Tombstone Tuesday: Gen. John WHETCOMB

Gen. John WHETCOMB, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

This is an excellent gravestone! I wish he was my ancestor.

He's General John Whetcomb (1712-1783) Close-up of the carving at the top.

I located a Whitcomb genealogy at archive.org and discovered a page with this gravestone on it and an transcription. Here's a clip from the page:

 

The Whitcomb Family in America, a Biographical Genealogy.

Charlotte Whitcomb, Minneapolis, MN, October, 1804

Huge Pine Tree

Huge Pine Tree, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

I love comments on my blog. On yesterday's post a reader asked me about the huge pine in the graveyard. I realized that I took a photo (from the car) as we ere leaving....

I like to take the backside of gravestones. The tree is so huge, it doesn't fit in the frame!

Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, MA

Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, MA, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

My genea-friend, Marian Pierre-Louis suggested that we take a field trip to nearby (to me) South Cemetery in Bolton, MA.

I must admit that it is a fitting way to remember those who died and those left behind, ten years ago on September 11.

I did some research with Google Maps and off we went. The street view showed the street sign clearly where we were to turn at Wattaquadock Hill Road. I saw that after that turn was a church, a police and fire station and a ball field.

Well, the street was blocked off, probably for a ceremony so we continued on to see what Bolton was like. After some time, we turned around and ventured down the street that turned into Manor Road. It intersects with the blocked road just past the church. Hooray!

We went quite slowly because could see the Winery fields and sure enough where we neede to turn down Berlin Road, the street sign was missing some letters.

We turned and after a couple minutes there was the cemetery and this sign. [It matches the one at the Pan Burying Ground]

There is a "road" inside the cemetery and we drove around to the right hand side and pulled onto the grass. Good thing we did because as this is an active cemetery with new graves, a car turned in because they wanted to tend a grave in the back.

We wandered around. I tested the Resting Spot app and also took photos with my digital camera.

On the way back, we found the street open and we sailed home without incident.

One thing. They are cutting down trees on the property next to the cemetery. It was very noisy. Was it loud enough to wake the dead? Not a chance. But, I did tell them that it was OK, they were safe in God's hands.