Hi, In Bedford County I found two pieces as parts of a tombstone and I was able to "lift" the name with some careful dusting. The name was a super rare surname, Winternight that didn't fit as a surname in Bedford County. The rest of the tombstone in this Ritchey Cemetery by Ritchey Bridge and is still buried underground. It turned out with some help from two others, that he was a stone sculptor and did his work in Baltimore. I think they recognized the surname. I forget. So it would not be unusual for a sculptor to fashion a tombstone or two on the side or under contract. Whoever this tombstone was for in Bedford County, he or she was from a family that was fairly well off to send all the way to Baltimore to have it made by Winternight. The marble tombstone pieces were also of a thickness that didn't match any other fragments in a pile of broken marble fragments and local red field stone markers. In your case, it might not be unusual to have a blank stone shipped in and the names "cut in" here. My wife's cousin asked why his mom's stone didn't have her death dates on it and he prepaid them to do it. The reply was that they wait until they have a few of them to do and then send the sand blaster equipment out to the cemetery to do all of them. I've seen it take as long a a year for the final dates to show up. It seems logical, at least. The 'rock of ages' stones are not from a quarry around here IMO but I am sure they are etched here. Just my two cents based on my studies. Paul Greensburg, PA On 2/22/2011 12:09 AM, J Sadler wrote: > Hi all > > I'm looking for more info about an occupation titled "Stone Sculptor" or > "Stone Cutter" in the 1850 to 1860 range. I have two ancestors, > Joseph Saddler: Birth Aug. 12th 1806, Death after 1860 > John Michael Saddler: Birth 1829-03-22, Death Feb. 9th 1907 > > that listed this as their occupation in the 1850/60 censuses. > > My questions are does anyone know of a map that would show quarries in > Hempfield or nearby? Any idea of of what businesses would employ that > skill (Cemetery? Builder?)??? > Where should I look for more info? What questions should I be asking? > > Thanks for your time. > > J. Sadler > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >