above -M. Pointer Grave marker for Sarah E. Pointer, wife of Meredith who died December 23, 1897.

The Meredith Pointer family were early residents of Moundville. The 1850 census for Garrard County, Kentucky shows 20 year old Meredith Pointer living with his parents and brothers and sisters. In the 1870 census, we find Meredith, his wife and 3 young children living with his parents in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois: John Pointer, age 69, born Kentucky Amie Pointer, age 67, born Kentucky Mary Pointer, age 36, born Kentucky Susan Pointer, age 24, born Kentucky M. Pointer, age 39, born Kentucky (this is Meredith) S. E. Pointer, age 26, born Kentucky (this is Sarah) C. Pointer, age 4, born Illinois A. B. Pointer, age 2, born Illinois L. Pointer, age 3/12, born Illinois The 1880 census lists them in Missouri in Moundville Township: Meredith Pointer, age 49, born Kentucky Sarah E. Pointer, age 36, born North Carolina Agnes Pointer, age 12, born in Illinois Ruthie Pointer, age 10, born in Illinois (census taker said she had chicken pox) Minnie Pointer, age 8, born in Illinois Ollie Pointer, age 7, born in Missouri (census says he was a ward and his fathr had been born in England. The grave markers on this page are from Moundville Cemetery. This tells us that the family had come to Moundville at least by 1879. It is notable that Clara died December 4, 1879 and her mother, Sarah died December 23, 1897. The 1900 census shows Meredith as a widower living with his daughter and son-in-law, James and Minnie Harkrader at Moundville. The flat grave marker, upper left, appears to be a replacement stone and is for Meredith Pointer. The dates are 1830 - 1919. Nancy Thompson sent this correction, The gravestone for M. Pointer has an incorrect year of death. Death certificate says 1918 (not 1919). Death certificate is indexed Meridth Pointer. That would be an expected mistake with a gravestone being placed several years later -- all they could probably remember was that he died that winter.  The death certificate tells that Meredith died November 30, 1918. The informant was Lee Ramsay, but it does not give much information.

The grave marker for Clara E. Pointer who had died December 4, 1879 at the age of 7 years, 5 months and 27 days.