Repairing the Headstone of Daniel White

Near the runway of the Minford Airport lies Shumway Cemetery, a small community burial ground where the mortal remains of Daniel White rest. Born on September 24, 1792, in Vermont to Abel White and Rebecca Sollis, Daniel emerged as an early settler in the area that would eventually evolve into Continue Reading

Lost A Leg

Benjamin Willis, of East End, Hurt On Street Railway Leg Was Caught in the Step and Twisted in Two–It Had to Be Amputated “Benjamin Willis, a veteran soldier and well known resident of Lawson Heights, had his right leg broken while riding home on a street car Monday evening. In Continue Reading

Murder Attempt Climaxed by Man’s Suicide

Home of City Patrolman Scene Of Knife Play After Lover’s Quarrel “Disappointment in love was blamed by police today for a suicide and attempted murder about 7 p.m. Saturday when Carl Royal, 32 of 913 11th st, died by his own hand and Miss Ruth Downes, 28, of 1215 11th Continue Reading

Cleaning the Headstone of Louella Hinkle

March 19, 2023, Friendship, Ohio – After having spent the winter working on digitizing records, researching, and preparing to get back out into the field this spring we caught a nice day, albeit a little overcast. So we hit the road to visit Friendship Cemetery, in Friendship, Scioto County, Ohio. Continue Reading

Headstone Cleaning: Lois Maude Shaw Shields

Several weeks ago, we were asked to begin work on the preservation of fourteen, now fifteen, Shaw family monuments at Friendship Cemetery, and despite near daily rain there have been hours where work has been completed, including the monument of Lois Maude Shaw Shields. Lois Maude Shaw was born in Continue Reading

Headstone Cleaning: Charles Mabery Baggs

A timelapse video of the cleaning of the grave marker of Charles Mabery Baggs, son of Frank M Baggs and Eda J Pratt, who was born February 27, 1901, and died January 27, 1927, and was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio. During World War I he enlisted into Continue Reading

Headstone Cleaning: Mary Ann Kerrigan and Sarah Maria Kerrigan

A timelapse video of the cleaning of the grave marker of Mary Ann Kerrigan and Sarah Maria Kerrigan, daughters of Patrick and Mary Kerrigan. Mary Ann Kerrigan was born February 6, 1866, and died July 13, 1868, aged 2 years, 5 months, and 7 days. Sarah Maria Kerrigan was born Continue Reading

Mothers’ Day Headstone Cleaning at Greenlawn Cemetery

At Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio, is a low row of nearly identical marble markers. These small monuments, not a foot tall, mark the final resting place of those residents of the Home for Aged Women, also known as the Old Women’s Home or the Old Ladies Home. The Home Continue Reading

Headstone Cleaning: Ira Francis “Frank” Coriell

Several weeks ago I met a couple cleaning a granite monument near the Harding section of Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio. As I had some time and the right equipment on hand I asked if I could help. After a little D/2, water, and time, the granite marker of their Continue Reading

Headstone Cleaning: Charles Henry Duduit

A week ago while working on the 1884 “Graveyard on the Hill” at Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio, my eye was caught by a small marble marker that appeared to have the carved figure of a young child. Upon further inspection, I saw that it belonged to the small child Continue Reading