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9 Responses to “Tombstone Tuesday”

1. Kay, on February 17th, 2009 at 7:47 am Said:

   What made it your favorite cemetery visits ever? It does look cool with all those tall headstones.

2. allmyanc, on February 17th, 2009 at 9:04 am Said:

   I think it was just the sense of place. We’d just come from Selma and the Edmund Pettis Bridge where Martin Luther King started his march to Montgomery, it was a drizzley morning, and it was very, very quiet. The church down the road was set back from the road and looked like it came from another time–this part of my family had moved from North Carolina to that area of Alabama to start that church about 1818. The brick pillars and iron gate were beautiful and rather unexpected in such a rural area–just one of those times when it feels like you should be there, y’know?

3. Sheri, on February 17th, 2009 at 6:34 pm Said:

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4. Kay, on February 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 am Said:

   I’m glad I asked you the question. I can imagine myself standing in a cemetery where my ancestors are and having similar thoughts.

5. dayton orsburn, on November 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm Said:

   Tombstones for Christopher Osborne(1785 NC – 1854 AL) and his wife Catherine Furr Osborne (1786 NC – 1867 AL) at the Valley Creek Cemetery near Selma, Dallas County, Alabama

   If you can enlarge my relatives names on the tombstones you can see spelling: Orsburn not Osborne.

   Just so you can correct above.

   thanks

   Dayton Orsburn

6. allmyanc, on November 6th, 2010 at 3:42 pm Said:

   Hi Dayton:
   These folks are my relatives, too–I descend from this Christopher’s brother Jonathan. As far as I can determine, this is the only line that spells the name Orsburn. When they were still in North Carolina, it was spelled Osborn or Osborne. Do you know when the spelling change took place? I know Christopher and Catherine moved to Alabama about 1817. I’ve also been in touch with another descendant of this Christopher through his son Robert who spells his name Osborne. And I’ve recently been in touch with some of our family in Georgia, with whom my brother has a perfect 37 marker DNA match, who spells their name Ausburn. Interesting that we all ended up with different spellings. Which child do you descend through? I’m interested in knowing more about this Christopher (husband of Catherine) and his life.

   Debra Osborne Spindle
   Oklahoma City

7. dayton orsburn, on November 7th, 2010 at 11:11 pm Said:

   Don’t know when name changed. So if our name from Christopher is Orsburn would it not be wise for you to edit your blog of 2.17.09 to correct the record from Osborne to Orsburn? His dad, Christopher of VA, is listed as “Orsburn” by some researchers on the internet but I don’t see any source documents to back that up. We are the only line that spells it Orsburn so I guess i will continue that tradition. Like I said on the email someone changed their name from Orsburn to Osborne why not Osborn? I’m not really looking for you to answer anything here as what is, is.

8. dayton orsburn, on November 7th, 2010 at 11:25 pm Said:

   If you know Christopher’s last name is Orsburn why do you use Osborne thruout this blog? I found another one in January, 2009? Debra, maybe you did not know it was Orsburn or are you doing that because of some rule of geneology that I am not aware of? Because I really have no clue what I am doing and probably after I get caught up a little entering info will take another long break.

9. dayton orsburn, on November 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am Said:

   Hello again Debra

   I just wanted to add that you’ve done a lot of work and I want to thank you for what you’ve done. I mean those pictures of Christopher and wife’s tombstones are priceless. I tend to focus on one issue and fail to see the big picture. You are moving history of our family forward and that is a good thing. Keep up the good work.

   Your cousin,

   Dayton

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