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Author: scarpenter47119
Surnames: Christopher
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It has been my experience in Floyd county to find many obituaries listed exactly one year
before the death dste on the stone. This was mainly during the Civil War years. Evidently,
few records were accurately kept, if at all. I don't believe a death could be
predicted, therefore I would believe a newspaper account would be likely more correct than
a marker, which could be erected any time after the death. I could be wrong in my opinion.
But the newspapers are dated. (The record books at the Fairview Cemetery have the same
problem, So I am assuming any cemetery in New Albany would have the same problem.)
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