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From: "Tom James" <>
Subject: RE: [ILHAMILT-L] Headstone expert? RE MUNSELL Cemetery stones
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:40:05 -0600
In-Reply-To: <859C1BF4-2F4D-11D8-B7A4-000393034BE4@indiana.edu>


If the V is a U as it would be in Latin, the inscription CVM would be
CUM, which means "combined with". Could this then indicate a marriage
date? On the other, if the V is a U, the UM could stand for the word
about or around. Could this be like putting a c. before a date? These
are just guesses. What do you think?

-----Original Message-----
From: cordah [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:25 PM
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Subject: [ILHAMILT-L] Headstone expert? RE MUNSELL Cemetery stones

List,

Recently my cousin took some digital images of family stones in the
MUNSELL Cemetery. Two of the stones have inscriptions - a date and
initials - but the other information is incomplete or ambiguous. We
have thought that perhaps they are not grave markers.

If there is someone on the list who is familiar with carving styles and
the types of stones found in Hamilton County's early cemeteries, could
you take a look at these stones online? I have created a web page with
the two similar stones side-by-side, and underneath, four other family
stones in the same cemetery for comparison, along with the dates.

http://php.indiana.edu/~cordah/munsell/markers.html

Thanks in advance,

Cordah R
Bloomington, IN


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