I also enjoyed what you wrote. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Oliver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] My Roots Tour > Dear Susan, Ihave not known connection to your family, (although I have > Johnson County roots), but I enjoyed your moving experience finding your > ancestors graves. I believe those emotions are what drive all of us to > continue our addiction to genealogy!! You told the story well. > Peggy Reynolds Oliver > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Carpenter" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:32 PM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] My Roots Tour > > > > > > Dear Johnson County researchers, > > > > Nothing earthshaking but I thought you might like to hear of my experience > > two days ago in Johnson County. > > > > I had driven from Washington, DC to Metropolis, IL to visit with a cousin > > who was doing great genealogical research on my paternal family line. > When > > I was ready to leave on Tuesday morning I thought I would drive up through > > Johnson County once in my life and visit the area my mother had often > talked > > about but I had never seen...Buncombe, Vienna, Joppa... > > > > All I had for my research was that my great grandmother Rebman was born in > > Johnson County and my great grandfather Rebman was buried in a Buncome > > cemetery. So off I went for a lovely morning drive. When I came to > Buncome > > I was behind the rural mail carrier who directed me to a couple of nearby > > cemeteries--Mt Zion and another small, and older, one about a mile past > Mt. > > Zion. I decided to bypass the large Mt Zion site because I was facing a > two > > day drive back home and it would be fruitless anyhow, right? So on I > went. > > I had to drive very slowly behind a picturesque Amish family in a buggy > > which probably slowed me down enough that I didn't miss the small cemetery > > on a nearby hill. > > > > Out I get and start walking up the hill, just for exercise, scanning right > > and left. Near the top of the hill I was intrigued by all the stones that > > had obviously just been dug out of the ground and placed as a grave > marker, > > one or two with a scratched-in name and date. Because I was looking off > to > > my right, it wasn't until I looked right in front of me that I saw the > large > > granite headstone with REBMAN cut into the top. What a feeling. It was > my > > great grandmother, Etta Elkins Rebman, died in 1920. There were no other > > Rebman stones so I got my video camera out and took a video scanning to > take > > in the full view of this beautiful location. Through the camera lens I > > noticed a corner of stone under a large flowering bush next to Etta's > stone. > > As I brushed the cut grass away from the flat marker John Daniel Rebman's > > name and birth/death dates came into view. Now I have more than just the > > cold facts of birth and death. I discovered my grandfather returned to be > > buried beside his wife who had preceeded him by 20 years. > > > > Like I said, it's not earthshaking, but it seems the fabric of life made a > > slight shift for me on Tuesday. > > > > Any chance there is anyone on this site doing research on Rebman or > Elkins? > > I know where some graves are. > > > > Susan Carpenter > > > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > [email protected] >