So who was responsible for the Tue family Utica burials? Family? Church? Undertaker? Social services? Maybe the Woodmen Society
I found my great-great grandfather's stone in the middle of the woods after talking with the local junkyard owner, (two geezers on the porch who I stopped to talk with, brothers who used to run by the "scary place" as boys, on their way to a fishing hole!). When I found it the next spring there were flowers planted around it.
No idea who was responsible for the burials. Probably a case by case basis for those who remain.
The Sexon is looking up records for Enoch's burial but have not heard back yet. I just suspect our master engraver friend was a starving artist with minimal means. The Sexton did say unmarked graves are fairly common, mostly for financial reasons is believed.
James' stone may have been a product of the Woodmen of the World group to which he belonged. He and Enoch were members of the Foresters Association in Utica in the early 1900's. Both men's civic do-gooders groups.
Mary T. Tue was probably taken care of by here family in Buffalo.
Jennie Tue is unmarked also in Utica. Both Enoch and William Henry were both still in Utica at that time, so,... ??
William Henry's 4x4 marker In CA appears to have been updated/placed at a later date along with his family.
During the research project I did come in contact with William Henry's G-G-Grandchildren, a young man and young woman. Neither was interested in participating and were fairly hostile. Research ain't for everyone.
btw - William Henry's G-G-Grandchildren did not receive a complementary engraving book either!
