Cemetery Report: Aug. 15, 2009 "Off Pops the Mausoleum Door" List user
8/28/2009, 10:41:52 AM I slept hard last night. Now 5:30am and popping up to get ready to go again. :( No Tim's here, had to settle for Dunkin Donuts coffee. 6:33am, along with lots more fog brings me back to Glenwood Cemetery on Rt. 7 in Oneonta. Hope I can finish this hill cemetery before it gets to hot again. Basie Woolheater (< No..........I don't want to hear about wool and heaters today.......its to hot..................) 1891-1956. Ida Manchester 1859-_ _ _ _ (P).(MANCHESTER=a person from Manchester) James W. Brazie Born Oct 8, 1838 and died Nov 2, 1899. Revera F. Still N.Y. PFC 125th APP Base Unit WW2 Born July 2, 1902 and died Feb 18, 1949. (< He's also very still now) In England, if a husband was dissatisfied with his wife in any way or just needed extra cash , he could sell her, this first showed up in the 1500's, documented 1000's of times. Howard E. Beagle N.Y. SGT. Bakers & Cooks Sch. QMC WW1 Born May 27, 1896 and died July 10, 1964 (P). (<I left him a doggie treat on his gravestone) Doris W. Baldwin 1912-1982 (< Bev alert) Surada O. Dauley Born July 27, 1861 and died Nov 27, 1897. I was asked about a month ago why there are door knockers on the outside of mausoleum doors. Seems odd, doesn't it, as anyone inside is dead. I think it might just be symbolism for the final rising.(And God said......"Wake up dummy, its time to rise" and the reply was "Yawn, ahhhhhhhhh do I have to?"), or was that what I used to say when I was woken to go to school? LOL------ But, in this cemetery I had an incident. There was one mausoleum towards the bottom of the hill. I went over to look at it and it seemed the door was ajar. So, I opened it up all the way and stood inside for a minute and there was 4 burials in there, with room for 2 more. It was clean and didn't smell. I closed one door and noticed a lock on the inside of the door, same as the other door. Now who's going to lock that? But as I went to close the other door, which by the way was probably 2-3 hundred pounds of brass, the door came off in my hand. I just barely got it back in place only by wedging it so it wouldn't fall. Glad it didn't land on me. I don't know if that was an attempt by someone to break in or not. I don't think it was an attempt to break out.................................This was the Kellog Mausoleum by the way. Francis F. Hone 1876-1927 (P). (HONE=dweller by a prominent stone or rock)(<and you hone a blade, knife, on a stone, wet or dry, so that one makes sense) Mariette Byer Born Aug 22, 1838 and died May 29, 1918. Gertrude A. Maharg M.D. Born Nov 4, 1849 and died April 24, 1916.(< notice this is a female Doc and the time period) Bertha Jungle 1908-1998. (P) (< I suppose her children were real animals.............) Elizabeth A. Dubois Born March 25, 1848 and died Sept 20, 1912. "Who killed Kildare? Who dare Kildare to kill? Death killed Kildare Who dare kill whom he will." Hervey K. Bowdish Born May 6, 1834 and died Feb 8, 1896. John J. Mattice 1833-1900. John Scott Lauren 1870-1939 (2P).(< Denise alert) Did you know Frederick the Great of Prussia was a coffee freak. But more so, then those of today. We brew coffee in water. He brewed it in champagne. Cornelia A. Grassfield Born Nov 17, 1823 and died March 6, 1896. David Wilbur Born near Quaker Street, N.Y. Oct 5, 1820, elected U.S. Congress 1872, 1878, 1886, 1888, of the 43rd, 46th, 50th and 51st U.S. Congress, died April 1, 1890. For those that receive my photos, this is the guy on the platform, life size statue, with his hand in his vest. Egbert A. Scrambling 1845-1910 (P). (SCRAMBLING=eggs............LOL) Lineon E. Wilder Born July 26, 1870 and died April 24, 1949. George Georges (< more parent humour) Born Nov 17, 1821 and died July 4, 1908. (< reminds me of finding Mary Mary a few years back in Canandaigua, N.Y. and even though I haven't been there since, I'll bet I could walk right to her headstone without searching. Funny how some of them you remember so well.) Mary Ethloine Born Sept 16, 1889 and died Dec 13, 1896. George Timewell 1845-1919(< Hmmmmm I'll have 2, three minute eggs and 1 two minute egg.) Dorman Baldwin M. D. Born Sept 12, 1848 and died June 26, 1919. (<Bev alert) Truman L. Irish 1846-1907 (< Lois alert.......LOL) Rosephe Wilson 1847-1912. Anna Suthers Jackson Born at Hebden Bridge, England Oct 27, 1836 and died June 15, 1893. Chauncey W. Herrick Commander in Chief U.S. W.V.(< West Virginia) 1924-1925, Born 1876 and died 1937. George Figger 1827-1901. Elanank Figger 1860-1888. I know during the Civil War you could pay someone to take your place in the army. But, does it work for religion? Catherine de Medici made a promise to God, to journey to Jerusalem. But she didn't go herself, she paid a substitute pilgrim to make the journey in her place, from France to Jerusalem. Does that count???????????? LOL. Volucia Fleming Nearing Born July 22, 1838 and died March 19, 1927. 'Here lies my wife,a said slattern and shrew If I said I regretted her,I should lie to you." Indianna Toles Born March 30, 1808 and died March 17, 1887 (P). Daisy S. Day Born Nov 2, 1842 and died Feb 24, 1932. Yeah ! I'm at the bottom of the hill and this one is done. Walked 2.3 miles in this "Garden of Human History" and vacated at 8:40am before the bad heat returns. :) 9:01am brings me to Oneida St, Oneonta Plains Cemetery and its now 69F. This one is very large, but flat. Norman E. Masker 1905-1962. Fred B. Chickering 1878-1953. Wilbur D. Hadsell 1916-1957. Stephen S. Moosick PFC US Army WW2, Born Dec 2, 1918 and died Oct 17, 1984.(Wasn't there a movie and a play about that? "The Sounds of Moosick" ????????????? Ethel M. Castronover 1929-2005. John Charles Constantine Born Dec 1, 1938 and died Jan 9, 2007 Engineer, Inventor and Artisan (< Dave alert) Warren D. Wormsley 1924-1993. Sidney J. Sutch Pvt. US Army WW1, Born April 5, 1891 and died March 20, 1976.(SUTCH=Such) Helen Snoddy Born April 22, 1912 and died Sept 11, 1995. Orman D. Short 1908-1994. Mary Shemet 1886-1963. 'Underneath this sod lies John Round Who was lost in the sea and was never found." Frank Thompson Sr. 1871-1960 Born at Nebay, Lebanon 1871 and died 1960. Remember Jack be nimble and his candle stick. Not just a nursery rhyme. Back in history, people actually jumped the candle stick and tried not to put out the flame on the wick. If it stayed lit they were to have good luck in the future. If it went out, bad luck was all they were going to get. How's your flame??????????? Jasper F. Rock PVT. US Army WW2, Born Nov 11, 1901 and died Jan 16, 1`983. Ernest E. Laclair 1890-1953 wife Bertha S. 1892-1974 (< Jack alert) (P). Lena O. Freeborn 1879-1969.(FREEBORN=One born free, inheriting liberty) Fenimore Tilyou 1895-1973. Mary Hyde Starbird 1889- _ _ _ _ .( STARBIRD probably related to STARBUCK :) Angevine Keator Tec 5 US Army WW2, Born Feb 20, 1927 and died March 15, 2006. Peter Dana Roseboom 1881-1961. (ROSEBOOM when your rose explodes...............) Jane B. Parshall Born Aug 9, 1926 and died Jan 8, 2008.(PARSHALL= Pearsall=Pearshall) Norma R. Sobers Born March 10, 1914 and died July 29, 2008. Minnie Cundy 1890-1939. Maria A. Monaco Born April 25, 1915 and died April 5, 2009 (P). William W. Guest 1940- _ _ _ _ (P). (GUEST=Stranger) William N. Colley 1885-1929. (COLLEY=Collie=Swarthy=coal black=black haired) John Indian 1877-1969 (P).(INDIAN=bows and arrows :) ) Jessie M. Booser 1870-1930. (BOOSER and SOBERS above would have made a great couple) Hazel M. Hillygus 1890=1983. "Lie still if your wise You'll be damned if you rise." Leo P. Nutter 1907-1978. (NUTTER=scribe, writer) Elizabeth Tinman 1883-1943 (P). (TINMAN=squeaks when it rains as in Wizard of Oz) Ida Scrambling 1873-1958 (P). Marguerite Tamsett 1868-1941. Edward W. Swinyard 1874-1946.(SWINYARD=worker at a swine enclosure) Geraldine Baldwin 1923-1942. (< Bev alert) Alva C. Sprague 1883-1943. (< Sue alert) Talk about starving artist syndrome. When Da Vinci painted the portrait the Mona Lisa which was commissioned by King Francis 1 of France, it was immediately hung in the Kings bathroom. There's a real boost for an artist. Raeburn V. Myers 1909-2001. Carlton J. Southern 1914-2002. Rachel Baty 1901-1984.(BATY=Batey) Alida Poirier 1880-1948. Eugene J. Laporte 1903-1947. Pearsall F. Dutcher 1892-1943. Lena J. Lepine 1884-1960. Benmie W. Sleigh Born Sept 20, 1900 and died Nov 18, 1935 (P). (SLEIGH=Santa) Laura M. Gadsly 1887-1943. Helen Mae Ditto 1905-1930 (P). Wothington D. Wright 1872-1940. Geditha Ten Broeck 1847-1931. 'In all your pride and self vain glory Mind this same well. Memento Mori." Arcie Edgar Smallin 1897-1968. Rosamond C. Collins 1927- _ _ _ _ . Leroy Goodenough 1887-1952 (P). Elizabeth Vile 1853-1922 (P). Emil Melhorn Born May 21, 1872 and died Jan 14, 1968. Back in the twelfth century the Catholic Church condemned cats, as ambassadors of the devil. They initiated a program to eradicate cats throughout Europe. The beneficiary of this act was the rat. So the rats numbers increased and carried out the Black Plague which killed millions. Some how the Church then changed its mind. Ethloin Winney 1865-1948. Fred J. Moreness 1897-1931. Emily M. Appleby 1850-1921. APPLEBY=Applebee) Edward A. Baldwin Born Oct 17, 1841 and died Jan 1, 1919. (< Bev alert) William H. Sickler 1861-1956. Flora Thom On 1917-2008 (P). (< and now's shes off) Melissa A. Tourjee 1843-1930. Thomas Thornburn Born at Bolton-Fell-End, Cumberland, England Sept 5, 1858 and died April 15, 1944 wife Jane Tamsett Thornburn Born at Sutton Valance, Kent, England Nov 1, 1863 and died Jan 16, 1934 (P). Bell Smith 1859-1924. (Sounds like she could be an old western gun slinger) Minnie Sigsbee 1883-1930. Fanny W. Butts 1851-1930. Roena J. Scripture 1839-1911. Edward J. Molineux 1912-1991. Joseph D. Beaulieu 1883-1947. William A. Linacre 1862-1942. Wessell B. Smith 1862-1917. Duncan G. Tarbox 1850-1908. After Marie Antoinette lost her head a new fad started all over England and France, young women started cutting their hair very short and started wearing red ribbons around their necks at the cut line. What a way to set a new fashion trend...................... Judson Baldwin 1844-1912. (< Bev alert) " Under this yew tree Buried would he be Because his father--he Planted this yew tree." Jacob Hedinger who lost his life saving others in the Central Hotel Fire, died Jan 16, 1910 age 43 years. Carrie F. Sisum 1871-1959. Zeph Cole 1883-1953. Lillie G. Taft 1858-1914. Burr B. Chamberlin 1886-1970. Mary Moak 1826-1904. Ruthana Frail 1833-1910 (P). Joseph Hendy Born at Mullion, England Sept 20, 1854 and died Aug 31, 1910. Tacy Barnes 1842- _ _ _ _ . Walked 7.4 miles in this "Human Family Tree Bed", picked up 25 flags and vacated at 2:32pm. I decided to call it quits for today. My back is burning, I'm over hot and starting with the cold chills. 90+ doesn't do me any good. But, after a rest and a nice shower, I went back and had Chinese Buffet again tonight :) . Another great day with the dead. Best Bill 9.7 miles for the day................................
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