It does appear to altered, but was not. It was photographed in the sun,
which the camera blurs the photo in some areas. I believe it was the best
rendetion of the marker available.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Richard Post <postman357(a)hotmail.com>wrote:
It looks like Demott to us. The photo looks like it has perhaps been
altered by a photo editor --do you have an original?
> From: LAClugh(a)comcast.net
> To: INPCRP(a)rootsweb.com
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:18:33 -0400
> Subject: Re: [INPCRP] misplaced marker Photo
>
> Here is the photo of the tombstone
>
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inpcrp/please_help_if_you_can.htm
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: L.A. Clugh <LAClugh(a)comcast.net>
> Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [INPCRP] misplaced marker
> To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
>
>
> Mark.
> send it to me and I will add a link for everyone.
>
> lac
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Kreps" <mjkreps(a)gmail.com>
> To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [INPCRP] misplaced marker
>
>
>
> > Vince,
> > Thanks for all the work. It is rather aggravating when there is so
little.
> > Do you know how old Abram and Elvira were in 1870? Would Elvira still
be in
> > child bearing age? I could send you a picture of the marker and see
what you
> > thought. If you want to see the pictue just let me know. It is
possible
> > that the engraver could have thought it the name was spelled Demoff
or plain
> > made a mistake.
> > Mark Kreps
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:58 AM, <VinceKoers(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Mark
> >>
> >> In checking the 1860 and 1870 census records for DeMoff or De Moff,
very
> >> little was found, and nothing matching male A's or female E's.
> >>
> >> Food for thought - could the name instead be DeMott?
> >>
> >> If so, there are several possibilities we see... 1870, Abram &
Elmira,
> >> King's County NY; Abram & Elizabeth, Queens NY
> >>
> >> There are two Abraham DeMott fellas in 1860-1870 that lived in
Morgan and
> >> Shelby counties, but both had wives with names starting in S - Susan
and
> >> Sabra.
> >> These two are much closer to home, but both require the assumption
the
> >> wife
> >> had a middle initial E and went by it at least part time.
> >>
> >> Or perhaps the E is really an S?
> >>
> >> Let me know if you think this might be a plausible line to follow up
on...
> >>
> >> Vince Koers
> >> _vincekoers(a)aol.com_ (mailto:vincekoers@aol.com)
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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