John was living in Cowlitz County, Washington, in 1880. He was working as a laborer, was 31 years old, and it appears he was boarding with a teacher and his wife. Two years later, he married Sarah Catherine Briody in Astoria, Oregon. In 1900, his family was living in Puyallup in Pierce County, Washington. He was a farmer and rented his home. The 1900 census stated he was born October 1849 in Indiana; however, his son stated he was born October 6, 1848. He died at the age of 58 years of age in Ellensburg.
OBIT:
John W. Nails died last Saturday and was buried from the Methodist Church on Tuesday. He was 58 years old.
[The Ellensburg Capital, September 23, 1908]
OBIT:
John W. Nails died last Saturday and was buried from the Methodist Church on Tuesday. He was 58 years old.
[The Ellensburg Capital, September 23, 1908]
John was living in Cowlitz County, Washington, in 1880. He was working as a laborer, was 31 years old, and it appears he was boarding with a teacher and his wife. Two years later, he married Sarah Catherine Briody in Astoria, Oregon. In 1900, his family was living in Puyallup in Pierce County, Washington. He was a farmer and rented his home. The 1900 census stated he was born October 1849 in Indiana; however, his son stated he was born October 6, 1848. He died at the age of 58 years of age in Ellensburg.
OBIT:
John W. Nails died last Saturday and was buried from the Methodist Church on Tuesday. He was 58 years old.
[The Ellensburg Capital, September 23, 1908]
OBIT:
John W. Nails died last Saturday and was buried from the Methodist Church on Tuesday. He was 58 years old.
[The Ellensburg Capital, September 23, 1908]
Gravesite Details
Cemetery cement marker "J W NAILS" - located between the Shoudys (founders of Ellensburg) and Elmer & Maria Stickney graves (wife's sister)
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