Hey Lena,
I found the top of your William in the very back fence row.
As well as several other stones. There are three piles in the
back. I would imagine the top is there somewhere. It will
have to wait until the weather gets better or spring before
I will go back out. Burrr! But then, 50 degrees and no wind,
and I'm good to go... so let me know when you want some
help locating this guy.
A good plan would be to take a rake and a couple of
friends with you. Laying out all the pieces and matching
them like puzzle pieces. Also a bucket, nylon scrub brush
and a gallon of water to clean what you find.
I also found these too:
I also found a new Campbell child.
A new Holliday child
2 Barnes children
2 Crouse children
Lots of missing dates too. My photos may not always look
great but they should prove the dates or family information.
A young Eagle Scout worked with his troop last year to
stand around 25 tombstones back up. There are so many
more that have sunk below the surface at Wyandotte. Also
there are the two sides that have ravines. I heard years ago
there are many tombstones down over the hills.
I guess my point is there may still be another William.
And there may be just typing errors too. We all know
there are a lot of those. As I work my way through a
cemetery, I scrub and photograph everything. Sometimes
all I have are the footstones left. This was the case at Granville.
I can't restore them all, my backbones are telling me to
stop this right now. But locating each stone on the list, digital recording
and putting them up online is just as good for saving some history for
everyone who comes searching for family.
I think I'm up to the S's with photos.
More later,
LA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lena C." <gostraka(a)yahoo.com>
To: <intippec(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: [INTIPPEC] William Platt, Wyandotte Cemetery
LA and Thelma,
A while back you guys did some work on Wyandotte
cemetery and I wanted to send a correction. There are
two William Platt's listed on Find A Grave. One is
new, William Platt who died in 1854 (we are SOOO
excited about this one!) and another William Platt
1864-1868. The 1864-1868 grave *I think* is actually
the stone for Willard Julien 1864-1867. Williard is
buried right near Benjamin Platt and Frances
Hardwick-Platt (his sister Pleasant Maria was married
to Benjamin Platt). To my knowledge (and I've walked
the cemetery specifically looking for it) there is no
William Platt 1864-1868 buried in Wyandotte.
Also wanted to ask about the stone for William Platt.
It's along the back fencerow? What are the chances
that the other part(s) of the stone might turn up? We
have no birth date for William (and up to now had no
definite burial location) so if we could find the rest
of the stone telling his age it would be a huge
discovery.
Here's the last record for William:
1850 Census, Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County,
Indiana
Platt, William 57 Waggonmaker Va
Sarah 55 Va
James Scott 26 Oh
Elizabeth 18 Oh
Benjamin 10 In
Jacob Platt 28 Waggonmaker 700 Oh
Francis 19 In
Thanks!
Lena