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Sunday, October 23, 2005
The Arthur family graveyard
So there's this little graveyard just outside the fence of the recycling center in Cayce, on a road off Frink St. I've passed by there a few times, and yesterday, I finally went out to get some photographs. It's just a little sliver of land by the roadside, with these graves.
As I pulled up some dogs emerged from the recycling place, barking away. I hushed them in Hindi (in India, I could have bent to the road as if to pick up a pebble, and any of the many strays that inhabit every urban street corner would have instinctively understood and run away. Sad but true), which seemed to work. A worker emerged from the factory, gave me a suspicous look and then went back in after I waved at him. I thought about taking pictures of the train tracks and freight cars behind on the other side of the road, but figured that brown guy taking pictures of such stuff might be just too suspicious ... :)
Most of the tombstones were limestone, the lettering having dissolved in rainwater (which is naturally mildly acidic) a long time ago, but all seemed to be a variety of Arthurs, spanning the 19th century (1813 was the earliest date I could spot). A faded American flag was planted in front of the one granite stones, a few dusty plastic flowers in front of the others, poking up through the overgrown grass.
I wonder what the story is -- who this family is (someone remarked that there's an area of town called Arthurtown, so maybe it's them ... ), whose ancestors are lying out here, seemingly forgotten by the wayside, near the recycling center.
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Nice photo. Some of these folks may be buried right there by the recycling center. See especially General Henry Arthur, near the end of the list. Looks like someone may still be looking for them:
Note on Friday Arthur: Friday Arthur, his wife and William Arthur were buried beside the Quidarcuri Quarry in Cayce, SC. As of 28 May, 2004, all traces of these graves are gone.
FYI--Part of Cayce used to be called Granby, which is also a location given for the burial sites of the folks in the referenced list. Granby was the site of the ferry crossing of the Congaree near where the Cayce quarry is now.
steliz,
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that is so emo i think i gaged just alittle.
Mike: emo? What is so "emo"? Is that like Eno salts? But thanks for sharing your gagging on here ... Sounds like you could use some ... :)
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