Bouton, Lura May

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Gravestone of Lura May Bouton

Life & Death

Lura May Bouton was born January 25, 1885, in Norton Hill, Greene County, New York, the only daughter of Edgar Harry Bouton and Rossetta Tallman. She died on April 4, 1885, in Berne.

Burial

Lura is buried in Huntersland Christian Cemetery in Berne. Her gravestone reads "Lura May dau of Edgar H. & Rosetta Bouton, Died, April 14, 1885, aged 2 m's 20 d's"

Noted Discrepancy

The book "Bouton-Boughton Family", by James Boughton, published in 1890 records Lura May's death at April 14, 1884, one year earlier than her gravestone reads.