Today I set and leveled the new bases for William Thurber, and his son John W. Thurber, and then used slot mortar mix and stack mortar mix and set the upper base and the stones, and epoxied the broken parts of William Thurber's stone. Also epoxied the broken top part of Martin Thurber's stone. These are all now complete except for some cleaning with water, and some costmetic work and void fill mix work. Also leveled the base for Francis Kimbrough Davis, and set the second base in stack mortar mix and then epoxied the tall part of the stone to its bases. It is also now complete except for some cleaning. Also dug around and leveled the base for Jane Mapes' stone. Worked on cleaning it and preparing it for epoxy repairs. I should be able to make it look very nice. It will require some epoxy work, first to fix to a broken corner of the stone, and then the broken bottom can be set in the original base, and the broken top part epoxied back together. Hope to do that soon. While working on the Jane Mapes stone and base, I happened to notice, a few yards to the south what looked like a little bit of the top of a stone or brick. It amazes me that in this dry season of the year, I can see things on the surface that I have never noticed even though I've mowed out there many times, and probed, etc. At any rate, what I found today was the cute little footstone for Clara Jane Mapes, with the initials C. J. M. on it. I cleaned it, and took pictures of it, and of the other stones I worked on today, and will try to remember to send them to family members whom I know are interested, next week. I was really glad to find the footstone for Clara Jane Mapes, as it tells me exactly where Clara's tombstone should be, and also where Minerva J. Kimbrough's stone should be (which is presently on the wrong grave space). I'll do some more checking later to see whether I can find any indication of a grave for Joseph Mapes. Onward and upward, Robert

Robert, How wonderful that there are people around like you. May God bless you as you endeavor to help other people. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L. Webb" <bwebb9@juno.com> To: <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: More Progress at Old Brick > Today I set and leveled the new bases for William Thurber, and his son > John W. Thurber, and then used slot mortar mix and stack mortar mix and > set the upper base and the stones, and epoxied the broken parts of William > Thurber's stone. Also epoxied the broken top part of Martin Thurber's > stone. These are all now complete except for some cleaning with water, and > some costmetic work and void fill mix work. > Also leveled the base for Francis Kimbrough Davis, and set the second base > in stack mortar mix and then epoxied the tall part of the stone to its > bases. It is also now complete except for some cleaning. > Also dug around and leveled the base for Jane Mapes' stone. Worked on > cleaning it and preparing it for epoxy repairs. I should be able to make > it look very nice. It will require some epoxy work, first to fix to a > broken corner of the stone, and then the broken bottom can be set in the > original base, and the broken top part epoxied back together. Hope to do > that soon. > While working on the Jane Mapes stone and base, I happened to notice, a > few yards to the south what looked like a little bit of the top of a stone > or brick. It amazes me that in this dry season of the year, I can see > things on the surface that I have never noticed even though I've mowed out > there many times, and probed, etc. At any rate, what I found today was the > cute little footstone for Clara Jane Mapes, with the initials C. J. M. on > it. I cleaned it, and took pictures of it, and of the other stones I > worked on today, and will try to remember to send them to family members > whom I know are interested, next week. I was really glad to find the > footstone for Clara Jane Mapes, as it tells me exactly where Clara's > tombstone should be, and also where Minerva J. Kimbrough's stone should be > (which is presently on the wrong grave space). I'll do some more checking > later to see whether I can find any indication of a grave for Joseph > Mapes. > Onward and upward, > Robert > > >