Old soft stone tombstones suffer greatly from freeze / thaw cycles over the decades. Add brain dead teenage boys to the mix and the markers are doomed.
The only hope to salvage the stones is through glue and in cases like the one below, metal straps to hold the pieces together.
A week in jail resolves the teenage boy affliction in most towns.
A close photo of the urn carving detail on the top of the tombstone of my great granduncle Atwood Drew in the Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Margaret Molen Murdock died in Lehi, Utah on 29 Jan 1864. Her daughters, Margaret and Lurany died within a few years of her death. All are buried together in the Lehi City Cemetery.
Their marker was broken off over time and was repaired by setting the broken stone in a concrete form.
Information update from John Lisle: Margaret was married to Orrice Clapp Murdock, a descendant of the Robert Murdock and Hannah Stedman family of Newton, Massachusetts. His father was John Murdock, b. 1792. John arrived from Nauvoo in SLC in 1847."
David and Anna Burgess Drew family tombstone in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Six of their eight children, a son-in-law and David’s 2nd wife, Caroline Tribble are buried in the family burial plot.
Emily Blacknall married James Hoggard on 26 Feb 1842 in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England.
The couple had 14 children. They moved to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City in April 1856. After a few weeks, they moved south to Lake City which is now known as American Fork, Utah.
Emily and James are buried in the American Fork City Cemetery.
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The design of Sarah Durrant’s tombstone is frequently seen in cemeteries in Utah. The design was popular for the markers children who died early in life.
The soft stone that was used because of the ease of carving the Lamb on top. Unfortunately, the markers deteriorate due to weathering as evidenced in this marker.
Tombstone of uncle Eliezer Churchill (1682 – 1754) Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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