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Star Rhodes (#46878998)
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Bio Photo Ever since I can remember, I have had a fascination with cemeteries. There was one right down the street from our school, we used to walk through it often, It was so peaceful and the monuments were so beautiful. My father Calvin Russell Swallow is buried there now. My sister Mel and I have gone back to Massachusetts and other New England States and explored the cemeteries looking for ancestors. Genealogy and searching cemeteries for family has been a treasured time with my sister. What a gift it is to have a sister to share your interests with.

I am hoping to make connections with distant cousins and share pictures and stories. I have posted many branches to our tree to do this.

I AM VERY LIBERAL WITH TRANSFERING MEMORIALS. MY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FOR EVERYONE (COPY THEM AT YOUR PLEASURE) AND I FEEL NO SENSE OF OWNERSHIP OVER MEMORIALS THAT ARE NOT MY FAMILY. I LOVE DOCUMENTING GRAVES. I AM SOMEWHAT OFFENDED BY THOSE WHO DO NOT SHARE THAT SENSE OF GIVING. WE GET NO POINTS IN HEAVEN BY HOW MANY MEMORIALS WE CONTRIBUTED TO FINDAGRAVE. THERE ARE MANY FINE CONTRIBUTORS TO FIND A GRAVE AND A FEW THAT NEED TO GET OVER THEMSELVES. Remember...."God Loves a Cheerful Giver"!!

A POEM FROM ALL OF US AVID GENEALOGIST'S!!

DEAR ANCESTOR

Your tombstone stands among the rest; neglected and alone. The name and dates are chiseled out on polished, marble stone. It reaches out to all who care; it is to late to mourn. You did not know that I exist; you died and I was born.

Yet each of us are cells of you in flesh, in blood, in bone. Our blood contracts and beats a pulse not entirely on our own. Dear Ancestor, the place you filled one hundred years ago. Spreads out among the ones you left who would have loved you so.

I wonder as you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew that someday I would find this spot, and come to visit you. - AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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pepper
joseph Clark
Good Morning:
Would like to give you a little more info on who Joseph Clarks, wife was that you could add to his memorial He was married to , Alice Pepper, on or around 1640. She was born; 20 march 1623 at, St. Marys Aldrmry,London, London England. She died in Medfield, Norfolk Co. Mass. on 17 March 1710. I am doing Pepper research as I am a Pepper. Estella Pepper Cox
Added by pepper on May 05, 2013 6:37 AM
Linda
RE: Malcolm Brogden
Thank you so much for replying and the link between the graves. I will look for the Leavens genealogy book and also would appreciate a copy of the paper work from Ada's research and provided by Mr. Clarkson if you run up on it. I am trying to find the connection between my line of Brogdons and the McPhersons because my great-grandfather Brogdon claimed to have had a "grandmother McPherson"--that's all I have to go on. Any information you can provide will be appreciated.

Linda
Added by Linda on Apr 05, 2013 11:36 AM
Linda
Malcolm Brogden
Hi! Thank you very much for posting Malcolm Brogden's information on Find A Grave. I am researching my Brogden/don family and believe its possible that Malcolm was related.

My question is this—can you tell me the source of the info you added about Malcolm's family i.e., his parents, wife, and children? If it's a true fact that his father was Malcolm Brogden, then I can stop researching whether his parents were Silas Brogden and Christian McPherson of Chesterfield County, SC. That family was on the 1810 and 1820 Chesterfield County census with about 11 children but disappeared from census records after 1820.

Thank you!
Linda
Added by Linda on Apr 03, 2013 6:24 AM
Jack Parker
Lake Vale - Belchertown
I was there today looking for someone, I took a few photos - but yours are so gorgeous I can't even consider posting mine.
Added by Jack Parker on Mar 24, 2013 6:49 PM
Vicky Guild
RE: J & Nancy Guild
Hi Star: Thank you. I will take good care of them. I can't tell you how surprised I was to have found their grave info and gravestone photo on here. I send lots of appreciation and good wishes to you for posting their grave info and gravestone photo. Vicky Guild *:)
Added by Vicky Guild on Mar 09, 2013 8:15 AM
Vicky Guild
Benjamin Guild d. 1802
Looking at the gravestone photo that goes with this it appears to read d: 1804 not 1802.
Added by Vicky Guild on Feb 17, 2013 8:59 PM
Vicky Guild
J. Guild and Nancy, his wife
Thank you for posting the photo of the gravestone of J. Guild & Nancy, his wife. They are my 4th great-grandparents, making me their 6th generation descendant. I visited this graveyard many years ago and did not see this stone. Looking at the dates, I know that this is the grave of John Guild, son of Benjamin Guild & Abigail Graves, and Nancy (Druce) Guild, daughter of Dr. John Druce and Margaret Trowbridge. They resided in Foxborough, Mass. After his parents died, he sold their house in Wrentham, to the Kollock family, which is why it is known as the Guild-Kollock House. I was so excited to see this stone. Wow. Thanks, again. Vicky Guild
Added by Vicky Guild on Feb 15, 2013 7:08 PM
B L Larson
Abigail Mann Ware #20913351
Abigail Mann was born 26 Sep 1747 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA, to Ichabod Mann and Sarah Fuller (Vital Records of Wrentham to the Year 1850). She was one of eight children born to this couple. Thank you for the time you devote to helping others.
Added by B L Larson on Jan 10, 2013 1:38 PM
Peter Morgan
Ruhamah Whitney & Josiah Whitcomb
Hi,

I may already have asked your permission to use the photos you took of my 6th great grand aunt's marker (31245759) and that of her husband, Josiah Whitcomb, but if so, I have misplaced your reply. If not, will you give me an ok? Thanks.

Peter
Added by Peter Morgan on Dec 04, 2012 8:43 AM
Adelina N Healy
9th great grandmother
This is amazing. The more I get into this the more I want to know. Thank you very much for entering this find.

Addie Healy
Dudley, MA
Added by Adelina N Healy on Nov 12, 2012 5:42 PM
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