On
May 23, 2004, Sheila Morrison, Jessica Felix and Larry Tippin started
restoration of the Pickle Cemetery. Also helping was Amy Terry, a descendant of
the Pickle family buried in this cemetery.
This cemetery is located on
private property. It is situated 39 47 57N Latitude; 86 53 36W Longitude about
¼ mile south of Fincastle on US 231 on the east side of the road. The property
owner met us at the cemetery and discussed our restoration plans.
RESTORATION OF THE
We straightened and
repaired the stone of Jacob Pickle. This stone is the second stone east of the
southeast corner of the cemetery. Jacob was the son of Jacob and Nancy Pickle,
who are buried in the southeast corner of the cemetery. This monolith type
stone was leaning badly to the south. We lifted the monolith from the stone
with a tripod and nylon straps. We then removed the square middle stone piece.
This piece has the inscription for Jacob Pickle and his birth and death dates.
We then used the tripod to lift he base. We used sand to create a firm and
level area, then reset the base. We then placed the square piece of stone we
previously located outside this cemetery. We then set the middle piece of the
stone and finally reset the monolith. We attached the monolith to the middle
piece with a properly approved stack mix.
Note that while digging to
level the ground under the base for Jacob Pickle’s stone, we found an intact
slotted base that appears to be for an adult sized slab stone. When we return
to the cemetery, we plan to attempt to locate a slab stone in the area that
fits this slotted base. We previously located all of the bases for the other
slab type stones in this cemetery, so this must be a stone not yet found.
We then reset the small
monolith stone in the northwest corner of the cemetery. This stone contains the
inscriptions for Josiah Dyer and James and Joseph Hulse. James and Joseph Hulse
were sons of William I and Julia A. (Pickle) Hulse. Julia was the daughter of
Jacob and Nancy (Bundrant) Pickle. Josiah Dyer was Julia’s second husband. We
were able to raise the low end of the base with a bar. We then put sand under
the base and got it good and level. We then reset the monolith on top of the
base.
At
that time it started to rain heavily. We were just able to gather our equipment
before getting drenched. We plan to return to the cemetery in the near future
to repair the three broken slab stones.
CONTINUATION
OF RESTORATION OF
On
June 5, 2004, Sheila Morrison, Amy Terry and Larry Tippin finished the
restoration of the
We
reset and repaired the tablet stones of Henry Pickle, Rachel Pickle and Olive
Stultz. We also reset the various footstones that were out of the ground. In
addition, we replaced and repaired the decorative top piece of the stone of the
monolith for Jacob and Nancy Pickle.
This
cemetery has now been restored as close as possible to its original condition.
The owner is interested in maintaining the cemetery. We will check on this
cemetery in the future to determine any future restoration needs.
Amy
was able to obtain a military marker for her ancestor Jacob Pickle who is
buried in this cemetery. Jacob Pickle was a veteran of the war of 1812. We set
the new military stone north of the original stone for Jacob Pickle.
View
Photos of Restoration of the
Looking
east before restoration
Jacob
Pickle stone being reset
After
restoration looking east
View list of individuals buried in
this cemetery
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