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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Once Again, Seeing Jones at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday


When I took the below photo in the fall of 2011, and posted it to my blog on January 24, 2012, I always knew I had to return. Two things I'd like to point out here, first while the fall colors are beautiful, and I got a perfect shot but, I didn't get the entire gravestone. In error, I didn't walk around the entire monument, and to my dismay, I discovered I had missed two other panels, with names. The other thing I did in error just happened two days ago, when I took new photos with lots of shadows from the trees. Ideally, I now like to take pictures on a cloudy day, without many trees around, but you can't always get the perfect. However, I can walk around a stone. Please scroll to see new photos.


EDWARD F. JONES
COLONEL 6TH REG MA. V. M.
FIRST IN THE FIELD
BALTIMORE APR. 19, 1861
COLONEL 26TH REG. MASS. VOLS.
BVT. BRIG. GENERAL U.S. VOLS.
LT. GOV. NEW YORK
1886 TO 1892
BORN JUNE 3, 1828
DIED AUG. 14. 1913

NETTIE
HIS WIFE
DIED OCT. 23, 1862
AGED 35
FATHER
LORENZO B. JONES
BORN 1794 - DIED 1877

MOTHER
SOPHRONIA CHAPMAN
HIS WIFE
BORN 1800 - DIED 1883

FRED C. A. JONES
BORN NOV. 17, 1822
DIED JAN. 25, 1858

ELLEN M. JONES
BORN APRIL 22, 1832
DIED MAY 23, 1852

ISABELLA JONES
BORN APRIL 25, 1837
DIED JAN. 9, 1838