A VERY RARE RESTORATION: 1724 - 1796 Tombstone!

[@jimmydiresta]

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[@waynenelson8907]

I have found it rather hard on a light colored monument, but darker colored if you rub wheat flour in lightly at first. If still not able to read rub it in a little harder. Good luck and great video. PS I have mended broken monument as you did but laid it in new concrete for added support. Keep up with the cemetery. It is a very commendable thing to do.

[@redriver6541]

Amazing. I absolutely love this.

[@tomcheese2045]

It’s beautiful that even in death that father helped to keep his Son standing.

[@xedasxedas]

Beautiful observation. I noticed that too.

[@millennialstonecleaner]

Such a pleasure working with you Jimmy, amazing work!

[@jimmydiresta]

Thank you brother!!! Come back anytime 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@TechEdFireman]

Thank you both, you are great steward's. I'll have to send you a video of a small family cemetery up in the hills of Livingstonville.

[@troyqueen9503]

Very satisfying.😊👍🇨🇦

[@ericcourville]

You’ve honored their memory. You are an excellent caretaker of the property.

[@chriscanfield5747]

As a representative of the Canfield family, I thank you for your service. Also from one maker to another a heartfelt thank you. I'm going to say this is my favorite video you've ever made.

[@jimmydiresta]

Thank you! ☺️

[@JerryGiesler09]

You’re related to John and Phineha?!?

[@joycegifford8826]

If you are indeed a family member and were so concerned then you could have hired a monument specialist and or replace the stone; instead of accepting the metal work and adhesive monstrosity in its place. Your concern obviously doesn’t include any financial backing to the stones/grave yard maintenance.

[@ed6837]

@@joycegifford8826 If you don't have anything nice to say keep your thoughts to yourself.

[@popmeisterM]

I'm a member of the SAR - Sons of the American Revolution and one of the things we do to honor our patriot ancestors is to mark their graves with a marker during a dedication ceremony. If that would be of interest to you in having done, you can contact a local SAR chapter near the cemetery and their color guard would be happy to do that. There is no cost. Just a suggestion and another way to honor Phineas' service and memory. I appreciated your video and dedication to repairing the graves.

[@paulgann7935]

Thank you sir. Thank you so very much. As a historian and a recorder of old and abandoned cemeteries it crushes my soul how many of our old cemeteries are just dozed over when developers and new property owners acquire them. That is definitely not what these peoples families were thinking about when they laid their loved ones to rest.

[@pettigrewwoodworks]

John is my 5th cousin eight times removed. Thanks for restoring the markers!

[@nickbruni8041]

Good on You guys for respecting those who have gone before us… Each one has a story✌🏼

[@c.a.g.1977]

You sure kept your promise of taking care of the graveyard, Jimmy. This was a very interesting video, you restored the tomb stones respectfully and mindful of their history. Hope you will share more of this project here on youTube!

[@AB-nu5we]

Hard to think of a better new owner of the property. Someone that has some time and the talent to care for the cemetery. Nice restoration.

[@miken1tba]

Thank you for restoring the gravestones. I am related to the Canfields and I currently live in Milford, CT.

[@jimmydiresta]

Wow that’s incredible come visit

[@mrrs8118]

This was very interesting. My great-great-grandfather, born in Virginia. was at the Battle of Yorktown, at age 16. He died in 1855 in Mississippi at age 90 and was buried on the land that he settled and farmed and raised ten children. It was over a hundred years later that his grave was given a proper headstone by the DAR chapter named after him. His grave is literally in the middle of nowhere, overgrown by pine trees. Every grave has a story, and I appreciate all of you who work to preserve that. And you do so with respect. I also follow Wade.

[@paulgann7935]

I live in Mississippi and if you do not mind me asking whereabouts is he resting?

[@sfisherwilliams]

I absolutely LOVE that you are restoring the cemetery as well! You should come up with a fitting graphic and make Teator Road Cemetery shirts, or Hayward Rivenburg Farm Cemetery Restoration shirts or the like to help fund the whole project. Hell, even prints made from grave-rubbings.

[@chugaaa]

Love the fact that you can't hide that big heart of yours...every video you make shows a bit of love about things that matter, the ones that are real & fundamental.

[@KellyNsGrotto]

There are a few sites with recommendations on how to read faded tombstones. One says mirrors and aiming the sunlight just right. And the other mentions using cheap very thin aluminum foil and a make up brush to run the inscription. It would be interesting to see if they work for you. Great work!

[@joerodriguez3338]

I watch your videos all the time. But thank you for respecting those people by repairing their headstones.

[@timothyquinn4870]

The way You honored those men by restoring their graves says alot about YOUR character. You are honorable indeed.Way to go!

[@Spheregrid2]

Canfield is one of my family names. Not sure if I'm related to these ones, but I like to think I could be. Thanks for restoring their gravestones!

[@jphanks]

If you have access or a friend with an infrared camera it will expose the faded text really well. Old archeology trick

[@waynegoebel395]

Very honorable of you, Jimmy, to restore this cemetery. Much respect to all those involved.

[@breakinn403]

What a wonderful service you guys are preforming. Thank you for the respectful act of restoring the grave site marking the passing of family members of the past.

[@fredericksquirlly]

The ancestors thank you my friend

[@joshhibbs_nola]

Great job Jimmy and Wade! This is probably one of my most favorite videos you have done Jimmy. Restoring the past and bringing honor and light to these departed souls once again. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼

[@ed6837]

Great Job Jimmy & Wade!!! Much respect for you doing that restoration.

[@DeweyBlanton-ku7db]

The property next to mine has a small cemetery that's really old and when the property was sold the new owner was gonna bulldozer it over till I told him if he did he would pay... one way or another! Needless to say he didn't. I try to sneak over and clean it when I can. The land is for sale but I'm unable purchase but if I could I'd buy it and build a fence around it.

[@theDaftman]

Thank you for taking the time and caring enough to restore these gravestones

[@springwoodcottage4248]

So kind, respectful and proper. If the dead can be grateful, then for these kindness they will shed a tear. Thank you for sharing!

[@justintasht1067]

Total respect to you all for doing that and fixing the broken stones they would of ment so much to someone. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ronalddawson3873]

I came here from ,Wade' channel.I will keep watching.Great job on the repair.

[@rweeks8879]

Just watched your video. I can appreciate your dedication as i have been the caretaker of a family plot for over 50 years. I just had the markers professionly cleaned to their original white marble look.

[@tomim7187]

Super restoration. It was great seeing them in the dark during Maker Camp. Bravo, Jimmy.

[@mxcollin95]

Very cool man showing respect and preserving history! 🤙

[@msiordie44]

All ancestors except my grandparents are buried in small family or farm plots just like this. In upstate NY, Greene, Schoharie, and Otsego counties. Thank you for taking the time to restore them.

[@robthompson8285]

That's awesome you are keeping up with that cemetery.

[@littleone7404]

Absolutely beautiful Restoration of a gorgeous stone !

[@garymartin5898]

omgosh...this is wonderful! that home is beautiful!...i see so many graveyards with fallen tombstones..thank you for doing this...Becca M Indiana

[@TotalBoat]

Loved following this story!! Nicely done!

[@tonyn3123]

I appreciate the respect you are giving to past residents of the area when few people have that respect that today. It shows a new owner's respect for past residents of families from the area. This is rare today. Hopefully the owner in 100 years shows the same respect when maintenance is needed again. Thanks.

[@steveferguson1232]

Glad to see you respectfully restoring the graveyard. I already respect you, but now I respect you so much more

[@andyc972]

Thanks Jimmy, for an interesting diversion from the house restoration, thank for being so respectful of the history and personal story behind this, the process you followed seemed the right compromise between conservation and preservation !

[@winorthwoodsliving]

I hope 200 yrs from now someone does the same for my families or my grave stones. This is amazing and truly purposeful work!

[@belarus4790]

Respect from Belarus!

[@mandyleeson1]

Hi Jimmy, your dedication to the memory of those that went before is very touching. Thank you.

[@bradgreen7270]

Great work, Jimmy. Love that you’re restoring the gravestones.

[@sapelesteve]

Terrific work on restoring those headstones Jimmy! I just had to have my wife watch this video because she is from Milford, CT! 👍👍

[@dextaman]

nice work👍👍. I see a face on the tombstone under the yellow ribbon in 1:58

[@retirednotlazy2298]

I’ve watched you for years and you are one of the first you tubers I subscribed to but this elevates you to a whole extra level. Thank you for all your efforts restoring these graves. My hat is off to you and your team.

[@jimmydiresta]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@danielmuscatell3603]

Thank you for taking time to care for these people in this way.

[@markwatters6875]

G’day Jimmy. Thanks for fixing the headstones mate. Have a good one 👍🇦🇺

[@fw4771]

Beautiful job, beautiful workshop!

[@RYwoodview]

So nice. I have an early 1800's cemetery by my place with very little left of the headstones. They need to be cared for.

[@DBELLTREE]

Thanks for filming that Jimmy.

[@mikeboone4425]

Your a good man jimmy. Happy Trails

[@darrinwi]

That looks amazing! I’m sure these people are looking at you with respect and admiration for you did on their behalf,

[@jimsteele7108]

Thank you for doing that, Jimmy.

[@JimGrafitti]

How noble a work. And so thoughtful. Hats off to you Jim.

[@texastwitcher3392]

There are so many people that would not take the time or effort to have done what you are doing because they have no tie to the place of rest. It is great to see you trying to honor those who have been layed to rest there.

[@SHOdown13]

Very honarable work. Clearly done with love and craftsmanship.

[@jimfrozen521]

Very respectful God Bless you

[@bensonwills946]

It will be interesting to see how your repair holds up with regard to the natural expansion and contraction of the stone. Congrats on getting the cemetery back in order.

[@thomasrille7777]

Hello Mr. Diresta, you are a great Person!🙏

[@jukeman57]

Good job Jim. So glad you’re taking care of the old cemetery. What a great project. Very important. Thank you.

[@RuthlessMojo]

Really nice neighbours you have there. They’re so quiet and respectful. Your neighbourhood parties are going to be interesting.

[@spinyuk]

What a great vid, 213 years on and still remembered

[@bobme2787]

It is nice that are becoming the care taker of that cemetery

[@glencarolo2597]

I've been watching your content now for several years, and the more I watch, the more I'm so impressed. I understand that producing this level of content is a grind. Keep it going. You are an inspiration...

[@saginawdan]

Thanks Jimmy 👍 You're a good man. 👍

[@dnngskn62]

Really a respectful thing to do.

[@cindysilfiesfilms]

Oh, I had to come see what you did with the headstone. It looks beautiful

[@rexmyers991]

So interesting. Thanks, Jimmy.

[@jpwoodwork]

super cool of you to do this Jimmy

[@jonmartin6451]

This is awesome. A great way to honor our founding relatives.

[@davidmeyer9204]

you are doing a good thing and giving respect .

[@danthemakerman]

I've been waiting to see this one Jim, great job!!

[@garyjones2582]

Very nice work J.D.. I'M sure those that are buried there would appreciate your contribution and care...

[@annie-centrepiecefurniture]

Such a lovely gesture to restore the headstones Jimmy ❤

[@buckappel6835]

Nice job. I’ve visited many cemeteries in Pennsylvania putting flags on veterans graves. Some of the graves from the 1700’s are completely worn away with no inscriptions visible. I’ve heard that over time acid rain eats the stone away.

[@Rubbernecker]

Wow, so amazing. I love that you honor these hardy souls this way. Kudos to you sir.

[@sgsax]

Such a great story to tell. Thanks for sharing!

[@s.l.dixononline]

Beautiful work Jimmy. Well done.

[@peterhackett178]

What an intriguing project.

[@MakewithMatt]

This is really cool. Good on you for taking the time and energy to restore these monuments and keep the memory of those people going for at least another century. Crazy how there’s a website with old pictures you were able to reference too!

[@williamfindspeople4341]

New subscriber. From Wade's channel. I am a professional genealogist and archivest. I love finding missing family members.

[@Shield.148]

Thank you for your work in preserving history!

[@garagemonkeysan]

Cool project. Interesting. Mahalo for sharing!

[@phillyfathead]

Excellent, just excellent thank you!!

[@NewNormac]

Very respectful job Sir, thank you ~Smile oN

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

You're a good man Mr. Diresta

[@johnsmith-sw7ii]

An honorable effort on your part Jimmy. Wonder if any of the descendants are aware and thankful for it.

[@merseyviking]

I have friends who do a lot of gravestone recording, and I have done a bit myself. If you have any high resolution photos of the inscription, especially if you can get a raking light on it, we might be able to decipher it.

[@vinceianni4026]

Good job Jimmy well done

[@ghraptor30]

That was interesting video plus you did a great job restoring them. Getting excited to see more restoration of the house.

[@jimrosson6702]

So very cool that you are doing this such an amazing thing.

[@BCM16AR]

Jimmy you say it in passing but if he fought at Lexington that's a huge deal. Good work brother in saving American history.

[@paulkinzer7661]

Well done! We don't need connections with folks who've come before us; we can make them.

[@sofianedermoune]

Jimmy love and respect from uxbridge london ❤

[@masterofnone]

Great work Jimmy.

[@christopherdubour6662]

I too was born in Milford, CT, like John Canfield, 256 years later!

[@jonnielawrence]

Its nice to find the story behind the stone. It makes it more than just a stone.