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    1. [Q-R] Cemetery Report: Oct 9, 2017 " A Vault learning experience "
    2. William Fleming
    3. Out the door at 5:32AM @ 49F. 6:59AM brings me to Power Cemetery, and apparently they didn't pay their power bill as its still very dark here. I'm at Beaver Creek Rd and Rt 41, N.Y. State. @ 47F.I'm south of Rt 90 at exit 44.Walking around in the dark but I cant read the stones. I bumped into something or someone....................sure, Henry, always under foot. Sarah B. Rapalje              Died Oct 13, 1859 age 45 years. Alice Power                      Died Oct 9, 1883 aged 79 years and 6 days. Lyman S. Ford                    Died Oct 11, 1870 age 9 years. Cora Maria Van Duzer                   Died Jan 4, 1861 age 9 years and 1 month. Cordelia P. Odell                     Died Nov 19, 1861 age 27 years. Henry Brooks                      Born Jan 27, 1814 and died Feb 27, 1897. Did you know, in a Morgue, unclaimed bodies are called "STINKERS". Walked .4 miles in this " Dead District " and vacated at 7:20AM @ 47F. 7:22AM brings me to Hathaway Cemetery on Rt 41 at 50F. Caleb Eddy                          Died Oct 26, 1868 age 88 years.    W. Barclay Smith                    Born Jan 31, 1822 and died Dec. 11, 1883. Lindley W. Smith                      Born Feb 11, 1820 and died March 8, 1878. isaac Hathaway                            Pvt. Rev. War 1755-1823. Jonathan Sprague                   Died Dec 24, 1885 age 81 years. Stephen Hayward                   Serg. Continental Line Rev. War Born 1759 and died Sept. 19, 1839 age 80 years. Stephen H. Osburn,                    killed at Pertersburg, Va. Civil War Oct 28, 1864 age 26 years, Co. H 126th Reg. N.S. Kezia Thomas                    Died Feb 5, 1825 56 years. 70 cubic feet of space is allotted for each grave. Walked .5 miles in this " Ground Crowd " and vacated at 7:39AM @ 50F. 7:45AM brings me to Tilton Cemetery, New Michigan Rd. established 1850 @ 48F. Samuel Tilton                      Died March 27, 1859 age 52 years. Catherine Skutt                  Died Feb 11, 1858 age 58 years, 9 months and 28 days. Francis Broomfield                     Died Nov 7, 1881 age 58 years. Jabez Mills                      1817-1882. Walked .3 miles in this "Out of Life Refuge " and vacated at 7:54AM @ 48F. 8:17AM brings me to Andrews Cemetery, Established 1827 at Flat Iron Rd. & Rt 2 @ 47F. George A. Andrews                        Born Oct 27, 1823 and died Jan 7, 1889. June C. Nott                      Born June 16, 1915 and died March 27, 2000. Royal A. Andrews                Died July 14, 1870 age 71 years, 1 month and 14 days. Dorcas Aldrich                   Born July 30, 1767 and died Oct 10, 1837. " The darker side is nothing to fear, or do the spirits reappear? " < No they dont. Andrews Jones                  Died May 21, 1874 age 66 years. Sibley E. Nott                  1911-1979. Heres a herd of turkeys walking across the road. Vacated this " Body Shop " at 8:29AM and walked .3 miles @ 47F. "Our headstone should make people smile as they walk by. If a person walks by and smiles, we continue to serve a purpose after we are dead. Laughter battles all the horrible things in life." 8:31AM brings me to Baptiste Hill Cemetery on Rt. 2 @ 50F. Bethana Z. Bliss                    Born Aug 16, 1826 and died Aug 19, 1882. Walter Pear                     1917-2009 (P). ira Totman                    Born Nov 7, 1810 and died March 3, 1900. Zephania W. Gooding                      Died June 19, 1856 age 78 years. Mr. John Gregg                      Died Nov 28, 1812 age 57 years. Sylvia Paull                   Died June 11, 1845 age 73 years. Orisa Niles                    1857-1931. Arza P. Hayes                 1848-1918. Orrilla Laycock                 1861-1934. Freelove P. Wilson                Born May 29, 1825 and died Nov 25, 1877. James P. Cumine              Born Scotland 1802-1975. Now right leg cramps. Wareham Williams                      Died Jan 14, 1879 age 83 years, 1 month and 22 days. Dierdamy Smith                   Died April 20, 1859 age 77 years, 7 months and 9 days. Apollas G. Jones                  Died Nov 6, 1889 age 69 years. "I'm harvesting, stones, dead, bones, memories and history" innocent Phillips                  Died Dec 31, 1813 age 46 years. Harlow A. Dorrance                 Born April 20, 1857 and died March 24, 1862. Hampton Kingsbury                Born March 10, 1813 and died March 1, 1895. Elihu E. Briggs                     Born Sept 25, 1835 and died Nov 21, 1905. Sears P. Smith                     Died Feb 18, 1876 age 75 years. Gooding Packard                        Born Massachusetts May 109, 1788 and died Jan 10, 1864 age 75 years. Orville P. Rogers                   Born Nov 21, 1845, killed in front of Petersburg, Civil War Nov. 9, 1864 age 19 years and 7 days. Ezekiel Cudworth               Died May 18, 1878 age 72 years. Orestes Case               1817-1895. Billings T, Case                 Born Dec 8, 1818 and died April 16, 1883. Garwood Torrance             Died March 1808, age 21 years. " Do you walk alone through all the dead and unknown?"  I do. Mittie A. Mather                       1860-1951. Sillick Willson                      Died Nov 30, 1855 age 61 years and 7 days. Elihu Morse                     Died Jan 12, 1845 age 86 years. Constant Simmons                     Died June 27, 1831 age 88 years. Louisiana Hathaway                      Born Aug 29, 1804 and died May 8, 1832. Sarg. David R. Hathaway                      Born Oct 28, 1838, Co. H, 4th N.Y. Hvy Art., taken prisoner May 19, 1864, suffered in Andersonville and Charleston Prisons, died South Carolina Dec 1864, Civil War. Jasper P. Noon                   Died May 11, 1890 age 65 years, 9 months and 2 days. Merenda Cummings                      Died May 21, 1865 age 62 years. Roswell E. Jones                        1868-1914. Nahum D. Fletcher                   1886-1957. Boswell insse                   1843-1914. Tellisphor insse                   Co. G, 148th N.Y. Inf. 1835-1914 Civil War. Bracnh Evarts                     Died June 30, 1860 age 77 years and 9 months. Anson Wolcott                     Born April 9, 1787 West Stickbridge, Mass.and died Sept 19, 1864   &Lurinda Hawley Gillett                     Born Jan 14, 1802 West Stockbridge, Mass. and died Aug 17, 1869   &Anson Wolcott                   7th Generation from Henry Wolcott who sailed from Plymouth, England March 20, 1630 in the ship " Mary and John " to Mass. Asher Tiffany                       died April 14, 1871 age 79 years, 8 months and 23 days. Eleazer Aldridge                      Died Jan 8, 1868 age 86 years. Arlington Wheat                      1872-1945. I think the dead have rules :1. Stay in your box.> except for when wood chucks get after them.2. Don't exchange bones.> see above3. No talking after midnight .> funny,  ancient cultures would put a stone in their mouths to prevent talking.4. dress code. >what ever your buried in.5. hygiene> the funeral director and staff took care of that, to last you till your ashes. Zemantha Buckley                    Born Aug 8, 1812 and died Feb 2, 1879. Elnathan G. Briggs                            1867-1941. Lucettie Beagle                       1848-1928. Jeremiah Dubois                       Died April 6, 1873 age 78 years and 7 days  &Betsey E.                       Died April 5, 1873 age 81 years and 6 months. Arthur H. Footer                   1916-1986. Elkanah Andrews                 1833-1914. Hale A. Johnson                   1897-1942. Stillman G. Simmons                        Born Swansea, Mass. Nov 22, 1799 and died Jan 14, 1885. Youngs W. Smith                  Born March 2, 1839 and died Oct 22, 1895. Cooley Fletcher 1                  869-1959. Seems to be getting cooler out here. David Wheaton                      Born Swansea, Mass. July 7, 1792 and died Feb 3, 1882    &Polly Pierce                    1867-1941. Lucettier Beagle                         1848-1928. Jeremiah Dubois                    Died April 6, 1873 age 78 years and 7 days.   &Betsey E.                                  Died April 5, 1873 age 81 years and 6 months. Don't ever abuse a headstone. It would be a grave sin ! Otisca L. Carpenter              Born Dec 30, 1852 and died April 18, 1932. A little mouse ran across my path. Ammon A. Erb                 1885-1972. Billings H. Case                          1889-1953. Now I just had a learning experience. Today is Sunday and usually not a day for burials. But I saw a vault truck entering the cemetery close to where I'm standing now. Within minutes I'm in the area of the truck. The guy asked if I was here to assist him with the vault. Of course no, but it ended up yes. He quickly told me he had a rush order to get a vault here for a burial later on today. At that point we both saw the grave had already been dug. So he saw where the truck had to be moved to and where the vault had to be lowered into. But there was no one around to help him. So I volunteered to give him a hand. Fortunately the truck was high enough off the ground to pass over existing headstones in order to get the crane part and chain above the grave to drop the vault into. I got him backed up with out hitting a headstone. Then we rigged the chain onto the vault moved the crane part over the grave and started lowering it. Course, it would not lower exactly straight down, so much for gravity, so I was actually on the vault jogging it around to fit and lower into the grave. Finally it went down and settled into the bottom of the grave. Nice job and the rest was up to him. He was very appreciative and I learned another aspect of cemeteries/ graves /burials/death. Wyland K. Blanding              1917-1996. Phienzo P. Bliss                  1839-1923. Korleen Corson                      1910-1961. Morris Samuel Van Vliet                            TM3  US Navy  WW2, Born Nov 21, 1921 and died March 15, 2015, Served on the USS Buckley which sank the German submarine U-66. Weld A. Conrad                    Born Jan 18, 1904 and died March 11, 1995. Charles G. Outhouse                      (< Hmmmmmm which reminds me..........) Born April 19, 1924 and died Oct 30, 2003. Charles A. Minnamon                     1907-1994. isaac Newton                 Born Jan 15, 1835 and died Dec 23, 1926. Picked up 2 flags and walked 1.8 miles in this " Valley of Bones " and vacated at 11:09AM @ 46F. 11:29AM brings me to Bristol Center Cemetery on Rt. 20A and Rt 64 which was established 1802 @ 56F. Lucy Irons                         of Market Basen, England Died April 20, 1883 age 37 years. Gad Sheldon                     Born June 19, 1793 and died Feb 16, 1875  War of 1812 Vet. Uriel Reed                  Died March 7, 1866 age 66 years, 4 months and 8 Days. Permelia Gooding               died Sept 30, 1861 age 32 years. Widow Anna Green                  Died Feb 14, 1810 age 81 years. Stacey Hills                     Died Nov 24, 1812 age 23 years. Peddy Whitmarsh                 Died Nov 6, 1854 age 79 years. Deacon Junia Ingraham              Died June 23, 1850 age 48 years, 11 months and 12 days. Mrs. Taphath Doolittle                   Died June 30, 1812 age 57 years. Sirus R. Wheeler                  died Jan 5, 1845 age 7 weeks. Janna P. Taylor                    died Aug 25, 1877 age 60 years. Dr. Thomas Vincent               1773-1861. Silas Burge              1816-1902. Abner K. Crow                Died Feb 11, 1805 age 1 year and 5 months. Myron Wilder,                  came to his death by accident on N.Y.C. railroad April 29, 1855 age 32 years, 10 months and 9 days.  (< I wonder if Myron derailed?)  :) Hoel Allen                     Died April 26, 1864, Born 1799. George W. Trafton                    Died at Fort Eathen Allen Jan 18, 1864 age 17 years, 5 months and 3 days, Civil War. Salah Newton                       Died Jan 11, 1867 age 89 years. Walked .9 miles in this " Decayed Rest Centre " and vacated at 12:12PM @ 56F. 12:13PM brings me to Bristol Center Cemetery on Rt 32. Samuel Moranda                     Born Jan 9, 1`852 and died Aug 11, 1904. William Tones                      Died Oct 5, 1899 age 80 years, 7 months and 1 days. Fidelia C. Gooding                1819-1901. Gemma Mully Tomb                    1929-1985. Clinton S. Strong                     Died May 29, 1905 age 25 years. Walked .5 miles in this " Lieu de  la Mort Fleurs ", picked up 3 flags, scared 3 deer resting behind headstones and vacated at 12:24Pm @ 57F. 12:31PM brings me to Grimble Road Cemetery and Rt. 64 at 57F. Lilla Pauline Lee                       Born July 8, 1855 and died Sept 10, 1937. Col. Aaron Cook        Died Jan 1, 1832 age, 47 years, War of 1812 Vet. Capt. George Lee                     Born Mass. May 6, 1768 and Died June 28, 1853 age 85 years, 1 month  and 22 days, War of 1812. Major Seth Lee                      Died Sept 9, 1862 age 72 years, 6 months and 23 days, War of 1812. Col. Seth L. Lee                     died March 20, 1875 age 50 years  7th Div.  N.Y. Vol, Inf. Civil War Vet. Walked .4 miles in this " Stairway to Heaven ", picked up 2 flags and vacated at 12:46PM @ 57F. Got home at 2:09pm @ 58F 2 flags for the day. 8 cemeteries for the day. Walked 5.1 miles for the day. Drove 179 miles for the day. $5.80 Tolls $14.00 Gas. Another great day with the dead. BestBill  Help keep our dead alive, remember them. Reminder, I spell as it is depicted on the headstone.

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