Tragic Grave Leads To Incredible History Found (Former United States Representative)

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  • @AdventuresIntoHistory
    @AdventuresIntoHistory  Місяць тому +22

    This turned into a real trip through history and finding the connections here led to amazing sites. All starting with the near unreadable stone of Mary’s…
    Cemetery Restoration Fund: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography
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  • @barbie5697
    @barbie5697 Місяць тому +18

    “Beloved with an ardor”. Ardor means passion or enthusiasm…. He was loved greatly. ❤️
    Thanks for the video. I was having withdrawals lol

  • @cherylschantz9893
    @cherylschantz9893 Місяць тому +18

    These epitaphs are incredibly powerful. It reminds us they were dearly loved.

  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann63 Місяць тому +42

    Those stones are incredible. The epitaphs show how much they were loved and would be missed. That's why I feel sad to see broken or overgrown monuments because the people who buried them meant the stones to be seen and read for generations to come. And the one stones you recently cleaned are just beautiful! The details on the ornamental one are gorgeous! Thank you for all the work and restoration of these stones and cemeteries that you and Dan, Cecil, Joy and others do, because if it weren't for people like you there would be many more forgotten and lost to time.

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 Місяць тому +3

      So true and beautifully written. Not only are these folks now known to the current generation, Robert & friends, but beyond the borders of Georgia as well. Robert has viewers in other countries as well as other states here in the US. I'm in southern California, and I doubt they ever thought they'd be known about all the way out west, as well as outside of the US. Kinda fun to think about. They were probably awesome people to know.😊

  • @DonaldLGreeley
    @DonaldLGreeley Місяць тому +16

    It is so awesome what you're doing to restore these old headstones! It keeps history alive which is so important. These folks are gone but not forgotten.

  • @PaintedTurtle001
    @PaintedTurtle001 Місяць тому +6

    The young lady's headstone was unique, stunning!

  • @lavettamoff7883
    @lavettamoff7883 Місяць тому +7

    It is so lovely how people cherished their deceased back in the day.We do not do that today, which is a shame.

  • @KathyHajek
    @KathyHajek Місяць тому +18

    I love the history of each marker…those families were very much loved…

  • @sherrie545
    @sherrie545 Місяць тому +15

    Those old headstones are so intricate and gorgeous! Sure wish modern cemeteries allowed those instead of the small flat markers that have very little space for sentimental epitaphs. Those you cleaned look great!

    • @bethbartlett5692
      @bethbartlett5692 Місяць тому

      Mowing and maintenance costs are their primary purpose and time causes the headstones to decay quickly.
      This subject sorta intersects my are of studies. If I may, I will share:
      They were beautiful and sentimental. Beliefs have changed in the Mainstream Population, from the 19th Century when everyone largely believed in the Western World Religions.
      The Mainstream Academic Paradigm (Evolution Theory treated as fact affected a change to the subject), but that Theory isn't accurate and greater Quantum Physics Science research/experiments and a far deeper Research in History are revealing a far more accurate depiction, all Positive, and I expect the future to be a great deal more Spiritual, less Agnostic and a different sort of Religion practices all combining to be a more positive experience for the individuals and the collective of humanity.
      Far less judgemental more choice and just a lot less negative and fear based Ideologies.
      More of what Jesus actually taught rather than the negative fear based Dogma.
      The "Universal Law of Attraction" is actually absolute and the Divine Design.
      Best Thoughts ... ✨
      Beth Bartlett
      Sociologist/Behavioralist
      and Historian

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 Місяць тому +8

    I agree, these epitaphs are incredible. So many young lives lost, I feel fortunate to have lived to 56!

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 Місяць тому +1

      I hear ya!🙂 I'm 63, and I think the same thing. We're blessed with modern medicine and care. Infections were deadly, and viruses spread like crazy and people died from them. We're blessed!

  • @chars1184
    @chars1184 Місяць тому +14

    Reese Crawford would have been around 15 when the CW began. This isn’t unusual. Both of my maternal great-grandfathers were 15 or 16 when they entered the war - one as a VMI cadet and the other as a cavalry soldier who eventually became the orderly to his unit’s commanding officer. Both survived being wounded and one spent months as a POW.
    Thank you so much, Robert, for all that you do!

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 Місяць тому +3

      So interesting! Thank you for sharing your family history. Thinking of 14-15 year olds fighting in a war sounds tragic. Their poor moms.😢

  • @howardwest1347
    @howardwest1347 Місяць тому +7

    Robert I believe this is the saddest one so far. It feels very sad. Donna northern Michigan

  • @raynonabohrer5624
    @raynonabohrer5624 Місяць тому +7

    I love this today. Thank you, robert. Is a very good education. So many women died in childbirth. With their babies. Quite a few of my ancestors died in child birth two..

  • @melissalane-q7m
    @melissalane-q7m Місяць тому +3

    Thank you Robert! This was a fascinating glimpse of Georgia history. I would love it if you took us through more of this cemetery with its beautiful gravestones, interesting epitaphs, and known people.

  • @JulieDickson-k1b
    @JulieDickson-k1b Місяць тому +2

    Robert, this is great! I love how you made the family connections. I’m from Columbus and live in Harris County so it made it extra special to me.

  • @brendahogue5487
    @brendahogue5487 Місяць тому +11

    Robert love and enjoy your videos..May the lord bless and protect you Robert and bringing out the past history

  • @kimmyles444
    @kimmyles444 Місяць тому +3

    Robert, what nice work you put together on the Crawford family. I honestly hope someone from their family reaches out to thank you for your work. Thank you for all that you do for us subscribers.

  • @SondraD7676
    @SondraD7676 Місяць тому +9

    The stones look wonderful. I am amazed the D2 worked so quickly. An additional stone would be marvelous. Interesting on Crawford, farmer, house of representative, US Congress. Ardor (if that is what it says) - is great warmth or passion. More about Linwood Cemetery would be interesting I am sure. Beautiful old stones. The weeping willow is especially wonderful, very stylistic of an earlier era, even before the deaths. Yes, very emotional. ❣❣👍👍 Enjoyed!

  • @Granny2470
    @Granny2470 Місяць тому +3

    Beautiful!! I love old cemeteries!! Thank you Robert!!

  • @alanemosley2696
    @alanemosley2696 Місяць тому +4

    Those stones look so clean. You are doing an excellent job. Love all your videos on this channel and the house.
    Take care

  • @margaretgarls153
    @margaretgarls153 Місяць тому +5

    The word is "ardor" which means passion.
    I have relatives buried in Linwood Cemetery. I had seen pictures of them on Find a Grave and when I first started watching you Sidestep Adventures and saw the graves in the cemeteries you explored, I thought where have I seen graves like that? You have given me so much information on Harris County. Sarah Crews was the youngest and only daughter of Rueben and Elizabeth Phillips Crews. She moved to live with her mother's sister in Columbus after her parents' deaths. She died young. Her older brothers had left home to go to school.

  • @donnal.oglesby4806
    @donnal.oglesby4806 Місяць тому

    I LOVE the history of some of these older headstones, and how they tell a story of the person laid to rest there. amazing..such a shame you do not get those long epitaphs on headstones now,.. sadly..thank you Robert for taking us all along on these cemeteries..

  • @deniseoftedahl8937
    @deniseoftedahl8937 Місяць тому

    That was an incredible trip. Thank you Robert.

  • @elizabethjaneda2456
    @elizabethjaneda2456 Місяць тому

    Absolutely a beautiful video. I love your channel Adventure into History. Thank you for bringing this great knowledge to all of us who enjoy history. This truly is wonderful knowledge to learn about the history of our country. Thank You Robert.👍😍

  • @garymoore9190
    @garymoore9190 Місяць тому

    This is amazing.. your passion and dedication are clearly evident and much appreciated Robert! Thank you!

  • @Dawn-g6c
    @Dawn-g6c 11 днів тому

    What an awesome video. I can tell you do amazing amount of research for us. I enjoy all the information and the graves themselves. Thank you. USA Michigan

  • @teresathetreasurehunter
    @teresathetreasurehunter Місяць тому +3

    Another great video Robert. Thank you for remembering this sweet family and for saying their names.
    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @lindatanner8726
    @lindatanner8726 Місяць тому +1

    Great job on cleaning those stones. It was very nice to see all those amazing grave stones and stories.

  • @celleduffel1533
    @celleduffel1533 Місяць тому +1

    what a wonderful journey with you in finding the family Mary. Just totally love the Linwood cemetery...maybe one day you can come back and see more of it. Ty Robert.

  • @FreeBird_6791
    @FreeBird_6791 Місяць тому +1

    Wow. Those stones were cleaned up beautifully. Very nice. You did what you could.

  • @lorikrafft8197
    @lorikrafft8197 Місяць тому +1

    Such a wonderful video thank you so much for reading all the information on the graves and I love seeing pictures associated with who is buried there when you can find pictures. God bless these people. Our heritage is very important.

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi1987 Місяць тому +3

    Wow, they look amazing. Nice work, Robert

  • @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw
    @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful old cemetary, really enjoy your videos and reading the stones and cleaning and stories.😊

  • @michaelhager2846
    @michaelhager2846 Місяць тому +2

    Amazing your discoveries 😮😊 thank you 😊

  • @sherronbell4961
    @sherronbell4961 Місяць тому +2

    Amazing incredible cemetery and video!

  • @denisehibbs9576
    @denisehibbs9576 Місяць тому

    Wow Robert ! That was a great episode. ! You followed graves through the whole family. It is rare to go back that far .
    I like your 140 yr.old house episodes. But these old cemeteries are your best ! Thank you for such interesting history lessons !

  • @777poco
    @777poco Місяць тому +1

    watching your video's always makes me think of what it would have been like to live in those days, so many died so young, I can still feel sadness for someone I never knew

  • @ninaellyson814
    @ninaellyson814 Місяць тому +1

    Super headstones and epitaphs! Wow❤. Beautiful finds.

  • @redrooster1908
    @redrooster1908 Місяць тому +3

    Incredible epitaphs! Wonderful praise for loved ones, and as I do myself, why use one word when you can use 20❤❤

  • @debranelson1987
    @debranelson1987 Місяць тому +1

    I liked reading the information you provided that is below the video. The sentences are very descriptive with excellent grammatical structure. Anyway, I thought I would just mention this. Keep up the great work.

  • @rustya.3858
    @rustya.3858 Місяць тому

    Great episode!

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce Місяць тому +1

    Wow, amazing cemeteries and graveyards. The epitaphs were amazing to hear.

  • @KatefromOZ62-e5o
    @KatefromOZ62-e5o Місяць тому +2

    Good morning from Australia, Robert. Thank you for another great video. It's interesting to see the photos of the gentleman. My Dad was born in 1935. He was a Dairy farmer. He always had a beard, but no moustache. I often wondered why. Kate.

  • @victorianyankee
    @victorianyankee Місяць тому +1

    This is truly one of your best! Love you all great site!

  • @darlenegood
    @darlenegood Місяць тому +1

    Those stones and their markings are making me cry.

  • @peggyharris3301
    @peggyharris3301 Місяць тому +1

    So much amazing history in cemeteries… I love, love the history. Ardor- enthusiasm/passion 😁

  • @gayleloy7111
    @gayleloy7111 Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic video. Love from Australia. Xx

  • @terribarron9238
    @terribarron9238 Місяць тому +2

    Wonderful ❤

  • @JulieMelberg
    @JulieMelberg Місяць тому +1

    Thank you! That was amazing to see and honor these people who have passed.

  • @Stayoutofthewater522
    @Stayoutofthewater522 Місяць тому

    I would like you to do some more exploring in that cemetery it looks amazing.

  • @StevenJeNova
    @StevenJeNova Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @Rita-n3r2m
    @Rita-n3r2m Місяць тому +1

    So interesting Robert! Just wow🎉 Enjoyed so very much

  • @tigerhuey4051
    @tigerhuey4051 Місяць тому +2

    Been enjoying your vids, thanks for the tours!

  • @carolb29
    @carolb29 Місяць тому +2

    whole video is awesome!

  • @cclyon
    @cclyon Місяць тому +2

    I've driven around the outside of that cemetery but haven't stopped to check it out yet. It looks amazing from the outside. BTW, ardor.

  • @frankscarborough1428
    @frankscarborough1428 Місяць тому +1

    Love these videos. So much history

  • @kathleenstockley4990
    @kathleenstockley4990 Місяць тому +1

    ❤ I love your interesting videos, Robert.

  • @constancebaker6689
    @constancebaker6689 Місяць тому

    I would love for you to do more in this cemetery
    Definitely more research

  • @CC58
    @CC58 Місяць тому +3

    I cleaned an ancestors tombstone with D2 in a graveyard that all stones had heavy fungus. I did such a good job that a local decided to clean the entire cemetery with a sand blaster. I was heart broken to see the damage. Smooth stones now had a course surface. Probably did 100 years worth of damage.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  Місяць тому +7

      Yup. That local destroyed those stones. Now rain and growth will get into those now open pores in the stones and destroy them. What a shame. People who don’t know how to clean a stone shouldn’t.

    • @CC58
      @CC58 Місяць тому +2

      @@AdventuresIntoHistory Yes, there is no way to fix them.

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 Місяць тому

      😢 That's so sad.

  • @lavettamoff7883
    @lavettamoff7883 Місяць тому

    That is a wonderful cemetery. Please do more videos there.

  • @HeyLisaKay
    @HeyLisaKay Місяць тому

    Love what you do 🫶🏼

  • @helenarubio3371
    @helenarubio3371 Місяць тому +2

    all their stories retold, but just a glimpse

  • @sandrawebb8517
    @sandrawebb8517 Місяць тому +1

    Reading those gave me chills...interested as Crawfords as Im jn Uk and my Crawfords come from Scotland x

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Місяць тому +1

    What amazing history!

  • @screwthecabal6453
    @screwthecabal6453 Місяць тому +2

    Those are some very beautiful headstones. "Grave Visitations" does something similar to this d he finds the most insane, elaborately carved headstones in Ireland, Britain, Scotland.

  • @cherylschantz9893
    @cherylschantz9893 Місяць тому +1

    Linwood is a beautiful historic place. I hope the foundation can keep damage from happening to the headstones.

  • @beegirl1385
    @beegirl1385 Місяць тому +2

    D2 is the bomb!

  • @thelindazoo
    @thelindazoo Місяць тому +2

    The faces!💔
    Mother and child…

  • @shannonlibby5261
    @shannonlibby5261 Місяць тому +2

    Omg... those look amazing!! Wow

  • @sherrysmith-stanford8582
    @sherrysmith-stanford8582 Місяць тому +2

    Beautiful.

  • @jinseng9304
    @jinseng9304 Місяць тому +1

    lovely 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @karenwright9123
    @karenwright9123 Місяць тому +3

    That one Reese Crawford if he served in the CW starting in 1861 he would have been 15 yrs.old. Lived til 1912 died at 65 yrs. He was a Judge. from Find a grave. I'm still enjoying these walkabouts,love the histories. Are we having Thanksgiving at OBF this year? How are Blue dog and Annie? Since you went to Members only I don't see you much. You knock people on fixed incomes right out of a lot.😮‍💨🙁luv from Ky.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  Місяць тому +1

      Interesting to know if he served those full years at that age. But you’re wrong about members only. I only have very few special videos as members only, that will be released publicly as one big video when I finish the project. It has zero impact on what I would normally release.

  • @TammyT-z5k
    @TammyT-z5k Місяць тому +1

    We have a young mother and infant of a prominent pioneer family, the Hobsons, who had an absolutely beautiful monument erected in the 1800's but the cemetary was lost to urban growth, headstones removed, some graves relocated and others left and turned into a park in the 1960's. No one recognizes there was a first wife, and an infant.
    An historian did get access to photograph some of the removed tombstones and monuments and that is how I saw hers. Later they were used as fill along the coast or stolen.. You don't even know about the infant other than a note in the cemetary records.
    They finally allowed families to buy and place flat markers after decades of angry protests against the desecration.
    The Hobson family was responsible for petitioning the State of California to create Ventura County and they built up so many businesses in a very rugged and isolated area in the 1800's. It is hard to see someone forgotten like this, or for Mary Crawford to be buried forlornly with her baby by herself. I love your work.

  • @Susan71105
    @Susan71105 Місяць тому +1

    Great cemetery

  • @catheryndenton1766
    @catheryndenton1766 Місяць тому +3

    My great great grandfather is buried in Linwood Cemetery. Richard Watson Denton

  • @JohnMarciaShackelford
    @JohnMarciaShackelford Місяць тому +2

    Beautiful fencing on that last family cemetery! I heard the very busy highway by it. Probably back in the day it was a very peaceful place. Sure heartbreaker deaths! It was more or less a way of life then, no less sad though....

  • @emilylevitt6650
    @emilylevitt6650 Місяць тому

    Greetings Robert,
    Love what you do, and have spent waaay too much time on your channel. I have a couple of questions for you. Do you ever lift any bulblets from old home sites (with permission, of course).
    Historic plants have long been an interest for me. I would be glad to help you--I live in Marietta.
    Dating, marking locations and repotting is fun.
    Do you have a wholesale source for D2? I love this stuff but it's so expensive. I first saw it used in the cemetery in St. Mary's to great effect. A friend who has people in Oak Grove there used D2 and talked me into getting it to use on my brickwork. It's great stuff.
    Keep up the good work!
    Emily Levitt

  • @beretta1342000
    @beretta1342000 Місяць тому +1

    Wow! What an intresting history this man has!! He must've been very weathly and had great connections. So sad about his first wife.

  • @denisedarnell1641
    @denisedarnell1641 Місяць тому

    The stone that was damaged w bleach for the young mother buried with her son has me very sad ..her stone needs your special touch for sure. You work wonders with your magic and treat each grave as if they were your family members..God bless you Sir..

  • @philomenadennehy8585
    @philomenadennehy8585 Місяць тому

    The brotherly handgrip of peace

  • @artillerest43rdva7
    @artillerest43rdva7 12 днів тому

    william t crawford was 85 years listed on stone. the ornate stones were such a difference to todays grave stones.
    the old ones even in our Forest Lawn located in Buffalo, ny the old markers are so amazing along with the crypts!
    it is so sad how many are damaged by the acid rain { marble devolves in acid solution } granite does not. but
    most grave stones stones from the past were white marble ! and so often now cannot be read.

  • @thelindazoo
    @thelindazoo Місяць тому

    What I learned about the “shaking hands” images in headstones…
    One hand is sometimes depicted with stiff fingers indicating the deceased person…
    The sleeves on the hands was an indication of the wealth or status of the deceased… the more ornate the sleeve, the wealthier the occupant

  • @inthewoods5099
    @inthewoods5099 Місяць тому +1

    You can notify Wikipedia of the information you have on the 18 yr old wife and infant and they can update their page. She was his first wife!

  • @vickyconerty8822
    @vickyconerty8822 Місяць тому +1

    Loved with ardor . Which means enthusiasm or passion.

  • @robertdonaldson6584
    @robertdonaldson6584 Місяць тому +2

    West Point was 1802 so officers were being commissioned by 1850. Ardor means with a passion.
    No mass murderers in Columbus Georgia were buried in the making of this video.

  • @danonda9584
    @danonda9584 Місяць тому

    💜💜💜

  • @katherineaustin2477
    @katherineaustin2477 Місяць тому

    Maybe you could visit magnolia cemetery in Charleston sc
    Lots of history

  • @stephanienoblet8503
    @stephanienoblet8503 Місяць тому +1

    I keep forgetting the small stones are foot graves

  • @andreamills5852
    @andreamills5852 Місяць тому +1

    Maj. Crook was more than likely was a veteran of the 🎖Mexican American War .

  • @charlesjohnsjr.5809
    @charlesjohnsjr.5809 Місяць тому +1

    Rather than sandblasted perhaps pressure washed? Same result - destruction of the top layer or stone.

  • @karentrimmer
    @karentrimmer 23 дні тому

    Wikipedia has a function where you can submit or correct information. There do require some kind of documentation and verify the information you provide, which it sounds like you have Robert. Along with your credentials, i think you should be able to add Mary Craig Crawford on Martin J. Crawford's page. I think you you the "edit" link at the top of the page.

  • @leekorten1791
    @leekorten1791 Місяць тому +1

    💞

  • @christydeannl3105
    @christydeannl3105 Місяць тому

    It probably says "ardor", which means enthusiasm or passion.

  • @wendyhenschel.
    @wendyhenschel. Місяць тому

    CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW LONG IT TOOK TO CARVE THESE STONES OUT? IT WAS ALL DONE BY HAND BACK THEN. MY HANDS HURT JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

  • @loriebradshaw1339
    @loriebradshaw1339 Місяць тому

    I’ve always told my husband that I want an old time headstone. He can go cheap on my coffin, but to spend the money on my headstone because it will be there forever, hopefully, for generations to read. I need to find an old epitaph that I like and write it down to have it put on my headstone. I hate the modern ones. There’s nothing about the person but the dates.

  • @BarbaraCooper-qg2bn
    @BarbaraCooper-qg2bn Місяць тому

    Beloved with an ardor (enthusiasm or passion)

  • @susandevinney5867
    @susandevinney5867 Місяць тому

    Please I need some info to help me understand these cementarys of Georgia. Are the people buried way down in the soil and a large tablet on top of the ground laying down instead of a upright headstone. Or is that the top of the casket

  • @Linney321
    @Linney321 Місяць тому +1

    If the headstone was replaced with a modern one so the epitaph was saved, would it be replaced with one identical to the original or a more modern appearance?

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  Місяць тому +3

      More modern appearance. And not replaced but to accompany so the information does not get lost

  • @southernmama9362
    @southernmama9362 Місяць тому +1

    Its a dovw with an olive branch in ita mouth, i wish we could somehow repair that, sculpt a replacement and attach it somehow

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  Місяць тому

      If the broken piece was still around it could be epoxied but ofc it’s long gone

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 Місяць тому

    I wonder, were the last set of graves buried on their property and it became a cemetary, or was it just a really early planned cemetary? If so that is amazing for the area and time.