Today’s Tombstone Tuesday post is for Lawrence Emael Johnson. He is my biological great great grandfather. I never did get to know this branch on the family tree because of a messy divorce. He was born 2 Sep 1888 in Preston Franklin Co., Idaho, USA. I am still working on getting more details on him and would love to hear from any possible relatives out there who may read this. He served in World War 1 as you can see from his tombstone. I am told by my Grandmother that he sipped and fell in a Sears department store in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, USA and badly injured himself and later died of those injuries on 16 Nov 1959. He is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, USA.

My find a grave memorial link:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13924074

Sylvester Henry Earl front of headstone

Sylvester Henry Earl back of headstone

Sylvester Henry Earl was born on 16 Aug 1815 in Scioto County, Ohio, USA. He died 23 July 1873 Middleton, Emery, Utah, USA. He is my great great great grandfather. He was a Mormon Pioneer and was part of the original party to enter the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. After several years he and his family were asked to go settle St. George in Southern Utah.

I went to visit his grave this last memorial day down in St. George. It was a great memorial day to visit graves of other ancestors I usually don’t get around to.