Bemis

Charles M. Bemis was born 31 Dec 1866 and died 21 Jun 1877. He is buried at the Black Walnut Cemetery as documented by Mary Johnson McElhiney in Gone But Not Forgotten. She lists a grave stone with his name and son of M. & B. Bemis.

 

As best we can establish from census records and death certificates for some of his siblings, we have identified his mother as Ruth McBride Bemis and his father as Martin Bemis. Perhaps the B for his mother was a typo or if the stone was in bad condition the R appeared as a B? During the cemetery restoration of 2020-2021, only the bottom half of the grave stone was located, so our mystery remains to be solved.