Upton Cemetery

Courtesy of Kim Marie Peters:
"This was the parting shot the first day I encountered the Upton Family Cemetery and my ancestors buried there."

Upton Cemetery

Courtesy of Kim Marie Peters:
So, after two days, the Upton Cemetery went from having only the far back two stones to having nine grave stones and eight foot stones and one strange marker in the far corner by Ben's grave! There are many expensive hurdles ahead. There are about seven large pine trees inside and surrounding the plot, one of which is almost dead from boring insects which will surely attack the remaining pines in short order. All of them need to be removed to prevent them from falling on the stones and destroying them. To remove the trees the stones need to be removed by a monument company. After the trees are removed, the ground needs to be leveled, some form of brick or concrete base placed at or just beneath the soil and the stones need to be reset. The oak trees in and around the plot, while they might eventually disturb the stones with falling limbs are less likely to do so than the pines.

Courtesy of Kim Marie Peters

Courtesy of Kim Marie Peters:
The white stone in the top right is GGG Grandfather Benjamin Upton's, and to the left, the base and the pedestal.
Below that is his daughter Florence McNorell's stone, and to the left of it, the base. Just above Florence's base you can see a small marker, that of her son Benjamin Lafayette McNorell.
Below Florence's and to the left is a small flat piece of what looks like concrete - the next trip proved this to be the base for daughter Sissy's stone.
Below this is the base and stone for another daughter Annie L. Upton. For each grave there is a head stone and a foot stone and all the grave stones are facing east.
In the photo you can also see the once perfect but still beautiful iron fence.