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Went to an old Cemetery Today
Horse Plains Drifter
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We recently discovered one of my wife's ancestors is buried in a country cemetery about an hour away. The fella's name is Noah Packwood, and one of his sisters is my wife's GG Grandmother.
This is an awesome hand made gate. The letters and all the uprights are made of cable. The cemetery has about 60-70 graves I would estimate. Noah's grave is the second oldest burial date at 1914, and the oldest we found was 1912.
The stone reads:
"Noah Packwood
1841-1917
Mary M His Wife
1840-1924"
Noah was three years old when his family left Missouri and traveled in a wagon train across the Oregon Trail in 1844, the second year the trail was open. Noah's father William (Billy) Packwood is the namesake of the town of Packwood, Washington.
Now a question. Should we clean that headstone? If so, what should we use?
This is an awesome hand made gate. The letters and all the uprights are made of cable. The cemetery has about 60-70 graves I would estimate. Noah's grave is the second oldest burial date at 1914, and the oldest we found was 1912.
The stone reads:
"Noah Packwood
1841-1917
Mary M His Wife
1840-1924"
Noah was three years old when his family left Missouri and traveled in a wagon train across the Oregon Trail in 1844, the second year the trail was open. Noah's father William (Billy) Packwood is the namesake of the town of Packwood, Washington.
Now a question. Should we clean that headstone? If so, what should we use?
Comments
I love going to the old cemetaries. Here is the grave of my great great great grandfather Norman Lewis.
Sun Prairie Wisconsin. Norman died in 1860. His son David Lewis homesteaded in Mina South Dakota in 1882.
we have a old family grave yard in Tennessee I am not even sure who all is burred there I know my grandfather and mother on dads side it dads side of the family I was about 12 or so when grandpa passed on but mom staid with us kids in the car at the foot of the mountain so I have never got to visit . I took may dad before he passed but he did not want to go ( I understood when your about to go you need no reminding ) its Leach mountain and I know a strip mine took it over many years ago except the graves so I ask my oldest son who is also interested to make a trip this summer to visit my older brother's grave in a small church yard ( clearfield tnn ) that's close by the other grave yard .
I was raised that you should keep headstones clean. It's respectful to the deceased, and also preserves the history and beauty of the cemetery.
there are three old graveyards on my farm . One dates back far enough that there are no headstones on some of the graves , just remnants of wooden crosses . Others date back into the 1860,s . Last one I have dated is around the 1920’s . None of the names are ones I recognize
I went back to that area probably 10 years later and someone had up righted all the markers and restored the place back into an acceptable cemetery.
I was in Prague a couple years ago and Kimi hooked me up with some family history and the tiny village where my Great Grandfather came from. We spent half a day in an extremely old cemetery looking for relatives headstones. It was a very special day.......
Missourians.
Here sleeps in Jesus united to Him by Faith and the Graces of a Christian life, all that was Mortal of Ms Ann Burges one the tender and affectionate wife of the Rev Henry John Burges of the Isle of Wight. She died 25 Dec 1771 in giving birth to an infant daugher: who refts (rest) in her arms; She here waits the tranfporting moment when the Trump of God fhall call her forth to Glory. Honour y Immortality Oh Death where is thy Sting? Oh Grave where is thy Victory.