Greg

I know nothing about the steps to take with exterior decorative stone
preservation (altho I should for the sake of the 1925-26 Post Office
building in which our museum is housed) but as far as cemetary
preservation goes there is great information available at the texas
historic commission's web site www.thc.state.tx.us  Go to the site they
have listed about historic cemetaries and you can download instructions
about the care of historic cemetaries. Many of your stones are similar to
hours because we had thousands come from Tennessee in the 1830s +, and
from what I see in northeast Texas, I think some wrote to stone masons
back home to get their markers. It may be that in the words of Thomas
Wolfe, "You can't go home again," but "Look Homeward Angel" tells us a
bit about stone carvers doesn't it.

Good luck!

Mary Kirby
Historic Upshur Museum
Gilmer, Tex
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