RIP Thadius Peck, 1711-1781Photo by: City of Cuyahoga Falls
Posted on 05/22/2022 9:25:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The headstone, etched with the name Thadius Peck (1711-1781), was discovered by Richard and John Ryan on April 18 as they were walking along the river looking for an old fishing spot. The two came across an "odd-shaped stone" in a clearing across from the river and took a closer look. They cleaned off the muck and moss that had grown on it, and realized it wasn't just a flat rock but a headstone for someone who had been dead for 241 years.
The stone is so old, it predates the founding of Cuyahoga Falls by three decades. It's even older than the Connecticut Western Reserve's settlement in the area that was founded in 1796.
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RIP Thadius Peck, 1711-1781Photo by: City of Cuyahoga Falls
Looks like it survived the great river fire
It may be one stone among others in a forgetten graveyard.
That’s not unlikely. My DNA points strongly to a single county in Ohio, and I don’t even have webbed feet.
I read now that they uprooted the stone to display. I hope the site was marked and noted for reference later.
Cemeteries have always fascinated me but I worry that we will soon run out of land for them. I say that we should "digitalize" the headstones using GPS and turn them all the cemeteries into golf courses. As you move from hole to hole, the virtual headstones of the bodies below you will pop up on your app
That way, you can visit your long dead aunt while getting in a round of golf.
I'm surprised that nobody but me has thought of this before.
A well known racist, because who, besides white racist could live for 70 years back then and also afford to have carved headstone?
S/OFF {Gee, I hope this wasn't necessary.}
[old punchline] “...Well, she was a good wife.” [/old punchline]
Is he under the stone or is the stone a traveler ,LOL
Wow 1781. That’s almost as old as Madonna.
That would ensure the cemetery grounds were kept up, the cemetery and those buried there would be remembered and visited often. Tax revenue could be generated. I think you’re onto something.
The Democrats could get in some golf while going over their voting rolls too.
No, leave the stones. A drop and a two stroke penalty.
there is a old cemetery outside of Winchester TX with very old stones, from the early 1800’s. 200 yards away is a old live oak tree that is know as the hanging tree.... and those in that cemetery were patrons of that tree. least that’s what the locals say.
Bkmk
He probably voted for Biden in 2020.
Anyway, cemeteries are awesome future golf courses.
Cool find. Would be something if it was relative of Gregory peck.
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