Out the door at 5:31AM @ 56F. Half way there the fog is extra thick and some traffic slowed right down. 7:21AM brings me to Sharon Springs , New York, Cemetery on Route 20. at 47F< excellent ! Obviously colder in the eastern part of the State. :) Almiron Hilles 1836-1911 Lorelle O. Hone 1854-1922 Burleigh Shaule Born June 1, 1855 and died June 6, 1953. Hamline Jane Parsons Died May 8, 1856 age 1 year and 10 days. Alvira Ullman Born Dec 4, 1855 and died April 17, 1877. Here's something I haven't found in some time and this is maybe # 5. A cemetery monster (P). Polly Potts (< doesn't that name have a great ring to it?) Born Feb 13, 1810 and died Dec 31, 1893. Kort Van Volkenburgh Born Aug 25, 1823 and died Aug 7, 1901. Hmmmmmmmmmmm a deer just popped out of the woods surrounding the cemetery, it was skulking............. Berdsley Dockstader Born June 12, 1848 and died Feb 24, 1800. Elihu Eldridge Died July 13, 1851 age 79 years. Buell P. Showerman Died Feb 15, 1851 age 35 years and 7 months. Hmmmmmmmmm I did this once before and I'm doing it again, I pinched an Angels toe and took a picture of it. Did you ever pinch an Angels toe??????????(P) And, this Angel had a hat on just like mine, so have a photo of that also.(P) Valentine Staley 1815-1899. Barent Ullman Born Oct 9, 1802 and died Sept 10, 1877. Lavantia Hone Died Aug 25, 1856 age 25 years. Susan Ough Died July 2, 1865 age 51 years and 23 days. Sverenus Simmon Died Jan 14, 1860 age 61 years 8 months and 4 days. Caty Gasper Died July 16, 1849 age 48 years 1 month and 9 days. Best Simmons Died Dec 20, 1887 age 68 years. Elljay Swift Born Oct 1, 1842 and died July 25, 1915. La Grange Eldredge Died Sept 1, 1835 age 36 years and 2 months. Plilothete T. Hiller Died Nov 7, 1897 age 70 years. Jean Baptiste Chamberlain 1851-1920. Duryla Harper 1855-1937. Edward Eldridge, Revolutionary War Vet., Popes Company, Massachusetts Line Born Sept 9, 1736 and died March 28, 1821. Tunis Hager 1819-1892. As for those Quebec witches..................Msgr de Laval made a marriage annulment 1657 and 1660.In 1671 Marguerite Le Mercher declared in front of Quebec Prevote that if Perrine Morel had not left France the sieur de la Bobine, seignuer of the village, would have burned her for being a witch and killing his calves and his sheep. But in New France the outcome of the trials were seldom as serious as in France. The execution of Daniel Vuil in 1661 was the only known case of capital punishment suffered for witchcraft and heresy. Usually sentences were mild such as Rene Besnard in Montreal 1660 to making a public apology, whipping and three years service in a galley imposed on Francois Charles Havard de Beaufort in 1742. Henning Olsen 1920-1983. Another deer came out of the woods watching me................................skulking Selona White 1837-1889. Leffert G. Vanschaick Died April 26, 1891 age 85 years 1 month and 2 days. Seymour Bowmaker 1884-1958. Cythera Hoffman Born Dec 16, 1858 and died Sept 18, 1943. Sefrait Lefebvre Born July 23, 1817 and died July 6, 1891 wifeMelissa Driggs Born Oct 9, 1827 and died Dec 22, 1901. Manning S. Lefebvre Died Nov 13, 1874 age 22 years 2 months and 28 days. Goldie Staring 1889-1911 Marguerite Susi Born Aug 17, 1921 and died July 5, 2015. David N. Near Born May 23, 1871 and died July 14, 1947. Vergie Docksatder 1876-1919. This is a bad real estate cemetery. Hilly, sideways all over the place. Hard on walking. Delbert Face Born 1853(< wonder if he ever lost face?) This place, besides the grounds, is so quiet and cool :) Picked up 9 flags. Walked 2.3 miles @ 60F in this "Community of the Dead " Vacated at 10:11AM 10:25AM brings me to Slate Hill Cemetery, east of Sharon Springs Philip Karker (P) son of Solomon Karker of Bingen-on-Rhine. Came to America in 1737 and settled at Rhinebck, now in Duchess's County, New York.John Philip Karker, one of his sons, moved to a grant of 600 acres in New Dorloch, now in the Town of Seward, in 1753 and later served as a Scout in the Continental Army.Nicholas, his only son, succeeded to title, to the farms, and was the third generation of this family in America. Oakley Eldredge 1878-1959. Aurie J. Kiets 1895-1914. Horman N. Somers Died Aug 1, 1890 age 35 years 7 months and 17 days. Romeyn Empie Born Jan 20, 1870 and died Sept 2, 1909. Joseph C. Wetherwax Born April 4, 1797 and died March 20, 1886. Anna M. S. Pipe 1879-1971. Wellis R. Fox Born Oct 11, 1866 and died Oct 6, 1951. Abisha E. Loucks 1854-1916. Slingerland Van Schaick Died age 21 years 8 Months and 18 Days, no dates. Romyne Mereness 1868-1935. Mona Martineau 1878-1959 husbandStanton Sommers 1873-1945. Beautiful, again quiet and nice and cool. Dacey Downey 1887-19_ _ . Now there are herds of monarch butterflies in here. Congregating for their yearly flight to Mexico. Theadotia Sommers 1851-1854. Wilhelmus Falk Died Aug 23, 1863 age 68 years 8 months and 27 days. Isaac Tree, Spanish American War Vet. 1858-1934, U.S. Inf. Mary Lousesa Alger 1847-1935. Gitty C. Strobeck 1831-1900. Beardsley W. Kilts 1879-1965. Emma Failing 1868-1942. Walked 1.9 miles in this " Termination Station " @ 62F. Vacated at 11:49AM 12:35PM brings me to Springfield Cemetery on Rt. 20 @ 66F. Ormie Durrie Born Sept 4, 1849 and died Sept 8, 1863. Alzoa Ceywits 1852-1935. James Molyneux 1897-1962. Orpha Sloan 1856-1926. Algy i. Beefe 1921-1991. Detta S. Douglas 1859-1936. Zula M. Olmstead 1899-1968. Herrick H. Bailly 1849-_ _ _ _ . Harland R. Eckler 1897-1980. Kiran A. Mixter 1889-1903. Ligena Hoyer Born Nov 22, 1810 and died May 10, 1892. Ozais Cramer 1857-1915. Loxea Walrath Born June 4, 1810 and died Aug 2, 1854. Evander Gilchrist 1876-1932. Morton Riesdorph 1895-1903. Fannie Flansburg 1855-1903. Charles H. Below 1865-1915.( yes, he is below my feet right now) John Olive 1836-1918. Edyann Krum Born June 26, 1817 and died Oct 13, 1888. Deacon Jedediah Beach 1755-1841 Revolutionary War Vet. Mildred Rew Born Jan 16, 1911 and died Jan 3, 2010. Persis Loville Died Feb 13, 1869 age 62 years. Lepha B. Smith Born April 27, 1828 and died March 1, 1903. Drucilla Eaton Died Oct 20, 1876 age 58 years and 9 months. Fletcher A. Blanchard Born April 27, 1893 and died Dec 30, 1934. Julia Percival 1831-1918. igene Hewes Born Jan 23, 1860 and died May 11, 1931. Ackley J. Annis Trong Born April 23, 1845 and died March 16, 1907. Matoon Ely Born Oct 23, 1803 and died Aug 15, 1887. Gad Ely Died May 23, 1854 age 57 years. Lester Winslow Died Aug 28, 1862 Age 22 years 10 months and 11 days, died on the Battlefield, Civil War. Nancy Winslow Died April 9, 1854, very elaborate stone (P). Walked 3 miles in this "Ditch of The Dead " @ 68F. Vacated at 2:37PM Got home at 4:25PM @ 75F Drove 232 miles for the day. $7.50 in tolls. $12.00 for gas. Another great day with the dead. BestBill Help keep our dead alive, remember them.