Found this online: The "K.S.H.T.W.S.S.T." symbol on a headstone indicates that the person had completed the crytic degrees of the York Rite and was a "Royal Arch Mason" in the York Rite Degrees of Freemasonry. Hope it helps! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Martin" <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> To: "txgen" <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: [TXGEN] Unknown Headstone Emblem >I need help with another headstone emblem. This is a headstone that is > broken. The top portion with the unknown emblem is the part that is > broken off and is propped in front of the headstone. This is an old > stone as Abe Heath died in 1877. > > Best I can tell, it is a circle in the center with either a C or G, with > an outer circle with initials K S H T W S S T. (not sure where to > start/end reading those initials) Then above the circles is St John and > below the circles (top of broken marker) is No 60 > > Please see 2 photos. > http://www.txgenes.com/TxUpshur/art/Cemeteries/HeathAbe.jpg > http://www.txgenes.com/TxUpshur/art/Cemeteries/HeathAbe2.jpg > > Thanks for the help!!!! > > Elaine > > -- > How come it takes so little time for > a child who is afraid of the dark to > become a teenager who wants to stay > out all night? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Donna! It is a big help! Elaine Donna Schulte Loth wrote: > Found this online: > > The "K.S.H.T.W.S.S.T." symbol on a headstone indicates that the person had > completed the crytic degrees of the York Rite and was a "Royal Arch Mason" > in the York Rite Degrees of Freemasonry. > > Hope it helps! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine Martin" <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> > To: "txgen" <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:03 PM > Subject: [TXGEN] Unknown Headstone Emblem > > > >> I need help with another headstone emblem. This is a headstone that is >> broken. The top portion with the unknown emblem is the part that is >> broken off and is propped in front of the headstone. This is an old >> stone as Abe Heath died in 1877. >> >> Best I can tell, it is a circle in the center with either a C or G, with >> an outer circle with initials K S H T W S S T. (not sure where to >> start/end reading those initials) Then above the circles is St John and >> below the circles (top of broken marker) is No 60 >> >> Please see 2 photos. >> http://www.txgenes.com/TxUpshur/art/Cemeteries/HeathAbe.jpg >> http://www.txgenes.com/TxUpshur/art/Cemeteries/HeathAbe2.jpg >> >> Thanks for the help!!!! >> >> Elaine >> >> -- >> How come it takes so little time for >> a child who is afraid of the dark to >> become a teenager who wants to stay >> out all night? >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?