This is how his tombstone appeared when I photographed it in 2008:
The date of his death was found on the order for his tombstone in his estate file at the county clerk's office. He died 16 February 1865 at the age of 74 years, 5 months and 11 days.
Sometimes within the last month, something struck his tombstone and it now looks likes this:
The tombstone is very soft and crumbly and will, without a doubt, disintegrate more. I suspect that little, if anything, will be left within a few years. This is a testimony to the value of photographing tombstones.
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by Brenda Joyce Jerome, CG
Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog
http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com
3 comments:
You have done an important service by digitally documenting this.
Thank you. I am trying to photograph as many of the old tombstones as possible. There are several that have fallen onto the ground and grass is starting to cover the tombstones.
How sad. However, at least you have a partial photo from the first time you took the picture. I wonder if it was a tree, car or stupid human with nothing to do but cause destruction.
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