Subj:   Sites of Whetsstone Gravestones Wanted
Date:   6/25/00 4:01:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time

Unless I have really missed something I have not seen this posted to lists.
LIST OWNER THIS IS OFF TOPIC BUT VERY IMPORTANT FOR RESEARCH
AS DEALS WITH OUR ANCESTORS AND THE WHY AND WHERE TO FIND WHERE THIS STONE 
WENT.    Delete if you don't want this posted.

I have included the original posts from the INPCRP list and am sending this 
out to 
lists that I belong to and/or for special mailings I make.  
The following URL/ link goes to the clickable site mentioned in the post 
below.
I do hope that this survey can be helped.  Print this out and save it so that 
when you do see such a stone you can contact the people that desire to track 
down where this stone has been sent and used.   THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Beej in AZ

 Indiana 
Geological Survey 
http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/indsurv/research/index.htm


Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 21:14:17 -0400
From: "Lois Mauk" 
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Whetstone Gravestones


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sarah Clevenger 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 12:16 PM
Subject: Whetstone Gravestones

 The Indiana Geological Survey wants to know the locations of grave
> markers made from Indiana whetstone.  They are easy to recognize. Even
> though they were made 150-170 years ago, they are still very easy to
> read.  I found one the other day in the Weeping Willow Cemetery in
> Beanblossom in Brown County.  Where else in Brown County were they used?
> And where else in the area?  The stone was shipped around the mid-west
> and even down to Louisiana.  For more information see the Survey's web
> page:
> 
>  http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/indsurv/research/index.htm
>  
> When you get there click on "whetstone gravestone".  No one knows how far
> the stone was shipped from southern Indiana.
> Thanks for your help and spread the word.
> Sarah Clevenger<<<