Greetings one and all. Today I went out and found one of the cemeteries in Capon Bridge. Pretty run down, and trampled by cattle. In the next few years this cemetery will only be a memory and visable only on the website. It needs a fence or something around it to protect it. Many of the stones are already broken or knocked down. I stepped in a lot of cow pies today. Yuk. This cemetery was the KALE Family Cemetery. http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/kale.htm I have had this cemetery on the site for some time, but now I have a photo and can show you where it it located. Have a good night. Wayne of Capon Bridge. At 09:35 PM 11/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings one and all, > >I finished the cemeteries that I went to today. > >McLaughlin Cemetery > >http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/mclaugh.htm > >French / Murphy Cemetery. > >http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/french.htm > >I have noticed that I'm having problems seeing things on CITYNET >tonight. I will give them a call to see if there is a major >problem. Let me know if you can't see these webpages. > >Wayne of Capon Bridge > > >Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm >My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm

Wayne, You do go above and beyond! It's such a shame that people who have these old cemeteries on their property don't feel a sense of responsibility to do a little something to preserve them. They are, after all, temporary caretakers of the land and its history, and the cemeteries are a very important part of local history. Apparently from the dates, the people buried in the Kale Cemetery were among the first settlers in eastern Hampshire Co., and it's appalling that the current owners have so little regard as to let the cattle trample the cemetery into oblivion. Unfortunately, this is the case with several other historical cemeteries in the county. A lot of credit goes to those land owners who take steps to preserve the old cemeteries they discover on their land. It would be nice if on your web site, recognition be given to current land owners who make an effort to preserve the old cemeteries on their property. Perhaps under each of those cemetery listings, the land owner's name could be given, mentioning that they have made an effort to preserve the cemetery (by putting a fence around it, or whatever). Just a thought. Elaine "R. Wayne McGahuey" wrote: > ...Today I went out and found one of the cemeteries in Capon Bridge. Pretty > > run down, and trampled by cattle. In the next few years this cemetery > will only be a memory and visable only on the website. It needs a fence > or something around it to protect it. Many of the stones are already > broken or knocked down. I stepped in a lot of cow pies today. Yuk....

Greetings one and all. I will be going out of town for the weekend, but I did manage to get some cemeterying down today. I went to 3 cemeteries. The first was stopping by the Fairview Lutheran Church and Cemetery to take a photo. I know that it is out of the county but there are plenty of people buried there from Hampshire Co. http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/fairview.htm Then next was the unknown Child gravesite. http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/child.htm and the final one was the Riley Cemetery. George Riley was the only grave marker that can be read. The rest of the stones are unmarked stones. http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/riley.htm I will place all these sites on the maps when I get back from the weekend out. We are going to DC for a night. Wayne of Capon Bridge Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm

Greetings one and all, The other day, I went to a few cemeteries and listed them on the website, but I forgot to mention two others that I caught wind of that aren't on any maps yet. The first is at the far end (north) of Timber Ridge (Rt.50/26). Right before leaving the county, and on the right side of the road is both Frederick County and what I was told an old Indian gravesite. The man living at the end of the county on this road, mentioned to me that he was told many years ago, when they built the road, they built it around the graves, and when they cleared fields they left the trees between the field and the road, because of the graves. There is no one to doubt the claim, so I will do some research to find out who knows what. I will walk the property to see what I can find, mounds, holes or whatever. The next cemetery is one that I was told about in Springfield. This one being an old slave cemetery. I was old by a kid that his dad use to take him by an "old slave cemetery" when they went into the woods to hunt. I will find out more. Wayne of Capon Bridge Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm