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From: linda welden <>
Subject: [Fwd: Old Bones Cemetery List]
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 23:50:02 -0700


Hi All!! A forward to the list.
THANKS!!
Linda

wrote:

> I have found my ancestors in quite a few cemeteries. Most gravesites
> are in good condition, and are in maintained cemeteries. But some are
> not. I have found:
>
> * Stones so covered with lichens as to be unreadable;
> * Inscriptions weathered away (Marble is especially susceptable);
> * Stones vandalized and broken;
> * A broken stone that had been repaired (badly) with metal clamps (I
> would like to have this one replaced, with the concurrance of other
> descendants);
> * Coffins that have caved in and caused the headstone to tilt. This
> seems to be common with older graves that didn't use concrete
> vaults. In one such case (not one of my relatives), the settlement
> caused a large, multipiece marker to collapse in pieces);
> * An entire small cemetery totally overgrown and neglected.
>
> On the positive side, one old cemetery that had been neglected, was
> taken over by a newly-formed cemetery association. They cleaned up
> the cemetery, provided a fence, repaired and cleaned stones, built a
> very nice gate, and got the state (Texas) to erect a marker to honor
> the Texas pioneers who were buried there. I am a member of the
> association. I live too far away to contribute my labor, but I help
> financially. Recently, the Daughters of the Confederacy placed bronze
> markers on the graves of Confederate veterans in this cemetery. They
> missed two - my g. grandfather and his brother - but I intend to have
> that corrected.
>
> I look forward to your discussions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Joseph Vaughan Patterson (Joe)
>
>

--
Linda CONAWAY Welden





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