This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > ------=_NextPart_000_019C_01C5604B.4CBDD490 > Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > artificer > >> Jump to: > Dictionary > WordNet > Mentioned In > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search Google > Images > News > Blogs > Products > Dictionary > ar·tif·i·cer (är-tif'i-s?r) > n. > 1.. A skilled worker; a craftsperson. > 2.. One that contrives, devises, or constructs something: "The labyrinth . > . . was built by Daedalus, a most skillful artificer" (Thomas Bulfinch). > WordNet > Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related > words. > The noun artificer has 3 meanings: > Meaning #1: someone who is the first to think of or make something > Synonyms: inventor, discoverer > Meaning #2: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft > Synonyms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman > Meaning #3: an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and > machine guns etc. > Synonyms: armorer, armourer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doneva" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:56 AM Subject: [GFO] Troutdale Historical Society's cemetery - led by Stan Clarke > If you didn't attend the Saturday cemetery tour led by Stan Clarke...you > missed a great time! He took us over the I-205 bridge into some of the > very old Washington State cemeteries. We learned so much; but for all we > learn, the more questions we have...like the beautiful tombstone that > lists someone by the name of E. W. Pendleton who died in 1829. H'mmm, > that's a bit early...and surely no marble tombstones were available back > then...so, who was E. W. Pendleton. That'll keep us busy for at least a > week trying to figure that one out. > > And...what does the word: "Artificer" mean? It was found on a Civil War > website. Stan Clarke dug around and found the meaning: it means the bearer > of that honor is "a skilled craftsman"... > PRIVATES (Artificer & Farrier) > These men were specialists who were paid an additional rate like > teamsters. In winter camps and during lulls in active campaigning they > broke out their tools from the battery wagon and forge and went to work. > The artificer was primarily a blacksmith - he repaired the wood and iron > parts of the battery carriages. The farriers specific task was to keep all > the horses and mules shod - a large task considering the number of animals > in a battery. There is some evidence that a few batteries had an artificer > assigned to each platoon. However, most records indicate that only two > men, or a maximum of three, were assigned this duty in a single battery. > They received their instructions from the first sergeant and traveled in > the rear of the battery > near their tools. > > Stan has once again out-done himself! Every year I secretly say to myself > "There's no way he can keep up with last year's Cemetery tour..." but > every year he does. He has promised us a trip to Oregon City's old > cemeteries next year. So, start making your plans now for the Troutdale > Historical Societies annual Cemetery tour 2006 to Oregon City with Stan > Clarke as the guide! > > I wonder if kids went on 'Cemetery tours' and learned to respect these > great old cemeteries, if they would be so apt to desecrate them? As it is > now, kids learn about cemeteries from Halloween myths and propaganda...all > lies. A cemetery tour led by an 'expert' like Stan Clarke might take the > mystery out of cemeteries. > > Again, Thanks Stan for another wonderful, informative, interesting, > fascinating tour! > > Doneva Shepard > > > > > > > > > > > my entire genealogy database, 61,000+ names > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=donevanell > (be sure entire URL fits in your Address bar) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >