Found an article on Ancestry. The killers were 16 and 18yr old hired farm hands of the family. They say they made a full confession. Broke the child’s neck and “mutilated” the remains before throwing the baby in the deep part of the river. The article said they tried to escape police custody and were killed by “the guard.”
I find this story all too convenient. They were kids 16 and 18. Makes no sense. And when did they have time to do this? The article says that they were cutting wood and working all that day. Kinda feel like they were likely persuaded into a confession. Police could beat people until they confessed
Found your videos by accident. I think it's wonderful that you're sharing forgotten people who have passed. My husband has a family cemetery dating back to the 1900's I think it's important to remember those we've lost to be able to carry on their names. So they'll never be forgotten.
@@barbaraschleiff3774: Found your video from suggestion, after your reading about the young babies who didn't last long, made me wonder about if some were from certain diseases, or plagues of that time, so I Googled diseases and plagues and read of where and when they killed millions and millions of people. Made me wonder how WE managed to survive these and be born? Just lucky, I guess? My wife and I enjoyed your video as we also like to learn about people of our past. What state is this cemetery in? Just curious. There are lots of Pioneer cemeteries around where I live from the gold rush.
There's good and evil in this world. The next one, they're separated, so we must focus on getting to the promised land. However, Jesus said that children are innocent, so I know these children are with Him now and don't have to suffer through this one no longer. Those who murdered that precious little girl are getting theirs now, there's no hiding from what they did to her and justifiably so, they're paying the price. We're surrounded by wolves in this world. It's just the way this world is, sorry to say, but is a fact.
Have been intrigued with cemeteries since I was a child. We had two yearly family reunions at Old country Churches with cemeteries. These were normally all day events on Sundays. What wonderful memories...lots of singing and dinner on the grounds. I was always fascinated by the history discovered on the tombstones and family relation of many of those buried there. I am still drawn to cemeteries in the same way that the two of you are. Great video...new subscriber.
The weeping willow on a gravestone: Adding the willow, recognized as a symbol of both mourning and rebirth, signaled the end of America’s plain and simple approach to death and began a long period of what some might describe as creative avoidance behavior. According to Department of Historic Resources, Virginia
Poor child, never got to live a full life. By putting her killers names on her tombstone, they will be remembered for the evil act they committed for eternity.
“Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.” George Eliot, English author. Thank you for "remembering" that poor child who was murdered only because of greed, and for all the others you took the time to mention. What kind of life would the girl have had? How many children would she have had also, and they have had? An old, sad "walking funeral" living its best in Maine says "hello". We will all soon enough be like they are now. May someone someday remember us all kindly, too.
@@user-sx9rx5of1c From Wikipedia..."Mary Ann Evans (November 22 1819 - December 22 1880); alternatively Mary Anne or Marian, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era."
RE: Marker question It is actually quite easy. I take the large rolls of aluminum foil and tear off enough to cover the marker. I use duct tape to tape the foil to the marker and then take a stiff bristle brush and rub over the foil to reveal any inscription that may show. The duct tape does not harm the marker and rubbing the brush over the foil will make the inscription stand out if there is any there.
Great idea! I've also heard of people doing 'rubbings', where they lay paper over the stone, then use chalk, lay the chalk on its side and rub it all over the paper. It will reveal the hard to read letters, numbers, characters underneath that have been worn down over time from erosion from wind and rain. Cheaper to do also, 'cause foil can get expensive. 🙂
I used soapstone as a kid to trace headstones on the Umbria plantation cemetery. My dad kept a soapstone pen and it was one of my favorite things to do when I was little.
@@Slain_Lawlesswe use a LG crayon with the paper off and large sheets of art manilla paper and rub the crayon on its side over the paper that's held against the tombstone it looks beautiful and is easily read once rubbed on the paper
Those weeping willow carvings are very common in European cemeteries. It represents long term grief and immortality, because you can cut a branch and start a new tree in 'waters of life'. A lot of meaning to those.
I noticed you walked by a big marker with the name Skaggs on it. So i checked find a grave for the cemetery ald found out every single person buried there named Skaggs is related to me. Many are double related to me because a Skaggs married a Hammond/Hammonds/Hammons. I didn't even realize that i already had one couple already added to my family tree. Thanks for the video. Now i added the rest of the family i didn't have to my tree.
@@theSword- : (Revelation 21:8 NIV) [8] ''But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” This is also why people need to stay away from OUIJA boards as well. It's a form of witchcraft, (i.e, "magic arts").
It’s sad when you realize that nobody really takes care of that graveyard and nobody comes to visit it either. That means these are orphan Graves in no way and you were probably the only visitor they’ve had in a very very long time. I think they appreciate that to not be forgotten.
Thank you for doing this video, it just shows we should never forget history good or bad, because hopefully we can learn from it and make the world a better place. We have a military grave restorer in Great Britain who we appreciate very much.
Visiting old cemeteries were a favorite pass time. I can no longer do it because of a back injury, so I am so glad I found your channel. I'll be binging watching your videos all night 😊
I wonder if it was small pox, scarlet fever, yellow fever, cholera or plague that killed them? So sad. Would be interesting if information could be found on the illnesses of their times that they had to live and die around and with. Would paint a more clearer picture, giving more life to their individual stories.
@@glenturney4750I think that complications of pregnancy and birth usually kill mothers and infants within the first two weeks. It could have been brought on by another illness, but it most likely was premature labor or eclampsia or breech delivery that went wrong or any number of horrible things that can happen in pregnancy. Childbed fever was a very common cause of death of the mothers. I see the same kinds of related deaths when I do genealogy research on my family. It’s so sad.
Just stumbled across your video. Thank you so much for sharing this little darlings story! I think it's a just thing to do to name her killers on the headstone. Seeing their names won't (wouldn't) cause more pain to the father each time he came to visit, her being murdered trumps all pain. Their names being there is like a "Hall of Shame" for as long as this present world lasts.
I find the misspelled words on the headstones to be interesting. Also how so many of them who did reach adulthood only lived between 30 and 50 years. That’s what a hard life will do to you.
Their hair was probably gray by the time they hit their 20's! Life was CERTAINLY much harder back in their days. I doubt the men were scrawny, 'cause almost everything was done by hand, there were no video games, t.v's, radio, just pure honest hard work that had to be done, or they'd go hungry. Wives worked side by side next to their husbands, even children helped, so my hat is off to those folks for sure. There's a few people I know who I wish I could send back in time and drop them off for a while and tell them, "Have fun! You think your life is so hard, have a taste of your ancestors times. I'll pick you up later after you've learned some respect. SEE YA!" 😁
Such a unique and interesting video. You two tell a good story, your channel has never popped up until now and I'm glad it did. Cool to try and get a vision of what their life could have been like.
I love how these old cemeteries had so much information. In the 1700’s my family buried loved ones on their property which eventually turned into a family cemetery and then the land was given to the city. Bucket list someday to go see it.
I appreciate people filming these and learning about these people, because think about it-- unless any of us get famous, this will be us in 1-200 years. Nobody will know us. Even our descendants won't know us. We will be a name on a piece of paper in a dusty book in the attic (family tree) and a name on stone. Everything we deem important right now, will not matter, even our families. Nobody will know them either. It's all dust and names in the end.
Some of these headstones look like Richard may have gone and replaced the original stones. The one propped up against Deny's mom's might be her original stone.
Your video popped up in my feed. I love to go walking and read the stones in old cemeteries. I started doing this with my Mom at a young age. It makes you wonder what are their stories? What all did they live through? Where did they come from? Had they lived there for their entire lives or make a hard journey to where they ended up? Mom always told me you don’t have to be afraid here. None of these people will hut you. It is the ones that are still living and breathing that could. I have NEVER been scared or spooked in a cemetery. There are sooo many small family cemeteries here you can’t even begin to count. I know that my Great-great grandparents came across the mountains of VA into the hills of eastern KY. My Great grandmother was a young girl of about 10 years when they did this. The wagon was completely full and the horses would not be able to pull any more weight getting across them. She wanted a large cast iron kettle. Her father told her no there wasn’t room. She pleaded. He told her if she wanted it that badly she would have to walk the entire way and carry it. If she couldn’t carry it she couldn’t have anyone else help her and it would have to be left behind on the trail. She was so determined that she took it she did carry it the entire way through the mountains to KY. I’m not sure whatever happened to it but I know where I get my hard headness. Thank you for an awesome video. I did subscribe and look forward to seeing more!
Sad for that child and her family. And seeing all of the fallen who have no one left to remember them anymore. Thank you for showing the history. So interesting.
@@barbaraschleiff3774: Not to mention, having that poor little angel's headstone made by someone who couldn't spell very good. 'Thay', 'mite'? I'm certain that headstone wasn't cheap in price, so I hope the father of this little girl didn't have to pay full price for the mistakes engraved in it? They should've tied those two men to a big tree and let the mother and father have their way with them, before they ended up at the end of a rope. Fair is fair? At least her parents could feel a little better that they got to let some of their anger out on those who stole the life from their angel before they met their maker?
I found this accidentally...I watch another channel...which I like as well. I found this video very interesting and I will be watching. Thank you for the story about little Denny...so sad
You just came up on my news feed thank you for the experience. I wish the gentleman would stop talking over you can't listen to both talking at the same time Just a suggestion not being rude ❤
that is very interesting about the little girl and the other people my mum when she was Alive use to like to look at old headstones as they were very fascinating I live in Australia and I really enjoyed your looking at that cemetery it is so sad that it is not well looked after
I've always been fascinated by old cemetaries. Thanks for sharing. There's a little plastic minion figurine laying on top of the fish tank at the little girls grave is not that old.
Deny’s mother died 1870 as well as 1 month old daughter a month later. Her two surviving sisters died young in their twenties. It seems Father remarried and had additional children. The baby was buried next to Mother in the same cemetery
You might next time carry along some children’s chalk to outline the engraved letters.. I do that on my great grandparents tombstones, and others .. it’ll make the letters on names legible..it’ll help tremendously.. The rain will wash it off so as not to disturb the markers .
What a sad song. That poor little child was so innocent and to be murdered so they could rob the house is in insane. I hope those 2 men never forgot what they did. RIP Little one.❤❤❤❤
Found a page for the cemetery and it lists all the tombstones. The only Thomas listed was Thomas Courts 1837 - Nov 9, 1857 or 1851 Son of Robert Courts
Guys, there is a way to read almost any stone, even the ones that have been weathered. With aluminum foil and a brush. Google this I had my doubts, but I have never found one yet that can’t be read with aluminum foil.
@@barbaraschleiff3774 I saw an episode a while back and this gentleman was cleaning headstones with a 3 or 4 of to 32 oz of water with a spray bottle ab=nd a medium scrub brush. Was able to read the headstones afterwards and not hurt the stone.
I’m sorry , I believe we told all we know . Our viewers are really good at digging info and adding to some of the videos in the comments . I’ll go back and watch and see where it got cut off .
@@barbaraschleiff3774: I have an idea? Perhaps when you read and show the dates of the tombstones and see how young people died, also look up the different types of illnesses, (signs and symptoms), there were during their times that they may have suffered that led to their deaths to give a more clearer picture? That would paint a clearer picture to people of what those in our past had to suffer through and we would TRULY have more respect for how tough they had it back then. Today, there are people who think they have it bad when their coffee wasn't made sweet enough from Starbucks, but let those understand what REAL tough was like for our past fellow American settlers? I have HUGE respect for them and think it would help honor them and their memory. Thanks for your video. 🙂👍
I think they told what they knew. The men were found and arrested. They also gave the information so you can do more digging yourself. It's not hard to find the paper to look up the article it's in.
Someone that lives close by should clean those headstones and repair them if possible. Wished I lived close because I would if I could :( They are only going to get worse if no one cares for them. Thanks for sharing :)
I was at fort El Reno looking at headstones and saw you that said the sergeants name then it says murdered by Kiowas 1871 I thought that was pretty wild
Cass is where my Great Grandparents lived Alonzo and Rene Ethel Richards I'm 64 and I was only 4 or 5 last time I've been there. I have Hill among the family names in the family
Amazing grave yard. What a crazy story...they could have let the horse out of the barn and the dad would have gone looking for him instead of killing the baby.
On find a grave it says the mother (Mary Hill) had a brother called Thomas. It says he was born in 1831 but it was unknown when he died. His is the only entry in the family that doesn't have an attached picture of his gravestone. I'm betting it's because his is the one next to his sister Mary, but it's too weathered to read.
I walked through fields looking for old family cemeteries. I had an ancestor whose body was dug up after burial...to use in an insurance scam...back in the early 1900's they put everything in the newspapers.
Wow…..killing a 3 year old to commit a robbery. Sooooo beyond evil!
Yes , so sad
Poor little girl was murdered only 13 months after her mother died. Her poor family. She's resting in the arms of her mama. R.I.P to both souls.
Yes
Found an article on Ancestry. The killers were 16 and 18yr old hired farm hands of the family. They say they made a full confession. Broke the child’s neck and “mutilated” the remains before throwing the baby in the deep part of the river. The article said they tried to escape police custody and were killed by “the guard.”
I find this story all too convenient. They were kids 16 and 18. Makes no sense. And when did they have time to do this? The article says that they were cutting wood and working all that day. Kinda feel like they were likely persuaded into a confession. Police could beat people until they confessed
So sad . Thank you for the information
Hi. How did you go about finding the article on Ancestry?? I'd like to read it myself. This is just so sad. Thank you.
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Look us the child’s name in ancestry. The article is attached to an entry for find a grave.
Thank you
Bless her heart. These men were monsters. How sad for her dad to have lost his wife and then his daughter.
Yes . So evil
Found your videos by accident. I think it's wonderful that you're sharing forgotten people who have passed. My husband has a family cemetery dating back to the 1900's I think it's important to remember those we've lost to be able to carry on their names. So they'll never be forgotten.
Yes . Thank you for watching
Me too just found it it awesome
Thank you
@@barbaraschleiff3774: Found your video from suggestion, after your reading about the young babies who didn't last long, made me wonder about if some were from certain diseases, or plagues of that time, so I Googled diseases and plagues and read of where and when they killed millions and millions of people. Made me wonder how WE managed to survive these and be born?
Just lucky, I guess?
My wife and I enjoyed your video as we also like to learn about people of our past. What state is this cemetery in? Just curious. There are lots of Pioneer cemeteries around where I live from the gold rush.
Hill cemetery in Franklin co Ar
Wow, taking a child to steal from the family is wickedness upon wickedness! Quite a shocking plan.
So sad
What a tragic story. No matter how many horrific stories I hear, I still have trouble fathoming people who can commit atrocities like this. RIP Denny.
Yes thank you for watching
Stumbled upon this by accident. Thank you for sharing and rembering the forgotten.
Thanks for watching
R.W Hill born 1837. This is so sad. Two monsters being that cruel to a little child. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for all ur kind comments
Shhh angel sleeping in the arms of god 🙏❤
@@user-ex3cj9nc4g: I doubt anyone but Jesus will wake her though. She's in a MUCH happier place than we are now.
Weirdly I love old cemeteries, such history. Poor baby, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed
How could people be so cruel?
Oh I know , evil
There's good and evil in this world. The next one, they're separated, so we must focus on getting to the promised land. However, Jesus said that children are innocent, so I know these children are with Him now and don't have to suffer through this one no longer. Those who murdered that precious little girl are getting theirs now, there's no hiding from what they did to her and justifiably so, they're paying the price. We're surrounded by wolves in this world. It's just the way this world is, sorry to say, but is a fact.
Have been intrigued with cemeteries since I was a child. We had two yearly family reunions at Old country Churches with cemeteries. These were normally all day events on Sundays. What wonderful memories...lots of singing and dinner on the grounds. I was always fascinated by the history discovered on the tombstones and family relation of many of those buried there. I am still drawn to cemeteries in the same way that the two of you are. Great video...new subscriber.
Thank you
The weeping willow on a gravestone:
Adding the willow, recognized as a symbol of both mourning and rebirth, signaled the end of America’s plain and simple approach to death and began a long period of what some might describe as creative avoidance behavior. According to Department of Historic Resources, Virginia
Thank you
Wow. An everlasting remembrance of this little girl and forever keeping the names of the killers in shame. Well done.
Thank you for watching
Hearing your sweet and kind voice and accent reminds me of my grandma. Makes me miss her so much!
Thank you for the kind comment
Poor child, never got to live a full life. By putting her killers names on her tombstone, they will be remembered for the evil act they committed for eternity.
Yes ! Thanks for watching
“Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.”
George Eliot, English author.
Thank you for "remembering" that poor child who was murdered only because of greed, and for all the others you took the time to mention. What kind of life would the girl have had? How many children would she have had also, and they have had? An old, sad "walking funeral" living its best in Maine says "hello". We will all soon enough be like they are now. May someone someday remember us all kindly, too.
Love it ! Thank you
@@barbaraschleiff3774 😊
I loved George Elliott's work. I forgot her real name but she was wonderful.
@@user-sx9rx5of1c From Wikipedia..."Mary Ann Evans (November 22 1819 - December 22 1880); alternatively Mary Anne or Marian, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era."
Thank you for the info
RE: Marker question
It is actually quite easy. I take the large rolls of aluminum foil and tear off enough to cover the marker. I use duct tape to tape the foil to the marker and then take a stiff bristle brush and rub over the foil to reveal any inscription that may show. The duct tape does not harm the marker and rubbing the brush over the foil will make the inscription stand out if there is any there.
That’s awesome , thank you
Great idea! I've also heard of people doing 'rubbings', where they lay paper over the stone, then use chalk, lay the chalk on its side and rub it all over the paper. It will reveal the hard to read letters, numbers, characters underneath that have been worn down over time from erosion from wind and rain. Cheaper to do also, 'cause foil can get expensive. 🙂
I used soapstone as a kid to trace headstones on the Umbria plantation cemetery. My dad kept a soapstone pen and it was one of my favorite things to do when I was little.
@@Slain_Lawlesswe use a LG crayon with the paper off and large sheets of art manilla paper and rub the crayon on its side over the paper that's held against the tombstone it looks beautiful and is easily read once rubbed on the paper
Thank you
Shaving cream beings the writing on stones into sharp relief. Spray it on spread it and wipe it off. It does no damage and makes a huge difference.
Thanks for the tip
Such a sad tale. Thanks for visiting Graves of the forgotten and retelling a little of their lives.
I really enjoyed!
Thank you so much
Those weeping willow carvings are very common in European cemeteries. It represents long term grief and immortality, because you can cut a branch and start a new tree in 'waters of life'. A lot of meaning to those.
Oh wow ! Thanks for the information and for watching
I noticed you walked by a big marker with the name Skaggs on it. So i checked find a grave for the cemetery ald found out every single person buried there named Skaggs is related to me. Many are double related to me because a Skaggs married a Hammond/Hammonds/Hammons. I didn't even realize that i already had one couple already added to my family tree.
Thanks for the video. Now i added the rest of the family i didn't have to my tree.
I’ve responded to this video several times . It keeps disappearing. I’m not sure what’s happening to it
@@barbaraschleiff3774 probably just a yt glitch. What exactly was you trying to respond to?
Oh just to tell you thank you for watching
Cruelty has no date. 🙏🙏
So evil
Rest assured, the evil will pay for their deeds.
Same as baby murderers today.
@@theSword- :
(Revelation 21:8 NIV)
[8] ''But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
This is also why people need to stay away from OUIJA boards as well. It's a form of witchcraft, (i.e, "magic arts").
@@glenturney4750 ....Yes. You are right. I have studied the Bible and the occult for many years, to say the least.
I love old cemeteries. Each one holds stories and some tragic like this little angel. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching
It’s sad when you realize that nobody really takes care of that graveyard and nobody comes to visit it either. That means these are orphan Graves in no way and you were probably the only visitor they’ve had in a very very long time. I think they appreciate that to not be forgotten.
Thank you
Thank you for doing this video, it just shows we should never forget history good or bad, because hopefully we can learn from it and make the world a better place. We have a military grave restorer in Great Britain who we appreciate very much.
Yes . Thanks for watching
Thank you for bringing to light the tragic story of a beautiful little girl
Thank you for watching
I found y’all by accident. I so enjoyed the stories, and I love to go to old cemeteries.
Thank you for watching
Visiting old cemeteries were a favorite pass time. I can no longer do it because of a back injury, so I am so glad I found your channel.
I'll be binging watching your videos all night 😊
Thank you
I noticed that the baby that was born and died on March 22, 1886, mother died just 3 days later on March 25, 1886. That is really sad.
Yes it is . Thanks for watching
I wonder if it was small pox, scarlet fever, yellow fever, cholera or plague that killed them? So sad. Would be interesting if information could be found on the illnesses of their times that they had to live and die around and with. Would paint a more clearer picture, giving more life to their individual stories.
@@glenturney4750 It was probably the same sort of eejits who won't wear masks and get vaxxed these days.
@@glenturney4750I think that complications of pregnancy and birth usually kill mothers and infants within the first two weeks. It could have been brought on by another illness, but it most likely was premature labor or eclampsia or breech delivery that went wrong or any number of horrible things that can happen in pregnancy. Childbed fever was a very common cause of death of the mothers.
I see the same kinds of related deaths when I do genealogy research on my family. It’s so sad.
Just stumbled across your video. Thank you so much for sharing this little darlings story! I think it's a just thing to do to name her killers on the headstone. Seeing their names won't (wouldn't) cause more pain to the father each time he came to visit, her being murdered trumps all pain. Their names being there is like a "Hall of Shame" for as long as this present world lasts.
Thank you so much
Just come across this video so sad so young. Just love your voices ❤❤❤❤
Thank you
I find the misspelled words on the headstones to be interesting. Also how so many of them who did reach adulthood only lived between 30 and 50 years. That’s what a hard life will do to you.
Oh goodness yes
Their hair was probably gray by the time they hit their 20's! Life was CERTAINLY much harder back in their days. I doubt the men were scrawny, 'cause almost everything was done by hand, there were no video games, t.v's, radio, just pure honest hard work that had to be done, or they'd go hungry. Wives worked side by side next to their husbands, even children helped, so my hat is off to those folks for sure. There's a few people I know who I wish I could send back in time and drop them off for a while and tell them, "Have fun! You think your life is so hard, have a taste of your ancestors times. I'll pick you up later after you've learned some respect. SEE YA!" 😁
Oh yes
Thank goodness for antibiotics, we’d be in the grave too!
Yes !!!
What an amazing video. It just popped up on my stream of videos ❤
Glad you liked it!!
Such a unique and interesting video. You two tell a good story, your channel has never popped up until now and I'm glad it did. Cool to try and get a vision of what their life could have been like.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I found your channel by luck. Thank you for telling that precious baby girls story that could've been lost in time.
You are so welcome!
Your channel came into my algorithm. I am so happy it did. Thank you sharing. Very interesting videos.
Awesome! Thank you!
I love how these old cemeteries had so much information. In the 1700’s my family buried loved ones on their property which eventually turned into a family cemetery and then the land was given to the city. Bucket list someday to go see it.
Wow that’s awesome
I appreciate people filming these and learning about these people, because think about it-- unless any of us get famous, this will be us in 1-200 years.
Nobody will know us. Even our descendants won't know us. We will be a name on a piece of paper in a dusty book in the attic (family tree) and a name on stone.
Everything we deem important right now, will not matter, even our families. Nobody will know them either.
It's all dust and names in the end.
Yes ! Thanks for watching
Some of these headstones look like Richard may have gone and replaced the original stones. The one propped up against Deny's mom's might be her original stone.
Yes thank you
Got this recommended. Sad stories but thank you for telling it. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thanks for listening
New subscriber, glad I found you! ❤ from Colorado
Thanks for subbing!
Great video but very sad! Thank you for documenting this cemetery.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice job on the video. Thank you. ❤
Thank you for the kind comment
❤ Another great video. Love from Panama.
Thanks for watching . We’re new at this
@@barbaraschleiff3774 you guys are doing great. Come visit panama someday. Lotta military graves at Corazal Cemetery
You don’t know how much your kind comments mean to me. Thank you so much
Your video popped up in my feed. I love to go walking and read the stones in old cemeteries. I started doing this with my Mom at a young age. It makes you wonder what are their stories? What all did they live through? Where did they come from? Had they lived there for their entire lives or make a hard journey to where they ended up? Mom always told me you don’t have to be afraid here. None of these people will hut you. It is the ones that are still living and breathing that could. I have NEVER been scared or spooked in a cemetery. There are sooo many small family cemeteries here you can’t even begin to count.
I know that my Great-great grandparents came across the mountains of VA into the hills of eastern KY. My Great grandmother was a young girl of about 10 years when they did this. The wagon was completely full and the horses would not be able to pull any more weight getting across them. She wanted a large cast iron kettle. Her father told her no there wasn’t room. She pleaded. He told her if she wanted it that badly she would have to walk the entire way and carry it. If she couldn’t carry it she couldn’t have anyone else help her and it would have to be left behind on the trail. She was so determined that she took it she did carry it the entire way through the mountains to KY. I’m not sure whatever happened to it but I know where I get my hard headness.
Thank you for an awesome video. I did subscribe and look forward to seeing more!
Wow thank you for the story :)
Sad for that child and her family.
And seeing all of the fallen who have no one left to remember them anymore. Thank you for showing the history. So interesting.
Thank you for watching
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@@barbaraschleiff3774 I subscribed and will watch more of your videos. Thank you.
Thank you so much
Rest In Peace 🙏 Little Deny 😢. Beyond Cruel.
Evil !!! So sad
@@barbaraschleiff3774: Not to mention, having that poor little angel's headstone made by someone who couldn't spell very good. 'Thay', 'mite'? I'm certain that headstone wasn't cheap in price, so I hope the father of this little girl didn't have to pay full price for the mistakes engraved in it? They should've tied those two men to a big tree and let the mother and father have their way with them, before they ended up at the end of a rope. Fair is fair? At least her parents could feel a little better that they got to let some of their anger out on those who stole the life from their angel before they met their maker?
Yes !
Great in-depth video
Thank you so much
So interesting ! Thanks from Australia !
Thanks for watching
Rest in sweet slumber,sweet angel!
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Such a sad story. Please try to not talk over each other. It makes it hard to hear. Thank you.
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I found this accidentally...I watch another channel...which I like as well. I found this video very interesting and I will be watching. Thank you for the story about little Denny...so sad
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You just came up on my news feed thank you for the experience. I wish the gentleman would stop talking over you can't listen to both talking at the same time
Just a suggestion not being rude
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I agree. Figure out who will talk. Don't talk over each other. It's hard to hear both at same time.
A sad story indeed.
I’m so sorry , we are bad at that
Oh, that's a good road......looks like the ones in my area. Thanks for the tour.......
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that is very interesting about the little girl and the other people my mum when she was Alive use to like to look at old headstones as they were very fascinating I live in Australia and I really enjoyed your looking at that cemetery it is so sad that it is not well looked after
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Interesting story, Thanks for sharing
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I've always been fascinated by old cemetaries. Thanks for sharing. There's a little plastic minion figurine laying on top of the fish tank at the little girls grave is not that old.
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Humans haven’t changed,
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I love finding old cemeteries like this. Wish I was allowed to clean it up and build a nice fence for it. Make a flower garden around it.
very sad
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Deny’s mother died 1870 as well as 1 month old daughter a month later. Her two surviving sisters died young in their twenties. It seems Father remarried and had additional children. The baby was buried next to Mother in the same cemetery
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If yall are ever in North Texas. There is a cemetery with 2 stones with murdered on them.
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When you go to a stone, even if it's not the one your looking for, take time to read it! It's aggravating when you don't.
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Hi, I enjoyed your video XO Denny was born in June [not January].
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Heart breaking 💔
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You might next time carry along some children’s chalk to outline the engraved letters.. I do that on my great grandparents tombstones, and others .. it’ll make the letters on names legible..it’ll help tremendously..
The rain will wash it off so as not to disturb the markers .
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Aw, I would like to leave some little toy for Deny, but I'm in Michigan. 😢
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We think things are crazy today I guess we haven't changed that much.
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What a sad song. That poor little child was so innocent and to be murdered so they could rob the house is in insane. I hope those 2 men never forgot what they did. RIP Little one.❤❤❤❤
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That's very sad 😢 this poor little girl was killed
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Found a page for the cemetery and it lists all the tombstones. The only Thomas listed was Thomas Courts 1837 - Nov 9, 1857 or 1851
Son of Robert Courts
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Shows you how mortality rate was so much lower without modern medicine
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Guys, there is a way to read almost any stone, even the ones that have been weathered. With aluminum foil and a brush. Google this I had my doubts, but I have never found one yet that can’t be read with aluminum foil.
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Wow never seen a stone like that... Sad yet I like that they will forever be held accountable for what they did to her, forever etched in stone
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That is so very sad. How can anyone murder a child or anyone for that matter!! That is so sad especially after her mama died.😢😢😢😢
Try flat chalk rubbed on the stone to bring out the words. The rain will wash it off
I’m afraid of damaging the stones . I’ll have to look into it
@@barbaraschleiff3774 I saw an episode a while back and this gentleman was cleaning headstones with a 3 or 4 of to 32 oz of water with a spray bottle ab=nd a medium scrub brush. Was able to read the headstones afterwards and not hurt the stone.
Flat chalk over paper layer across the headstone. It won't get chalk on the stones. 🙂👍
Some people are so mean! God will judge them! 🥲 may this family Rest In Peace!
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It would have been nice if you could have finished the story for those of us who do not know the history. It got cut short.
I’m sorry , I believe we told all we know . Our viewers are really good at digging info and adding to some of the videos in the comments . I’ll go back and watch and see where it got cut off .
@@barbaraschleiff3774: I have an idea? Perhaps when you read and show the dates of the tombstones and see how young people died, also look up the different types of illnesses, (signs and symptoms), there were during their times that they may have suffered that led to their deaths to give a more clearer picture? That would paint a clearer picture to people of what those in our past had to suffer through and we would TRULY have more respect for how tough they had it back then. Today, there are people who think they have it bad when their coffee wasn't made sweet enough from Starbucks, but let those understand what REAL tough was like for our past fellow American settlers? I have HUGE respect for them and think it would help honor them and their memory. Thanks for your video.
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I think they told what they knew. The men were found and arrested. They also gave the information so you can do more digging yourself. It's not hard to find the paper to look up the article it's in.
Someone that lives close by should clean those headstones and repair them if possible. Wished I lived close because I would if I could :( They are only going to get worse if no one cares for them. Thanks for sharing :)
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I looked it up and the Willow tree on a tombstone means that she was in mourning for a lost loved one.
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I mean, what a way to rob a home. Geesh. Evil has been around a long time. It’s nothing new. Heartbreaking!!! 💔
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I was at fort El Reno looking at headstones and saw you that said the sergeants name then it says murdered by Kiowas 1871 I thought that was pretty wild
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Like you videos..just stop interrupting and talking over each other. Thank you
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My GG Grandfather had a willow tree too - South Louisiana 💚
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Cass is where my Great Grandparents lived Alonzo and Rene Ethel Richards I'm 64 and I was only 4 or 5 last time I've been there. I have Hill among the family names in the family
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When wright is used instead of right, it beomes a verb meaning to avenge. Though the mother died earlier, the stones were made at the same time.
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What a peaceful place.
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Amazing grave yard. What a crazy story...they could have let the horse out of the barn and the dad would have gone looking for him instead of killing the baby.
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On find a grave it says the mother (Mary Hill) had a brother called Thomas. It says he was born in 1831 but it was unknown when he died. His is the only entry in the family that doesn't have an attached picture of his gravestone. I'm betting it's because his is the one next to his sister Mary, but it's too weathered to read.
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What a tragic story. Those 2 men were horrible. Glad justice was served as far as them not breathing after getting arrested in Ozark.
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I walked through fields looking for old family cemeteries. I had an ancestor whose body was dug up after burial...to use in an insurance scam...back in the early 1900's they put everything in the newspapers.
Oh my that’s awful
Did anyone notice how the first letter of the two killer's names were not capitalized?
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They need to have the city-states or the governor's or somebody come and fix these gravesites it's so sad to see these broken up and stuff
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A weeping willow cries for every soul that dies.
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Please don’t talk over each other. 🙏
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