Greetings one and all, I'm able to get to this update of this last weekend. Thanks to my co-pilot Izetta we were very successful on finding several cemeteries and taking a few photos. Always remember: If you know of a cemetery that I don't have on my Cemetery page, please let me know, give me directions and I will place it there and this will be my reminder to go to it one day. First we headed to the Mineral/Hampshire Co. border on Rt. 50. I wanted to show Izetta the small cemetery about 100 feet or so into Mineral Co. I know this isn't in Hampshire Co., but it is so close, I decided to add it. If anyone wants it off the site, please let me know. This cemetery I'm calling the SHOEMAKER Family Cemetery. Only 2 people are buried here. We went to the Arnold Cemetery just about 1/2 mile down Rt. 50 on the hillside on the left. This is a big cemetery so I will be a while before I do an inventory of the people there. Most of the morning was full of rain and drizzle. We headed back to Junction, going South on Rt.220 for about 100 yards, we made a left onto Trinity Rd. We went to the Pancake home and talked for a minute to see if John had found anymore information about the Indian Mounds in the area or if there were other cemeteries in the area. He told me that his uncle had told him that the mounds of rocks, years ago had dirt covering them, but has since eroded and washed down the hill. Now for the fun. We found the Forest Hill School, the gate was open and the owner of the property were there loading up their Jeeps to leave. I asked them if I could go to see if we could find the cemetery, they gave us direction. Since they were leaving, I asked if they would leave the gate open and I would lock up when we left. They agreed and I put the truck into 4 wheel drive and we headed down the hill and up the grassy little road. A 4WD was a must. We found the Davy Family Cemetery, but it appears that Izetta ancestors weren't here. She was disappointed. We looked over the hillside for a few minutes couldn't determine if there was an older cemetery in the area or not, so we headed back up the road to leave and head to the next cemetery. And guess what? When we got to the gate, the owners had locked it behind them with 3 or 4 padlocks. BOOZOOs. So here we were locked in to this property with no way out. I walked up and down the road a little to see if there was another way out, and there wasn't, so guess what. The truck was put back into 4 wheel drive and now they have a new entrance to their property. Now that was fun. No cattle, so nothing will be lost except for about 10 feet of barbwire. They weren't nice. Izetta took me to the Elijah High Cemetery, but as you can see by the photo, the rain was on the camera, so the photo isn't all that good. I will take a better photo on another day. She showed me of the Leatherman/Hartman Cemetery on the hillside. I will be going there in the near future when I have a hour or two free. We headed back to Cold Stream Rd. and located the 2 cemeteries and 1 grave site on the John Whitacre Farm. Once again, you must have a 4WD to find these cemeteries. Please look at my map program and the cemetery listing to see the new cemeteries. Any problems with them, view or the names on each website/page, please let me know. I named them, what I thought I should call them. But if you know the real name for each please let me know. Here is a list of the updates: Shoemaker Family Cemetery. Arnold Cemetery Davy Family Cemetery Short Family Cemetery Elijah High Cemetery John Hiett Family Cemetery Joseph Hiett Family Cemetery Lenore Cowgill Gravesite. Have a good 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, I found one cemetery today. the Old Concord Church Cemetery. It took me a while to find this one, but it was exactly where the local people told me it was at. This place was in very poor condition. A lady up the road said that there was only a few stones readable, and guess what, she was right. After snagging my britches on the barbed-wire, I made it to the graves. I almost missed them. Many trees have fallen around the area. Also look at the main Cemetery webpage. You will see that I have listed as many cemeteries as I have heard about. They are on one pages. Some are duplicates cemeteries, probably named differently. For example: Concord Cemetery - Old Concord Church Cemetery. things like that. Have a good weekend. I will be heading to Springfield tomorrow for a soccer game. I will keep my eyes open for any cemetery on the side of the road, and make a mental note so I can go back to it at a latter date. Wayne of Capon Bridge At 10:36 PM 9/18/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings one and all, > >I'm able to get to this update of this last weekend. Thanks to my >co-pilot Izetta we were very successful on finding several cemeteries and >taking a few photos. > >Always remember: If you know of a cemetery that I don't have on my >Cemetery page, please let me know, give me directions and I will place it >there and this will be my reminder to go to it one day. > >First we headed to the Mineral/Hampshire Co. border on Rt. 50. I wanted >to show Izetta the small cemetery about 100 feet or so into Mineral Co. I >know this isn't in Hampshire Co., but it is so close, I decided to add >it. If anyone wants it off the site, please let me know. This cemetery >I'm calling the SHOEMAKER Family Cemetery. Only 2 people are buried here. > >We went to the Arnold Cemetery just about 1/2 mile down Rt. 50 on the >hillside on the left. This is a big cemetery so I will be a while before >I do an inventory of the people there. > >Most of the morning was full of rain and drizzle. > >We headed back to Junction, going South on Rt.220 for about 100 yards, we >made a left onto Trinity Rd. We went to the Pancake home and talked for a >minute to see if John had found anymore information about the Indian >Mounds in the area or if there were other cemeteries in the area. He told >me that his uncle had told him that the mounds of rocks, years ago had >dirt covering them, but has since eroded and washed down the hill. > >Now for the fun. We found the Forest Hill School, the gate was open and >the owner of the property were there loading up their Jeeps to leave. I >asked them if I could go to see if we could find the cemetery, they gave >us direction. Since they were leaving, I asked if they would leave the >gate open and I would lock up when we left. They agreed and I put the >truck into 4 wheel drive and we headed down the hill and up the grassy >little road. A 4WD was a must. We found the Davy Family Cemetery, but >it appears that Izetta ancestors weren't here. She was >disappointed. We looked over the hillside for a few minutes couldn't >determine if there was an older cemetery in the area or not, so we headed >back up the road to leave and head to the next cemetery. And guess >what? When we got to the gate, the owners had locked it behind them with >3 or 4 padlocks. BOOZOOs. So here we were locked in to this property >with no way out. I walked up and down the road a little to see if there >was another way out, and there wasn't, so guess what. The truck was put >back into 4 wheel drive and now they have a new entrance to their >property. Now that was fun. No cattle, so nothing will be lost except >for about 10 feet of barbwire. They weren't nice. > >Izetta took me to the Elijah High Cemetery, but as you can see by the >photo, the rain was on the camera, so the photo isn't all that good. I >will take a better photo on another day. > >She showed me of the Leatherman/Hartman Cemetery on the hillside. I will >be going there in the near future when I have a hour or two free. > >We headed back to Cold Stream Rd. and located the 2 cemeteries and 1 grave >site on the John Whitacre Farm. Once again, you must have a 4WD to find >these cemeteries. > >Please look at my map program and the cemetery listing to see the new >cemeteries. > >Any problems with them, view or the names on each website/page, please let >me know. I named them, what I thought I should call them. But if you >know the real name for each please let me know. > >Here is a list of the updates: > >Shoemaker Family Cemetery. >Arnold Cemetery >Davy Family Cemetery >Short Family Cemetery >Elijah High Cemetery >John Hiett Family Cemetery >Joseph Hiett Family Cemetery >Lenore Cowgill Gravesite. > >Have a good 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 Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm