Do I add this person to the cemetery that has her memorial?

Question

So far no known gravestone for her where she died in Missouri. Her husband put up a memorial stone for her from her children when they reached Oregon in the Union Point Cemetery in Brownsville, Oregon. Stewart-10313.

Answer 1

It sounds like she may have died during a journey by wagon train.  Use the memorial stone as a marker for her.

Comments

No she did not die in the wagon train in 1851. She died definitely in Missouri many years before.

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I read her profile. Is it possible they had a residence in MO and she was laid to rest in a marked grave on the land they owned. They used to do this a long time ago.

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Yes, I considered that too because the entire Keeney family had farm lands at the time in Missouri. The family was hard hit by TB and several men and assorted others died of the disease in the same year that she died in childbirth. The men don't have grave markers in Missouri either; so probably done on private land. My searches have turned up empty on all of them at that time in MO. I think I'll just put her in the category with the rest of her family members who have markers there and if someone disagrees they can remove it later. There's a photo of the memorial. It's quite elaborate. Why would they erect such a thing if there was another in MO? Her husband was left at the time with a newborn infant and another small child and lost his father and two brothers all in a matter of weeks leaving tons of widows and orphans in the family to be responsible for. I can see why he may not have been able to memorialize his wife at that time the way he wanted to. Thank you for your input.

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you are welcome. 

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If you are creating a FAG memorial, you can include text that states her grave at the memorial may be empty and include the info you gave above.  I've created memorials for those whose ashes were scattered and lost at sea.  FAG wants to memorialize all our dead, even those without a grave.