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Cathie
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08-16-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:37 pm
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.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:39 pm
Here's what was found of Mt. Moriah in 2000:

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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:46 pm
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...
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:48 pm
oops, posted before I uploaded...

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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:04 pm
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!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:10 pm
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.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:17 pm
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!
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:19 pm
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.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:33 pm
Here's another (not sure at the moment how many great-greats he was) ancestor who served in the revolutionary war...

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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 5:35 pm
Uh-oh.......... I've killed the cemetery thread!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:02 pm
ROFL!!! Not at all, Cathie! I'm loving all of the pics!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:40 pm
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
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Monkeyboy
Member
05-27-2001
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:19 pm
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...
I have no idea who this person is and my TV was turned off AND unplugged. HMMMMM.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:25 pm
I just wanna know who the pic on the top of the tv is. Nice afro.
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Monkeyboy
Member
05-27-2001
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:28 pm
ROFL thats my grandpa, no afro though, I think its a shadow lol.
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Monkeyboy
Member
05-27-2001
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:36 pm
Oh and my mom says it's the ghost of Elvis haunting her house, lol.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, October 29, 2004 - 11:47 am
Sure doesn't look like Elvis to me but its very creepy!
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