Cemetery for Sale on EBay

Ebay item

The cemetery is registered as “Old Green River Union Cemetery”, but is known locally as the Woodsonville Cemetery. The cemetery is included in the deed with the other property. The buyer will be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery. It has always been understood that any resident of Woodsonville would be allowed to be buried free of charge. The cemetery is basically full; there is room for the few people who have made prior arrangements with us. The buyer must be willing to agree to allow those individuals to be buried free of charge.

At the entrance to the cemetery are a set of old church steps. This is the location where John Hunt Morgan was sworn in. See the following website for more information: http://www.lexingtonrifles.com/1857-61.htm

Note from Diane: I am Wordless.

Tombstone Tuesday

Florence, Arizona

Cemetery Kit---NOT

Photo: Florence, Arizona. Looking at the grave of Margaret Truman, born and died 1900. Butte View Cemetery

I did it all wrong.

I am always talking about the cemetery kit. What should be in it to keep you safe and to make the best use of your time at an unfamiliar cemetery. But this one day, on a quick turn-around trip with a friend to Arizona, I had nothing with me but a water bottle, camera, and three friends. At least there was four of us in case anything happened and each of us had a cell phone.

There is no excuse for a Rabbit to be so unprepared. So I offer none. However, I learned a lesson. No matter where I am going I will bring my kit with me. There will always be a cemetery somewhere on the trip. (Note: Also look at the Graveyard Rabbit July Newsletter for kit information.)

Here is The Wright Kit
Hat
First aid kit, sunscreen
Water (to bring out the inscription) Dirt also works great, just rub it in. (Tip from Monica)
Towel (To sit on, to wipe off, to swat)
Soft brush
Cardboard (to shade from the sun)
Mirror or foil (to reflect the sun) Jean Hibben uses a cheap cookie sheet.
Bag for trash (make it better than when you arrived)
Clipboard/paper/pencil (to remember)
Camera
Old credit card (world’s best scrapper)
Hiking stick (to keep balanced, to push away branches, to poke at the ground)
Scissors (to trim grass)
Cell phone

Another confession: I had on sandels and a black short sleeve tshirt. But it was 115 degrees, I should have been naked! (Seriously, wear a long sleeve shirt and sturdy shoes)

I am happy to report that there is a Historical Cemetery Project to get this historic cemetery cleaned up.

Devils Diciples

As I took this picture it was 115 degrees in Coolidge, Arizona. Would it be reasonable to say that this is a good place for these guys to be buried?

Ebay and Cemeteries

I found this on Ebay this morning. Isn't it pretty? Does anyone want to adopt it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/1913-Baltimore-MD-Loudon-Park-Cemetery-Company-Deed_W0QQitemZ360174983270QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item53dc1a1866&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Cemeteries and Me!

..............And a note from my genie society..............

Greetings members and friends of the Corona Genealogical Society. Hard to believe that July is almost over! The first Monday of August is just a few days away, meaning that we are about to join together, again, to learn about researching our ancestors and discovering more about our family history. This coming Monday, 3 August, we will be hearing from our own Diane S. Wright, who has a rather extreme love of cemeteries, as you may well know. She has walked across cemeteries from one side of this country to the other! Her appreciation and respect for the graveyards is something I am very impressed with. Her program for us this time is titled "The Armchair Tombstone." I know that she will be giving us some valuable information about researching in graveyards, but I quite suspect we will have a few laughs along the way! Bring your friends to share in this unique "cemetery visit"!

Lucy and the Ghost

The mailman delivered the military records for Joshua Countryman the other day. I was so excited that I got Lucy in the car and off we went to Sunnyslope Cemetery. She always goes with me on short rides. We went to Sunnyslope so I could talk with Joshua. I hoped maybe he would give me some inspiration on what to write about him for the upcoming Stroll.

Hank, my beloved boxer, use to go with me but after he passed away the torch went to Lucy. As she jumped out of my blue Volkswagen Beetle she ran right pass Joshua and went to the grave of Andrew Wheaton. She sat down, looking very alert and would NOT leave. Of course I could not get her to tell me what was going on. She looked at me like I was the one that didn’t understand. The dog can’t talk to me and the dead won’t talk to me. What is a girl to do?

After we got home I did some more research on Andrew Wheaton. He is a soldier that needs his story told! He was wounded in the second day of the battle at Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Since he was hospitalized in one of the many makeshift hospitals around Gettysburg, it is possible that he was there for Lincoln’s Gettysburg address.

Oh! what Andrew could tell us.

Thanks Lucy.