Could it be as obvious as "Deceased"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phyllis Miller Fleming" <PhyllisMillerFleming(a)starband.net>
To: <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: [INSHELBY] Re: Tombstone inscription help
Anyone recognize 'Des.' ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adina Watkins Dyer" <adyer(a)insightbb.com>
> I'm currently reading and transcribing tombstone photos I took at the
> Indiana State Soldiers Home in West Lafayette and have come across one
for
a
> wife I've never seen before. It reads:
> Sidney Faulk
> Des. Wife of
> S.X. Faulk
> Died Sept. 7, 1920
>
> Anyone have any idea what the Des. might stand for?
>
> Thanks!
> Adina Dyer, Tippecanoe County
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