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RE: headstone - 12/12/2007 1:05:01 PM    L C   Posts: 1584 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline I found a five gallon bucket full of these Veteran grave markers about ten years ago in a junk yard. I could not believe someone had sold them for scrap metal. There were markers for Civil War - WW1 - WW2 - Korean War. I bought them from the propriator, and broght them home and gave them to my local V. F. W. They were happy to get them to put on the graves of Our Veterans. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 21

RE: headstone - 12/12/2007 2:15:02 PM    rlo   Posts: 321 Joined: 12/9/2007 From: the boot heel Status: offline that's so disgusting someone would do that!  it's right up there w/ the protesters at our soldiers funerals!  Thank you for caring enough to buy the markers & give them to vets  Kuddos to you (in reply to L C) Post #: 22

RE: headstone - 12/12/2007 7:27:21 PM    L C   Posts: 1584 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline Well, I am a Vet myself, so I took it kind of personally, but I got them out of there and into the proper hands, so that is all that mattered. (in reply to rlo) Post #: 23

RE: headstone - 2/20/2008 2:44:30 PM    aridice53   Posts: 150 Joined: 2/20/2008 From: Huntsville, AL Status: offline Hi All, I found this site researching bottles and found these posts referring to headstones. Please, please, please, try to carry a camera with you, and try to get readable pictures of the info on the stones, or, if its just a few stones, jot down the info. You can turn it in the the local historical society, or if you'd like, send it to me and I'll see its posted to the proper web site. I never thought of this before I read these posts. As a genealogist I can tell you that it could really make someones day to find an ancestor's grave. Thanks Char  (in reply to L C) Post #: 24

RE: headstone - 2/20/2008 3:44:16 PM    JGUIS   Posts: 1705 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline That website would be www.findagrave.com _____________________________ A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and gives a fool something to stick in his mouth. (in reply to aridice53) Post #: 25

RE: headstone - 2/20/2008 5:10:14 PM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline I would call the law and report the jerk who bought them for scrap and they will find out where they came from. It just happens to be against the law to deface or other wise destroy a veterns grave site. They are concidered historical. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to JGUIS) Post #: 26

RE: headstone - 2/21/2008 3:59:04 AM    aridice53   Posts: 150 Joined: 2/20/2008 From: Huntsville, AL Status: offline Exactly Josh! Thanks  I also post to the US Genweb. Char (in reply to JGUIS) Post #: 27

RE: headstone - 2/27/2008 12:42:43 PM    JGUIS   Posts: 1705 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: bottle34nut anyone ever find one of these lying around? What is the fathers first name?  I can't read it, and can't find info on the mother or daughter.  _____________________________ A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and gives a fool something to stick in his mouth. (in reply to bottle34nut) Post #: 28

RE: headstone - 2/27/2008 2:24:54 PM    aridice53   Posts: 150 Joined: 2/20/2008 From: Huntsville, AL Status: offline Hi Greg, Can you tell us where you found it, I mean generally, as in county, and what the parents names are??  Please Char (in reply to bottle34nut) Post #: 29

RE: headstone - 2/27/2008 4:29:36 PM    NCdigger5 Posts: 514 Joined: 2/9/2008 Status: offline Hey everyone, I found a graveyard near my house not long ago. You could read a couple of the tombstones and it said they died in 1860. It's pretty cool. _____________________________ Dump after dump, privy after privy, diggin up treasure one bottle at a time. Ryan (in reply to aridice53) Post #: 30

RE: headstone - 2/27/2008 4:49:24 PM    aridice53   Posts: 150 Joined: 2/20/2008 From: Huntsville, AL Status: offline Hey Ryan, If its not too much trouble, can you get more info, like names, dates and location. Pics would really be wonderful. It means a lot to me, because I moved here to AL ro research my ancestors, they were here 1810-1860s. And I have found nary a stone for any of them. Most were probably buried in graves marked with field stones, or off in a long forgotten little cemetery like the one you've found. I try to get these graves posted online for other people, and hopefully someone will find my people one day and post the info for me. Thanks, Char (in reply to NCdigger5) Post #: 31

RE: headstone - 2/28/2008 9:45:24 PM    NCdigger5 Posts: 514 Joined: 2/9/2008 Status: offline Hey aridice, one of them that I could read said Elizabeth Rogers born in 1827 and died in 1860. The graveyard is in Raleigh and it is in the woods. I will try to get pics for you. Alot of the stones were unamed infants. Kind of sad. < Message edited by NCdigger5 -- 2/28/2008 9:46:46 PM > _____________________________ Dump after dump, privy after privy, diggin up treasure one bottle at a time. Ryan (in reply to aridice53) Post #: 32

RE: headstone - 2/28/2008 9:55:36 PM    L C   Posts: 1584 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline There is an old graveyard a mile or so from me, with some of the stones dating into the late 1700s. The biggest portion of all the graves in that cemetery are children. Collera epidemic. (in reply to NCdigger5) Post #: 33

RE: headstone - 2/28/2008 10:19:23 PM    aridice53   Posts: 150 Joined: 2/20/2008 From: Huntsville, AL Status: offline Thanks Ryan!!! I really appreciate that. I'll hold onto this til you get a chance to check out the others, then I'll post all the info on the NC Genweb page. It might really help someone. I know what you and Lou mean about the babies. One of the things I do is document old cemeteries, and sometimes it gets really depressing. Now, I don't mean for ya'll to get info on cemeteries that are out on the roadside and available, (unless you'd like to!) I'm talking about when you come across a stone or two hidden back in the woods and such, or buried in someones yard. Its invaluable info for a genealogist!! Thanks again!! Char (in reply to NCdigger5) Post #: 34

RE: headstone - 2/29/2008 12:19:00 AM    RedGinger   Posts: 992 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline It is so sad, but fascinating to read what the stones say.  When I was little, my Grandfather would take me to old cemeteries with paper and charcoal and we'd copy them.  There are some beautifully written epitaphs in New England. http://www.gravematter.com/ _____________________________ [link] [/link] (in reply to aridice53) Post #: 35

RE: headstone - 2/29/2008 12:36:25 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Headstones. Yup, I found one and took it home, ground my pets name into it. NOT, I did take one home and repair it and put it back. It was in three pieces and they were found more than a few feet apart because it had shifted so far. I may have missed a little in the yard but I tried. I later called the historical society and we all got together and tried to do the rest. It was very cool. Vet markers Also, found them on the side of the road and at the dump. It doesn't matter where you return them. The VA is just as willing as the American Leigion or the Elks for that matter. They all care, just give them back to someone who isn't an A h-- that took them. _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 36

RE: headstone - 2/29/2008 7:25:12 PM    TROG   Posts: 262 Joined: 9/27/2004 From: South Australia Status: offline This is a photo of a headstone with a great epitah that I took in outback New South Wales , Australia a couple of years ago Attachment (1) _____________________________ AMERICAN POT LIDS WANTED (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 37

RE: headstone - 2/29/2008 7:44:38 PM    aridice53   Posts: 150 Joined: 2/20/2008 From: Huntsville, AL Status: offline Hi David, That's a beautiful stone and wonderful sentiment! Thanks for sharing it! Char (in reply to TROG) Post #: 38

RE: headstone - 2/29/2008 10:13:23 PM    NCdigger5 Posts: 514 Joined: 2/9/2008 Status: offline Hey aridice here are some pics.                                   Attachment (1) _____________________________ Dump after dump, privy after privy, diggin up treasure one bottle at a time. Ryan (in reply to aridice53) Post #: 39

RE: headstone - 2/29/2008 10:15:52 PM    NCdigger5 Posts: 514 Joined: 2/9/2008 Status: offline That was Elizabeth E. Rodgers. 1839-1860.  My mistake. This gravesite is in between Raleigh, Durham, and Wake Forest. _____________________________ Dump after dump, privy after privy, diggin up treasure one bottle at a time. Ryan (in reply to NCdigger5) Post #: 40

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