----- Original Message ----- From: michael henline <patchez4@hotmail.com> To: <WVPIONEERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 4:54 PM Subject: [WVPioneers] Another abandoned tombstone > I ran an article in the Webster Echo about the tombstones i'd discovered and > as a result i learned about another abandoned stone. This stone was also > abandoned near an old train depot and was probably delivered by train and > never picked up by the family. This is the fourth stone that i have > actually seen and i now have it in my growing collection. The stone is > about a foot tall, about two feet wide, and about three inches thick. It is > a double stone, meant to mark two graves. On the face is two large hearts, > in the left heart is the name Thomas Trent JR Nov 20 1916 Dec 8 1916. The > heart on the right contains the name Philis Trent Born and Died Aug 23 1912. > There is an inscription at the bottom but it is difficult to read without > additional cleaning and close study. The stone was found in Halo (also > known as Marcus) about five miles outside Cowen toward Erbacon (Webster > county). It was near the water on a creek bank and has doubtless been > submerged numerous times during high water. It was also partially buried in > the mud and overgrown by brush. The lower right corner is missing but the > names and dates are clearly visible. There was also supposed to be another > stone in the same location but i was unable to find it. It isn't clear > whether it was actually another tombstone or just the base piece for this > stone. Any help in locating family members or the grave site would be > greatly appreciated, especially by my wife who is beginning to wonder what > we're going to do with all these tombstones. > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ==== WVPIONEERS Mailing List ==== > Please seek to verify information in your family history messages to the greatest extent possible. At the very least, cite sources or attribute information in your posts. If you have documentation, say so. > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp >