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    1. [PACHESTE] COVENS, Rebecca Gravestone found in W Chester yard
    2. This (in part) was in an article in the Daily Local News. It is an interesting article and maybe it will help someone! The link is: _http://www.dailylocal.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily;jsessionid=fSSvG9RbM1zmnQrywNdmvpQGnTTv811d kh27zdZ4w15JQvJXTG2r!1670018292?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2 FDLN%2FHome&r21.content=%2FDLN%2FHome%2FTopStoryList_Story_430180_ (http://www.dailylocal.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily;jsessionid=fSSvG9RbM1zmnQrywNdmvpQ GnTTv811dkh27zdZ4w15JQvJXTG2r!1670018292?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21. pgpath=/DLN/Home&r21.content=/DLN/Home/TopStoryList_Story_430180) 400 block of North Darlington Street...Under the grass, dirt and gravel, contractors found two gravestones and a few small human bones, including a fragment of a jawbone with a few teeth. One of the gravestones included a carved inscription: “Rebecca C. Covens, died Aug. 9, 1877.” A local funeral home employee theorized a cemetery might have been in the area before the home was constructed around the 1920s. “Before any town or area is built up with homes and buildings, it wouldn’t have been unusual for people to pick a plot of land and say this is going to be a cemetery,” The owner said he plans to contact the Chester County Historical Society next week to find out if a cemetery was in fact in the area and if any Covens descendants are still around. Wanda Gap, PA ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

    06/23/2007 03:09:37