Thursday, February 23, 2006


Annie L. Mallory and Jessie Mallory Thayer commissioned this magnificent Celtic cross to mark the graves of Smith H. Mallory and his son-in-law, Deming Jarves Tayer, in the Chariton Cemetery. It was erected between their graves, and "Thayer" is inscribed on what then was its north face. The material appears to be the same Colorado red granite used for the exterior of St. Andrews Episcopal Church. During 1920, Jessie had her father's body exhumed and cremated and this monument dismantled and shipped to Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida, where it was re-erected and Smith's ashes buried beside it. The bodies of Deming Thayer and Louise Mallory Thayer, stillborn daughter of Deming and Jessie, were left undisturbed in the Chariton Cemetery. Posted by Picasa

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