Tombstone Tuesday~Lauretta Hurst

Lauretta Hurst

b. 1831

d. 8 August 1863

bu. Hurst Family Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Lauretta Hurst was born about 1831, a daughter of  Isaac Hurst and Henrietta “Ritta”  Rivers. Lauretta was the third born of eight children; 4 sons and 4 daughters. 

Lauretta Hurst married George R. Boatwright about 1852; their first born, a daughter named Elizabeth R. was born in 1853. They would go on the have a family of six children; 4 daughters and 2 sons.

Lauretta died 8 August 1863, approximately one year after the birth of their sixth child.  George remained a widower  until his death on 9 April 1894. George and Lauretta are buried in the Hurst  Family Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹



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[1] Tombstone, Hurst Family Cemetery - Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 June 2012); Memorial page for Lauretta Hurst Boatwright; (about 1831–8 August 1863); Find a Grave memorial # 43479036, Citing Hurst Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.