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From: The Goughs <>
Subject: [MDCHARLE] John William Daft/Daff, Upshur Co. WV]
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:01:13 -0500


Hi, I received this from the Daft list and thought somebody might be
interested. John William Daft sounds like he might be one of our
Maryland Dafts.


Mike

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Subject: Re: [DAFT] John William Daft/Daff, Upshur Co. WV
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:01:56 -0000
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Author: KathleenFitzgerald44
Surnames: Daff, Daft
Classification: cemetery

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http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.daft/34.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx

Message Board Post:

Hi there,
I recently visited the "Old Sines Cemetery" deep in the woods south of Goshen in the Banks District od Upshur Co. WV. The cemetery consists of 5 marked graves and at least 14 unmarked graves by my count.
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Among the marked graves was that of John William Daff/Daft.
As you'll see in the 1st attached photo, his grave had formerly been "unmarked". The old rough field stones (serving as his head & footstones) are still in place. Behind his original headstone stands fairly new marble military headstone.
Note that his surname was spelled Daff rather then Daft.
The second photo is a close-up of that headstone.
I do not know if Major Daft's wives are buried there. If they are.... their graves are unmarked. One of his grandsons, Boyd Daff (s/o Syrus J. Daff) has a marked grave there, however. See the 3rd attached photo below.
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Bye for now,
Kathleen

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