definitely not this Joseph, so I wonder who that Joseph Bushong could be? There are a few errors in the research of Joseph Sylvester Bushong and wife Caroline Matilda Hall that we are determined to straighten out. First of all they had two daughters, one of which was Ethel who died in 1890 in West Virginia and the other Estella "Stella" who died in 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio. The girl buried in Beauchamp Cemetery in 1890 is not Stella but Ethel Bushong and the girl buried in 1912 at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio is Estella "Stella" Bushong. We believe the information on the website for the Beauchamp Cemetery in Wirt County, West Virginia is incorrect. Here is what they have: Website for BEAUCHAMP CEMETERY Wirt County, West Virginia State Route 14 in Elizabeth near Tucker Creek Stella Bushong {NOTE: This should be Ethel} 1884 1890 Chester Arthur Bushong Died 5 October 1890 We need to find out where this information came from. Was it submitted by a researcher, read from the actual tombstone since it is not correct. We do know that Estella "Stella" Bushong, d/o of Joseph Sylvester Bushong and Caroline Matilda (Hall) Bushong died in Cleveland, Ohio in 1912 and is buried at Lake View Cemetery. That is a given as we have seen her death certificate. --------------------------- Diane sent me this: ESTELLA (STELLA), b. 9/7/1884 in Parkersburg, WV, d. 2/3/1912 in Huron Road Hospital, Cleveland, OH, d. from complications of appendicitis, buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH, clerk, on 1900 census she is living with Christopher Wells' family in Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH as a boarder, decorator of pottery ETHEL, b. 12/20/1886 in Wirt Co., WV, d. 10/15/1890, d. of croup, buried in Beauchamp Cemetery, Wirt Co., WV [website says Stella} ------------------------------- Meanwhile here is a transcription of a copy of the death record for Joseph Sylvester Bushong and Caroline Matilda Hall. Note that it states that Jos. Bushon was born in Pennsylvania which is strange since all the census state Ohio. I called the Cedar Grove Methodist Church in Parkersburg, and talked to their secretary who was extremely nice and is going to look to see if the church kept a cemetery book for Cedar Grove Cemetery plus she is going to the cemetery sometime this week to do a rubbing to see if the fellow buried there is Joseph Sylvester Bushong. The tombstone is in bad shape and according to FindAGrave has another name on it. ------------------------- Death Registry of Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia Page 244, Entry #18 NAME: Jos. Bushon Male, White, Laborer, Widowed, Age 60 years, Born Pennsylvania Date of Death: 28 October 1898 Cause of Death: Urinary Place of Death: Parkersburg, West Virginia Resident of Wood County: 30 years No place of burial indicated Undertaker: G. W. Bent Medical Doctor: J. Davidson Death Registry of Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia Page 242, Entry #17 NAME: Caroline M. Bushon Female, White, Housewife, Married, Age 51 years, Born West Virginia Date of Death: 12 September 1895 Cause of Death: Change of Life Place of Death: Parkersburg, West Virginia Resident of Wood County: Life No place of burial indicated Undertaker: Dave & C Medical Doctor: F. C. Dennison -------------------------- Copied from material sent to me by Diane and Submitted by Gloria Bushong