101 - Delila E. Baylor - Purdy, MO USA - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

Delila was born in Indiana to the Greer or Grier family on 5 October 1821. Her hard-to-read grave marker says:

DELILA E. GREER WIFE OF A. C. TAYLOR OCT. 5 1821 NOV. [1]3 1922

but names were often spelled different ways when family members were not literate. She married Alby C. Baylor (1819-1894) on 18 August 1842 when Delila was 20 years old and Alby was 23.

Alby passed away when he was 75 years old and Delila was 73 years old. Delila continued on until either 3 or 13 November 1922 (our photo and careful study of the marker when we were there did not have a clear 1 in front of the 3), being over 101 years old.

The Goodnight Cemetery is mowed, but on this our second visit to the cemetery it was not weed-wacked. All of the horizontal markers, and even some of the shorter vertical markers, were well hidden in the weeds on this visit to the cemetery. We had to keep digging through the grass to find the markers, which are heavily coated with lichens. Hopefully the coordinates and the context photo will assist the visitor in finding this horizontal marker. It also helps if the weeds are down -- either by the season or by someone using the weed wacker. Also, please note from the cemetery waymark that a low-slung car should not be used to drive to this cemetery.

Location of Headstone: Cemetery

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