Today's tombstone belongs to my great great grandmother
Luella "Ella" Daniel 1868-1906
She is buried in Clarksburg United Methodist Church graveyard
in Deltaville, Va
She was the first wife of John Aaron Jackson, Sr.
Ella was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star
which is shown on her headstone.
The Order of the Eastern Star is appendant body of the Freemasons that was started in 1850
but wasn't an approved appendant body of the Freemasons until 1873.
The Order of the Eastern Star was open to both men and women.
Men had to be Master Masons to join,
and women had to have a significant relationship
with a mason to join.
Ella's headstone is a newer addition
having been added long after she was buried.
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