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Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The first photo I'm adding was taken in 1947 in TN where a lot of our ancestors are buried. My brother, sis and I went to find our roots in TN a few years ago, and searched long and hard for Mt. Moriah cemetery. We had basic directions in family records as to where the cemetery was, and finally found it when we went exploring through the underbrush. It is so sad that it was neglected and is almost lost to the elements.Mt Moriah 1047

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's what was found of Mt. Moriah in 2000:

Mt Moriah 2000

Mt Moriah 2 2000

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And here's a technique my brother uses to read some of the older stones. If you apply a little foam shaving cream and scrape it off with a rubber squeegee you can read even the lightest inscription. Take some bottles of water and a scrub brush to lightly remove the shaving cream when you are finished...



Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oops, posted before I uploaded...

view

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
it says 'wife of' but i swear it says '11 years, 9 mos & 13 days'. i know people married early back then, but was she really not even 12?
the shaving cream is a great idea and not harmful at all; if anything, it probably cleans the stone up a little.
wow, the cemetery sure became overgrown and seemingly forgotten over the years!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh, the old family cemetery in french gulch (the town that mostly burned down in august) is amazing to go through. i can't believe how many infants were lost before their first birthdays. it is unfortunate that over the years some unruly teens have overturned some of the statuary and marked some of the gravesites with graffiti.
this cemetery is up a long hilly path in the trees. it is difficult to walk this path without carrying a casket. i can only imagine the trek in the 1800's carrying the casket.
most of the cemetery consists of our irish ancestors, the feeney name is fairly common.
i believe the newer cemetery at the other end of the tiny town, and on a dirt road, was created about 1920 or so.


Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, I had to go back and look at my geneology records to see how old Nancy was. She was 44, and with that in mind you can kind of see that they were 4s instead of 1s (squint a little, lol)

...and she was my great, great, great grandmother!

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think that "aged" date on the above tombstone that Cathie posted might be 44 and not 11? If you look at the other 1's in the dates they seem to curve more to the right than the "1"s in the age, which makes me think they aren't 1's.

edited to add... oops too slow, Cathie was answering while I was looking and posting.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's another (not sure at the moment how many great-greats he was) ancestor who served in the revolutionary war...

john

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Uh-oh.......... I've killed the cemetery thread!!!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL!!! Not at all, Cathie! I'm loving all of the pics!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
mystery

I don't know who Pratt was but there are a bunch of them all around this monument. Or as Chris kept saying 'Rich dead people'! LOL

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok here is a "fun" picture for everyone...

About 5 years ago, I got a brand new poloroid camera. I wanted to test it out to see if it worked, so i just shot a picture at my (very old) TV. This is what came up...














ghost






I have no idea who this person is and my TV was turned off AND unplugged. HMMMMM.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just wanna know who the pic on the top of the tv is. Nice afro.

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL thats my grandpa, no afro though, I think its a shadow lol.

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh and my mom says it's the ghost of Elvis haunting her house, lol.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, October 29, 2004 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sure doesn't look like Elvis to me but its very creepy!