A nylon brush on power drill has helped a little. It still has a long way to
go. If anyone has any ideas please share.
Thanks,
Mark Kreps
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:43 PM, L.A. Clugh <LAClugh(a)comcast.net> wrote:
So how did you clean that paint off?
lac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kreps" <mjkreps(a)gmail.com>
To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:26 PM
Subject: [INPCRP] William C DeHoff -- son of Anthony and Elizabeth -
lostgrave
marker
> Found, I was wrong with the spelling of William C. 's marker. It was
DeHoff
> not DeMoff. I want to thank and apologize to everyone. I'll do what I can
to
> clean up the marker and get it to the right location in Noble Co. This
sort
> of find is something everyone who belongs to INPCRP should be glad to be
a
> part of.
> see below
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: CJWhan <jeenee(a)embarqmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: William C DeHoff -- son of Anthony and Elizabeth - lost
grave
> marker
> To: Annette DeHoff <adehoff(a)comcast.net>
> Cc: mjkreps(a)gmail.com
>
>
> And how long have you been at this genie business? Tee hee. You know
> anything is possible. However.......
>
> In Swan Cemetery, Section 1 row 18, are recorded DeHoffs:
> Anthony 1822-1876
> Elizabeth (Homsher) (w/o Anthony) 1831-1901 1-18
> Alton J (s/o A&E) Mar 29, 1867 13 d 1-18
> William C (s/o A&E) Oct 13, 1864 2y6m14d 1-18
>
> Whether the stones are still there in a readable condition or not is
> doubtful - but they were read there at some point. Next time I'm down
that
> way I'll go have a look.
>
> I have been indexing marriage records for the Salt Lake City
bunch/Indiana
> Genealogical Society - and have run into several DeHuffs and DeHoffs -
but
> no DeMoffs - in various Indiana counties.
>
> Delaware County is quite a bit south of Noble - so dunno how poor ole
> Willie's marker got down there, but Muncie has Ball State - a college
town
> with many transients - and anything is possible.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Annette DeHoff <adehoff(a)comcast.net>
> *To:* CJWhan <jeenee(a)embarqmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 26, 2008 6:04 AM
> *Subject:* William C DeHoff -- son of Anthony and Elizabeth - lost grave
> marker
>
> I have forwarded your email address to Mark Kreps who is trying to
> get the marker home. I am not sure how a marker for William C DeHoff
> who is supposedly buried in Swan Cemetery would get to Delaware
> County. Is it possible that the transcription for William was
> actually included from family records and not an actual stone?
>
> I've never found anything to show for sure when Anthony and Elizabeth
> moved to Noble County from Jay County - perhaps they were in Delaware
> County when William died? Lots of questions for sure.
>
> The original message is at the very bottom.
>
> Annette
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: "VinceKoers(a)aol.com" <VinceKoers(a)aol.com>
>> To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:20:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [INPCRP] misplaced marker
>>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> Based on the various comments about the spelling, we did another
>> analysis of
>> the 1860-1870 records, with the following assumptions:
>>
>> Birth dates of the couple was 1826 +/- 20 years, or between 1806
>> and 1846,
>> which would make them as young as 15 in 1861.
>>
>> Surname was 6 characters, with no internal spacing, beginning in
>> DeH, DeM,
>> or DeN, and ending in F. This allows the 4th and 5th characters to
>> be anything.
>>
>> The first names and middle initials are accurate in the records.
>> Note some
>> variation for the same people in the spelling of surname in the two
>> census
>> records.
>>
>> People of interest located in this survey include:
>>
>> 1860
>> Abraham & Rebecca E. DeHoff, Wayne Co. OH
>> Abraham & Elizabeth DeHuff, Cumberland Co. PA (Ditto in 1870)
>> Amos & Emeline DeHoff, York Co. PA (Note alternate spelling in 1870)
>> (zero matches for dem??f and den??f)
>>
>> 1870
>> Alfred & Emma DeNolf, New York Co. NY
>> Anthony & Elisabeth DeHoff, Noble Co. IN
>>
>> Abraham & Elizabeth DeHuff, Cumberland Co. PA (Ditto in 1860)
>>
>>
>> Amos & Emma DeHuff, York Co. PA (Note alternate spelling in 1860)
>>
>>
>> The most interesting of the above are Anthony & Elisabeth DeHoff, of
>> neighboring Noble Co. IN, which vary from your original spelling,
>> DeMoff, by only
>> one character
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 9/21/2008 2:56:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> mjkreps(a)gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> The Indiana Delaware County Center Township Trustees office
>>> handed over a
>>> marker they have had in storage not knowing where it came from.
>>> The marker
>>> was vandalized by a satanic group in that it had been spray
>>> painted black
>>> and pentagram and swastika drawn on it. The Pioneer Cemetery
>>> Preservation
>>> Committee has begun cleaning it. We aren't sure which cemetery
>>> it comes
>>> from. This is where the INPCRP group might be able to help out.
>>> The marker
>>> has the following words on it: WILLIAM C. (perhaps the C is a G)
>>> son of A
>>> &
>>> E DEMOFF, died Oct. 13, 1864 age 2 yr 6 m 14 D.
>>> I couldn't find any DeMoff's in Delaware Co., IN yet when
>>> checking the
>>> 1880
>>> census found them as far away as Calif., Michigan and Wisconsin.
>>> Any help
>>> would be appreciated. If you want a picture of the vandalized
>>> marker let
>>> me
>>> know and I'll send it to you.
>>> Mark Kreps
>>> mjkreps(a)gmail.com
>>> Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee
>>> Delaware County Historical Society, IN
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