As a "wanna be" historian for 35 years, I might make a suggestion for fellow such historians when marking a 19th century or early 20th century unmarked grave in the 21st century. At the top of the marker, place the words "In memory of". The antebellum text would read "Scared to the memory of" and then the name and dates below. A postscript should be added that reads something like "A resident of this area with exact burial place unknown." I know this is extra time, effort and money, but as historians it is our duty to see that history is documented as correctly as possible. My Zorn family is in the process of marking two unmarked graves in the Pond Bethel Cemetery in South Barbour County just north of Edwin in 2007. We are placing this information on the marker. Happy New Year! Steve Margie L Lawrence <marlaw@houston.rr.com> wrote: I was part of the ceremony when the markers were placed in Wiggins Cemetery at Mt. Pleasant Baptist and at the time we knew he may or may not have been buried there. Since so much history of the Wiggins family was in and around the cemetery area those of us that were consulted decided this was the best place to memorialize Daniel and Susanna. Since no records were kept of burials it was hard to know for sure. It would be nice if we knew for sure but that may never happen. The family just wanted him remembered. I have placed a marker for my gg grandfather, Stephen Wiggins, on the grave site of Jane Woodham Lisenby Wiggins so he would be remembered. I could not come up with a better idea since I had no proof of his burial. I had no date of death or where he might have died. He showed up in the 1870 census and did not show up in the 1880 census. On Dec 31, 2006, at 7:44 PM, Val McGinness wrote: > The late Homer Jones once told me that it was NOT a certain thing that > Daniel WIGGINS was actually buried at the exact spot that his more > modern-day marker is at Mt. Pleasant Baptist in Grimes, Dale County. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I suppose "sacred" to the memory of would be better than just plain ol' scared or frightened to the memory of!!! However, I've uncovered some ancestors that "scared" would probably fit better! John Elliott <jselliott37@yahoo.com> wrote: As a "wanna be" historian for 35 years, I might make a suggestion for fellow such historians when marking a 19th century or early 20th century unmarked grave in the 21st century. At the top of the marker, place the words "In memory of". The antebellum text would read "Scared to the memory of" and then the name and dates below. A postscript should be added that reads something like "A resident of this area with exact burial place unknown." I know this is extra time, effort and money, but as historians it is our duty to see that history is documented as correctly as possible. My Zorn family is in the process of marking two unmarked graves in the Pond Bethel Cemetery in South Barbour County just north of Edwin in 2007. We are placing this information on the marker. Happy New Year! Steve Margie L Lawrence wrote: I was part of the ceremony when the markers were placed in Wiggins Cemetery at Mt. Pleasant Baptist and at the time we knew he may or may not have been buried there. Since so much history of the Wiggins family was in and around the cemetery area those of us that were consulted decided this was the best place to memorialize Daniel and Susanna. Since no records were kept of burials it was hard to know for sure. It would be nice if we knew for sure but that may never happen. The family just wanted him remembered. I have placed a marker for my gg grandfather, Stephen Wiggins, on the grave site of Jane Woodham Lisenby Wiggins so he would be remembered. I could not come up with a better idea since I had no proof of his burial. I had no date of death or where he might have died. He showed up in the 1870 census and did not show up in the 1880 census. On Dec 31, 2006, at 7:44 PM, Val McGinness wrote: > The late Homer Jones once told me that it was NOT a certain thing that > Daniel WIGGINS was actually buried at the exact spot that his more > modern-day marker is at Mt. Pleasant Baptist in Grimes, Dale County. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com