member: Nancy
location: Oak Hill Cemetery - San Jose, CA
item: Headstone inscribed with date before 1800s
We looked at Mission Cemetery in Santa Clara, no go. Headed out to Oak Hill, the oldest cemetery in Santa Clara County, and after an exhaustive search we found one with the right date! Like Jen found, some of the very old ones posted the date they died and then just listed their age at death. The right time-frame, but not inscribed. Finally, the good Rev. Adams and his lovely wife Eliza helped us out on our search! The Reverend was born in 1795, and so he lived to the age of 85! Pretty old for back then!
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We found one at the Mission Cemetery, but was holding onto it incase we didn't find one. We liked our Carmel Mission one better. That headstone is in pretty good condition.
ReplyDeleteit is! Lots we found you couldn't even read!
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