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Portsmouth, Virginia: Finding ancestors, Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex

July 4, 2007February 12, 2019 / monterey38

Orton Mt. Calvary Copyright Nadia Orton — Great-great-great-grandfather Max J. Orton (1850-1902), USN

Orton Mt. Calvary Copyright Nadia K. Orton — Great-great-great-grandmother Jerusha Copeland Orton (ca. 1864-1928)

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