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The grave marker for Henrietta Muncy is on the priority list to be replaced, as it is broken and disintegrating. Photos by Michele Newbanks
The grave marker for Henrietta Muncy is on the priority list to be replaced, as it is broken and disintegrating. Mike Ryan rubs chalk over the names on a grave marker to make the words easier to read. The chalk helps the letters stand out, but doesnât harm the stones.
Last summer, Washington County Historical Society Treasurer Mike Ryan decided to tap into a fund specifically for the Mound Cemetery for an ambition project.
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The Washington County Historical Society hopes to repair or replace dozens of tombstones at Mound Cemetery in Marietta.
Deteriorating tombstones at Mound Cemetery are part of an ongoing project by the Washington County Historical Society.
“The historical society for years has had a fund specifically for the Mound Cemetery,” said treasurer Mike Ryan. “It comes from the sale of a book on Mound Cemetery. It’s been sitting there untouched for a number of years and I decided it was time for us to touch it.”
He said what caught his eye were the tombstones that had “deteriorated to almost nothing left and the others headed in the same direction.”