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Too bad that beautiful arch is not well cared for..
8 months agoGlad you made it to the forest to “see through the trees”..;)
8 months agoScale shot!
8 months agoImpressive mileage!
8 months agoWhat are we looking at? Twins, both born in 1918? With the birth date on the right instead of the left? And no last names?
8 months agoNot super impressive there, Joe.
8 months agoShoe-zie
8 months agoHey Tim,
That's very interesting - thanks. I stop fairly often on bike rides and look at gravestones in cemeteries, especially cemeteries that are in improbable locations (like this one, on the side of country road in the middle of nowhere.) But I usually don't remember to look up the peoples' names when I'm off the bike. I should start doing that, sometimes anyway.
Thanks for reading,
Jeff
Henry Helm Floyd ends up having been an interesting character. He served late in the American Revolutionary War and later served in the War of 1812, possibly ultimately rising to the rank of colonel, although his tombstone says Lieutenant. He was at the Battle of New Orleans. His grandfather immigrated from whales and died in Virginia, living to be 103; his father, Henry B he lived to be 97 also served in the revolutionary war. When Henry Floyd died, he owned a number of slaves and had eight children. I suspect all those businesses with the Floyd name are owned by family members.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Floyd-1102
I don't know, but I believe that's a miner's cap he's wearing. Uniontown is in the Western Kentucky coalfields, where coal mining is/was the major employer.
8 months agoJust hope they don’t misspell your name ON the tombstone…Grammar errors in obituaries are a real thorn in my side. It’s not all “autocorrect”, either, sad to say.
8 months agoIs Floyd an egg or a lightbulb?
8 months agoJeff,
A meet-up on the road would be awesome! I'll share a copy of my itinerary when it's ready.
Jeff
I really like touring in Nebraska and Kansas. I'm sure I'll ride there again. I prefer low-key, friendly places with empty roads instead of busy, heavy-traffic tourist attractions with spectacular scenery :)
I'll keep an eye on your journal when you do your trip - maybe there's a possibility, however remote, that we can meet up on the road.
Jeff
Mark..they were huge CHIcago Cubs fans..
8 months agoTrevor Watt was 19 years old, born January 6, 1999 and died in an automobile accident on September 1, 2018.
James Gasaway was 20 years old, born February 24, 1998 and died on same day as Trevor. Most likely they were in the same vehicle.
They were best friends.