Peggy pointing to probable burial place of Perris Augustus Paul, her great-great-grandfather who was born this day in 1809 in Vermont.
Perris Augustus Paul b. 20 Mar. 1809, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont; d. 2 Jan. 1883 (or 1882), Monroe Township, Anderson Co., Kansas [father of 8 James Benjamin Paul; son of 32 Peter Paul and 33 Abigail Adams Paul].
This is the marker for Elisabeth Paul, Perris' wife and Peggy's great-great-grandmother. It is next to an open area in the Paul plot. Many markers are sunken or broken or missing. It is almost certain this is the P. A. Paul plot. This is Judy Cemetery, Anderson County, Kansas.
From his Find a Grave page (Memorial# 31054207):
"Peris Augustus Paul was born on 20 March 1809 in Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, son of Peter Paul and Abigail Adams who were early settlers of southern Ohio while the region was still a frontier. Like so many pioneer families, their children and grandchildren pushed even further west, some all the way to the Pacific coast. In early 1858 Peris said farewell to his Ohio home and moved his family by boat down the Ohio River and up the Missouri as far as Kansas City, then down to Anderson County, Kansas. Peris purchased 160 acres for $600.00 cash on 16 December 1858. The deed was recorded 20 February 1863 in Anderson County and described the land as the North East quarter of section twenty three in Township twenty of Range twenty. This was in Monroe Township, about 5 miles northeast of Garnett, Kansas. Peris farmed all his life and raised a large family. He was living in Monroe township at the time of his death on 2 January 1883. He had purchased a cemetery plot in nearby Canton or Judy Cemetery and although there is no marker remaining, it is certain he is buried next to his wife, Elisabeth (Monroe) Paul. Peris and Elisabeth had eleven children."
—Vern Paul, Find a Grave Memorial# 31054207
