SUCESSFUL DOCTOR'S WIFE'S GRAVE FOUND IN THE WOODS AND HIS ABANDONED HOME | DR WILLIFORD

ON THIS SIDESTEP ADVENTURE INTO HISTORY WITH THE OTHER ROBERT, WE EXPLORE AN OLD FAMILY CEMETERY HIDDEN IN THE WOODS OF GEORGIA. WE ALSO EXPLORE A DANGEROUS FALLING DOWN HOUSE, THAT I BELIEVE MAY HAVE BEEN A PRE-CIVIL WAR PLANTATION HOUSE.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@alitathomas2711]

I love your little hopper. He looks so cute and sweet. Leta

[@sharonparker2262]

I'd have a lifetime supply of stakes for my garden!! What a shame that old homes and cemeteries are abandoned and neglected. Thanks other Robert and Mrs Robert for another history lesson. Always enjoy these glimpses into our pasts.

[@scottnyc6572]

These axe type tool for shaping wood is called an adze.

[@robertburns3014]

I'll bet that bamboo hasn't been there the entire time the house was. It may have been dumped there by someone trying to get rid of it, and it just took over. If those boards could talk!

[@artcflowers]

Chinking is what goes between the logs. Hewn or hand hewn is resultant of axe or adze work. Thanks for an interesting adventure y'all.

[@margaretgarls153]

The epitaph on the baby son Williford's tombstone was so sad. To lose a baby is such a tragedy, and this expressed the parents' sorrow so poignantly.

[@darringraham2613]

It's a pain in the heart and the soul that never goes away, you only learn to carry it 😪🙏🕊

[@jhingbangayan762]

As a nurse and a family of medical professionals, I find this episode extra sad. I imagine that old house must have been a very tranquil place being surrounded by bamboos and trees with a beautiful garden. A perfect place for healing. But it saddens me very much that the place left to ruin and was never preserved given the history it holds On top of that, his first family graves are left behind😔 breaks my heart. Thank you Robert for gracing them such dignity and honor as you always do with all your videos.

[@bethbartlett5692]

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[@gailweikelcorrea]

Its a shame that this cemetery was not taken care of and forgotten....hurts my heart 😔

[@oliverpetroski4205]

In my place we took care of that very easy: Everyone who has family members buried on the cemetery must pay fee for maintenance. And the list is usualy either at the church door or at the mess hall door or window. But eventhough we pay it, one of my family graves got covered with green stuff on it, and I cant seem to buy a D2 anywhere in my place.

[@oliverpetroski4205]

@@ppurgett its not a restoration, its a cleaning process😉 but yeah, I tried looking for the stuff online, I havent found one so far. Even the stone workers havent even heard of it, (There is a company near my place that works with gravestones, all kinds of stone, marble, granit builts, not just graves, but also bars, stairs work, house projects etc) so I showed a photo to few, it just not available. By the way, Im not in the States. East Europe here...I dont know if its sold also under different name maybe...

[@murlthomas2243]

Check out”A Good Cemeterian”. That’s where I found out where to get the stuff.

[@howardwest1347]

What a wonderful old house. I get it was really pretty when it was first built. Has to be very old. Robert one says square nails means it was built before 1900

[@donnamoo7996]

Thank you for sharing this story and video. I certainly enjoyed it. I love doing Genealogy research on my family and my husband retired from a Historical Society some years back. Looking into the past is so interesting. I will be subscribing to your channel.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

There is an old saying that a person dies twice, first when their body gives out, and the second time when no one says their name any more. When we find old and forgotten graves, and read their names again, they are remembered and life is honored. Bless you for finding and respecting this lost cemetery. All these people live again in our minds♥️.

[@nancynelson5380]

What stories a graveyard can tell. I had to watch it twice to make sure I caught all the history. I love the sound of walking through the woods. Reminds me of growing up in the south. Sweeter, simpler times! Family graveyards were all over the place, many abandoned. Thank you for bringing awareness, honor, preservation and respect to our ancestors. You and the Mrs. brought such life to that old fallen house....window boxes, roses on the rug, them big ole trees that probably were standing during the family's heyday. Oh, between the bees and you getting stuck....reminded me of that Winnie the Pooh episode where Pooh got stuck in Rabbit's door trying to get the pot of honey! I enjoyed this video so much...twice! 😊. Thank you!

[@FLMegan]

Yes, yes, yes!!! Agree so much.

[@marymcguffin9370]

I would have loved to see the house in it's prime, something tells me it was grand, great adventure other Robert and friend❤

[@sams568]

Robert you're giving the youngster a run for his money. You are getting better and better with your videos, don't make no difference if the youngster is editing, it's the content that shows. Great job. I've said this before, Texas has a site where photos of gravestones can be uploaded for historical and genealogical research purposes. It's also a record due to the deterioration of the gravestones.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

We work together, not a competition - but yes Other Robert is doing a great job.

[@sams568]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory Just giving some kudos to elder Robert (being elder myself).

[@sandysue202]

Excellent video! Thanks for the history on the doctor. His 1st wife was only 30 when she died and had lost the one baby already. Life was tough for all classes of people back then. Much grief in his life.

[@racheallewis2437]

She passed about a year after Joseph passed away

[@markwat]

My great uncle Dr. Oberkrom in central Mo. Lost 5 of 7 youngins from 1919 to 1921 .I figured Spanish flu with other complications.

[@susanmcconnell-sink5443]

That house was surreal!!! It was like walking in another world. Also, the gravestones are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen ♡

[@marvthedog1972]

yeah the grave markers back in the day were really works of art. they've gone really vanilla compared to then. A lot of the iconography back then meant something and were not just there for being pretty. Sad that things are now so mass produced with the technology we have today to automate the carving of the stones.

[@carolemckibbon4586]

Thank you for finishing the story with where the Dr ended up. What a life he must have had. Wonderful video.

[@cathy-wv1hg]

Love exploring the old house and seeing all the old features

[@sharonsmith9817]

Love your videos and the dignity you give to these forgotten graves and cemeteries 🙏🏻

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

This old home place will soon be just a memory and a couple chimneys -

[@1Grandma62]

What a ashamed

[@mehchocolate1257]

How did she die exactly

[@barbaracriss3614]

And a forest of Bamboo.... dont plant it folks

[@anncrow3340]

That old house burned down, or was gutted enough to destroy it. The piece of the painted flooring was partially melted, and on one corner of the house there was two glass jars that were black. Kinda explains such utter destruction. I'll guess it started out as a one or two room log house, and they built it as their fortunes increased. Great video, thanks!

[@nancynelson5380]

Great observations! This just adds to the mystery!

[@karencaddle7288]

I love the Forget-me-Nots carved on Martha’s headstone. Some died so young, so sad. I wonder if the doctor’s young wife was not buried near him because he remarried? A great video Robert! Thank you.

[@marypettitt9150]

Robert O, you were right. The hand tool to square a log is an adze. How interesting that you found the preparation marks. Both you and Mrs O work so well together, identifying structure for us. Pointing out the windows somehow made this house come alive for me. I can close my eyes and picture a group of ladies at a quilting bee, appreciative of the light the windows bring. What a shame the house had crumbled so. It's just wrong of people to scavenge for things. Where's the honor in that. Robert O, I am awed by your research. Could you show us the 1950s aerial photos of this place? I wonder if it was occupied at that time. The bamboo is interesting. I wonder if other exotic plants were added to the front area, where the family could watch them grow through the windows. Thanks for this tour. It's perfect for a sunny Sunday morn.

[@howardwest1347]

Gee Robert your wife is really good at reading those old dark stones. She is a good assistant. So happy to have you both on this channel. We have missed the cemetery/ graveyard channel. So glad that you have picked it up. Donna.Northern MIchigan

[@kate_is_great]

Oh my. The beautiful saying carved on the child's grave brought tears to my eyes. I know the pain of losing a child and it changes you forever.

[@SondraD7676]

Another amazing find. The tombstones are ornate - easy to see even with all of organic growth. These would be something to see after a D2 treatment. All of the loss again, children, a young wife, so sad. A doctor - imagine the all too often helplessness of saving patients in those days - now all the medicines, tests and procedures of today. Wow, bamboo jungle! That homeplace ruin is really cool. Bees? Call a friend who wants some. 😉 Yes, not going to be there much longer. Another documentation save on Adventures in History. Love your "Yes" answer on the screen. 👍👍❣️❣️ I like his hat! 😂 And then the doctor went to medical school in my hometown, University of Cincinnati, no doubt!

[@janetomaszewski2105]

Other Robert and Robin thank you...the cemetery was very interesting. But the house is spectacular...how many rooms do you think we're on the second floor? Could you post an aerial view from back when the buildings were standing...I think other Robert said in the 50's.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I’m not sure that it had a second floor exactly. I haven’t seen it in person of course. It may have been a story and a half though. Or just a huge attic

[@rikspector]

You both are doing so well and are so respectful. It's an Adze your thinking about. Bamboo is not a good thing to plant, at least not the spreading type. That was a family that did good for many people. I hope there are some descendants who see this vlog and what you have done. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@michelemcneill3652]

What a beautiful but sad epitaph for the child.

[@Materialworld4]

Robert, one last thought, my ancestors left Manchester in 1834, and by October 10th, 1845, he and his wife had arrived in the Sacramento Valley. He was one of the members of the San Francisco Mesonic Lodge which still stands. I have a photograph of him from 1850 in San Francisco in his full Blacksmith Suit, hat, and tools in front of the bellows and forge. Masons appear to have been sent out across the US to locals where there were rivers like the Trinity in Dallas, and the Salt River in Tempe, Az, right down the street from me. The Romans followed the Etruscan Discipline completely, and so did the Founders. Crossing Over was a huge freaking deal, no joke. let me leave it at that. Great Video Robert.

[@user-randi1987]

Really beautiful headstones even if they need to be cleaned. Can't believe there is that much of the house left, pretty amazing.

[@brendakayshelby8646]

Love the old house and I bet it was a calm home surrounded by the trees so sad it's falling apart I love being in the woods

[@celleduffel1533]

Wow, ty Mr and Mrs Robert...this was a great video. I have never ever seen a field of bambo. Kinda sad seeing the first wife laid to rest in a field that now belongs to mother nature.

[@barbarakinard2769]

I missed you Robert. Thanks for insight to stones.

[@MathiasGreenwalde]

Been watching for a while now and every time I see a new video it makes me think of how many great men and womens graves and old houses are forgotten.

[@juliebaxter9800]

Thank you, to the other Robert. Great video from you and your wife. You could sell the Robert and other Robert dolls!! Adorable

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Thank you Other Robert and Miss Robin (I think that’s the name I heard) another wonderful video!!

[@megwilcox2878]

Adze is the word. Cool old house and family cemetery!

[@VictoriaN72]

Beautiful and elaborate stones. Wonderful old house.

[@tonjamorris1339]

Great job Other Robert. I've never seen so much bamboo in one place.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I haven’t either - not quite like that

[@sams568]

What you referred to was an adze. They would use it to shape large timbers for construction purposes. Or it could've been a hewing axe where the head is offset from the handle.

[@juliethompson5160]

Fascinating. Thank you, your assistant, the kitty, Cookie and Mini-Other Robert. 🙂

[@candicegaier2649]

Other Robert, I really enjoy all the history that you give about the people and places they lived. I have been exploring my family history. I stood at the grave of my great grandfather. My grandpa stood at the same grave when he was 13 years old. It is such an unforgetable feeling. It is sad that the "1st" family is out there in a lonely field.Thanks again for the adventure.

[@claudiadesoto2378]

Love watching your videos, even the sound of walking and the birds

[@tonymeads4693]

I do like the respect that you show for the graves and gravestones and how you clear the vegetation around them. I was interested in the footstones on the graves as we don't get them here. The children's graves are so sad. Mortality in the 19th century was very bad.

[@sherrillcornett4212]

Robert...you are so much fun!!! Your lady too!!! Thank you both so much for all you do... these graves were forgotten until now... WOW!!! 😊

[@yarnhappykim9294]

Thank you Robert for sharing this amazing ceremony and for cleaning it up as best as you can, God bless everyone in your family and friends please be safe out there 🙏

[@shellydehart8217]

What a awesome find n history. Really impressed with the graveyard with all the beautiful headstones. Apparently they had some wealth. Now that house was so cool. Love seeing what was left of it. Looks like the Bamboo took over like the wisteria took at Roberts house. I’m just wondering if that Bamboo didn’t have a lot to do with the house falling down. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much of Bamboo. The chimneys were amazing at still standing. Definitely made well. Really enjoyed this video. The other Robert did his job well. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🌟🌟

[@P.B.Theriver]

Since Joseph and Eudora were married in 1877, the house was probably built about that time.

[@jefflawrentz1624]

While the cemetery explore was interesting, I really enjoyed seeing the ruins of the old house. I believe the tool for shaping logs you were referring to is an adz. If I had to guess, I think the house could date to 1835/40. Like most houses, folks keep up with the Jones and update some windows, doors, etc. It looked to me as if someone has been taking salvage from this building for some time, but how fortunate to see the double doors and framework for the transom sashes. This was super cool. Thank you for sharing!

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Robert, great that you and your wife, found this and that you made the effort to come back the next day with tools to clear around the headstones, and found this beautiful headstone.Robert you and your wife did an awesome job in documenting all that are buried at this cemetery. Which cemetery was this?? will come back to this video, to do a written record of it, so I have it, due to I have a lot of the Bowman surname in my late mothers family tree.

[@ToyzintheatticBombnation]

It’s very cool of you to take care of the forgotten graves. Great video! 👍

[@darlenegood4101]

This is a really fantastic video. Thank you the other Robert and your friend for doing such a great job pointing things out and educating us. Sorry for you doggie having only three legs. My very first dog was hit by a car and to lose a leg. I think the same one as yours.

[@janlaird645]

Thanks for the adventure! I love listening to what the Other Robert has to tell us.

[@SandyD2022]

Hand Hewn logs (or hewing) is the centuries-old process of converting a round log (its natural form) into square lumber (or timber) with flat surfaces using an axe or adze. Refined through the years, this process is still used to square up beams in a timber frame home today.

[@screwthecabal6453]

I love this! I would absolutely love doing this and uncovering history like this.!!!! Thank you.

[@MrMilwaukee]

Another great video, thank you Mr and Mrs “other Robert” 😎

[@jamesadkins1780]

Adze is one tool. They also used broad axes to hew logs. Also puncheon logs were used for floors. They would place the logs then use an adze to flatten the top to nail the floor boards on. Then plane and scrape the floors flat. Sometimes they would drive rope between the boards kinda like in boat making but to keep out drafts.

[@starrens]

Another great video! Loved seeing the details of the old homestead (even though it made me nervous to have you trample around inside). Keep up the great work!

[@Arthur5260]

Really enjoyed this. Loved the care you showed the graves. I learned some things when you were explaining parts of the house construction.

[@janecarolhogue3140]

Thank you Robert another great video with so much compassion ❤️

[@bubblesangel555]

I love the Other Robert, and wife videos!

[@Roller_Ghoster]

There was so much bamboo I was half expecting you to find a Panda in there chewing away on some bamboo stalks.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Other Robert loved the old home and the cemetery in the country. Thank you excellent video

[@darlenemuse8407]

That house is great. I really enjoyed seeing it!

[@screwthecabal6453]

This is absolutely incredible!

[@nightstalkerck]

I couldn't help but chuckle at the mini me at the end.

[@andrewowens9382]

Well done other robert and friend another great video adventure amazing how the remaining of the house specially the chimney stack watch out for the buzzard he thinking fresh meat down there can't get over all that bamboo canes everywhere keep safe both and a big thank you Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

[@sharonlegnon7411]

That bamboo is good for a lot of things if you know how to use it. That is a cash crop but use only the green ones. Awesome segment.

[@bettytordoff8920]

Another great video! I enjoyed the length and all the history you were able to fit in.

[@ricohernandez9835]

greetings to all thank you for your great work beautiful history of these cemeteries that remain forgotten, greetings to Robert and may God bless you, 🙏

[@moretoexplore6736]

Their home was beautiful and its day. Wonderful piece of History.

[@brendaz9222]

Love these out in the woods adventures!

[@Mosely2007]

Do you find them by old churches. Many in Mich are near churches. Those are well maintained here still. Old farm families have shown me some old forgotten places. Well done!

[@ruthbartrum9173]

Hi Robert, the other Robert and the gang! Love, love your videos! FYI-Oriental golden bamboo is a real bear to deal with. We had some at my Ohio childhood home. My parents were always trying to clear it. It was introduced in 1882, through Alabama I do believe, as an ornamental plant for decorating gardens. It was used as a privacy fence, light and sound barriers. It can easily take over a yard, and hard as heck to get rid of.

[@MARY-nx1gu]

What a wonderful team Mr and Mrs Robert make!! Well done you two!!❤

[@ritamathews4492]

Thank you Robert for caring! More folks should be like you!

[@judithorphey3296]

The axe marks are referred to as "hewn ". Good job uncovering the cemetary.

[@jonathanduran1773]

Your wife has a very soothing voice you should let her do more of the narrations

[@Celebr8Yeshua]

It's hand hewn with an AZ. My great grandfather was quite handy with one in my 1926 and 1929 barns!

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. Bringing out history from the past

[@glennjudd2467]

Very interesting ! Must have been 😍 amazing when doctor was alive ! Thanks for all information !

[@zekesgirl100]

Mrs. Other Robert is coming into her own as a videographer and commentator.

[@vivian2822]

Thank you so much for the great adventure. It was wonderful. You both are awesome. ❤

[@meloniemurillo2885]

I bet that was a grand old house back then. Another awesome video.

[@susanbellefeuille]

Very interesting history, thanks for taking us along. That mini you were sure does get around.

[@phyllismote1750]

Really interesting! Thanks for the history lesson and adventure Robert! ❤

[@barbiemortimer1322]

Our graves in England are not like this 😮

[@lindastewart3720]

Thank you for what you do!! Be safe.

[@kellycal124]

I wonder why Charles was buried there next to his dad? I mean Eudora died in 1888 and Charles was born in 1880. So he’s not wife #2’s son…But since he was only 8, perhaps because he was raised by his step-mama? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@suzannetisdall7609]

Broad axe is what your trying to think of and those graves should be cleaned soon and that bamboo cane poles makes great fishing poles. Plus bean poles, pea poles for vining, tomato sticks, these has many uses. You can split into fine long slivers and weave baskets, chairs, everything. The Asian people does this. You can learn on KZbin about the many uses of bambo poles. They grow real fast and are very renewable.

[@user-mj6lap17]

Hello Sir, I been watching you out in the Cemeteries, it's so wonderful to see someone who Cares about the old Cemeteries, thank you and may God bless you and the lady that's with you, you be very careful out there don't want you to fall and hurt yourself, you are doing awesome job , praying for you 🙏

[@cathyruthroff1698]

Excellent video. Going to research more on this doctor. Thanks again other Robert

[@sueperea3166]

Whoopee. You finally brought your tools. This is a really interesting one guys.

[@nathanfisher1826]

Thank you

[@marygarner5249]

Absolutely love your adventures 💟💟💟

[@glennyork6800]

Another great find Robert

[@JoHarmon-hg7wz]

Love the new hat!! Great finds in this vlog, but the house must have been gorgeous!

[@barbaramai7610]

Such beautiful headstones in this old family cemetery. Thanks for sharing this very interesting adventure into history by the Other Robert and his "production manager", they produced a great video! I loved the old fallen down house and did not realize bamboo forests existed in North America!

[@kerrygilchrist62]

Fascinating adventure 😀❤️

[@docfax]

She's a sharp one Other Robert!

[@tonymeads4693]

I am enjoying this channel. Things are so different than here in Southern England, even the birdsong ! I really like the old wooden houses. Please keep up the good work !

[@danielcain-og5gs]

The tool used is an adze, pronounced ads. Great video. Would hope someone could at least repurpose some of the old beams. A milkshake? What, no steak sammich?

[@gloriahayes2488]

the square nails put it pre 1880's

[@sandramariesolander]

Cookie! You and I yelled it at the same time and the dog jumped up. I had to go get him a cookie😅 Wonderful site and walkabout. And that bamboo, ridiculous! Hand hewn logs, cut with an ax-my 1880's house had them. They don't make houses like they used to😁

[@1Grandma62]

Wish someone took care of this