Hello Everyone,
A friend of mine woke me up at 8:00 am this morning screaming in the phone for me to work on my novel
Beautiful Train! .....because of the following newspaper article, that had some coincidences with my story......My friend said "It's an omen!", lololol.
****Click on the words "Beautiful Train" above to read part of the novel****
Maybe?.....Maybe not? The grave found is only a few streets over from where I live .......LOL....Surprisingly, after doing some research at an Historical Soeciety, I have found even more anomalies......very strange indeed.
Hope You Enjoy This Story.....
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Fence dig unearths 1877 grave
By Andrew Cannarsa
WEST CHESTER — Ever wonder what you might find if you went digging around your backyard?
A borough homeowner was quite surprised Friday afternoon when a piece of history was discovered a few feet beneath the ground at his North Darlington Street residence.
Under the grass, dirt and gravel, contractors found two gravestones and a few small human bones, including a fragment of a jawbone with a few teeth.
One of the gravestones included a carved inscription:
“Rebecca C. Covens, died Aug. 9, 1877.”
It was certainly a blast from the past.
“I’ve owned the property for a couple years, and I’m actually rehabbing it to get ready to put it on the market,” said the owner, Keir Abrahams, who lives on South Walnut Street. “We were digging a hole for a fence post when we hit some concrete, and it turned out to be a gravestone.”
When the bones were found, it was time to alert authorities.
Police, emergency responders and a coroner arrived at the home in the 400 block of North Darlington Street to investigate. They called Joseph DellaVecchia III, who was working at the DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home around the corner on North Church Street.
DellaVecchia was needed to inspect the area and determine if the bones were in a place that would have indicated a body was properly buried.
“I couldn’t believe it,” DellaVecchia said. “I was really surprised by it — the writing on the gravestone is in very good condition.”
DellaVecchia theorized a cemetery might have been in the area before the home was constructed around the 1920s.
“Before any town or area is built up with homes and buildings, it wouldn’t have been unusual for people to pick a plot of land and say this is going to be a cemetery,” he said. “The fact is, we’re made from the earth, and to the earth we shall return.”
Abrahams said the officials ruled that if a body is properly buried, the remains and any accompanying gravestones become property of the landowner.
“I guess that means it’s mine,” Abrahams said, standing over the area where the remains were located. “Not that I have any interest in keeping it.”
Abrahams said he plans to contact the Chester County Historical Society next week to find out if a cemetery was in fact in the area and if any Covens descendants are still around.
“I was shocked,” said neighbor Leon Spriggs Sr., who has lived in the borough since 1960. “Who knew this whole area could have been a graveyard?”
To contact staff writer Andrew Cannarsa, send an e-mail to
acannarsa@dailylocal.com.
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