Lest Emma and Minnie Loveless are not Forgotten
This post is to honor and remember two young daughters of Ebenezer Loveless and his wife, Eliza A. Rodgers. Emma Loveless appeared in the 1880 household of Ebenezer and his wife as a six-year-old born in Arkansas. She had two younger siblings, George A., aged 5, and Arthur, aged 1. [1] She does not appear in another census and died sometime after this census entry. A search at Find a Grave brought up a memorial for Emma with a photo of her gravestone, located in Springhill Cemetery in Faulker County. [2] It states: EMMA & MINNIE Daughters of Rev. & Mrs. Eb. LOVELESS Here is the photo of stone I took in 2015. There is no birth or death date for either girl. This introduced another daughter, Minnie, who was dead before 1880. There is no clue as to when this stone was created, though to my untrained eye, it appears more modern than the supposed death dates. Another clue to it being placed later in time is having no dates on the stone, so perhaps the family forgot the ac...