Nancy Belle Minor - Janesville Cemetery - Janesville, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
N 40° 18.150 W 120° 31.625
10T E 710163 N 4464267
This is the only zinc headstone in this pioneer cemetery and of a mother and infant daughter.
Waymark Code: WMNTA0
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 1

Located in Janesville Cemetery, established in 1863, is the zinc headstone of a mother and infant daughter who passed away two days apart. The back of the headstone reads:

INFANT,
DECEASED
FEB. 19, 1899.

The front of the headstone reads:

N. B.,
WIFE OF
J. H.
MINOR,
BORN
NOV. 3, 1855,
DIED
FEB. 21, 1899,
AGED
43 YEARS, 3 MO'S,
18 DAYS.
CHRIST IS MY HOPE

I found it very unusual to see a woman at that age having a baby, especially in 1899. She obviously died from complications of childbirth. Nancy Minor has a page on FindaGrave.com here.

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