Bob,
Here is my address: atielking(a)insightbb.com
Thanks for the photos!
Angela
-----Original Message-----
From: inpcrp-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:inpcrp-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Goode
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:54 PM
To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Hancock County Cemetery Vandalism
Angela: Shoot me your email. Your link on the site doesn't work. Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela" <atielking(a)insightbb.com>
To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Hancock County Cemetery Vandalism
Bob,
Do you know Cindy True? You are related.......
Can you contact me off-list? We are trying to get in contact with as many
descendants as possible.
Thank you,
Angela Tielking
Hancock Co. Cemetery Commission, Advisor
-----Original Message-----
From: inpcrp-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:inpcrp-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Goode
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 3:38 PM
To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Hancock County Cemetery Vandalism
The Ailsey Chappel referred to in the news story is my 5X grandmother. I'm
sick.......
Bob Goode
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernie & Connie Lasley" <elasley(a)sigecom.net>
To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Hancock County Cemetery Vandalism
>I do not know the source, I assume in a local paper on-line:
>
> HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. - Vandals hit historic Olvey Cemetery in Hancock
> County, toppling 60 tombstones. The cemetery is now abandoned, but
> many of the headstones date back to the Civil War era.
>
> Families members who have ancestors buried there wonder why vandals
> hurt precious property.
>
> "We put stars where the tombstones were," said 14-year-old Kelsey True.
>
> For 4-H projects, Kelsey researches her family's history. "We just go
> around and find pictures and what's really interesting is the
> obituaries."
>
> "Alsie Chapel is great, great, six times grandparents," said Kelsey's
> mother Cindy True.
>
> She takes a picture next to the tombstones each year as proof to the
> 4-H judges. But the cemetery now looks much different. Some of the
> headstones have been toppled over and even some of the tombstone
> bases have been removed from the ground. In all about 60 tombstones
> have been damaged.
>
> Hancock County detectives say it happened this week but they are
> investigating some possible leads.
>
> "I don't know what the thrill is. You know, doing something like
> this, and it's so disrespectful," said Green Township Trustee Sharon
> Brown. "I feel bad for the families."
>
> Brown says it will cost more than $10,000 to repair, money that's not
> in the budget. But the city will repair as much as they can this year.
>
> "It's sacred ground. They could go in there and have a party. They
> didn't need to knock anything over," said Cindy. "It's just
malicious."
>
> Kelsey and her mother tried to fix some of the toppled headstones,
> but many were just too heavy. They hope the pictures will help the
> city when it starts repairing the broken stones, especially if some
> of the headstones were moved. The pictures will help put them back in
> their proper spots.
>
> --------------------
> o
>
> At 10:23 AM 03/16/2007, you wrote:
>>Does anyone know anything about this? Angela? My mother called me
>>last evening and told me to watch channel 8 news at 11 pm, that they
>>had had a teaser abt this. But there was some sort of ballgame on
>>and I messed the news.
>>
>>Joni Curtis
>>Cumberland, IN
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